Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-12-25
No Submission.

The du'y oi tue hour is 10 stand as firm
a. = !hcA again-, the wron. about 10 be
innlctei upnn the people Of This > .tr.
When the ruling power it-clf a. -rrg ards
the laws, obrylu. only such as IL plea-e~
tile people have great occaslou 10 BE-
alarmed aud 10 take measures against such
Al evil. l. j. useless 10 attempt To DENY
that a great responsibility j. forced upon
The people ut oar Sta'e. We stand face
to face with great danger A. yet the
masses Of our people have failed TO ap-
preciste the gravity Of the situation. They
nave been slow ~ believe that such great
crime A. the contingent con.ptr4tOIs DE-
signed and are carrying on. could ever be
contemplated. they can now no longer
doubt the certificates of election 10
members II The legislature sre issued or
being issued. and the republican majority
elected AZ the polls last September. 10 both
senate aud House, has been counted down
anl out anl a fu-lun majority In both
branches has been counted ID.
IL needs no labored argumen, TO show
that such n result could never have been
l accomplished by iair means The repubH-
cans had In tie Seuale. according TO the
election returns published after the el.C-
/ non, nineteen mcmbeTs to twelve lus ion
members. la tAe House the republicans
F litl hlllftN Ultupfl- anu tic iu>ipill-t-
hid sixry-one. Now mark the change.
Fur the Senate, certificates have been Is
sued 10 eleven republicans and twenty
iueloui,ts nine republicans who we're
elected have been counted out aud nine
fn-ioui,Ls who were not elected or even
dreamed they were elected when the vojes
~erc counted at the polls have been count
ed 10 For the House, certificates have
nrrg i--u-I to tii'v-c'ght republicans and
!. i!-l l4a. -,---...- republican strength
n,iu. our down from ninety 10 tiity-elght,
aid jhr fusion strength Increased from
-ixtt-,.u- +" seventy eight. Ia both
niauehe- taken together the republicans
have been cut down forty votes while the
tu-lOuists have been Increased BY twenty
i've.
How has this great change been
wrought: The answer from the couspira-
tur- : that II i due TO defects and irregu-
larilie- OF the election returns. Il follows
then if this be true that all the defects and
Irregularities were in the republican re-
turns. tor the republicans lose forty men
while the democrats gain twenty-five. Can
it he possible that this is so! Are the op-
position so much better Informed than re-
puhlieans about the making out OF returnst
To state the question is to prove the negs-
tive. The superiority In intelligence Is not
on the side OF the opposition. Their re-
turns, without correction, werei In all prob
ability more defective than the republican
| returns. but the charges OF Mr.. Rounds
1 which the Governor and Council have not
| dared TO take notice of, also Information
| IRON other sources, make II morally GER
tain that a system of "doctoriDg' fusion
/ returns has been adopted and carried out
| by The conspirators, and 10 this bold viola
| ton OF law and justice it Is due that the
4 fusion returns are more correct than the
| republicans-if 1t be true that they are so.
| II would be fair proposition TO place both
/ parties on an equality in proportion TO
numbers as regards defective returns, in
which ease the fusionists would lose equal
/ ly with the republicans. 1t Is moBstrous
10 attempt to stand upon the other propo-
sitiop. It is a falsehood on the very face.
We are counted out Of our majority by
such scheme Of rascality as never had an
equal in this part OF the country.
Let the republicans of the State OF Maine
stand shoulder to shoulder In resisting this
i, great wrong. A way will be found TO cor
rect IL. 1t must be defeated or our liber-
ties are gone. We will be counted-out
next year IL we submit this year. Besides
| II it succeeds here it will be tried elsewhere
to determine the Presidential election.
1t is part Of conspiracy that includes
the national government and We must re-
sisl it II we do not desire to see lawless-
ness and anarchy spreading far over our
d.-IKsanshse JovFvaH