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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

shruudsd Tie nation In mourning. and flooded
h with team. Such are the shastly testimonials
ofwhss The Democracy has done In ysAn
past.
No thanks to that party that o-day ws have
. country 10 love or . Constitution to revere.
!. did Ill In IL power TO destroy both.
And now Il again seeks power through dis
cord and civil striis. For four ysars, during
the height Of the nations peril. the only hope Of
the party for success was in disaster 10 our
arma Hence Il reioiced stsvery Union defeat
and mourned for every Union victory.
Its candidate for Vice President declared 70
the Convention that nominated him eve must
have President who viii execute the will Of
the people BY trampling into dust the u'srpo-
tions Of Consrsss knovn a. the Rseon'frueffon
acts. Iepeat, this Is the real and
only question which we should allow to control
ms. II Is Idle to talk Of bonds, greenbscu, gold
and the public credit. wish to stand
before the Convention upon this issue" Thus
was he nominated, and Wade Hampton, sdvo-
eating thG ticket before an audience In south
Carolina, declared "thst the cause for which
they fought, and for which stonswsll jackson
died, viii yet 30 gained in the election Of Sey'
mour and Blair"
Ifthis party can succeed at the ballot-box,
the work ofreconcilhtion for four years win b
undone. and the priceless sacrifices Of four other
viii have been made in vain.
The issue Is marked and well defined Gram
Collar and Peace; or Seymour Blair ana
| War.
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FRrIour Business ON TIE PISnsrtvASiA
RAr1aoAD.-Some idea Of the magnitude Of The
freight business done on the Pennsylvania HALL
road may be gathered from the following ng-
urcs: Fourteen hundred and seventy -sour
freight cars were novel past Mifhin, station
about midway between Philadelphis and Fits
bureh, ON Friday, juno 20. This number In:
cluded cars eastward and westward. II placed
In one continuous line, the car, with the en-
gines attached to them, would have male ,
train Of nearly ten miles In length. Tbe Pam
sylvania Railroad. having double track from
70 Pittsburgh-S66 miles-is ens-
blei TO move this immense business without the
which would ensue on insle
track road.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

In the outset Of the contest the '.Demoeratio''
party that for four years paralyssd the arm Of
industry. BY loading Il with burden Of twenty
Eve hundred millions Of debt, involved the
country with civil war. and threatened the de-
struction Of the Union and the overthrow Of lib
srty. solicits your sudrages, declaring that II
has no principles to advocate or measures 10
support. and calls upon ID followers everywhere
to defend nothing With nothing In il history
for years worthy 70 b defended. Il b the part
Of visiom not 10 make The attempt; for Il has
man.clsd the frssaou Of the pre-. erushsd out
liberty ofspssch and brutaiissi the public con-
sc;encs In dftsen stasca Il ostrseised every
man Who had the courage to declare human
bondage . sin against God and fragrant viOla-
ton Of the spirit and genius Of the republic. II
u.rsd . cruel war against The pioneer settlers
Of IL territories, md covered the prairiss Of
Kansas With murdered heroes, because they
p,susa freedom to slavery. II sstAb'ishsd =
reign Of ssrror. and msds the residence Of men
fAithfsl 10 ths prinoipsa Of IL dselarat'oa Of
Isdspsnda.es covered By The aas a common
country. Dsssassd IN iss sdSrts 10 sssosa Pfssi-
dent d ID sAolee. II appealed 10 arms 10 uulliS
the decision Of he hllOt-box. Inthe struggled
laa uillioa Il hesvs nsa In untimsly pssss.
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Ex-Senator Georre Is. Pupb M Oh,o an. N
o' WV "
Seymour's ablest supporters, made spoech on
a.trrd.v Last ., .h.~v...-,. ..;--, A.
" e''.nome iesu'si' io'
the bsneht OF the 81 Johns Catholic Church
OF haH'son' near cincinnati, Ohio. NotWith-
standine the occss;on. TIA .n.sch -. .,,;-.,v .
o., 'p''Sn VIZ e"aisv
political hanngue Before quoting from bis re-
mAln' '" viii aioH MIN TO denne his own ~
...r
'uey "eN carnot war men during the conV0''
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DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENTS.

