The Portland daily press., 1877-08-27
The Bangor Rebellion.
Sparks From the Commercial.

The Portland argus publishes Williams
letter OF acceptance without a single line,
word or letter of comment. Bro. Adams was
the author of the resolution denouncing the
Hayes Fraud, and must be amazed at the
construction which Mr.. Williams has placed
upon his language.
The reminder of Mr.. Williams In bis let
ter of acceptance, that he has been separated
from the Democratic party for twenty years,
was entirely superhuous. His Interpretation
OF the second resolution of the platform sug-
gests not only an absence of twenty years
from the Democratic party, but also the ex-
lstence at this hour of gulf between him
and them as broad and deep as that which
separates Dives from Lazarus.
How fortunate it is that the great Demo-
cratic ship, after drifting about on strange
and unknown seas for twenty years, has at
last foated around to the very spot where
Mr.. Williams left it in 1856, so that he can
step aboard again without wading or wetting
his feet! And how comforting his assur ance
now that he is on deck again, helm In hand,
that he will ''be instrumental in aiding the
Democratic party to recover the prestige of
former days and revive the memory Of its
ancient renownW
The change of front in the grand Demo-
cratic army, ordered by the candidate for
Governor, on the fraud by which Hayes was
placed in the Presidential chair, has bright
ened the political skies amazingly. Signs of
victory are coming up on every hand. The
vote for Williams in this city may be safely
set at anywhere from ttcO to three thousand.
Our enthusiastic friend, DR.. Jordan, who
never oVerrates or understates, has thor
oughly canvassed the town, and thus conf
IDENTIFY writes to the Augusta Standard:
"Mr. Williams will receive the solid Demo
cratic vote OF this city, with the addition Of
some, hope large number, of those who
have hitherto acted against as"
Down, Down, o Democrats of Maine! on
your bended knees, and in sack-cloth and
ashes repent that madness that led you to de-
nounce the fraud by which Rutherford B.
Hayes was placed in the Presidential chair.
A new light has burst upon the world. You
have wronged Hayes You have wronged the
eight to seven of the Electoral Commissioni
Your nominee for Governor tells you that
you have been all wrong; that Hayes title to
the Presidency is valid; that the decision of
the eight to seven of the Electoral Commission
was judicially right ! Therefore, Democrats
'bring forth fruits meet for repentance"
Go to the polls on the tenth of September and
cast your votes for Williams-the true Demo-
cratic Prophet, who showeth to you light in
dark places, and who beckons you away from
Tilden, HendIicks, Seymour, Bayard, Black,
Clifford, Field, Thurman, Pendleton, and
Randall. By this humble act of penance
show your willingness to be forgiven by him
from whom you have wandered for "twenty
years" after false political gods.
-Marcellus has got the suks, and, got 'em
bad-Augasta Standard.
oh, no, thou "Stone OF Helpp' 1t Is not so.
Marcellus has not got the sulks. On the
contrary he was never more cheerful and
complacent than he is at this hour. How
could he be otherwise? Each passing day
impresses him more and more with the
genius, wisdom and mastery strategy with
which the Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, ,-our Ebenezer, ,-our 'Stone
of Help"-js conducting this campaign. His
humble views, both In regard to platform
and candidate, were overruled by the Con-
vention which followed to the letter the
admirable and farseeing programme Of his
brother Pillsbury. But the bitterness of
personal defeat has all been swallowed up in
that promise of an all-glorious Democratic
victory with which the political sky Of
Maine is now radiant. The great Napoleon
in his day accomplished many wonderful
feats on European battle-fields; but were he
re-habilited on Earth to-day, he would look
in wonder and admiration on the mastery
skill and boundless resources of intellect with
which our Ebenezer is executing his astound-
ing manoeuvres of the combined Democratic,
Prohibition and Hayes forces under his COM
mand, carrying confusion and dismay into
the enemy's ranks. Mol No! Eben must not
mistake the stupifled wonderment and be-
wilderw ent of Marcellus for sulks.