Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-01
A Revolutionary Organ.

The New Era, published at Portland,
throws off the mask in its last issue, and
comes out in strong language in favor of
having the Governor and Council count
out the republicans at all events. In an
other column may be found an article
from that paper The New Era, speaking
of the republicans, says: LET these men
''once regain the power that the people
"wrested from them last year, and they
evil never relinquish it. There are I'M
''mistakable evidences of this, and those
"who are not keen enough to discern it or
shave not courage to meet the emergency
'whcn they do see it, are not the men to
"trust in great public emergencies.
This is plain speaking. The New Era
conjectures that if the republicans get the
control of the state government this year
they will hold it long time. 1t therefore
advises keeping the republicans out by any
means and employs language designed to
stimulate the Governor and Council to the
pitch OF desperation necessary to go
through with the contingent business
It wants men of courage to meet the
emergency" which it contemplates. Des-
perate measures require desperate men to
carry them out. II the New Era only
required the Governor and Council to per-
form their duty under the constitution
there would be no need of the above kind
of talk; but when they are invited to
fagrantly disobey and disregard the laws
of the State, ejecting men from office who
have been elected by the people and
placing in their stead men who have never
been elected and do not claim to be elected,
they ought to have the hardihood and con-
scienceless audacity characteristic of out
laws and brigands. The saying of the
French despot, II am the State" was no
more true of him than it would be of
Governor Garcelon and his Council if they
could accomplish the purpose vi the New
Era and its fellow conspirators. They
would be the State. The people would
have no power.
As . concluding argument to induce the
Governor and Council to count the repub-
licans out, the New Era holds up the idea
that the republicans are going to install
the next President in office, whether he is
elected or not. For this reason it advises
the Governor and Council to keep possession
OF Maine this year by fraud. 1t says 1.-The
republican leaders have resolved to in.
''stall their candidate for President in Of
"fice, whether he is elected or not They
"expect to use force if necessary, and il
will make vast difference Hho is in po,c
ser in this state when THAT CRISIS AR
"RIvEs. 1t is not worth while to minct
''matters. II is the worst kind of folly Il
deceive ourselves as to the tendency o
sthe times; it will be serious crime t.
"supinely submit to have our hands tiet
"before we begin to act. A little courage
ian exhibition of spirit now will say,
'bloodshed and disaster hereafter"
The argument is that it will be import
ant for the fusionists to have possession o
the State next year and the year after. ant
therefore they must keep possession Of j
now by all means, no matter how wron,
such an act may be. The New Era doe
not ..minee matters in the least it ha
elevated its courage" to the fighting
pitch; il does not consider for moment
that the party to which itbelongs has been
voted out of power in the State by the
people, and that the Governor and Coun-
ell have sworn to obey the constitution and
the laws; but it simply reasons as the