The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-03
[From tic Pennington Chroniclc.I
The Democratic Candidate fer Governor
ia 1863.
A BIT OF HISTORY


The disturbances at Kingfeld which reauir
ed the attention OF Government and an arm
ed force to quell, occurred in July 1859. TIL,
week previous to the mob att ok upon tb,
United States officers, the meeting was hel(
10 Salem which "fired up the mob spirit t.
its highest pitch Of fury. This was meeting
OF the Democratic Clubs of Kingfield, Salem
and Freeman. Z. f. Pillsoury was the prin
cipal speaker, and everyone present remembers
to this day the rebe1ious spirit of the speech he
made 1t excited the very worst passions o.
that crowd of deluded men. The editor OF the
Patriot, e. T. Pillsbury, now the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Maine, and dispen-
ser OF the patronage OF the General Govern.
ment for Maine likewise, in the issue of his
paper for July II, following this meeting
says:
II WAS AN EXCELLENT MEETING AMI
SEEMED TO AFFORD GREAT SATISFACTION TO
ALL EXCEPT FEW ABOLITION, MAINE Law
REPUBLICAN, KNOwNoTHING, LOYAL LEAGUE
SHAM UNIoNIsT' OFFICE HOLDERS, WHO WERE
EVIDENTLY THERE TO ACT THE PART OF SPIES
AND NFoRMERs,' AND WHO FELT CHAGRIN-
NED AND DISAPPOINTED IN SEEING SO MANY
PEOPLE PRESENT, AND so MUCH ENTHUSIASM -
In the same issue of the Patriot a cores
pendent who signs himself Zone Of the Club, .
communicates the following:
MESSBS. EDIIOlSs IA lew DAYS before
democratic Club meeting at Salem, a promi
nent unconditional supporter of Abraham
the first" who is filling his pockets to the tune
OF at least $1,000 per annum, from the pickings
and stealings of this abolition war, although
remaining at a safe distance from it himself.
declared that he should like to attend the meet
ing at Salem and arrest the whole drive"
Where was this plundering braggart that he
did not attend the Meeting and perform that
little feat which he would like SO well? Per
haps he came to the conclusion that he would
not like" it so well on the spot as afar off.
just want to notify him through your eel
umns that we are to have another meeting at
Kingfeld the eigth of August, when it NAV
suit his sovereign pleasure, perhaps, to attend
and crafty the petty, tyrannical spirit of his
arrest the whole drive" Hope he viii come.
We sho1ld like to see him.
This writer refers to the United States OF.
ficer of that District, S. S. Lambert OF Phil
lips.
To follow this little further, we give the
tatemelt of this officer regarding the state of
affairs Subsequent to the excellent meeting"
spoken Of by Mr.. Pillsbury. He Gays:
"Whn drove into the village the first thing
that attracted my attention was Mr.. Saunders
store literally besmeared with black paint, and
groups efmen at various points evidently much
excited. but whether with bad whiskey. or
whether they were laboring under the unspent
enthusiasm aroused the Saturday previous by
Hon +. G. Butler and Mr. Pillsbury of Farm
ington, vide Patriot of July 17th.) There were
about dozen men at the tavern when arriy-
ed, but soon the cry of that's him." that's
him." brought the others, and was surround
ed BY acrowd of from forty to fifty, who were
loud intheir threats of personal violence. They
demanded if L came to warn them; told them
that had not the papers for the drafted men.
as the Patriot falsely states. They said it was
lucky fG me that Ihad not come to warn them.
as it would have been death to me or any other
man. Itold them had the papers and should
leave them with Mr.. Saunders or some one
else to be served; they then said that I could
not leave ii en- in town. Mr.. Hoyt could NOT
have made the statement that had left the
papers at Salem and Freeman, as we had NOT
been at either place that day, the Patriot to the
contrary Notwithstanding. They said they had
entered inb combination 10 stand by each
other and r,sist the DRAFT, and that they woulj
resist it to he death, and they would rather
spill their hood at X. than at the South.
On my e,auiring for Mr.. Dolbier, (Henr5
E) they tolc me it would do no good to see
him, as he vas with them. Mr.. D. however
treated me very courteously, but advised me
to leave as quickly and quietly as possible
While WIS talking withMr d.. part of
them FOLLOWED me into the store and said I
could have Just fifteen minutes to leave town
in, and one bok out his watch; before the en-
piratiOn of that time some of the gang ordered
me to leave Immediately. An intelligent gem
tleman of thst place said he would not be in
ment I have omitted the oaths with which
their talk andthreats were literally interIard-
ed, as also the greater part of their vile slano
which would lot be proper for public print"
Such is a little of the history of those DAVIS
when our government was struggling for its
life, with hordes of Southern rebels in front
and Northern assassins behind. What think
you, voters of Maine, of the record of e. F.
Pillsbury in that dark day?