The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-06
Cruel Frieudship.


We hope that Senator Fessenden will for
give the Advertiser. 1t really does not know
any better. 1t has sincere attachment for
his person which is so strong that it would not
between the win Is OF heaven
Visit his face too roughly"
Yet it is amusing for one "who has no friend
or brother there" to see it bowling him oft of
the Senate, and welcoming him as his success
sor in 1871 gentleman in the extreme East
ern part of the State who has been very dem
onstrative in his expressions OF friendship iof
Sir Morrill, and Mr.. Fessenden, ana whose
Views on the national finances nave met the
hearliest condemnation of the Advertiser 1t
self. But what does the Advertiser know of
% the situation or the bearing of the present con-
troyersy on the prospects of Mr.. FesseIden"
Itself the organ OF fraction of a clique and
the shadow OF faction-the mouthpiece of
oil the soreheads and indictments of all par
ties the Cave Of Adullam to which all the
Discontinued rush-it speaks out of the inno-
cenee OF a guileless heart and stabs its warm
est friends with the best possible intentions.
1t halls the advent of the Eastern coming
man" with enthusiasm, thinking that 1t is do
ing Fessenden good service. 1t keeps it
self so well aloof from the people and knowl-
edge of their wishes aud purposes that it does
not know that the Republicans of Cumber-
land County are substantially uEit in favor
of MI Hamlin-t knew nothing of Senate.
rial contest in Septembsr-it displays an igno-
rance of the details of the Republican organi-
zation that would disgrace a boy who had put
oil his political swaddling clot hes-it processes
to believe that people who favor Morrill,
elected 40 Hamlin men By accident to repre-
sentative convention composed Of 40 delegates.
This amateur dabbler in politics has made
such succession of plumbers and has so mis-
represented and traduced the party which it
professes to support as to disgust all honest
men who know the depths of its insincerity
and know the foreign influences which control
it. ., rr. DE.
We support Hannibal Hamlin for the Sena-
torship because we sincerely believe that he is
the best man within the limits of the State for
the position to which he aspires, because he
Is q man who will have more influence in the
national councils than any other who can be
selected, because he is one of the truest patri-
OTIS and most answering friends Of liberty that
the country can boast, and finally because he
is the choice of very large majority of the
people Of Maine. Having these views con-
corning him the question Of locality becomes
legitimately a subject for consideration
Other things being equal-the personal claims
of a candidate and his qualifications for the
petition for which he is urged being unexcep-
tionable-it IS but just to fortify the candi-
dates claims by showing that his election is
also demanded by a proper regard for the
rights of people embracing more than half
the population of the State. We presented
this aspect of the question on Monday in such
way as to show Mr.. Morrill's friends in this
vicinity that the success of their plans for
the present would work disastrous consequent
cas for them In the future. They had not
thought OF that before, and their CONSERVATION
takes the form of the remarkable leader in the
Advertiser to which we have referred.
One word about the Custom House and Of
tcs-holders In its efforts to cast discredit
upon the popular cause the Advertiser disin.
Genuousiy endeavors to make it appear the pet
schems Of place holders and politicians. Can
1t name single custom house or other federal
under the two administrations of Lincoln and
johnson, who is not working for the re-elec-
ton of Morrill,? Does it not known that Mr..
A. B. Farwell, the distinguished gentleman
who narshals the Morrill, cohorts, has body
guard OF federal Office holders and issues his
summons for them to appear and do battle for
his cause at Augusta?