The Portland daily press., 1869-01-20
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w,mesday Morning, January TO- 1863
HamIin, senator Elect.


The people of the United States called upon
Maine to give back to the Senate one OF the
most distinguished of the men who have held
seats in that body In obedience to that call
and to their own wishes the people, acting
through their representatives, have elected
Hannibal Hamlin United States Senator, CIV
ing to him every Republican vote in the Sen
ate and all but two in the House. 1t only re-
mains for the two Houses to meet in joint con-
vention to-day and make formal deelara'ioH Vi
the act.
If ia making this announcement we aie ~
scious of a feeling of exultation, IT is ho' W
cause Republicans who preferred aho.net
didate before the nomination was iiiauo oh 'ne
ri ;nst b.ya been constrained TO yield their
'...c..a,oos :, d.ference TO the will of the mar
- b,.;t IL because this great contest--a
$50. ;nyoIvipc so much excitement apdso
root IN expenditure of effort as to make it
unnrecedented in the political annals OF the
state-has been settled in the Republican par
ty By the Republican party. The times are not
vet ripe for the dissolution which the Demo
cratic vultures, sitting a little aloof in hungry
expectancy SO eagerly desire and SO contaifs- .
)y hope. The party of progress morale as
comes out of the struggle wS s;oone have been
ftteet as when it b .sesssser much tempted, ex.
1u' ies's IEs2afpppointed, who were quite will
IL ps."'eu anger the Radical cause by calling
:. eommon enemy to settle family quar-
90 This of all others is the feature of the
losing scenes of the battle that must be
viewed by patriotic Republicans with the most
satisfaction.
EAnother most gratifying consideration is
found in the fact that, notwithstanding the ex-
traordinary heat of the controversy, neither
party has stopped to throw mud. In New
York charges of corruption and of acts incon-
sistent with the character of good citizen
have been banded to and fro by the partizans
of Fenton and Morgan with little regard to
decency. In Missouri the battle between
Sohurz and Loan, and that in Minnesota be-
tween Ramsey and Donnelly, have not been
carried on without the hurting of epithets and
the commission of numerous impropreties.
But in Maine neither candidate has been OPP
emily assailed. The dispute has not been, as in
some other States, as to which candidate hadi
the least vices, but as to which had the most
virtues. The trivial exceptions to this rule
only serve to prove its general truth. The
to what is generally regarded as necessary
condition of the commercial prosperity of the
Stale was made by an irresponsible journal
that has given to the Senatorial campaign
whatever of asperity, of violence and of I'm
principled disregard of consequences it has
possessed. 4g--e .,t..5- a
But the change was made unseasonably, was
promptly and conclusively rebutted and bad
not the weight of a feather. Mr. Hamlin is
now on record on this question, and we, in
common with the journal that made the I'M
founded charge, expect him as a Senator to
show by such vigorous action as he is capable
OF, how utterly groundless it was. There have
been rumors, too, of parties we will not name,
going from house to house in Androscoggin
county, scattering such ISLANDERS in regard to
one of the candidates as would be likely to be
peculiarly effective in that part of the State
But such ISLANDERS were never openly resorted
to and were confined to narrow territorial
limits; so that on the whole the contest-was a
remarkably clean one in this respect. ~, n
If some of the injudicious friends of Mr..
Morrill, have resorted to deplorable means of
prolonging contest that ought to have closed
on the 7th,-if Mr.. Morrill, himself failed TO
make that prompt and cheerful submission to
the decision of the people that would have
been SO graceful for one in his position and 1
that would have given him much strength in
pursuit of any object Of his ambition other
than the Senatorship,-if both Mr.. Morrill, and 4
his friends had at any moment unworthy pur-
poses in view, of which either circumstances or l
their own better nature prevented the consum-
mation-all that will now be forgotten. Mr.. 4
Morrill, will retire from the Senate on the 4th
of March with the satisfaction of having we'll
represented Maine in the National Legislature
and of deserving the sincere gratitude of his
constituents. Mr. Hamlin will take his seat
supported by the whole Republican party of
his State to enter upon new career of honor
able activity and of eminent public service.