Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-12


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TINS view oelieVe am eon'i I!. ~. =;
er iooheu upon tne eNic's - .;1r. rs -
other ight 'han l,iat Vi i NJ - Do -. H.
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the uouse Oh heptesentat'e y. w 49,
and by the Judlclsry Oh the ola'e. iS: i'o
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ing .his ih1ei - 81 49, "a wv 90 30 Govarnn1nnt
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=. ~ 800 ~ hi,tar hatreJ Governo,
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al &c saroraI bmndred tbonSanI 1nilars les
~; - "a 80 e., 81 III w. ;od ID I otha o.
;,et h,'t A,iIl thcrc was M los. oTDoi,;nn
MI b;,tornss ana ha.rnJ nar;festcJ a,,ainst ev
s,,, one cnnnectcd win public ntfica All This
a o,,st,atss tbot in ,Le ofncr;r,ent of est.blish
;M"' md nno;ntainiSg a ,rovernncnt ovcr ). neonlc
,hero y hmt ono ai,ernst;ve a. to form, f;itbcr
Won mn.t establish an ahso,nte Government and
enfo,re obedience and onf,yard rcsnert- or YOU
must have the consent. express or ,nplsd. of the
,ybol. noorle 4 partisan moss and des ;ouiuo
MI, ~ have "a ftnr,nred a,I n;srcnre.entrJ
The f,cts attending The election of 1872 that |
dopbt mot tho eat majority of the opnosition sin
cerolv believed that t;ove,nor kn]lne,e was no,
elected. and that he was in law and in fact a
usnrner: and 20 the cried as with one voice that
no good could come ont of Nazareth and refused
TO 1--WE credit when the future will accord it. This
sulIen discomfort found vent in numerous acts of
violence and blood,hed notably the massacre in
Grand Parish. the assassination of Judge Craw-
ford and TIE district ttto.aey CT disturbances al
Attakanss murders at Conshat,o and inuumera-
bile person al assault, and acts of oppression and
intimidation against the blacks in different par Is
of the State Finally This spirit ofdiscoutent was
organized, manifested itself in polico- IA ilitarv
body which took the name of the White League
This body fell under the leadership of more dis
Greet and better thinking men. whose influence
was sufficient to check in a great degree further
instances of outrages on the blacks. and the en-
tire energies of the embryo army were systemati-
cally directed to the overthrow of the State Gov
ernment. The election was to be carried right or
wrong The ememe of the l4th of September was
unpremedtated, but an accident, or rather the in
cident of the seizure of certain arms presented
the opport unity and the real purpose of the
League was shown. The events of that day are
historical and | need only refer to them
The election approached. We were to select
House of Representatives entire, eighteen Sena-
tors out of thrty-sx and State Treasurer
Should the opposition sweep everything they
would only then have one branch of the General
Assembly and one of the financial officers. But it
soon became manifest that it was their intention
to seize the entire Government by some revolu-
tionary means. An election was held, but | will
not discuss the results. Suffice it to say that the
opposition believe they elected a large majority of
the House and State Treasurer. while on the
other hand the Republicans believe that when the
registration closed they were fully 10000 ahead
Knowing of the systematic intimidation through
out the greater part of the State, and considering
the fragrant irregularities in several parishes, it is
believed that the Returning Board should pre-
vent the contamination Of a gigantic wrong, and
return those members elected who were in truth
the choice of the voters | hold the argument as
they put it, but looking at the whole affair dis
passionaely and calmly, it presents itself TO me in
this respect :! revolution has been set on foot
by the opposition, aided hy the White League, to
seize the Government. 4 counter revolution was
the result The disturbance attending the at
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