The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-26
N.fSBY.
rAe Des.oerafic Candidate for tAe iress-
dea~N.
Posr Orris, CoSrEDsir X ROADS,
(wich is in The State nv Kentucky,
Jun /. 1865.

(Nlch - In Inc St1tt Nv NcutuCAbf
Jun I, 1855. x }
Tho matter NV a Pre~idcnshl candidate
bcz opprcst me, and hes also exercised the
gigantic intelIcx who eongreyaic n, the Cor
ners. We hev dcsi,led that Cheei Justis
Chase wont do. We kin support him cheer
fully for his method NV condrktin the i'm.
pcachment trial hcz satisfied ~ Nv h,s hank.
erin for standin in our party. Resides this,
hayin made start, We conssticr him sale
ANYHOW. The man witch kin take noinin-
as6en at our hands, or identify hissclf with
us. may nlluz bc countid onto. Ablishnists
never forgive SIGH, AMI ther aiut no other
place 10 go. When johnson and DOolit,le
and that crowd left the Ablishnists, knew
wbcr they would land better than they did.
FaciLs deoencas drsrni, which bcin transla-
ted into the vulgar tongue. means, the road
10 hell il nnca,lainized. Hancock won't do
bccoz our Suthrcn brcihcrn hcv preiudis
again the flag he drawd his sword under.
Pcnllcton wool anscr the West but the
Last is opposed tn him. therefore, after
givin the matter nlatoor considcruslcn, hev
desidcd to propose Tor the posishn, tho name
NV yethro l. kippcns, NV Alexander coun,
ty, lllinoy.
hev the follerin reasons for insisten OH
his nominnshen. !. He's geographically
level. BY lookin on the map, Il will be
seen that thai county in lllinoy, is the ex-
trc,ne soa,ls-~csteriy part NV the state. Ii
is Northern county with Southern ideas.
Across tho river is Kentucky, west is south.
eastern Missoury and east is lower lngeany.
They grow tobacco there and ycarn after
slave labor CT intensely CT we across the
river. 9. Nobody knows him. The
name Of Jethro l.. kippcns hcz never filed
the soundin trump NV fame. With hun on
our ,ikket several piuts wood be gained.
On all tho questions on which there is
doubt in,hc minds Nv the Democracy Jeih-
70 l.. kippcns Is uncommitted. He 10 I'M
enbarrcsod with views, and ontroublcsomc
questions hcz nary an opinyon. The
trouble Pendlcton hez with the grecenbax
wood not affect hin, neither wood any Nv
them other questions witch arc ruther em-
barrassin than otherwise. He hez but one
political principle, which no holds is cnuti
for any one man, and that is Democracy.
ez il hcz bin, cz il is, and cz Il may he.
lie believes firmly IN the cuss NV Canaan.
he holds close to Oncsimus and llagar. and
hez sworn q solemn oath ihst no niger
shcl ever marry daughter NV bizzcn. This
noble sentiment witch ulluz strikes rcspon-
siyc cord In evry Democratic buzznm wood
be cmblazoneL on the Kippcns hammer. 3.
Jcthro l.. Kippinscs posishcn ON the war
question Is happy. lie opposed all the
steps witch led to il, and when Il finally
broke out he proposed the only troo Demo
CRITIC way NV sioppin il. IL WE his opin.
yum that VIC he'd no rite to coerc the
South-that there WIZ no warrent in the
Constooshcn for any sich perceedtn. "Ef
Borcrnrl fires onto Major Anderson sed
he,s let Major Anderson 20 aforc the near
est JUSTICE nv the Peace and hcy him bound
over 10 keen the peace. Efhe wont keep
the peace, and the iustis can't enforce his
wnrrcnt, why that ends Tive can't 20
beyopd the Copstooshn."-Aftcrh os,ilitics
aciooally begun, his posishcn wuz eminent
" satisfactory to both sides. Is wuz in
favor NV the war, bat opposed to its prose-
kooshep. lilo rcmarkt that tho South he'd
comnitHd On indiscrcshen. but were hc in
Congris ha shoodcnt vote for nary IMAM nor
dollar for carryin on war agin en-. Ills
two sons served in the war-one in the
Conlcdrit seryis md one in tho Fedral-
both On suffers. Tho war bore heavy on
him-he made great sacrifices Three
other sous he supported in Canada doorin
tho con,inyooancc NV the unnachrel strife,
4. JotllTo l.. Kippcns hex all the elements
NV popularity. lie WIZ born in log cabin
-hc studied .DabolIs arithmetic by the lite
NV pine knot, held for tho purpose by his
moihcr-he drove boss on the canal wuz
salt boiler IN Suthrin ONO, wason-ooy Oh
the Nashncl road, whz icisan orphan whsh
six weeks old, swept store h ms carry
youth, went down the MISSISSIPPI on hat
boat, wuz in the MeSikin war, anu hcz
coi,soomin pashcn for horses. Tie hez' IN
this, the advantage NV Grant, CT h's pasl'en
wuz so consoOmin that u got INN INTO
temporary difficulty winch re'lutiea i
men, a Jddge, and Two lawyers 10 seuio' QUO
NV the lawyers bcin the States Attorney NV
the county. These facts ~ nus biography
] got from his own iips. III tncres any
discrepancy NV co'lrse the coil'init'ce on d.
o.mphy will reconcile en-. IL may be VA,
he niay hcy done too muel,-wich isto say
cr all he SCI is ,roo, hc would DC two or
three hundred years old. III 10 Il viii hcv
to hc pared down. llo hez bin j''stis NV
tho peace ten years in his native township,
wich gives him splendid knowledge NV
constooslincl law.
3. He's trooly nashncl in his views lie
knows no north, no south. no east, no west,
mn no,hjn. That las, aualiiicashen mite
pr,;,ulis some arin him, but to me its his
chef holt. For with SIGH n man in the
Prcsi,lenshcl chair wood be safe. We hcv
nm oI,,n,l,nc, nv s;,h men ez Wood, Scy-
,,,a,,, VaIl,nJy,,,,n a, sct,ry. who kin
..o,,.,,, ,pr...;,j,,,, b,, who mr.. TOO oJou,,
to be elected very much to that posishen
themselves. Therefore, It's nessary iha'
Ps s,; sJ" ~, '' s,n, ,ta, Ch... ln"ws too
much i. the objection hey TO him. Polk
,sn, ,,ansrcaLl.. p;erc, e,nin,n,ly 40. and
49,, nh IcSol ,nnon wn. wonderfully Mia.
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