Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-27
INDIGNATION MEETING
IN DAMARISCoTTA.
Ringing Speeches BY General
Hall and Others.
STIRRING AND DETERMINED
RESOLUTIONS.

| DAMARfsCOTTA, december 20. Inc mug
nation meeting at Lincoln Hall this after
noon, drew large audience. Every town in
the county was represented, some coming
fifteen and twenty miles, Notwithstanding IL
was very cold. A few minors and ladies,
and quite sprinkling Of fusionists were
present. Ex-Congressmen Flye Of New
Castle, called the meeting to order, spoke
earnestly, conservatively and with consider
able Lengthy, and named the following organ
ization.
Hon. Benz. d. Metcalf, Damariscotta,
President; Thirteen Vice Presidents; X. M.
Dunbar Damariscotta, b. z. Winslow, Dam
ariscotta Mills, Secretaries. Rev. c. v.
Hanson, Baptist, of Damariscotta, offered
prayer On taking the chair, Mr.. Metcalf
discussed the situation, asking attention to
the enormity of the crime, and advising firm
ness, but moderation to the last extremity.
Gen. James A. Hall was called for and
Council was a dangerous and unheard Of
usurpation and believed it did not originate
with Garcelon and his idiotic Council, but
they were tools in the hands Of demagogues.
Not one of these members, he said, is claimed
to-day by any political party as a fair repre-
sentative of their principles. The closing
portion of his speech is as follows:
81 believe that the patriotic sons duty up
on the part of all the people will all bring us
out of this trouble. My voice now is for
LII, 60 f,u
well what dreadful thing it is to bring an
angry collision between two contending
forces. Let every means known to human
mind be exhausted. l still hope that right
will prevail. This has been my advice every
hour during ihe contention, and God helping
me shall be until the last peaceful resort
shall have proved of no avail But, fellow
citizens, when all else shall have failed to
bring these usurpers to realize the enormity
of their crime and cause them to right the
wrong they have done; when an approach to
anarchy and the obstruction of civil liberty
shall stand upon one side, and their preven-
ton by force stand upon the other; when law
shall he no longer of avail and courts become
powerless to give us justice; then am for
resorting to the last great right of freemen,
and. assuming the responsibility, go forward
like men who, knowing their duty in the
hour of peril, dare perform it, letting the
consequences fall where they must, upon
those who forced ms to the dread reality.
He was followed by Hon. Fred X. Kent of
Bremen; Hon. Z. w. Stetson. Damariscotta;
N. J. Hanna, Bristol; II. C. Robinson, Aus
tin Hall, New Castle; +. G. Clifford, Edge
comb; and the following six clergymen: G.
w. Hudson, II. Plummer Damariscotta,
and s. l.. Hanscom, Sheepscot, Methodists;
w. +. O'Bear, New Castle, and l.. d. Evans,
Bristol, Congregationalists; C. v. Hanson,
Damariscotta, Baptist.
All the speakers were enthusiastically APP
plauded. Lengthy resolutions were adopted,
the last two of which were as follows:
Resolved, That while we earnestly desire
a peaceful adjustment Of this unfortunate
state of things, at the same time We request
senator-eect Smith and representative-elect
Hall to use every means in their power to
obtain their seats, to which the voters called
them, at the organization of the Legislature,
and should they not be able so to do, then We
request them to join in organizing the Legis-
lature at some place, where a majority of the
branches. as duly elected, can carry out the
expressed will of the people.
Resolved, That we pledge our lawfully
elected senators and representatives through
out the State our earnest support in whatever
course they may decide to follow, trusting
that legal measures may accomplish what is
just and right, and that force, the last great
right of freemen may not become necessary.