Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-22
GRAND Meeting At Hall LOWELL.
An Indignant Protest Against the
Wicked Election Count.
Sharp Arrangement or GarcelOn
and his Council.
THE PEOPLE IN DEAD
E1RNEST.
No Splitting Of Hairs About the
Remedy.
Plain, Decided Talk, and Square
Resolutions.
ONE FEELING EVERYWHERE.

J. X. Bodwell, who, in opening, said that we
were called here to consider a question more
important than the firing upon Fort Sumter at
the beginning of our great rebellion. That was
blow at the extremity of our Nation, this,
at the hearts and liberties of the people. He
had been in favor of submitting to the ballot
box, but when the Governor and Council can
count out 81 men who have been legally
elected and count in others who have not been
elected thus subverting the will of the peo-
pie it is time for us to meet and consider the
question. We shall not and will not submit
to any such infamy.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Charles A.
White, Pastor of the Congregationalst
church, prayer full of patriotism and ask
ing that God might deliver us in this our ex-
tremity, and that the designs of wicked men
may come to the naught, and the right
triumph.
Hon Peter f. Sanborn was called to pre-
side, and said that we were called here to con-
slider the situation and see what means can
be adopted to avert the calamity that now
hangs over us, which is no less than the steal
ing of the government of our state from the
rghtfully elected candidates If we submit
now to such a wrong as has been inflicted we
might as well have submitted to the war which
threatened our Union, and our Soldiers have
died in vain.
The following Vice Presidents were then
| chosen.
Vice Presidents-J. r. Bodwell, VIM Will
son, A. ID. Knight, John Graves, Al c. Har-
rington, Denny X. Jewell, John w. Clark,
Thomas Leigh, James II. Leigh, c. w. Til
den, John Matthews, ID. p. Liyermore, Geo.
h. Smith, Daniel Hanscom, Francis J. Day,
Chester Douglas, Geo. s. Fuller, l. +. Nc
Clinch, Hiram Grindle, A. c. Currier, II. +.
Warren, Eliphalet Rowell, G. c. McCaus-
land, John S. Snow, c. A. Cole, John ii.
Owen, $. X. Gilman, IIovey G. Austin, j. b.
Swanton, J. ID. Nutting, John II. Low ell,
Ariel Wall, John ID. Lord, Simon johnson,
S. b. Glazier, w. II. Larrabee.
The following Secretaries were appointed:
Charles II. Clary, George +. Bodwell J. Q.
A. Halves, A. NJ. Spear and L. A. A. Heath.
Committee on resolutions: Hon. A. ID.
Knight, Z. Rowell, A. NJ. Spear, Thomas
Leigh W. +. Marston.
REMARKS OF REV. A. w. BURR.
Rev. A. w. Burr of the Hallowell CLASH
cal School, was the first speaker. He was
glad to say something on this important
matter. The time has come when, for the
first time since the British ships sailed into
Boston harbor, it is said that the people
shall not be governed by the will of the peo-
pie. So high handed has been the crime, we
have reached a worse stage than was ever
reached in the south, for the will Of the peo
pie has not been always known there; but
the will of the people here is known, and we
are met here to decide whether we shall be
governed by the will of the people, or wheth-
err we shall have limited monarchy. hope
the people will try every means this side of
bloodshed to right this wrong and if it must
come to that even, l am for trying that.
Those who have tried to destroy the liberties
of the people of Maine should be held up to
condemnation, and their names made detest-
able. | should like the names of these in
famous men at the head of every newspaper
in Maine, under the name of that arch traitor
Benedict Arnold, and have their names so
odious that there should be no more such
men as AlOnZO GarcelOn, Il. G..
Moody, G.. III. Chase, F. NJ. FOgg,
$. s. Brown, III. ii. Monroe, j. IL.
Foster, +. &. Parker, or f. f.
Pillsbury. either.
Hon. II. X. BAKERS REMARKS.
Hon. II. X. Baker said that we had reached
a new era in this country. We were sup
posed to exist under certain forms of law es-
tabished by our fathers; but now, in the
new era, we are to have the will of the peo-
pie set aside by certain men, to elect men of
their own choosing. Mr.. Baker reviewed
the case of Skowhegan, and showed that the
Governor and Council had proceeded direct
" in opposition to the requirements of the
law of 1877, declaring that the law was un-
constitutional. What is the excuse? No
more than this, that it was necessary to
count out the republican representative of
Skowhegan and count in fusion one, in or
der to have quorum.
SPEECH OF REV. A. r. CRANE.
Rev. A. II. Crane of Winthrop said that q
great conspiracy has been entered into by
the Governor and Council headed by po-
litical demagogue, is too apparent to need
representation. The whole transaction of
the Governor and Council, from the first
sending cut of the imperfect papers to the
several towns and cities of this State to mis-
lead them, down to the final counting out Of
several elected members to the Legislature,
are matters of record; and they propose to
repeat this same infamous work year after
year, and usurp every political and judicial
right in this State. This is what they will
do. (NeverD. But this is not all. 1t is a
crime against our government, which rests
upon the ballot expressing the will of the
people, and if few men at the State House
can thus set aside the will of the people,
what but anarchy and ruin will be the result
to our republican government? But they
say "what are you going to do about it?" |
can tell them what we will not do; we will
never submit to have our dearest rights tram
pied in the dust by eight such infamous men,
In the 18th chapter of Revelation we have
the description of "a beast of seven heads and
ten horns, with the word blasphemy written
upon their foreheads', and have been at a
loss for an Interpretation, but l think it may
refer to this infamous Governor and Council.
But what shall be done? If they set aside
law, they cannot expect us to be so particu-
lar in the observance of law in hurting them
from their high position. This conspiracy
must be crushed by legal and constitutional
means if possible but it must be crushed
any ray.
REMARKS OF Rev. II. V. EMMoNs.
Rev. II. V. Emmons said After the
SPLENDID indictment of those for whom NO
language can be too severe, can add that il
this infamous crime is to be carried out, il
strikes at our religious liberties as WE'LL their
very foundations are shaken. After all the
frauds and crimes to which we have listened
IS h.