The Portland daily press., 1871-06-23

1ucIc are ecdSonS Ut rdJDer crises IN the
history Of every organization, be it greater or
less, its record honorable or disgraceful, when
it is fitting to meet together and review the
past. On such occasions, the display of lit
tie personal vanity by those who have been
conspicuous in moulding the policy of the or
ganization, is pardonable. Indeed on such
occasions men are expected to tell their valor-
GUS deeds and the results of their saeacious
counses. a
1t is intimated in the event that the Maine
Democratic Convention shall conclude, for
the purposes of strategy, to cause its members
to to wear the Republican uniform and APP
parentiy to turn its back upon its history and
traditions, that such a crises has arrived in
the history of that party and that we may ex-
pect that the great magnates of the party will
spend season in recalling the memories of
Aud Lang Syne" and in giving an account
OF their PERSONAL prowess in the party cam
paigns and the deeds they have performed.
1t is expected that some rare bits of literature
in the original will be read and some rare
personal experiences told. Paul S. Merrill,
formerly OF Shirley, Piscataquis County, now
and for years Chairman of the State Com
mitee, will come all the way from New Jer-
sey to read his famous letter written in the
spring of 1861 in which he expresses his hope
that any of Lincoln's soldiers who violated
the soil of South Carolina "may be welcomed
to hospitable graves" The oaths will be Civ
en- with Democratic emphasis MI. Marcel
lus Emery will read all the Rebel proclama.
tons from his pen in 1861 together with a
poem of fervent character in which Jeffer-
SOL Davis is extoled as patriot. This gen
tlemen will also give the choice editorials
which so trenzied the friends of the soldiers
in the field that his office was thrown into
the street. Gorham L. Boynton, Abraham
Sanborn and Dudley Leavtt will bear feeling
testimony TO the declarations of Mr.. Emery
and claim part of the honor as theirs. As
one from the dead, our old friend Pillsbury
will appear and in his pleasant vein tell his
friends that his denunciation of the con-
scrlption act led to the only armed rebellion
against the government in Maine and that
from bad management it was failure then,
and to him personally bad affair since. He
ly asserted that President Lincoln was a
fourth rate incompetent, and cross between
an Andalusian jack and a sand-hill crane"
He will also illustrate the weakness of the
Lincoln government by pouring water on the
floor. Mr.. Robert Elliott of Freedom will give
some account of his experience in 'Lincoln
bastie," better known as Fort La Fayette.
The "patriot Bruce" of Patricktown will re-
peat how valently he fought for the Democ-
racy and the rebels from 1861 to 1865. At
this juncture some one of a hundred may
with propriety propose that those who "hissed
the old flag" at Augusta in 1861 stand up and
come to the front. Next, in the order of
their efficiency, all the opponents OF the war
and the legislation growing out of 1t, might
be formed, Mr.. Marcellus Emery, of course,
being Marshal. As they propose to turn their
backs upon their dead issues, they will tear.
fully shake hands, stag the "Bonnle Blue
Flag" and bid adieu to their past history. At
this stage of the proceedings, the converts to
the party will be led into the Convention-an
astonishingly small crowd-by McCrillis,
Mayor Garcelon and Gen. J. H. Butler of
Hampden, Chairman of the State Committee.
A cry of despair and dismay will arise
when the saints see how exceeding small
crowd these converts make and how mean its
composition, all being of congressional aspi
rations, disappointed office seekers and ex-of
flee holders. This being accomplished, Mr..
Marcellus Emery, still the party dictator, will
read his resolutions, so feebly endorsing the
new departure and 50 vigorously assaling our
school system and in obedience to his demand
the list will be unanimously adopted without
enthusiasm.
Ii is not certain that these exercises will
take place but the assumed crisis::in the party
might warrant it.