Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-06-15
The Governor Question again
PORTLAND, June u. 1866.

proaches, the question is asked with the
more earnestncss. who is to be the nomi-
nee? Not that there are any doubts as to
who the people of Maine want. nor that
they fear these expectations will be defeat
ed; but as there is contest for the nomi.
nation. we are curious to know how strong
a purely '!got up candidate will prove
against the spontaneous demand OF free
people. Since the election in this city. the
simon-pure Spring men assume that their
candidate must be taken! or a bald tliseour-
tesy will be offered to these wards. That
this atiront may be averted, the Custom
House with its forty patriotic employees has
felt called upon to enter the field against
the battle-scarrcd hero of Brunswick. This
is not, perhaps. strange. for it must be re-
membered that not many soldiers, disabled
or otherwise, have yet found their way in
to this Custom House. Not that they are
hostile to them. rs it is fair to presume that
they think the soldiers have receive ! suffi-
cient honors in their patriotic defence of
an imperrilled country. and are receiving
a generous support from the Charity
FUND.-" of the nation. So these easy, safe
and well paving places are given to these
patriotic dtmcstics, these home men, that
they may, with deeper interest in the pub.
lie veal. and, possibly. less embarrassment
to themselves. devote their valuable time
to doing up" the unpublished country towns.
In tI,ni,. f.,rfI ni, .,ff l,an,
may, inadvertently. but with the purcst
intention. question the political soundness
of as pure christian and as heroic sol
der as ever acknowledged a God or drew
a sword in defence of the brotherhood of
man. One OF this class. 4 gentleman from
the lumber city. who holds place in the
Custom House here. is now ut his home
Ito do it up for the Custom House cand-
bcrain is not sound" though his body is
ridllcd like a sieve. with bullets received
from the camp Of the enemy. This great
Captain. who has sacrificed his health, if
National liberty and Republican equality,
is to be hacked at because the people Of
Maine desire TO call him to be their Chief
Executive. More pittiful than contempti-
BILE. might tell You where most of the
Custom House men are today and wtat
they are doing. but forhear, so long as
they do a. they are blden., simply adj
ding that such men have too much to do in
primary meetings ,misrepre>ent-
in" the convictions of the people. In this
ease. however. we are blessed with this
1t will avail nothing. The
onward march of the Chamberlain army
cannot be impcded. The people are not
ready to turn their backs upon those who
have made our own lives dear and our
homes secure to Us.
Professional politicians. thwart the high
and honest purposes of the people. for y
time, Il, in the case OF Gen. Hill last win
ter. But they soon rally and go back far
ther than the starting point
twas source of much regret among the
that gentlemen connected
with this Custom House felt called upon 10
Intervene against General Hill. But one
pleasant thing. il was not because of obpo-
-ition to Gen. Hill. but because the inter-
csts of a favoritc candidate for Governor
demanded it. So the appointment was not
made, and the one armed warrior was told
% look to his pension: and to charity for
he support of himself and his children
The men who now oppose Chamberlain in
Bangor and vicinity, are the same men who
the opposition to Gen. Hill in
the east last winter. To an uncharitable
person this coincidence might seem to be
the result of a settled purpose to oppose all
military men. no matter how conspicuous
their gallantry on the field or how high
their qualifications for civil honors, to me-
they seem only singular happcn-stancc>-I
Ii i. fact however, that only one Office of
any responsibility has been offered To
military man. since the war. The Post-otlcc
in Portland. since he announcement ofbis
caHadacy for the Goreraorshp. was offered
to Gen. Chamberlain. Now some wicked
fellow will say thi, was done to buy him
off. Not 20. 1t was TO give him better
place. Though. when he declined it. il did
seem little funny that it was not offered
TO some other military man who was not a
candidate for Governor. Perhaps this can
be easily explained. but this offer WAS not
made from any dshonorable motives
They are ''all honorable men,
The action of the Bangor Convention on
the 2lst inst will tell the story of the Union
partys attachment TO the soldiers OF Maine.
From their ranks comes candidate who
is the peer of any man in Maine. y man
who has given dignity and ornament to our
State; whose record is rs brilliant as the
daysGod. and as spotless as the snow
They and the people ask you 10 take him
III preference to man who has no record
either civil or military.
Maine has sent sevcnty-onc thousand
men into the Military and Naval service.
Nearly one-half of them sleep beneath the
inearnadined fields of the South. The 9TH
er half, crippled and MANNED, are at home
the pride of our State and the fore front of
our hopes, in time of trouble. They are
loyal TO the State, TO the Government, and
the people. Shall we not be true and 10y
al TO them: We confidently await the ae-
ton of the Union mcn OF Name
CAsCo.