Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-09-02
State Election. Monday. Sept Is.
A Word 70 Republicans

A Word TO Republicans.
The Republicans Of thi, county should
go TO the polls one and all the 18th OF
September and vote the straight ticket.
NJ good reason exist. no plausible one
can he named. why hey should not.
The Republi an party does not propose
to settle the question 81 capital punish
meui. nor Of female suffrage. nor of the
coustabulary principle in temperance
On all these variou questions We NAV
be honestly divided IN opinion. ar in
transition state 81 mind. i would De
Tie height Of folly to introduce any one
or all ct these questions into our state
or local politics. and attempt to build
NJ 4 party on the new issIe. for if such
a course were TO he pursued il would
certainly fail.
Take capital punishment for instance.
aud what would be the result OF an at
tempt to make this notion an issue
aud make trial "a settle il hy voting
for Governor Of the state. The Gov
they are executed. he doe not make
Laws, Bat II this course j. taken VIC
shall soon zee the different religious So
ciciies, or denominations. striving
against each other. and contending for
The mastery in our politics. The nj
vcr-alisis of our state sei a bad exam
Die in their State Convention by pass
ing resolutions indirectly condemning
Governor Chamberlain for executing
the laws of the land and Tor his views
On temperance. In that convention
there were no less than kbroc aspiranfs
FOR the position that Governor Cham
hcrlaiu now occupies II was II DELHI
crate attempt to bring = whole religious
body iuto secret or active opposition To
party nomination. or in other word-
"a make 8 religious body act a. a unit
in political matters, not - much 10 vim
dictate a principle in it, creed a. 10 a
si-t political sehcmer- 10 accomplish
their purposes. We already begin TO
Zee the effects of this ill-advised scheme.
for we are informed that an influential
gentleman in the state i very anxious
that one of these log-rolling gentlemen
shall receive the Republican nomination
for Governor next year. for lac desires
to see how the rule will work the other
way.
But we have already one OF thee
-cheming gentlemen in nomination for
Governor.-N. q. Hichborn of Stock
ton, a consequential, pretentious gem
tlrInan. who would lose no opportunity
ID make known that he. 10 use cant
phrase of the day, runs the nivers@-
list denomination OF Maine. that is.
that he is the most important person in
il. that he has been the financial agent
Of Maine: and by the way il was
said that when first elected. Governor
Cony was afraid to trust him 10 visit
Boston and borrow money for the state.
and that he. the Governor. did that part
OF the financial business of the State
Treasurer.
vote for him for Governor. Well. why
should they: He j. no better temper
anee man than is Governor Chamber
lain. or the Democratic nominee:
Then why vote for him: Please tell
Us?
He has been a beggar for Office the
last fifteen wears. has been a fu.sv poll
tician. with no qualifications for public
position over and above twenty persons
in every town in this county. with no
love OF temperance only a. il serves his
purpose 10 gain position. Then why
should an honest temperance man vote
for him in preference to Governor
Chamberlain? Can any body tell u?
We know something of this Stockton
politician, having watched his political
course for many wears: we know some
thing of his management while Treas
urer of Maine, and something of the
why and wherefore of his active hostil-
ity TO Governor Chamberlain; some
thing of his schemes heretofore to d.
vide the party, and knowing all this we
say unhesitatingly TO the temperance
men of this county, that he is not wor-
thy of your support. If by any reason
Won do not like Governor Chamberlain,
if you are a consistent Republican, an
honest man, sincere lover of honest
principles, you cannot vote for N. g.
Hitchborn. Democrats may praise
him, because il is for their party inter- !
est TO do so, but while they love the |
treason of the man, they have no re-
spect for the traitor.
Therefore, Republicans. vote the