The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-06-27
The Maine Conve ntiOn.
From the Boston Post.

Such enthusiastic polite al assemblages
as the one convened at b; lngor on Tues
day may be taken as all most decisively
significant of the result of the approach
ing campaign 1t was exc eptionally har-
monlous, resolute and SANG suine. Demo-
cratic as it professedly was it was essen
TALLY and entirely popular. Any conven-
| ton OF LIBERAL patriotic eli liens, bent on
accomplishing reform IN tn Government,
| would have produced a rect nd of proceed
ings precisely similar. FRI IN first to last
there was no pushing for ward of party
| claims or preferences, no re- iervation even
in favor of rights long UNI recognized by
the unnatural alliances of bigotry and
! corruption, but the prevail ing spirit was
that of the obiteration of 3 II past differ
ences for the sake of con solidating an
union Of the living elements Of awakened
patriotism. Maine has not j n many years
| witnessed q political gathe ring so alive
| and instinct with elevated all rs and unset
fish desires. 1t was wholly out of the old
ruts of party. and upon the levated plane
| OF patriotic sentiment. Its u tterances are
| Just what is needed to tone zap the politi
cal action of the Pine Tree State at so
| critical Il period. Perish pa 'ty ties, said
this noble assembly of true Democrats,
rather than fail to rescue he country.
Union is the talismanc word with which
victory over corruption and pc rsonal gov
eminent may be secured. IN that alone
is strength to bend and brea k incipient
despotism.
The nomination of Hon. CHARLES p.
kMBALL was expected, for it was both
due the recipient and it anSwere 1t precise
ly to the wants of the hour { lis speech
of acceptance best shows what manner of
man he is and what style of Exc cutive he
will make. His name deserves to be as
sociated with the list OF victoriol Is Cover
nors this year, with men like l>uckalew
and Hendricks, who are leading the Lib
eral hosts in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
Standing on the broad Cincinnati plat
form rs restated in the admirable letter of
Horace Greeley, his election should have
no element of uncertainty ia it, but both
he and the declaration of principle should
be adopted by the independent oters of
Maine with acclamations from on,, end of
the State to the other. In his te.rse and
pregnant speech Mr. kimball "a n over
with striking force the disintegrating eff
tects of the present party-rue on the in
dustres and general welfare of Maine,
sketchng picture that ought to start
every citizen to his feet in alarm. 1t is;
only by eecting such a candidate to the
gubernatorial office. on such a platform
as the Democracy adopted with irresistibl
unanlmity and enthusiasm, that this mel
ancholy decay can be arrested, this de-
| population OF .. State be stayed, and tn is
extravaganza, corruption and tyranny he
rebuked ana finally overpowered. Let
| the people Of Maine follow the lead of the
Democrats at Bangor, forgetting party in
their action as patriots, and the voice of
the State will sound across the country
like the clarion call to victory in Novem-
her. The hardy men of the Pine Tree
State are summoned to the front in this
decisive contest for republican freedom
and pure government. The nomination
at Cincinnati are already ringing up and
down the State, and they are the ones that
promise the accomplishment which IS the
earnert desire of all patriots.