Wednesday evening rs the Saoo Delegation,
who had been taking part in the grand Repub-
lican demonstration. were returning to the West
ern Depot In Portland, one Of Charles Shsw's
followers threw some sort Of missile at the pro-
ceaion, which struck Clarence Hobson, son Of
Gen. Hobson Of Saco. and inflicted two severe
wounds on his forehead, cutting the Aesh to the
bone, and knocking him down. This Is but one
Of many Outragss perpetrated BY the Shaw De-
mocracy during this campaign. We have not
had procession for the last two weeks which
has not been stoned and egged BY the hounds Of
rebellion, and at last % notorious has the mob
become that the Mayor Of this city feels obliged
to issue his proclamation warning them to desist
and Offering reward Of s26 for the arrest Of
any;person firing missiles, &c. How long our
men propose to bear this state Of things We do
not know, but suppose there win b some limit
to their endurance. We warn the oopperheads
that thsre are rumors in tho air which bods no
good to the peace Of the city, unless they call
OF shaw's Coventry Recruits from their mob
practices.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

THE PENNSYLVANIA RArLRoAD.-The trial Of
English steel rails on this great line. whose
traffic Is IN excellent tet Of their merits,
having proved entirely satisfaetory, tho
company have contracted for thirtythrcc hun
dred tons. of which about one thousand tons
have already arrived, and the remainder 10 eI-
pected at an early day. This will make, with
what has been heretofore laid, nearly ten thous-
and tons purchased by this company. or the
rails 20 far laid only one has broken, which fact.
considering that the Pcnnsylvsuia Railroad has
had the longest and largest experience with them
Of any road In the country, seems to demon.
strate their durability. Tho number Of local
passengers carried on this road and branches on
three consecutive days In last month, amountcd
to CO, O0i, an average Of over q 900 per day.
one Of the days being Sunday. These were In
addition to the regular through travel on oou-
pom tickets issued by other lines. These facts
and figures show that not only Ii this m,gniS-
cent thoroughfare determined to have the best
Of everything, but that its efforts arc sPpreci-
atel by the travelling public.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

Gen. Badsau. In his work on the military his
tory Of Gen. Grant. tabs The following anecdots
Of Gen. Grants reception BY the rsbel generals
whom be bad debated. when be entered vlcks-
burg On the 4th Of July, 1858:
He went drscs 10 one of ths rsbsi headquaress bot
hers was no oos corrective him. and h dInoanssd and
they % used Grant, but mt one q then ooersd him
chair, though al bad ssas thsnselves Nehes NE rank
nor fsputaon of hsir captos nor the swords be- had A.
lowed hem 10 wear, promped them 70 this simple 81 d
courtesy Prmbertoa Was especially sueu, bo<h IN con.
versstn and behavior. Finally fOs WY shAns oos
The rvbls odcre plaoe 70 Grant Ihs day Va hos epo
dusty, he vas Thirsty from his ride, and asksd 20 drink
q vatr n.y told him he eouh npd u ousidei and, %
ooe shosing him tbs way, he soped In hs Psss.ss until
be band negro Who gave him cup @ eoa .sss, ooy
which his emmy had almost denied. when NJ ntulntu
his seat had been taken and be ainsd standing dur
Ing the rest Of the Interview which lasted about hall On
hosr.
This il . perfectly correct account OF what
happened on that occasion. The rudensss OF the
rebels was perfect, but 80 Was the dignihed, i'm
pcrturbable, forbearing pOllteness Of their VIC
tor. Grant never appeared greater than In his
quiet endurance Of the absurd ill-manners Of
the men he had conquered. We presume no
one who witnessed the scene will ever forget
II, and those who have such reason TO be
ashamed Of Il win probably forget least Of
al
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11
SEVEN WOUNDED

and MANNED soldiers have been discharged from
employment at the Kittery Navy Yard by the
copperhesds This Is their affection for the sol.
diers which Is 80 boastingly inserted in their
convention resolutions II these soldiers had
worn the rebel gray during the war, think you
Granny welles and Shaw would have had them
When Grant gets into the White
House some folks will "hum." Bear that In
mind and "wait for the wagon"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.!

We have made arrangements to issue an ex-
ira next Tuesday morning giving the returns Of
the election in this State but more especially the
returns from this District. Forward the TO
turns from the back towns. Ride to the near
est telegraph station and telegraph the Govern.
or and Representative vote as soon - possible.
We will forward in return the result - soon q
learned, to any person % aiding US, and who %
REQUEST, II,
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11
"rHE MAINE DEMOCRAT"

