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

The Portland IrcSs unucr tlate oil July
a,b has An article under the above caption
commenting On cur leader In the last issue.
,uor. d.co,,;v. and dishonest article has
NO, be.n published for long time in any
nri,. claiming re,pectability. Some OF
Il. .ro,,,o,,. ,v. nr,nose IN notice very
hr,oay r;r., lie ding that the article
we pnblished exhibits evidence of author
shin other than our own. is too weak.
.;l,v and con,cmp,ible TO require an an
swer a. our hands. Such surmiscs exist
o,,, wh.ro as in the case of the Press.
oJ;,or;,,, ,r, ,icked mn all over the Dis
tric, and some very poor correspondence
not infrequently used for leaders. Filings
of this Kind come with very poor grace
o.o,, AZ Ivnch,s p,,er win its editor,
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u ms any '.'o'"
i'orial supporting MT. rcri'',n iof ''o
ho'"'"oo VI '.'o ,'''C oo -.
o'n'' '"'''''s '"i' -
why u was puo''sncd ~ AL ."i' TO-
anu mr. Ns'oSSo'' yoa " S,. ~. 81" p,
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anu say 'hey "' no'
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cannot ~, n''S"es 1S f''S'' wv
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While we cid not expect any reaI SIp,
POre y, '.'1 e'.''"o ,,n.nann" ~. 80
S,sT.J orcan of the Republican party, in
the action of regularly called and fairly
conducted Republican Convention.
We have no doubt they did expect ac-
quicscenco. We have no doubt they are
surprised it did not fellow. We have no
doubt they reasoned that IL by any means,
no matter what, they could accomplish n
nomination. the republicans of York
would "acquiesce." Mr.. Lynch and the
other managers of his organ supposed that
the Republicans of this county would not
dare refuse him support. if he could by
any legerdemain work up nomination
no matter how much 1t outraged the
common deccncics or amenities of life.
how flacrant II WAS with dishonesty. or
how mpcb AGAINST the advice. and even
o,tr.,,;es of his hest friends-hc and
,hov sr,ro,ea ,b,. with ,layish fear they
81, aa,o 70 IN. work n. his bidding.
r,,1 49,. 81, ,hor !, v,, only Rn,-
ar, ..,,..,,,;o, hror,b, ON; n;ro-
'0'' Jus -. ,,a,,
g-e'Sh' pu'io'' "'
bu''ers' p".'o. 'PPo,'o"
compared win 'nc'rS' anu 'h's 0",io i'o''
apeople stu more rosoiu.o anu uc'" r'h'u,
ell, a people VINO care iittio ABOUT r'nss
and "slatcS, people whose ohiy c'uc ior
their record Is, that It was male IN inc
pursuit Of right, and people who be-
licyc that when man has been guilty Of
;, great public wrong and persistently fol-
,,,,. Z, thu. coprse he has exhibited his
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n,,5on..
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Of in,c,lig,Dcc anal character. ami take no such
80, :. The, ,,v. ,,lc, u,on trit,inu occasions.
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- -, -, 90, !, d;.,rsss- FIR Mr.
- a, -. ,Ls =, .,,;, ,ha, the whale holy
hyn0u F" se''o '''' -" 70" ''
fthe pirty were seeking and desiring I, when
they knew ii rcq irei the utmost adrOitness in
infringement to geta single delegate Tor h'm'
Mr.. Lynch hal proclaimed that he should have
two thirls OF this county. The hlsity OF that
appearing, he dropped down to a majority
again he male the assertion that nc snou'd nave
more than any other nan. AMI finally he brought
mp with the claim OF a2' when he knew he nal
only ~ All th's eh'canery anu ue0ep'0a PRIV
uesi but ser'ed 10 weaken wna' 'O'Vs "S nl' :"
this county, anu Out 'O' P'esS P'.'01 n''
the ~ e'ee'cu 'Or n''" "o''' "''s 'N
In withdrawing IRON uie coh'e"''Ou' A"O'"e'
week Of such gaming Wonid have lett MN Win