The Portland daily press., 1867-06-28


Piscataluis--Moses Parshley Saneerville
SagatahoeF. j. Parks, Phipsburg
Somefset-Abner COburn. Skowhegan, .ta-
Waldo-A. j. Billings, Freedom.
Washington-Chares Il. Whidden, Calais
YOrk-Alexander bennett. Rttery. a.
The report was accepted and adopted by the
convention. sra- a..i- .... ...
Mr. Wilcox, of Gardiner, gave notice of a
meeting of the committee on resolutions in an
ante-room. -...lrtf .,4i. -.s =
Mr.. Lewis B. Smith, of Portland, then NOV
ed, subject to objection if any should be offer
ed, that JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN be
declared the unanimous choice of the conven-
ton for candidate for Governor. On motion,
the vote was taken by rising, and the announce
ment of the President, "YOu may be seated,
gentlemen, it's all right" was received with
immense applause. -f.l 'r. t,sa
On motion of Mr.. A. b Farwell, of Angus.
ta committee consisting of Mr.. Farwell
Eugene Hale, of Ellsworth, and Mr.. l.. b.
Smith, of Portland, was appointed to wait upon
the Governor and inform him of his re-nom-
nation. -.- -s- 'a l.-
Senator Morrill,. of Augusta, was then called
for, and addressed the convention. Mr.. Nor
rill said the Republican party was not compos-
sink their minor differences for the sake of the
country. The work of the party is said to be
done. Slavery is extinct. The Union is saw.
cd. But the work of the party is not done.
The principles of the Republican party can
only be carried out under Republican admin
istration. The party cannot abdicats without
naming successor, and there is no successor
to be found. The Democratic party cannot
succeed. Where is that party? During the
war were fighting the Southern branch,
and the Northern wing was not helping us.
The latest expression of Democratic feeling
was to be found in the Portland PLATFORM
Their hopes for the future are there declared
to be based on their past record. Then are
they indeed without God and without hope in
the world. (Cheers.) They say that Congress
is just and tyrannical in not admitting rebels
into the Capitol. He confessed it. Uaughter.)
| The Democratic party cannot be trusted An
| dy johnson canhOt be trusted. He did not
propose to review the Presidents administra-
tion. Nasty has done that, in the only & way
(LaughterD He proposed only to refer to the
downright contradiction between the veto mes
sage, which Mr.. Stanbery was suspected OF
Writing, and the recently published opinion
which he avowedly did write. 1t the Presi-
dent had been the author of these contradic-
| tory pieces he would hesitate to say that an
| officer occupying SO exalted station must be
either knave or fool. He would not even
| say it Of Mr.. Stanbery, but the crcumstan-
ees were against him. We can trust Phil
Sheridan Continued applause, eliminating in
| three rousng cheers, and Grant, Thomas
-: IL Al 80 Al,
ton, the only man in the Cabinet, who said
mo" to the infamous proposition to adopt Mr..
| Stanbery's opinions as a basis for instructions
TO the commanders of the Southern districts.
| (Applause.) Finally, and above ALL we must
| trust ourselves. .... aai ...t.. t-.s...- .s.s.
! At the conclusion of Senator Merrill's
| speech, Hon. John A Peters was called for
but rose, as it was already after one o'clock, to
move an adjournment till half past two, which
was carried. t.a.- .iI Io q, ..4t
- I5- AFTERNOON SESSION. ..T
| The convention was called to order by the
President at half past .. As the Committee
on Resolutions was not yet ready to report
Hon. +. A. Pike, of Calais, Representative ia
Congress for the Fifth District, was called up
on to address the convention. MIR. Pike said
he had merely stopped on his way to WASH
ington (cheers), to meet his Republican friends
in convention. Congress was going to try to
make the reconstruction laws so plain that the
| waytaring man, though a fool, need not err
| therein. They had spent the last session in
| clipping the wings of the President, but if he
was still disposed to soar out of his proper
sphere it might be necessary to take his polit-
cal life If it is necessary it can be done. Mr..
Pike said he was not there to say either that
| he had pluck enough to impeach the President,
! that he had pluck enough to vote against
impeachment. All that man should do he dar-
ed to do, and he who dared do more than that
is less than man. 1t would not be becoming
for Congress charged with the great duty of
adjusting a long controversy between the North
and the South, to be drawn aside by any feel
ing of merely personal luminosity. 1t is the
duty of Republican Congress to establish
throughout the whole Union the law of equal
justice to all men. Mr.. Pike said he was not a
Jealous advocate of the late reconstruction
measures. He did not believe in reconstruc-
ton by proviso. He was willing to wait for
the Southern people to show works meet for
repentance. AsPhil Sheridan once said, "Mr
Pike, what these people need is time to learn
that they're no better than anybody else" Zap
plause). In the Judgment of the speaker, they
had no rights except such rights as belonged
to conquered people. They are to be govern
ed at present, not to govern, They are to be
governed wisely. Their property should not Q
confiscated. ConfscatiOn is robbery; and rob-
berry is anarchy; and anarchy is dangerous to
the rights of every man, be he rich or poor
But they must be governed. Mr. Pike was in
favor of putting the execution of the recon-
struction laws into the hands of Gen. Grant
loud cheers). Congress was going to meet on
the Sd of July as court Of errors, to overrule
Mr.. Stanbery to do justice to Sheridan, Thorn
as, Schofeld Sickles and Pope, and to put the
ballot into the hands of the loyal people of the
South. r. q
When the cheering at the close of Mr.. Pixies
speech had ceased, Mr.. Farwell, from the COM
mittee appointed to wait upon the candidate
for Governor reported that Gen. Chamberlain
was in the convention. z-5 l.. ~. Z aaE { To-. q
The Governor was conducted to the plat
form by Mr.. Smith of Portland, and was well
coined by long continued applause The pre-
siding officer said, Gentlemen, 1 have the
pleasure of doing what there is no necessity for
doing-of introducing to this convention Gen
eral Chamberlain, our honored chief magis-
trate and candidate for reelection"
Gen. Chamber lain said this WAS the first
time in his life that he had ever been in a po-
litical convention, and he could not overcome
the impression that he had begun at the wrong
end. He felt as gentlemen may be supposed
to feel, who receive honorary degrees from
colleges where they have never studied He
was deeply sensible of the honor conferred up
vi hiih by the nomination last year, and the
present nomination, after his capacity had
been testeo' he could but acknowledge as
still greater honor. He saw before him the
men upon whom, in whatever disasters are vet
in store for us, this country must denen1
With such men he was ready to cast bis lot
Their purposes all point to the enfrancb;sa-
ment and honor of mankind. The resnons;-
bility of the war and its consequent embar-
easements must rest elsewhere. We ended if
but we did not begin it. He had not yet heard
the resolutions of the convention, but knowing
what they must be he was prepared to accept
them in advance. He was prepared to stand
al f ...I.