The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-07-08

solye. every one nom any Obligation 70 support the
candidates of the party and leads 10 disorgAnira-
ton and certain defeat
Here we have Cumberland county journal
threatening 10 defeat our county ticket II We do
not support Mr.. Lynch. Can anything else be
made OF itl Who authorized them to say for
such republicans as desired to nominate SIR. L.,
that unless those supported him at the polls
who did not support him in convention, they
would bolt county nomination rhsre honor
and fair dealing prsrails' Did Lynch author
ire themi Has not the Ppss exceeded the
bounds Of its duties" In thus assuming control
Of those meni Did they, when they pledged
their support to Mr.. Lynch, put themselves en-
tirely under the direction Of the Assessor, and
must they bolt county nominations IL he says
soi We think the young man win find himself
as much mistaken in this as he was in the re-
suit Of our caucus in BiddefOrd. II Is about
time for him to give up the idea that he carries
York in his brooches pocket. Mr.. Lynch will
soon find the assessorship did not purchase such
an almighty influence in York. amer all, and
he may yet conclude he had better kept "Nat."
Us he calls him.
The article concludes with the statement that
1--WE are In receipt Of scores Of letters from oil
over York county, declaring in behalf Of York
county republicans, against the action Of those
who seeded from or refused to participate in
the FINAL action Of the convention Scores OF
letters disclsiming in behalf Of York county re-
publicansl, Who can believe the story with
out seeing the letters, af>er the exhibit made in
the previous parts Of the article' II false po-
sitions will be assumed where the means may be
hal to refute them, win they not be assumed
where there are no such meansi These are the
same kind Of correspondents that before the
convention flooded the Press Office with assur-
ances that the people OF York were unanimous
In their desire to nominate Lynch Shame on
such hypOcricy and deception The hour is not
far distant when the people will tramPle under
their feet these villainOu, compounds and those
who make them. SO much for the article in
the Press. We have Low another view Of
..The Situation: !"
Within the past two months il has been male
as apparent to John Lynch as acts. words and
events could make il, that the people Of this
District did not want him to represent them any
longer in the Congress Of the United States.
He knows better than we do that his own per-
sonal friends have so advised him, and advised
him that his course Of proceeding was unjusti-
fable. lie knows that the caucuses were all,
every one Of them, manipulated by his subOr-
dinatcs and appOintees, and that certain locali-
ties were flooded with books and documents as a
stimulant, not forgetting the library at Cornish.
lie knows that with every possible influence he
could muster in Biddeford, combined with the
personal effort and influence Of his assessor, his
family and friends, joined to all the personal
hostility that could be found and manufactured
against Ourself, he was beaten more than two To
one, and that, too, in place where he expected
to succeed. He knows there is great dissatis-
faction with his course all over the District, and
that Il is by no means confined to York county.
lie knows that his course in Congress is markell
by nothing which distinguishes il from metlioc-
rity except failure in all his darling projects.
Ue Knows ,h., when srs, Nominated York CONN.,
70 .urnor,ed him IN eonren,Ion and at the polls
with an energy and determination that he might
well be proud of. He knows tina, at the end Of
his first term. York without dissent or hesita-
ton supported him for denomination in ac-
corlance with welLknown usage and practice
Of the party. and again gave their money, en-
ergies and time to secure his reelection. He
knows that he had no further claim for their
support, but that having voted for Impeach-
ment, while Mr.. Fessenden, living in the same
city, voted against it. he desired to be endorsed
by his constituents, and asked as faror that
York would not insist upon the former usage.
bpt give him one term more; and he knows how
hard and how diligently a few republicans in
York worked to grant him that favor, and that
York did give him outright a term which he
recognized as Belonging to them, and supported
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