The Portland daily press., 1879-08-22
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST %.


There was no bull-dozing nor intimidation in
this State last Fall, and the Democratic Con-
gress which sent the Committee have known
it. Their sole object was to make a show Oh
fraud for Buffers use in the coming campaign
and as an offset to their own bull-dozlng down
South. My writings will bear witness that
never believed one half the stories OF buil-dozing
and intimidation in the South. don't believe
half of those we hear now Nomore do believe
trumped-up changes about Massachusetts,.
There is not scintilla of truth in them, and
the Wallace committee under the direction of
a Democratic Congress, is spending the peope's
money to make bricks for Butler to throw this
fall, Now if any of your Maine Republicans
wish to help Ben Butler into office they can
help defeat the Republican candidate In their
own State and thus encourage his followers
here. / used to think the Democrats had
some sincerity when they so strongly opposed
such men as Butler, Simmons and Usher. l
supposed, for instance, that the Eastern Argus
was honest and sincere in its bitter opposition
to such men. l supposed it opposed them be-
cause they were bad men. L now know, how
ever that l was mistaken. 1t opposed them
solely because they were Republicans. know
this because, while the same men have not
changed one iota for the better, but, II any
thing for the worse, the Argus and its follow
ing are apologists for Butler and his crowd,
simply because he has turned Democrat, 1t
will support him for Governor of this State be-
fore the campaign is over. Now wish my
deiuded, independent and acknowledgements
eau friends to consider these things, and open
their eyes to the fact that they are being used
as tools to kill the Republican party prepara-
tory to 1880. Then the old Democratic party
will pitch you overb GARD, ignore the money
question, and go in for the spoils
AS predicted in my last letter, the with
drawal of Talbot as gubernatorial candidate
is a settled fact The prospects of Mr.. Longs
nomination do not improve. don't know
what there is against him except the fact that
he wants the office and is perhaps considerable
of a politician. The Republican party in Mas
sachusetts is practically run az present ew ya gy
ago They are determined to carry into prac-
tice their preachings of former years. They
seek therefore the nomination or Henry u.
Pierce Now, as l wrote you last week, Mr..
Pierce is one of the cleanest men polltlcally,
utterly free from all rings or cliques, clear
headed and thoroughly business man. He
never sought an office in his life. He has rep
resented this commonwealth in Congress with
ability second to some perhaps but WIN
fidelity equalled only by such men as Charles
Sumner. He served the city OF Boston as
mayor, against his own desires, because ne was
the only man who could SO fully command tne
votes of all decent men regardless OF party. In
all these instances he has been fairly dragged
from his retreat and nominated and elected
while he protested. This is why the lndepen-
DENTS headed by the military Herald, wish him
for gubernatorial candidate. / suppose they
will talk him into accepting. And yet L do
not think he would make so good a run as
Mr.. Long. Long is popular WITH the younger
people. He is rather more of man of the
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Monday was day of unusual importance
in the religious history Of the world. 1t was
the occasion of the 250th anniversary OF the
founding of the First Church of Christ at Sa-
lem-the first Protestant church organized IN
, America There were churches here previous
to Aug. II IN. 81 1929, but they, were organ
lied in the old world and transplanted to this
land The church at Salem was a. pure and.
distinct formation of the people there living,
without any reference to any other church Or
ganization, sect creed, theology or anything or
anybody else. They adopted covenant
what the politicians call a Platforms re-
markabe for brevity as for liberality. 1t was
simply this: "We covenant with the Lord,
and one with another, and do bind ourselves in
the presence of God, to walk together IN all his
ways as he is pleased to have revealed himself
unto us in his own blessed word OF truth,
They did not, however, always live in ccord-
ance with this most liberal covenant. 1t was
but short time before the Browns were
driven from the colony because OF their oppo-
sition to the church. There was some reason
in this because the Browns would set up that
very religion and those very obnoxious forms
which they had come away from in the mother
country. The next case which the church at
Salem was not as liberal as it might have been
was that of Roger Williams. He was long sus-
tanned by the Salem people, even after the
magistrates at Boston had demanded his expu!-
SION So in these two cases the Salem church
could hardly be called prosecutor. But in
the cases of the Quakers and the Wltchcraft
prosecutions it is useless to argue the case, Ihe
First Church at Salem entered into the tyran--
MES of those times with zeal second to none,
and stained its record with the blood OF inno-
cent victims. Quakers were executed, adver-
tised to be sold into slavery, whipped, tortured
and otherwise ill-treated, sometimes for grave
wrongs on their part, but oftener Tor opinions
sake. So in the witchcraft times. The Salempeo-
pie were prosecutors and prosecutors, and their
church must have its share. All this is changed
and to-day the pulpit of this old church is entre-
ly free. 1t has no theology. Every Congrega-
tional church-Unitarian or Trinitarian-in
America is result Of the church framed here
$50 wears ago. The reader will readily see
that it was an occasion of no small importance.
It far exceeded the landing of the Pilgrims or
the landing OF John EndlcoIt III ihluehoo up
ON the world IL
The murder of Mr.. Frye at the West End is
no longer mystery. Some one suggested
while it was mystery, that Mr.. Balch, the
captor of Cox the New York murderer, ferret
it out. That is easier said than done. Mr..
Balch did good piece of work in that case
Few men would have been shrewd enough to
have taken advantage of the case where Balch
did. Fewer have the head to carry it out SO
carefully and coolly. Mr.. Balch might have
come home from Canada and begun working
on clews and theories and probably not found
his man, but if the murderer or anything con-
nected with him crossed the reporters path he
latter would probably detect it. l know Balch
well. He and have worked side by side in
the field of journalism several years, and
roamed together the 'streets and sewers" OF
Paris. His keenness and quiclness of percep-.
ton have never seen surpassed. A word is
all he needs to know the whole story. Young.
25,-handsome, accomplished, travelled, these
requirements added tohis natural talents make
up man who has more than ordinary ability.
Such man cannot fail to make his mark in
the field of journalism. SCOTT.
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