Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-09-01

tell you. He approached the same perso
above referred to, in regard to the matter
at the convention; and he told him plainl
he could haze nothing to do with it. o.
said this same immaculate chairman ''it i
only done for efect''-and that. Union vot
ers of Hancock comfy is n fair specimen
of the principles which governed that con
vcntien right through. Do you propose t
to submit to it Election day will tell
l think there is manhood enough in tn
Union men of old Hancock, to lead then
to repndiate all such proceedings and hum
buggery, and vote independently. and &C
cording to their Gown sense of right an,
justice.
But l have strayed slightly from tn
point nnder discussion-the majority re
port of The committee on credentials.
In the case Of the delegate from Lons
Island. Iprcsumc there never was dele
gate so fairly representing that Island sen'
to convention before, as Mr.. Lunt,whos.
RICH: to a seat in the convention was dc.
clared void and Mr.. Murphy brought W
by the Revenue Cutter was given seat by
this committee and convention. What
were the circumstances Mr.. Lunt. gal
liant soldier of the old lth Maine, who had
served in that gallant old regiment all thro'
the war, came home this summer. after
having been fighting our country's b tiles.
and for our rights as well as his own, for the
past three years an more, and feels that
he would like to have voice in the con-
vcntion for the nomination of county Off
GERS. He has his crcdential. made out at
the meeting called and presided over, by
the assessors of the Island-thcy, pre-
sumo having no town committee as is usual
to call such meetings, and, as said before,
was the fairest representative of that Island
ever sent to a convention. He comes up
to Ellsworth. He finds another man brought
mp there by the Custom House ofcerS with
credentials signed by somebody. no one
knows who, and this Custom House man is
given a seat in the convention, and the
ther man thrown out-and why {! Sim
ply because he has preference for gal
ant fellow soldier for a certain off;ce-that
8 all the reason. His ideas don't coincide
with the Clique and he must walk the
LINK. So much for the fairness and hon
.sty of your majority report on Long Is
and.
The case of No. Z, was so palpably plain.
that the majority of the committee were
obliged to coincide with the minority as to
he right Of Mr.. Guptill to a scat-though
he seat was declared contested by the ma
ority through the same tactics before re
erred to.
The ease Of No 10, was case where
the majority committee proposed to dis
franchise wnship altogether, not allow
ng them any voice in the convention at all.
out the delegate from No. 10 has made that
case pretty plain, and presume all fair
minded men are satisfied on the points in
l think, that when non
resident is requested by document with
every union voter name in the township at
tachcd to it, and for reasons SO plain as in
that case-to represent them in a cOnven-
ton, that there is no chance for a question
AS to the right. and justice Of such man be-
ing allowed to act as their representative,
and the bugbear of establishing a danger
Gus precedent, is all boSh and deserves nc
thought whatever.
l will venture an opinion in regard to
this No. 10 matter, and | think that al
the proceedings Of the clique OH the
day of convention, will bear me out in
what predict; and that is this: If there
had been another solitary union roter il
No. 10, except those affixed to the docu-
mcnt requesting Mr.. Sawyer to act al
their delegate, there wonld have been DO
gus credentials signed by that man prescn-
ted to the convention, and some Ellsworth
man, of Tie right stripe, would have voted
for Plantatation No. 10, in that GOV ntion
l say the whole proceedings of the "cliquc'
bear me ont in this opinion. The major
ity of the committee, conceded with thu
minority as to the right of delegates tt
seats in the convention from both TrcmOn
and Franklin, and for the simple reason
that there was no chance for any Other
opinion. and they kaew II. But still, thu
majority declared the rights Of those dele
gates to seats contested. Now We come t,
the point, what was the object of this dec
laration Of contested seats 1t was fol
an object, or "efect," as the chairman o
the committee declared, in the case o.
Franklin above referred to and that OBJ
iect was this, to throw out seren undoubte,
opposition votes from all the preliminar,
votings of the convention - three from
fremont, two from Franklin, one from
No. Z, and one from No. 10. Remember
upon these seven seats there was no ques
ton in the minds of any of the committe,
as to uho had the right to seats, except il
the case of No. 10. Still, by the majority
of the committee reporting them contested
debarred them from all right to voice il
the preliminary votes. Now then, rha
uere those preliminary questions. tina
made it so important that some scheme
.onnoctud in nolitieal yillianv slnuld Ii,