The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-30
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63f2Y EEn0E
LsErsrdx December 81 In response to-
4 cslE for & mass rIeetiDg tosenderse the ae-
HOG of the HoseTnns and ssnnncti 10 tne can
ysssseg ofstae retss 81 Ftbe vote iof sea.
atorf aud fepresentatiyes,sthe citizens OF
Anburn, and the adjacent towns
turned out en- 4rsasse- 90 welcome their let.
IoW-citfzen and extend TO him q hearty
greeting fH tbis trying hour OF his ofhcaal
dnty. The naeetin9 .was. presided over-rby,
Judge Nathan Morrill,, Of Auburn, VINO
made calm and dispassionate state
ment in regard to the call OF the
meeting. He was followed by i. b.
Swan, repreSentatfye-eiect from Poland
who made most forcible and telling
speech. pledging the support OF every loyal
man OF Audioscoygin county Tor tue. NAM
tenariee of law and order, and thensWilL
suppression OF febeiliens action from what.
ever source it may come. #. b. Torrey. OF
Bath. said that all. this talk by Republican
speakers and papers OF resisting the consti-
tinted authorities OF the State was simply
H,aiBe,s bluff and buster. who, having
failed In his attempt TO bulldrze the Gov
ernor and Council, had now undertaken
10 bulldoze the people. He asserted that II
there had not been q persistent attempt
to buy or bnIldoze the voters IN the last
election the. "wiIl of the people would
have been expressed by amaiority or 1000
instead OF 1900. At this point Of the pro-
ceedinss- a: committee OF citizens escorted
TIE Governor into tie hail, the i'm mense au--.
'dienee rising and cheering yociferously as.
his talf6gure- moved up the hall. His ap-.
pearance on the PLATFORM was the signal Tor
another burst of applause. Resolutions
were then read, setting forth the partisan
and malicious purpose OF the Repnoil-
can party in assailiDg. the private char
acter Of the CHIEF Magistrate and attempts
ing to sulIy bis name by false and SANDER
GUS accusations and expressing the conh-
dence OF bis felow-toWnsmen in his lnteg-
rity. The resolutions referred to lls SELF
sacrificing devotion to the wounded Union
soldiers during the wa-, Endorsed the action
OF the Governor and Council in canvassinS
The returns according to the Constitution
and law; charged the Republican party
With bribery and fraud at the election and
denounced the reasonable utterances and
designs Of their party leaders, and called
on all loyal citizens to support the consti.
tuted authorities of the State.
THE MAINE SURGEON WHO KNEW WHERE TO
STICK PIG.
The Washington correspondent Of the.
Louisville ComierJour7aat r.. @. Washing
toni, after .discoursingu about various dis
coyeries, says: "Goyernor Garcelon has
brought much more to light than all this.
i, do not mean that il was reserved for
him TO discover that Maine went for the
Fusion ticket, and that sauce for the goose
in cooking returns is also sauce for the gam
der. AS Returning Board he may or may
not come I'D to the high average morahtV Of
Madison Wells, Of the Electoral Commission.
I reserve that point Tor further consldera-
ton. But the debt that we clearly owe
him ought to be paid at once, or at least &C.
knoWledged. Contrasting the honest phlsi-
ognomy OF Garcelon and the furtive eye OF
Jim Bliine. no one would ever have dream
ed that it would he Garcelon and not Blaine
who would blaze the pathway OF future
American discovery. To Garcelon and bis
count we owe the amazing, astounding dis
covery that the Republican porty has
moral sense. For long years there has been
a general conviction to the contrary. Their
ambition seemed to be to convince the puo-
lie that they had no such attribute or prelu-
dice, and they succeeded perfectly. But
now, under the magical processes and 10.
new life spiritual, and cry out that "it is
wrong to steal a State" The dry bones OF
The Valley OF Jehosaphat stand before us
clad in flesh and blood, and uttering ac-
cents OF Indignant, outraged virtue. With
fate and future more dire than that OF
Christ Harlowe they cry ont for virtue and
public sympathy. Mr.. Blame is the oudest
of all; but, then, bis style is always loud,
and his personal conversion the most in
miracle OF the whole occa-
sion, l must say tina. regard Garcelon
with profound generation as an inventor
for having developed the fact that out OF
these dead mems bones and roltenne>s
there could bloom so sweet power OF
virtue. THIS moral sense, so newly found,
may not, indeed, last over a month.
Like all loved things, it will soon fade
away; but, for all thar, GarceIon has given
us the newest, the most original, sensation
OF American politics. mean the RepuLli-
can leaders transformed by spasm Of vir-
tue and inspired by moral sense. Lettby
servant now depart in peace, for unless /
live a century shall not see this flower
bloom again. A month hence and our
Republican friends will 90 back to their old
worship of Madison Wells, McLin. Mr.. JUS
tice Bradley, and the Electoral Commission,
and be very clamorous for Il Democratic
Congress to give them another chance to
show what they can do. .-....- .n.
Defence Of His Act.