Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-01
"sAYs TIE SPIDER TO THE FL T.

"SAYS TIE SPIDER TO THE FL T.
To the Editor of the Journal:
To let the dead rest is a rule we would pre-
fer always to respect. But suppose unwise
mourners insist upon digging up and parading
their decaying remains, are we responsible
for the odor of putrefaction thence dissemira-
ted! Suppose their uneasy ghosts, wholly
without excuse, come rapping, drumming,
writing in public Journals, what then? Must
we endure the annoying din indefinitely with.
out protest. May we not justifably seek to
deduce therefrom whatever significance we
fairly may9
Mr.. Henry Woodward not having been
chosen Representative, his friends surround
his doorstep and through various newspaper
paragraphs attest their unfeigned grief at his
defeat. tits certainly occasioning consider
able surprise Chat after having been so
thoroughly beaten at the polls and the result
having been received with such universal
manifestations of JOY generally that . news
paper controversy should be resorted to for
the purpose of slandering those who opposed
them, and thereby try to regain lost prestige.
It is exceedingly unfortunate for the van
pushed that they should surrender so inglo-
riously; had they quietly submitted to the
result of the electisl all would have been
we'll. But after having been able to poll but
164 out of AS votes, being the whole number
Of votes thrown at the election, they seek by
incorporating the facts to negative the in
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who supported him both at home and abroad.
We as citizens Of this town having the good
of the town at heart utter our solemn protest
against such proceedings. The temperance
question was not an issue before us in choos-
ing our representative; we prove this from
the fact that Mr.. Woodward is no better tenn
perance man than Mr.. Longfellow, and that
Nelson Dingley Jr received the usual repub.
lican majority here. We are reminded by
their publications of the words of the wise
man though thou shouldest bray fool in a
mortar among the wheat with q pestle yet
will not his foolishness depart from him"
We would refrain from digging IN old
troubles and reviving any unpleasant memo
ries of the past, but briefly review their arti-
Gle published in the Journal of Sept. 25th.
And, first, We have veto meet with the re-
publican who does not rejoice in the position
he took in voting against Mr.. Woodward: not
but that he is a good man, but for other rem
sons, some Of which we will refrain from
speaking of out of respect to him. That that
was low and untrue we have
no hesitancy in saying. We wish them to
understand once for all that the delegation
which waited upon Mr.. Longfellow was CON-
posed Of Republicans, in behalf of the large
number Of Republicans who would in no case
vote for Mr.. Woodward. All their talk about
his receiving Democratic nomination at
caucus held in North Wayne amounts to simp-
y nothing. Mr.. Longfellow never had any
notice that he would be or was nominated at
my caucus in any place. We are prepared
10 prove (their statement to the contrary not |
that some "ieho can wiM pro- !
prtefy at the present time be called drinking |
men" voted for MIR. woodward; that a major. |
ity Of the Republican soldiers who voted cast
their ballots for Mr.. Longfellow; that more
church members voted for him than thew as
sert did; that some Of the disappointed Office
seekers, accommodated church members.
ex-Yumsellers, and "rule or ruin" political
managers, voted for Mr.. Woodward. We re- !,
gard his defeat ~ beneficial to the Republi-
can party; we accept it as coming from the .
same source though they claim it came