Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-28
MAINE.

AUGUSTA, Dec. 27.-At Lewis
ton, three thousand people attended
the indignation meeting last night.
Ex- x-Governor Dingley, Congressman
Frye and others addressed the meet
ing. Mr.. Frye characterized the
action of the Governor and Council
as palpable and unequivocal steal.
He met but one Democrat in Cons
gress who attempted to defend the
action of the fusionists. The plot
was Matched month ago. The Re,
publicans, he said, will never see
Daniel F. Davis Governor of
Maine.
BosToN, MASS, Dec. 27.-The
following was received from Bangor
at 8 o'clock this morning.
"Although the feeling was very
intense, ordinary quiet prevailed on
Friday, and all business proceeded
as regularly as usual. The best
citizens express great indignation
at the moving of arms through the
streets on Christmas, but not the
slightest tendency to disorder of
any kind was manifested. The
news of the clandestine removal of
the rifles of the old town company
from the armory last night caused
much comment and comparison with
the lack of any proposition by the
Republicans here to disturb the
munitions at the arsenal or armory.
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel White,
of this city, who succeeds to the
command of the State militia by
the resignation of Col. Matlock,
has issued circular to the different
companies, expressing the hope
that all the present troubles will be
peacefully settled, and asking res
ports of membership, arms, &C.
At meeting of the Citizens
Executive Committee last evening,
the following was adopted for publ
cation to the public:
In view of the spontaneous upris.
ing of our citizens at the sight of arms
aud ammunition transported through
our streets on Christmas day ,stealthily
and without written authority, for the
purpose, on behalf of the Governor of
the State, of consummating, by force,
threatened crime against the decision
of majority, as expressed at the polls,
the undersigned, an Executive
Committee of citizens, at a
meeting held this evening were unan>
imously of The opinion that while the
uprising was but The natural express
sion of the Indignation Of our citizens,
yet if our Governor shall see lit to per-
sist in this remarkable and alarming
purpose of gathering munitions OF
war for use against the people, the re-
sponsibiity, therefore, may well be
left upon him, and the law-abiding
l-cit;zens of Bangor will do nothing
that would incur any degree of the re-
sponsibillty for the deplOrable conse-
quences which may ensue from turn
ing the capital of the State into
an armed camp. We, therefore, feel
assured that there is no disposition
on the part of the people to resist the
execution of any order lawfully given
by the Governor, for the removal from
our city of any property belonging to
the State. Signed, j. 8. w heel Wfigh
Charles q. Stearns, G. A Boutel.e, G.
r. Lancaster, Selas G. Hatch, E. r,
Neatly. John l.. Cutter, L. ] M"rse,
Whiting ). Clark, Charles v. Lord.
Alexanuer Strickland. Henry Lord,
II. A. Fairbanks, G. V. Crossman, B
B. Thatcher.
Petit, DIS signed by several leading
citizens, i Guiding number of the
most prominent Democrats Of the
city, will be forwarded to the Gov
ernor urging the propriety of comply
ing with the proposition of Mr.. Nor
ril for reference OF the questions In
volved in the counting of the returns
to the Supreme Court.
A special from Augusta, Maine, to
the Herald, says better feeling and