The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-12
The Political Campaign in Maine.

The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, in his letter Of
Aug. Is, writes among other things rs
follows:
The campaign in Maine has been
fairly opened. An immense mass meet
ing was heM at Bangor, in that State,
this week. Among the speakers were
the Hon. j. r. Doolittle, the President
OF the late Convention at Philadelphia,
and the Hon. Lewis Parsons, one of the
United States Senators elect from the
State of Alabama.
The resolutions. there adopted cor
rectly state and will form the guide for
the political action of all the support
ers of the President in the ensuing ell
ections. 1t will be perceived that they
ignore all other issues save that of
equality of representation. They are
framed so as to embrace, for this con-
test, all however heretofore variant,
except the Radicals. They are as fol-
lows:
Resolued, That the paramount is
sue, .and the issue that absorbs all och
ers at the present time, is the immedi-
ate admission of all the States to the
exercise of all their rights under the
constitution, especially their right of
representation in Congress.
ResoIped, That the action of the
late Philadelphia Convention, in its
resolutions and address to the people,
having in view solely the attainment
of this great object, demands and
should receive the united and cordial
support of all patriotic men, without
reference to past associations and
views.
:: Reso6ued, That in our coming cleo
ton we will vote for no man for Office
who does not openly and avowedly en-
dorse and support President Johnson's
policy of restoration and the resolutions
and address Of the Philadelphia Con-
vention."
On the other hand, the extremists
know that upon this issue they are
beaten, and their schemesfor continued
power and rule viii fail. They ere,
therefore, endeavoring to evade it by
the most bitter inyectives and by ap-
peals to the passions of war and the
prejudices ofsections. This ispercept-
IDLE in every speech made by their ora
tors FROM orney to Colfax, and by ev-
cry utta Hnce Of their press from.the
Tribune here to that in Chicago.
Against the plainest facts and without
the slightest regard to truth or Justice,
they ring the charges upon the "base
treachery of the PRESIDENT Vnom they
term the. man that j. Wilkes Booth
made President" and call upon the
North not to surrender itself Ito the
mercy and place itself under the feet of
the malignant, chagrined and enlbitter-
ed South" The late troubles in New
Orleans are perverted and exaggerated
as a second Kansas affair. They are to
America what the Red Republicans
were to France. They are unscrqpu-
lors and fanatical revolutionists. They
will spare no effort to carry their ends,
regardless of ways or means. But the
country is at last aroused to sense of
it's danger, and the "sober second
thought will yet prevail" if the friends
of restoration North and South will on
" remain united and prudent.
Enthusiastic preparations are being made
for the reception of President johnson on
Wednesday next. There is to be grand
military and civic procession, and the
President will be received in front of the
statue of Washington. The Inequalities
of the city will be rendered him, and after
being formally welcomed by Mr.. Hoffman,
the Mayor, he will hold public reception
in the Governors room. From here he
will make short Western tour, and per-
haps visit some Of the principal cities in
New. England.
Although the visit of the President is Of
a social character, it is to be hoped that his
presence in the North, West and East,
pending the elections, and his being thus
enabled to see the people face to face, will
prove beneficial to the common welfare.