The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-08-26

er0nent N4uuu1ko W ~ =. We 49,
Mold not baystcen sisgse induesment % IN.
ddeuce single ipdividuaffn that behalf IN .
course 20 unnatural. But be has mot actrd
without calculating his chances. ami making
allowance for the perfection Of discipline aad
tAs weakness Of he people snorgantssd. And
here let me say, that, while my political expert
ence has not besul an excessively long one, Z
has been very busy one, and Il teaches me
two things which I did not know In the begin.
ming :-6rst. that the people are very SLOW u
move to protect their liberties, and second. that
they have little to do In the, selection Of thu
men to vote for. Mr.. Lynch made his plant
with that knowledge. He calculated that not
withstaanding his contemplated wrong Was un'
pr,ccdented In this State, and disgrsceful to
him, In that, for the first time here. . man
would be found who would prove his gratitude
TO the people by abusing their condolences. there
would be q storm raised about his ears. but
that when the people found that his nomination
was an accomplished fact, no matter In how
dsrrputable manner Il was secured, they would
reverence m accomplished fact and yield. That
II the way kings and tyrants are made. The
liberties Of the people are subverted, not all 81
once, but gradually. by degrees. Designing
men take one step and when that 10 yielded "a
they take another. BY the time few have
been taken storm Is raised, but because The
people are many and the designers few, the
storm blows over and the undermining goes on
and the whole fabric tumbles. Napoleon plas.
tered his Presidency Of the French Republic al
over with little laws, not greatly inoifensive In
themselves, but In the aggregate they wer'
ropes TO bind the people, and suddenly tney
awoke one bright morning to find an Empir'
declared and their liberties yanished. .
He calculated that there would Be some re
sistance to his treatment Of York County, bu,
Il would ut last be acquiesccd In. lie wouio
strike us when Il would hurt us the most-wher
we had q large county ticket at stake. and thu
make our necessities his opportunity, and ~
rould submit. Good meaning men tell US tha
two years hence II shall all be fixed right
Make such talk to babes and children, but moi
10 men. What fixed rightl The present en-
croachmenti This will then become matter o.
the past, not OF the then present or future. Blu
what guarantee have you or that the sam'
swinde will not be again perpetratedf II Their
Is one reason why Mr.. Lynch should now be re.
turned, that reason will be intensified In 1872
II. knows that there is not single issue OF IA
tionsl principles now a. stake that II he car
draw his scow over this little isthmus now, ther
he will find plain sailing that II he succeeds
In choking of the live working element OF th'
party in York now, they will make no resist
ance here FER, and he Is right. In 1877 w
shall have affairs Of national Importance to at
tend to, and no resistance that will jeopardil'
the Presidential election, can be allowed, M
matter what local outrage may be committed
and York will awake TO find that the Cumber
land Delilah has cut of its locks, aud all II can
do. like Sampson Of old, Is to 80 out and shake
lam not prophet nor the son Of enc, but
sincerely believe that the election Of John Lynch
will be the last election Of Republican repre-
tentative from this First District, and there an
republicans Of large experience and responsible
ties both in and out OF this State who also 30
lieye Il. You cannot be blind TO the results II
this county. IL he Is elected. You have young
men In the party who labor for the success o.
the party from January to Decembcr. TheJ
are your fighting men. They labor under thu
impression that ancient York yet grows mel
capable Of representing her and honoring thu
State they fancy that the men OF York are o
equal Importance with men in other localities
that their peoples privileges are worth presery
ing as well as those ofany one individual out o
the county. Can you, at the beck OF On ofiic'
seeker, about whom you care no more than FOL
last years birds nests, afford to stihe these con
victions on their part, and give them cause Il
think meanly Of the Independence and manlinesi
OF the political associates with whom they live
Do Il, and they are our political associates NJ
longer. Let York crouch now like whipped
spaniel, as the Lynch men call us. and sho vii
eight Der battles alone in 1872. Mark that.
I will state now what should have been stat
ed in the eirly part, that the gentleman befor'
referred to criticized severely the JOURNAL be
cause Il does not support "the regular nomina.
ton" Let us examine This paper is ownet
in York, printed in York, PROCESSES to be ,
York County paper. Is ore, is called one, anc
IL II is the organ Of any party. In any locality
il Is of the party in York. Now what did
End Four ifths Of her delegates les the Sacc
convention because they would not be pdrfieep'
criminis in the swindle Of nominating John
Lynch. What was the only legitimate concl'"
SION, but that they would represent their con-
stituents, and II they did represent them wha'
kind Of York Republican paper would this b'
to turn its back upon those whom Il was sup
posed to representl Don't let A tell u thai
those delegates misrepresented their constituents
for his opinion IL no better than BIS who may
think differently, and he don't known any more
about Il. But this was the fact, and l could
DO thing else than to accept the fact that PEG
pie Of this county did not want Mr.. Lynch
elected, until they again authoritatiyely passed
upon the subject. This they had an opportunity
OF doing in Just four weeks. What did they
do did they say we endorse the nomination
Of John Lynch by Cumberland aud DO not en-
dorse the action Of our District delegates in 10
fnsing to be bound by that bastard nomina-
ton I Not bit Of Il, but exactly the reverse
Then was the time for them to reverse their for.
ner decision at Saco, but they didn't do IL. and
il was no part Of my business to reverse 1t FOL
them and tell them they didn't know what they
meant. In view Of the facts, pray inform me
why the JOURNAL should be expected to 90 In
to Cumberland to find party to represent OF
to act for.
have thus written Of things suggested by
your very frank and kind letter to me. with nc
attempt at connected narration but in closing
this writing which has taken me far into tho
night let me suggest that We need not mix uT
our county ticket with this imbroslio OF Lynch
The men upon that ticket command our 10
spcct for themselves and those they represent
In their nomination, no prccedents were broken
no usage violated, no locality fsttened at the ex'
pense Of Its weaker neighbor, and the rights
and opinions Of all were respected. Let US b
true TO ourselves and cease or delay no effor'
which will lead to an honorable success.
Your friend and ob't serv't.
J. E. BurIKn.