The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-12
Tar Integrity OF the Republican Parry of
Maine nj stake.

It seems that ten or dozen ambitious and
intriguing politicians among the State Sena.
tors and Representatives at Augusta have
found men who will follow them in the I'M
scrupulous and unprincipled course they pro-
pose to take. Even President Lindsey and
Senator Lane are reported to deny that they
have ever conceded the nomination of Ham
lin at the caucus Thursday night. Were they
to deny it thousand times itwould not change
the fact that they did make such concession.
Gentlemen whose reputation for integrity and
veracity is unimpeachable assured US that it
was made to them, and it is upon such author
itor that we made the statements in yester-
days Press.
Now we ask the serious attention of the Re-
pubcans of Maine to the following recapitu-
which nominated Hannibal Hamlin, and we
wish them TO consider, after giving it due con-
sheraton, what will be the probable effect
upon the prosperity of the party in Maine Of
boiling a nomination so fairly and honestly
made:
First, in the caucus Hannibal Hamlin re-
ceived Is votes, Lot M. Morrill, "a votes, and
there was one blank piece of paper.
Second, the Constitution of Maine, art 2,
sec l, provides that elections shall be by acrit-
ten ballot.
Third the Revised Statutes, chap. 4, sac ",
provides chat no ballot shall be received an-
less in a0riting or printing" and the Revised
Statutes also provide that blanks shall not be
counted.
Fourth, the committee charged with the
duty of counting the votes decided, before they
had any knowledge of the manner in which
the result would be affected by their decision,
thai the blank could not be counted to increase
the aggregate vote.
Fifth, the member who threw the blank in.
tended to throw it, and did not intend to vote
for either candidate. He asked for no oppor-
tunty to correct mistake and wished for
mono.
Sixth, the whole number of uotes thrown was
l49, aud the IS votes cast for Hamlin consti-
tuted clear majority of the whole number and
that gentleman was nominated.
Seventh all disinterested parties, in the
State and out of the State, upon receiving an
account of the proceedings of the caucus, as
sumed at once that the case was settled and
that Hamlin was the nominee for Senator-and
that, too, whether they had previously in favor
of his nomin alton or not The citation of the
eases of the Boston Journal, Boston Adverti-
ser, New York Tribune, the Agents of the AS
ISOLATED Press and the gentlemen who were at
Augusta as newspaper correspondents and
had no other motive than the collection and
transmission Of reliable news, is more than
suifi ;ient to establish this proposition.
Having established beyond all possibility OF
controversy that Hamlin is the nominee of the
Republican party for Senator, there is but one
course for the supporters OF that gentleman to
pursue. They must "stick." Any concession
to the reckless and unpatrotic men who make
the integrity Of the party which has such i'm
portaut trusts committed to its keeping secon-
Diary to their own selfish purposes, would be to
the last degree unwise and injudicious Far
well cannot carry with him so many of tie "a
as to make his rebellion anything like a sue
cess. There are many honest and fair-minded
individuals among them who will not listen
for a moment to proposition to "bolt" NOM
ination that has everything to give it validity
which in any conceivable case is required for
that purpose. They will see that the insurgent
cause has not, if we may SO, "a leg to stand
uoon," and that the election of the regular
candidate to the Senate is the only means Of
preventing the disruption of the Republican
partu OF Maine Let those who have that
wicked project in view know that they must
take the responsibility.