To talk seriously and without any circumlocu-
ton whatever. shaw's paper Is the most astonish-
ing ever issued by any editor or Publisher ever
known to US That men have been guilty OF fol-
lies and misrepresentation in the conduct Of po-
litical journals for many years, cannot Be de-
MED, and that in high "party times" close 70
gard for correct statement which should char
acteri,e journals Of information, has not always
been followed, must be admitted; but We chal-
lsugs any living reader or writer to produce any
paper or campaign document which shall bear
any comparison with this now issued, for falsity
and absolute downright ~ilfdl lying.
Heretofore, even the publisher Of this paper
has sought at least some aimsy preteIt - fouD-
dations for his misrepresentation rs, but in this
instance he knows he has none. He knows q,
well as we do that he il guilty Of deliberately
coming lies out Of whole cloth to deceive the
very men whom he desires to support him. In hi'
last issue be hiss not only exhibited his deprari-
ty, but the paper bears the plainest imbecility.
Let any reasonable. sensible man look at the
paper and answer upon his honor, II he ever
saw such u medly outside Of an insane asylum
Certainly. in this particular We are reminded Of
remark concerning another individual, that
..if he had been educated fool he would have
been perfect success"
Az the Editor Of . political paper, We are
very far from having any reason to regret
shaw's practices in this instance, for the de-
praviy and imbecility have been 50 mixed In
the paper that II furnishes Us With the best cam
paign document We have been able TO use, and
so apparent is this that for the past two weeks
We have received orders to furnish different Re-
publican committees In this State with all the
copies Of shaw's Democrat which we could
purchase, and have done 70.
Now We In al candor say to such men -
VIM. p. Haines, Augustine Haines, Philip East
man. Capt. Vim. Pike, Joa @. Desring. and
other men Of that stamp, after having sssn such
an exhibition Of this truly unfortunate man,
can you give him your votes - Reprsssnta-
tive in Congress Of this great manufacturing
md commercial District, and retain your own
self-rsspscti Thsre can b but one answer 10
this question.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

ONE HUNDRED LAB0RING MEN dis
charged from the Kittsry Navy Yard bccaus,
they would no. promise 70 vote In favor Of sur.
seodsring to Lee. .r
SEVEN SOLDIERS who have each lost IN
arm or leg. discharged nom tho Navy Yard
because they would not prouiss b vote % - "a
make the ballot Of one South Carolina Rsbsl
worth two Of theirs.
Charles A. Shaw susssstsd this thing IA
Gideon weliss. Deuoeratio Secretary Of the
Navy.
Rsmember Kiaery! "
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

TAs old Vermont Brigade has again charged
upon he Rsbsls, - Il did In The wilderness,
and tAsy we sgaia routed. fsy are equally
rsady - rvas II nsny sith~ In ths State 1t
The halloG hss mid tAsir own Green Mountains,
or with u hayeasl eaths "asrsdsol" my
are sstaaasd b. ~ Ansinpalsss. recognise the
,sans -. Anev tAsAns isadsrA mo- have
neeiad %" ths'reEns. ealy eAaagsd weapons.
go, nsessasy. Asy can change again. he
ranh ars fall, The cause . Just. and .0od d.
fsad IL right" TITO 80
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11
Bht Of Hisfory.

When seymour's "friends" were numbering
inoifensire men, women and children. and burn
Ing Orphan Asylums in New York city, sey-
mour, then Governor. thus lent his patriotic
services to the Government by threatening more
riots and bloodshed, II the Government did not
allow his "friends" to control II. He wrote to
President Lincoln as follows;
II 10 believed by at least ons-AaU ns people
In hs loyal States that the CONSUMPTION act,
which they are called upon 70 obey because Is on The
ststute-book,s IN itsey q ptoiaf.on'1 hs supreme
ieve would be the consequences Of Violent harsh policy,
before the constltutionaty Of the act tested You can
scan the future - well - The temper Of As people
to-day you can readily learn.
President Lincoln, thus abusivcly approached,
calmly and sweetly replied as follows:
do not object to sbide the decision Of the Unite
States Supreme Court Of the Judges thereof on the
constltutionaiity OF the Drat law. In fact should be
willing 10 facilitate the obtaining Of It. But cannot con-
sent 10 lose the time while Il Ia being obtained We are
contspdIng with an enemy Who as understand, drives
every abebodled he reach Into his ranks, very
much o. butcher drives bulocks Into slaughier.pen.
No time 10 wasted no argument d used: Ths produce.
an army which win soon turn upon our nov victorious
soldiers already In the ned they are not sustained by
recruits a. Their should be. Il produces an army with
rapidly not 10 b matched side, We hSt waste
Time 70 Ieexperinent with The volunteer system, already
deemed by Congress- and papaby, In c 20 Gar exhaust
ed - to be nadequate and then more time to abide
Court decision 10 whether law d constitutional which
requires part OF those not now In the service to 90 to the
aid Of those who already In It's and st more time 70
determine with absoute certainty that we get those who
are 10 70 In the precsey ga proportion 10 those who are
not to TO- Ny purpose TO be In my action just and
constitutional. and {s rss n Ps 70 s p sS:
unity and the free principles Of common country.
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WHAT NJ. LYNCH HAS DONE ron
HIS C0NSrIrUENTS.


