The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-11-11
The Grand Result.

MY country ! n q wretch shall e'er arise
Ont OF thy countless sons, who would curtAil
THY freedom, dim thy gIOry,-whiIs he lives
May all earth's people curse him and II one
Exist who would not arm FOR liberty,
Be he. too, cursed living. and when dead
Let him DO buried downwards, with his face,
Looking 90 hell, and DER his coward grave
The hare skulk In her form.
Breathes there q man with soul 30 dead,
Who never to himself has said.
This Is my own my native land
The wretch conce ntred all In self,
Living shall forfeit fair renown,
And, double dying. shall 20 down
To the vile dirt fton whence he sprung.
unwept, unhonored and unsung
In another part Of this paper will be found
the returns OF the great election. By them
will be learned that LINCOLN AND JOHNSON
are almost unanimously elected. Everywhere
the election passed of very quietly, owing,
in the infected districts. to the measures tax
en- by the Government to preserve the peace.
The fact that Ben. Butler was in command
Of New York insured the maintenance OF or
der without any exercise of authority; for,
although rebels north and south, including
the "friends" Of Seymour, hate him equally,
he has an efectual way Of making them re-
spect him, since he Is not the man who fires
blank cartridges.
The result Of Tuesday 8 election settles the
fate Of the rebellion and the continuance OF
this Republic. Every Union man owes
debt OF gratitude to every other loyal man
for the noble performance of his duty. God
be praised in that He put il into the hearts
of the citizens Of this nation to fight so val
iantly for Freedom and for Right.
The result of the election has decided that
no efforts shall be spared to wipe out the re-
bellion in the land that there shall be no
"ccssation Of hostilities" until every rebel in
arms shall give himself up, or be exterminat'
ed: that the war, after Mcclellan left the
army, has not been nor shall IL be failure !:
that the Government shall be sustained and
preserved even to the extirpation of every
living thing in the rebellious States; tina,
Freedom shall have sway over every inch OF
our territory, and that there shall be no slave
within our limits: that the pernicious doc
trine of State Sovereignty which is at the
bottom OF our troubles, is hercsy and is
not to be tolerated, but that we are nation
made up from Union OF the pEorLE and not
Of the States /: and furthermore il has decid-
ed that while the country is struggling in
this tremendous agony, our standard is not
TO be lowered to domestic traitors.
The stamp Of iniany which the people
have placed upon the internal Chicago resp
buttons and all who had a hand in making
them, is signifcdn rs il is overwhelming.
Mcclellan proposed to the Government "to
leave Pope to gstout OF bis scrapc," and the
pcople have pronounced upon his patriotism
and seneralship by letting him alone severe
ly. No man than he ever had greater OPP
portunities, and no man more wantonly
threw them away. He aspired to be poll
tician rather than military hero, to lead
the enemies of his Government rather than
its soldiers, to play the knavc rather than
the patriot, and Tor these the nation has cast
him out.
on how wretched
l. that poor man who hangs OH pnblic nyors'
There j.. betwiSt that smile he would aspire to,
That sweet aspect or voters ana their ruin,
More panss AMI fears than or women have
L,i rs,n he iaiLs, d, fats IKE Lueifsr,
Ssver 20 Aops again!