The Portland daily press., 1868-09-18

Under this caption the Argus on Wednes-
day morning dscoursed at length. 1t was
painful effort to apologize to its deceived ad-
herepts for the terrible disaster that had
come upop them in few hours. On Monday.
morning as the Old Parish bell gave out its
sonorous voice, summoning the freemen of the
city to the polls, and The same hour that saw The
voters of the State gathering 10 their several
places, the Democracy stepped forth proudly
defantly, to verify the promises its leaders had
m lde to their deluded followers! The open bal
lot-that grand defence of national liberty, in
their hands, they seemed the chosen champi-
ons of the world AS the Old Parish bell as ain
gave out its sonorous peal at p. M. on the
same day, the ballot box was closed through
out the State and the sliding cover slipped
noselessly over the precious cepostes, the
hopes of that naughty faction in this State
went down in gloom, never to be reighted by
any CLEAN of success! The battle had been
CALAMITY contested. Thank God most feryent-
ly, the people had triumphedl
And what reason has the Argus to give for
this precious result, as against the predictions
so continually poured into the ears of its
misguided followers? What the lessons
to be learned from it, according to the Demo
cratic class book? 1.-The sympathies of the
masses were Enthusiastically ON our SIDE" say
they Was it indeed so? Granting this for the
arguments sake, how happened it that those
sympathies did not hold out? The Argus an
swers again: 'rhe mode of diverting these
sympathies was to arouse the old fanatic hat
red against the SOUTH"
True to its instincts, that organ of the de-
structives must continue to misstate the case.
Oh, for one loyal, faithful sensation to thrill
that paper, that it might state one solitary is
sue frankly and honestly, and thus show the
world that truth and honor had not clean gone
from its columns forever!
The cause aoas not "hatred of the South"
that carried the loyal voters of Maine through
the loyal road on Monday. But one line will
tell what it was: Let it be printed in letters
of gold. 1t was hatred Of treason, traitors and
rebels. So long as that feeling keeps its inten-
sity in this country, our liberties are safe!
The loyal voters saw determined, persistent
desperate effort being made to revive the ac-
tors in and abettors of the rebellion; to eectri-
fly them into life and influenced! Worse than
that, they saw most unpr.ncipled plan in
progress to pass this country-its loyal men,
bound hand and foot-into the hands of the
rebels and their supporters Then it was that
the mighty spirit OF the loyal masses of Maine
arose, as it did in the war, and nothing could
stand before it! Then it was that nearly eighty
thousand voters of Maine arose in their might
and throttled this monster that was creeping
stealthily over our fair domain, amt striving to
poison the very air we breathed! The State
OF Maine, by the stupendous work of those few
hours on Monday, placed herself on pinnacle
so high ard grand, that this day her name is a
household word throughout the land, and
statesmen, the lofty and the lowiy, speak her
praise in their public speech and their private
congratulations.
Treasou is odious! Rebellion is unpardon-
able till repented of! The country must be
governed by loyal men! That is the lesson to
be gathered from the mass meetings of Mon
day last 1t would be well for the believers in
that political bible, the Argus, to heed it! 1t
will be well for that political guide board to
point these misdireeted believers in the right
PATH 1t is great lesson, most faithfully APP
Dliedi