Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-08-18

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gsnizcd plantation. OF this fact there
was no dispute. Herewith we give the
| credentials -
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PLANTATION No. 10, July Goth, '65.
At meeting of the Union Republicans
held on Saturday. it being the 29th day of
july, 1865. the following person was
chosen delegate to attend the County
Union Convention to be held at Ellsworth.
Aug. I'd. 1865. viz chose Josiah Downing
to represent this plantation at Ellsworth.
JOSIAH DOWNING, Chairman.
GEORGE S. DOWNING, Sec'y.
July %, 1865.
On the back of this was the following
endorsement: 4
The undersigned, the Union voters of
No. 10, appoint n. X. Sawyer of Els
worth, to represent this plantation at the
County Convention. Us Josiah Downing
cannot attend. (Signcdl
JOSIAH DOWNING.
GEORGE s. DOWNING,
GEORGE l.. DowNS.
Plantation No. 10. July 90. lo65.
GEORGE 5, DOwING, Clerk"
The above comprised all the Union vot-
ers in the Plantation. and we think all the
voting men in town of any political COM
plexion.
Mr.. Downing writes to Mr.. George w.
Godding of this town, and on the same
sheet of the credentials as follows:
Il send my credentials. | made all
calculations to come myself, hut my
daughter and her husband is here from
Boston. only to stop for a few days. II |
can get away shall come, if not YOU may
rely on our helping next September.
| JOSIAH DOWNING.
| Plantation No. 10. July 80, 1865.
The credentials with all the above en-
dorsements and facts went before the COM
mittce on credentials. Being informed
by . member Of said committee that IN,
right would be contested, Went before i
asked upon what grounds. The point.
raised, were two, viz: That there were n,
Union votes thrown in said plantation las
September, and second. that it would be {
bad precedent to establish, to permit
town or plantation to designate person
other than an inhabitant, to represent it
To the first point, it was stated in reply
no Union votes were thrown last Septem
Der, except that none was published in
news paper, just no evidence at all. II
the second point, the case of Horace Gree
ly representing Oregon in the Nationa
; Convention, was adduced, and the case @
the Congressional Convention held il
Ellsworth last year, when more than hal
/ of the plantations in the district wer
l represented by such possons as could at
tend, and by those we'll known as bein
, Union men but not living in the place
which they represented. A ease in poin
was cited, that of Long Island which wa
represented in the Congressional Conven
ton last year, by Mr.. Clark of fremont
he voting for Mr., Hale the chairman q
. the committee which has this case undo
/. consideration.
Deacon Samuel Dutton of Ellsworth
the proprietor Of the township, who Ia
been doing business there for sotne twent
. Year,, and who knows all the inhabitant,
r arpeared before the committee and state
that he carried the votes down Just befor
the election, and that Mr.. Downing said t
him after tile election that they voted tn
!, Union ticket. He had no more doubt bu
that Mr.. Downing votcdlast September an
voted the Union ticket, than he had tina
, Mr.. Hale voted thus. Notwithstanding
a this testimony, and the statement of til
: men themselves, in styling themselves 18th
|, Union Republicans of No. 10, two of til
committee, reported in favor of disffar
: chising the Plantation. BY turning to til
f., record of the votes, it is shown that thes
; men have uniformly voted, and voted til
!, Union ticket.
The following affidavit tells its own ste
~ and sustains the statement Of Deaco
Dutton which was sluringIy spoken of j
: the Convention by the chairman, whe
= the matter came mp for discussion
c al Josiah Downing of No. 10, Hancoc
e County, being duly sworn say, at the Stat
r election in 1864 there We're but two vote
n cast in said No. 10. both of which were fo
G the Union candidates, except that tn
: name Of the candidate for Governor wa
: erased-no person being voted for 70
: Governor.
/ At the Presidential election in Noyeu
: Der there were four votes thrown in sal
Q Township, all being for Lincoln an
i J0hus0n. JOSIAH DowNISG.