Yroa ~ Pushnd nsA
We are Justified In sssamins that The oppo-
sitioo leaders In this coogrsssional district con-
oeds that our present Representative has origi-
mated financial measures that have sithsr been
incorporated into bills or are now pending and
are likely 10 Be adopted In the precise form
given them BY him. So much We assume from
the net that In reply TO truthful Statements Of
his services In this direction they have only
been able 10 avail themselves Of ibaldry or
Shaw's obscene wood cuts. Now Il may b TO
garied As an established principle that oficial
acts cannot b obscured BY sneers nor reversed
BY wood cuts. Mr.. Lynch's bill for the gradual
resumption Of specie payments embodies A.
nearly q any single measure yet devised the
Republican financial policy As distinguished
from the Democratic policy. 1t would give the
people zone currency" and that good one. It
would mako paper !. good Is gold, and thus OBJ
viate all difficulty about the payment Of the
debts In greenbseks. As the bill ID the ne1t
thing in order at the next session Of Congress II
ID BY no means e1tr1vagant to indulge the hops
that Il will b adopted and that Mr.. Lyneh's
name will b identified with the means adopted
TO secure return to specie payments.
We take Il for granted. also, that Democrats
eonceds that Mr. Lynch has used his best en-
deavors to secure drawback on material that
enters into the construction Of vessels. We have
repeatedly cited the facts on this point. and
they are uncontroverted BY 80 much as wool
cut In Shaw's paper.
But there is another kind Of legislation having
special reference to the wantsof his constituents,
which has received Mr.. Lynch's strict attention
with most satisfactory results. A few Of these
measures We shall here recapitulate without at
tempting to make the list complete.
The law Of 1892 In relation to registering
and recording vessels required every owner in
. vessel-and usually they are numerous-to
take the oath Of ownership every time new pa
pers a.c taken out This was source Of great
annoyance and often Of considerable expense to
ship owners. The provisions Of this law were
for many years disregarded until they were re-
vived by . circular from the Treasury Depart
ment. II is due chiefly to the efforts Of Mr..
Lynch that hi, law has been repealed.
There Is no subject perhaps on which more
s..,;,, Ia. hasn manifested nv n.r,on, ;nt.r..,.
:, !, .h;nn;,. A. an N. A, 10 n,.,s,, N. ;,,r-
In, ~ Am.r;c.n n.n.r, "a ,..,.,, ,h., ,ou,h,
,hs nro,.c,;on Of foreign aap, during thu var.
On, .h,,o,n.,, Tho n,.ssvrsi n run An. ,;.l q,
-. ,h-a,.h an. ,,r..;.. ., s.mu., avn, o,h.,
M-----..ss ..-.,.-. - A.. -, 49,.
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A Democratic CORES pondent Of the New York
Herald complains Of the unsteadiness Of the
party In Maine. He says: "Por q few days
they work energetically and get upa popular
furors in all the political centres that promises
to sweep the State. A day or two after the
party are apparently a lifeless q pine chip"
At the last dates he gives the following a. the
spirit Of the Maine Democracy;
with the exception Of an occasional dag raising In tie
towns OF the statr where local asprsnts for zeal hon
orr address the masses, there no LIE, no enthusiasm 10
the party, As far 40 10 shown In acts.
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The revelations made by COL William Brown
of Kentucky In regard to the manner in which
the nomination Of Governor Seymour was 90
cured, have been followed up by Mr.. Henry
Reed, late Of the Cincinnati Inquirer, and Al
e1ander Long, both democrats whose fidelity
was never questioned. Both treat the nomina-
ton with profound disgust. Mr.. Reed writes,
after giving . portion Of the history from his
point Of observation, as follows:
That Mr. Seymour was either weak or dishones, that
hi, conduct owed i ogn either to treachey OF mbec.
IT, thing 70 papabe to forbid denial. Ills act was
that Of knave Of . oolj and that knave OF fool
whichever Il may have been-of common magnitude.
II 10 complimentary 10 Mr. Seymour when his apollo
gsts only maintain his Integrity ut the expense Of his
understanding, and his understanding at the expense Of
his integrity II not fortunate for party to be CON-
mited candidate In respect TO whose character there
question which only be answered by an mpeach-
ment Of either bis intellectual moral fitness for the place
10 which Il seeks his elevation.
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BEWARE!

