Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-23
THE COMING CHANGE.


"eyery section Of the country
The zeal of the Post outruns ito wisdom.
That it should urge the democracy of
Maine to work. and particularly in the
Fourth district under the heavy load Of
such a candidate for Congress as Mr..
James c. Madgan, is not surprising, for
they have evident and ample need to do
so but that the Post should indicate in its
exhortation coming change in favor of
the democracy is to convict itself of being
stone blind, or speaking what it knows to
be contradicted by facts.
What sign is there of change which
is coming speedily" in favor of the DEM
ocracy in any section of the country ?
There is none certainly in the New Hamp-
shire election. On the contrary the Old
Granite State turned last March with dis
gust from the democracy and re-instated
the republicans in power. a short trial of
| that party was sufficient. And what has
the Post TO say to the late election in North
| Carolina, where the democrats have met
| with regular Waterloo defeat, the
! republicans having made a gain of $4,000
| votes since election last year? Is there
anything in that change over which the
Boston Post can fairly exult? Was there
anything cheering TO democracy in the
Kentucky election, where the republican
candidate for governor, fighting almost
single handed and alone, made gains IN
the very stronghold of Bourbonism How
about Ohio, i'm which the battle is going
so strongly against Uncle Bin Allen that
an attempt is being made to Withdraw the
old gentleman as 4 measure to avert the
overthrow of the democracy Is there any
sign encouraging to democrats to be seen
in Pennsylvania or New York None
whatever. The signs all point the other
| way. Look in whatever direction the
| democracy may, whether it be toward
Maine or the Middle, West or South the
indications are against them.
| We can tell the Post that the success Of
the democracy in some OF the elections
last fall has been an excellent lesson to
the country. 1t has exhibited that party
| in its true character. Its designs have
been exposed. The danger of trusting
the power of the general government in
its hands is palpably realized. We have
seen its movements TO re-establsh in a
new form the institution of Slavery, and
the result is that republicans everywhere
are focking TO the standard of the old
party as the only hope of those who de-
sire to see equal rights and justice prevail
in the country. The change which is
coming will be the uniting and awakening
of the whole republican party as it was in
the days when the rebellion threatened
| the life of the nation, and in that we are
sure the Post can see no good TO its party
nothing but defeat and disgrace.
MR.. MADIGAN'S AROOSTOOK FRA UDS
AND BRIBERIES.
In addition to the official examination
made by Hon. James S. Pike, from which
we quoted a few days since, it will be re-
membered that there was a legislative in
vestiga,on into Mr.. MADIGAN'S Aroos-
took Frauds and Briberies by the Senate
of 1859.
The chairman of that committee was
the late Hon. ELIJAH l.. HAMLIN OF
Bangor, who was then one ofthe Senators
from Penobscot. No man ever served In
the Legislature of Maine or of any other
State more entirely free from mere parti-
ian bias or more incapable of doing wrong
to political opponent than Elijah l. Ham
lin.
He was a just, conscientious, upright
man. His words may be taken as abso-
lutte truth. Uncle Lijah" wrote the re-
port on the subject himself and signed it
himself. We quote his conclusions as
follows:
" Your committee have examined sever
al witnesses from the county of Aroostook,
two of them from the French plantations.
and their evidence fully corroborates the
statements made by Hon. James S. Pike
in his report. Your committee therefore
can have no doubt that these elections, IN
der the control ofpersons firing outside Of
The plantations, Were conducted in an out
raqeous and scandalous manner MONEY
and RUM were both used without stint,
accompanied BY VIOLENCE and the
GROSSEST FRAUDS. as will fully appear
from an examination of the statements ac-
companying Mr.. Pixies report.
The principal facts established in this
investigation in relation to these elections
may be summed up as follows
LARGE SUMS OF MONEY were ex-
pended in all these plantations, and paid
directly to the voters at so much a head,
principally in bills of the Frontier Bank,
PASSPORT, and Eastern Bank, Bangor.
THE Eastern Bank was the bank of Hon.
Amos NJ Roberts, father of Gen. Chas. w.
Roberts, the democratic candidate for Gov