Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-10-01
For Presidential, Electors.
The Wan Maine ras Carried.

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The Way Maine scds Carried.
The Oxford Regis,er rsvels with delight
in the statements of J. 5. Pike. Esq, OF
Calais, who tries TO let himself and broIk-
Ell Fred. down, in their recent terrible
defeat in the 9th District. Uy crying out
bribery, Cheating. Fraud dc. IL IS
the old cry OF disappointed men, who get
badly whipped al the polls. 1t is like
the boy, who, because be couldn't whip
his comrade, declared he would make
up mouths at his sister"
Mr.. j. ). Pike over does the matter.
His statements are prepo>terlous, IA
themselves. de says Calais was thorough
" canyasssd before election, and was
found to be about equally divided, where
as il gave 800 republican majority, ard
money did it. That is, hundred and
liity men, more or less, in that small
place, were bought out right, in some
cases al figure as high a. Hundred
dollars. and tl0eNty being the lowest.
Now this charge rests entirely upon the
statement OF Mr. j. ;. Pike, familiarity
Known as ''Shep" Pike, one OF the most
reckless politicians in that section. and
brother OF the defeated recusant Fred.
A. Pike, who showed his hypocrisy by
keeping in the republican party snd trying
10 get the nomination tor Congress, and
when be failed in this, sohsming with
his brother for the liberal and democrat
&c nomination. We knew them both,
personally, twenty years ago. when we
resided in the District, and know whereof
We speak. Their ialsehoods hare been
denied and refuted, and have no weight
where these men are best known-but
supposing half of their charges were
true Of the city of Calais, aud even the
larger cities. what violent presumption
it is to say. rs does the Registcr, that ''shs
same appliances OF bribery were resort
cd TO in every other District in The State
Ii class of men low enough 10 sell
their votes like Cattle can be found in
the cities, il is well known that not many
such can be found in the country. Every
republican in his own town can Judge
for himself. and knows very well that
the charges of bribery, coming from the
disappointed democrats and liberal Re-
publicans. after defeat. amount TO
nothing. The Register affected great
honesty before election, and parsded
the law agsins, bribery in its columns,
upon the "Stop Thief cry, and il such
terrible frauds were committed, why DO
not these gentlemen avail themselves Of
the law? The Grand Jury has had
session here and in most every county
in the State, and there has but one case
been brought before it, that of Clerk
from Washington, who was allowed TO
vote in the town OF Union. in Knox
County, and he was not convicted.
The truth is. the overwhelming defeat
OF the coalition in our State is attributable
to something besides fraud aud buying
up OF votes. The move wss q shameful
truck and dicker trade OF politicians which
the people Tepudiated. There was no hon
esty or decent pretext in the cause of
the democracy in supporting Greeley. 1t
Was incongrous throughout, and had no
hold upon the popular heart, Ir the
people had desired change of admins.
tratiOn OF the national government, they
saw no improvement in the coalition
movement, which was got up by JiSaf-
fscted republican place seekers, and en-.
gineered by detested democratic leaders.
supported by the whole democratic par
~ and rebels of the South.
The defeat OF the renegade abolitionist.
Alonzo GareslOn in the "a District, and
the doubtful, sscond-rate sore.headed
Lang in the Sd. and notorious, Copper
head. cold blooded traitor Narcelius En-.
cry in the ith, and the hypoeritical.
malignant Pike in the 5th can be more
easily traced 10 natural causes, such rs the
utter detestation of them by the democrats
who know them SO well, than to frauds
and bribery. which are easily charged,
but cannot not be proved.