ofbogus ballots. The polls win b flooded
with ballots having Shaw's name upon tickle,
Of Republican names. instead Of Mr.. Lynch's
name. This dodge on the part Of Shaw Il well
known In this city as early - to-day. and /,
openly admitted and advocated BY him. Le,
each Republican look well TO his ballot.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11

When Cortez landed In Mexico, In 1918, the
art Of istter-writing was unknown, and inf0r-
nation was transmitted from one to another by
means Of courisrs and simple earicatures or
rude representations Of occurring eventa Thus
whom be landed upon the Mexican coast, he
drew . representation Of men leaving ten ships.
When. In the year following, he marched upon
Mexico with his six hundred men. and con-
quersd that city. he again returned to the
Court Of Spain an ofaciL account Of his sIps-
dition. being simply an outline map and pic
tur.. representing troops entering awaited town.
The ignorance Of the people who could only
convey intelligence by means Of pictures can b
couieetursd, and the intellect Of society. especial.
" that Of the masses, can b comprehended.
To such ruieuess tho formation Of ideas was IN
entire outward oct.
Shaw and Brick Pomeroy are the only per-
sons In this country who presume that their
patrons and followers are Is brutal and igno-
rant rs the population Of the middle sges Nei-
Their Of them attempts TO use argument 10 indu-
euce the people, but what they fAil TO do In
downright hideous and disgusting lying. they
rely upon caricaturcs and pictures to do for
them Truly the democracy must feel COM
plimentei at the estimation in which their intel
liseuce is held by their candidate. II they can
swallow such dose there is no law to prevent
their doing 50.
Shaw commenced business in life with tho
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H.w s.ymss- sss,,.S n.s-xss..s.


At the time that Grants exhausted fbrces ny
in the trenches betbp Richmond and Pessrs'
burg waiting for rsiniorosmsnts from the wash
iugton defenses, certain citisens Of 6arstogs
Johnstown, Groversvills, and other plsoss. pro
posed to organise companies Of men over a
years Of ags to do garrison aud guard duty q
the national capital, or wherever needed o.
home defences. The proposal was accepted By
the Superintendent Of Recruiting, but - 1t w
necessary to obtain authority from the Execu.
tive Of New York, the matter was referred r
Gov. Seymour, who thus replied:
srAYs OF NEW Yosr, EIscrTNs DspARrxsSr,)
Aug. II, 1894
To Lss'. Co Z. Tsr"'s"d, 4. 4. p. NJ 0'"ref
sssmf Ssv. rse.ivsd the communication Of the Pro
yo-t-Mashal 0sner a Aug. IL, In relation 70 Raising
loo In eartoga County, over Is years Of age wht
been requested 10 Issue The necessary authorization iOr re-
eulting such pefsons have declined giving stcA dn
fhor.afion, a. In my judgment would be lmposable
do under the provisions Of order number ID lSh2 o
bidding troops being mustered Into the service on terms OF
conditions connng their services 10 the limits OF any
state and The act Of Congress Get forth therein without
n, causing perpexng questions - 10 the liability OF such
10 Dc OfuerI INTO Oner service tnan tnat tey tuc
rated when they enlisted Thee doubts and quesfeSi
create dlscontent and complaints while the enlstments
any number Of men upon terms and ooocos other thar
tho.e applying 10 the whole body Of the service make
great confusion and deuly In recruiting troops. Truly
yours, ke., lIoaArio sErnorR.
A true copy. p MrHLNsrRo,
Capt 18Th Infantry U. g. Infantry Inspector.
As the order Of 1862 simply specifies that nc
recruits should be received for the limits Of any
particular State, the letter Of Gov. Seymour
speaks for itself and shows that his "doubts and
questions" were resolved and answered In Q
manner inimical to the best interests Of thu
country. II shows, further, that he was ready
to carp and cavil, to question and doubt, bu
not ready to use the immense influence his posi-
ton gave him in support Of the Government
No wonder the Rebels like his nomination.
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SEE THAT YOUR NAME

Is On the check List. Don't think because
your name was on the list last year that II is on
this. In Biddeford men who have voted here
for twenty years have marched to the polls only
TO learn that their names were not on the check
list. Such game will Be played In every pro
oinct controlled by the coppsrhsads.
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BE At THE POLLS EARLYl

Let every loyal man b ready at the town.
house and deposit his vote, AFTER which he Is st
liberty for active and personal work. Have
your r.llying committee appointed and earnest
" at work. Many live some distance from the
place Of voting, and provision should Be made
for bringing out the sssd and innrm.