Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-20

ty, is interested to stamp out this latent trea-
son. Permit this movement to become a sue
cess; establish such precedent, and the end
Of our free elections has come. However the
air may have been filled with the cry Of
fraud, by certain papers and persons inter-
ested, to pare the way for the grand larceny
which is now being developed, the Cover
nor and Council base their action on no
charge of fraud. They Dc not pretend to
| have discovered fraud in connection with any
certificate they have rejected. / cannot be-
| lieve that the consprators are to be permit
ted to carry out their wicked purposes. Our
good State must be saved from the infany
now threatened it, by the vile schemes of its
| rulers.
Truly,
A. p. MORRILL,.
The same ringing applause of approval fol-
lowed the close of the letter. Mayor Nash
was then called upon and went forward amidst
applause. He said that he was astounded at
the official declaration of the result of the
last election. 1t was a painful violence to
the ballot box, wrong for which no explana-
could be given. The remedy was for wiser
heads than his; it could be remeded by
another appeal to the ballot box.
As the applause subsidized it was resumed
again as Mr.. Howard Owen took the platform.
The speaker first read the following letter
from Hon. S. J. Chadbourne
NEWPORT, Dec. 10, 1879.
Hopard Oren, Esq.
Dear sir IL deeply regret that business
will not permit me to he with the citizens of
Augusta when they assemble tonight to
give expression to the feelings of indignation
that stir their patriotic hearts at the infamous
action of the Governor and Council in their
infamous attempt to subvert the will of the
people, as expressed at the polls on the Sth
day of September last. The patriotism and
discretion of your people is unbounded.
Atthis hour, the attention of the whole State
is turned toward your city, and to you the peo-
pie look for counsel and direction. venture
the prediction, Augusta will give no uncertain
sound in this hour of peril.
The people of this section in the state are
stirred as they never were before, even when
Fort Sumter was fired upon they were not
aroused as they are now.
Tell your people that the sturdy yeomanry of
Penobscot are trimming full and running over
with fiery Indignation. l have seen nothing
like it in the cities. They feel that their
rights have been trampled in the dust and
their anger is fierce and their courage and
patriotism, sublime.
The young man, the man in middle age
and the hoary headed man, tottering beneath
the weight of years, all join in denouncing
the monstrous crime, and their denunciations
are loud and deep. Could the conspirators
have foreseen the terrible spirit they have in
voked. even the brave Fogg, who declared he
was not afraid Of POO bells all drawn up in
1.Aa IL
waited even more than 'twenty days" before
issuing their fraudulent certificates Of cleo
ton.
They declare their belief in an open honest
vote and an honest open count.
They believe the ''little corporal is en-
titled to promotion, even 10 the Gubernatorial
chair, to which he has been called by the
honest SURFACES of more than $4,000 freemen
and they propose to seat him there peaceably
if they can, but to seat him.
They say tell the people of Augusta, 1--WE
take no submission in ours" l offer you
this sentiment.-Gov. Garcelon and Psalms,
lO9th and the latter part of the Sth verse.
Yours for the right,
S. j. CHADBoURNE.
The scripture quotation referred to
reads as follows: ''Let his days be few and
another take his Office"
The speaker said that the official returns
would never be exhibited to the light of day,
for if they were they would reveal the great
est conspiracy ever perpetrated, They would
not let the wrongfully counted in fusionists
take their seats, that's what they would do.
The members of the Legislature would not
take their seats unless elected; they would
go there at their peril. In closing he pledged
himself to do his part to defeat the plans of
the conspirators, and his remarks were wildly
applauded.
Rev. DR. Butler, representative-elect from
Vassalboro, was calledto the front and warm
ly received. He said that there was not an
honest heart but what was convinced of pro-
nounced fraud and rascaity. He had rights,
and he proposed to defend the rights of his
own and of his childrens now rather than to
leave it to his sons and daughters to do. Gov.
Garcelon knows that he has stamped the Con-
stitution under his feet The people will
back the leaders mp in opposing this. We
have got NO ballot box if this goes through,
but it can't 60 through. He was just as GER
tain of this as that the sun would rise to-mor-
row. Garcelon could not put his feet on 6S,-
900 republicans (cries, never, never, never.)
BY the blood of our fathers, thousand times
no. We will have our ballot box back and
our rights.
Hon. A. r. G. Smith, counted out Senator
from Lincoln county, was called upon, but
had left the hall. Before doing so however
he left word that he should be here the sew
enth day Of January, backed up by three hun
dred of his townsmen. There was great ap-
plause at this.
Herbert NJ. Heath Esq, then was urged
to the stand by calls, and said that in such
an emergency there was a law higher than
the constitution, the laws and the revised
statutes. The question now was not what
was legal but what was right. In the open
ing of the rebellion the people said, away
with law. The material loss is nothing, but
loss of manhood of the State, and disgrace
of her fair escutcheon is everything. 1t is
not n blow Mt party or republicanism but