The Portland daily press., 1863-06-27

A gentleman writes from Ossipee Center
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A gentleman writes from Osspee Center,
n. H., as follows:
In conversation with one of my Democratic neigh
bors recently he would not admit that at the OPEN
ing Of the war, part of the Democratic party of
Maine were opposed to its prosecution. Win You be
letter the vote for Governor for the two last years
showing how many votes each candidate had.
For the benefit of our correspondent and
others similarly situated, we copy from the
Bangor Union-the only Democratic paper at
that time in Penobscot county-the following
article which appeared in the same number
that contained the account of the surrender
Of Fort Sumter, and the Presidents procama-
ton calling for $4,000 men to defend the Ma
tional Capital:
DEMocRArs OF MAINE! The loyal men of the
South have gathered around Charleston rs your faith
ers gathered about Boston, in defense of the same
sacred principles of liberty principles which you
have upheld and defended with your vote your
choice and your strong right arm. Your sympathes
ero with the defenders of the truth and the right.
Those who have inaugurated this unholy and unjusti
fable no friends of democratic liberty. VIII
you aid them in their work OF subjugation and ty-
When the Government at Washington calls for
volunteers to carry their work of subugation and
tyranny under the specIous phrases of enforcing
the laws, retaking and protecting the public prop
erty" and collecting the revenues, let every Dem
ocrat told his arms, and bid the minions of tory
despotsm do tory despots work.
II 1t should be said that the Bangor Union
did not represent party, we need only say in
reply that its editor, the author of the above,
was at the time Chairman of the Breckenridge
State Committee, and subsequently issued a
call for State Convention of the party to
meet In Bangor, and in an accompanying edi-
torial he said:
A Convention is to be held In the meeting for the
choice of delegates to that Convention, every man,
with whatever party he has been connected hereto
sore rho desires TO make opposition % the the
permanenf issue q fhe campaign, will be welcome,
and there can vote and act.
The official call of the convention referred
TO, signed by the whole State Committee, con-
tanned this sentence:
Believing it 10 be the unanimous sentiment and
heartfelt desire of the political organisation which
we represent cordially invite TO participate In our
primary elections, all men, by whatever party name
civil srdr.
The Machias Union, the organ of Washing
ton county Democracy, said:
Persons who suppose that there is no party but Mr.
Lincoln's abolition war party, deceiving them
selves The Democratic party still lives, . =
promise and peace
The Saco Democrat, the organ of the York
county Democracy, said:
There never was time when the voice of the De-
mocracy should be uttered louder than now. The
voice should be uttered louder and louder an end
is put to this ratcidal murderous Republican plan
to overwhelm all the States in ruin.
The proposed convention did not meet in
Bangor simply because those in that movement
found themselves able to control the regular
convention Of the party, called at Augusta
the day previous, and they not only prevented
all expression in favor Of the war, but they
strangled resolve setting forth that the war
should be sustained so far as was necessary to
put down rebellion, to uphold the Constitu-
ton, and to enforce the laws That convention
lin 1e6l-nominated John w. Dana on an
emphatic anti-war platform, and he received
at the polls 1891 votes. The loyal Demo-
Gratis who supported the war, gave the gallant
Jameson 21,035 votes. The vote for Wash
burn was $3.50.
Last year, in consequence OF the folly of the
Jameson state committee--a folly which some
people would have the Republicans emulate at
the present time-in ignoring their own organ
ization and attempting more enlarged move
ment under cali from a party committee, the
loyal Democracy lost all prestige, and the
greater portion of their strength either re-
manned inactive or fell back into the copper
head organization. Their own nomination
commanded but 6,764 votes, while the nomi-
neee Of the convention which chose Marcellus
Emery-the former editor of the Bangor Union
"a member of their state committee, received
32108 votes. Such are some of the facts OF
the recent history of political matters in this
state.
"a The Democratic organization to-day is OPP
posed to the war. Thousands of the Demo-