The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-09-05
Can a Democrat Tell the Truth

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and answered in the negative, that it seems
almost nonsensical to ask it again; but when
it comes so near home ~ Hiram and relates
to so good q man as Gov. Perham, cannot
forbear asking it, and showing most sadly
that the same answer, an emphatic No must
be again given.
In the Argus of the Both nit, over the sig
nature, rs. w. Co." appeared an article pur-
porting to be a report Of the meeting held on
the goth ult., at which Gov Perham was the
speaker, and which contains so many false
hoods and misrepresentation that it becomes
necessary to state the facts.
LIST. Says IS. w. G. ;" 1.-THE citizens of this
and all the adjoining towns had been for
long time notified"
Notices were posted Tuesday, the 9th.
I'd. ''The Republicans did their best to
draw large audience"
Several Republicans did not know of the
meeting until Thursday night.
Sd. 'EAll the fences in town were covered
with big colored bills"
No bills were tput upon the fences, and no
colored bills came to town. re
4th. ''They selected an old dilspidated
church as the place for the meeting''
The church in which the meeting was held
has been occupied during the summei by as
respectable part of this community as attend
any church; avery comfortable place.
9th. I'm its best days and when crowded to
its utmost, could not hold more than one hun
dred and sixty"
1t is estimated by men who have attended
church there for IS years, that it will hold four
hundred 1t grows smaller as it grows old.
9th. "Only one hundred and fifty per-
sons, men, women and children were pres
ent." --,.-.-
The names of one hundred and forty-five
Republican voters have been taken and IS
W. g." can see them. These men were
there in bodily shape.
7th. IN. K. Mabry, with nearly all of his
school consisting OF about one hundred schol-
ars attended the meeting. !"
About thirty were present. .a7Hr7
Sth. "The meeting on the whole proved
more dead than alive"
We never had a political meeting in this
town which took such deep hold on the
hearts of the people, as the earnest attention
of men, women and children indicated.
9th. "Most of his address seemed intended
to prejudice the soldiers against Greeley and
Kimball." sl
He never mentioned Kimball during hi.
address
10th. GIN fact, all that Mr.. Perham said
was as far as could be from fair, candid and
open discussion of the political issues of the
day"
A prejudiced man only can only say that,
and if the Gov had not spoken in nearly
every town in the State, it might require
more explanation. 1t was, in fact, review
of.the war history ofthis nation, and the war
record of U. S. Grant, Horace Greeley and
the Democratic party. ie
18th. During the whole of his address
not one single cheer or word of applause was
uttered"
S. W. G. is evidently unacquainted with
political meetings. To be sure he was not
interrupted by loud cries, but there were
hearty demonstrations of approval suited to
time and place. He stopped several times
for the applause to subside.
18th. Several men remarked that they
had hitherto believed Gov. Perham to be a
man OF sounder sense and better principles
IMAM ne had represented himself to be-"
No doubt some of the Seventeen Demo-
Gratis" probably felt so, but the Republicans
were much pleased, and so expressed them
selves.
Ii this ia "fair, open, candid" presentation
OF facts, if IS. W. G." hopes to write himself
into notoriety in this way, if the Democratic
party expects to succeed thus, 1 will simply
say, that my disgust for political demagogues
is complete, and all honest men must unite
to cleanse the parties of such vile scum.
NJ. K. MABRY.
Hiram, Sept. 2, 1882. iiai4iH