The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-08

MAINE OF our rear
ers are aware of the uproar in the rocky al
frozen Northeast corner OF the Union. Tt
present Governor Is a Greenbaeker, b.
was elected by a Fusion of Democrats an
Nationals. The Fusionists were beaten
the Legislature. But there were great i
Irregularities in the methods of balloting an
the irregularities were pronounced fat;
by the letter Of he law, by the constitution
and by the supreme court. The law sal
the election must be held under certain rules
and that failure to comply with the express
ed RECRUITMENT must bring its wi punish
ment IN the rejection of precincts thus con
Quoted. Hitherto the Republicans hav,
held the contingent power, and il j
said have applied the rigors Of the law in
varlably to Democrats, but not often. if eve
to themselves. The Fusion Governor anC
Council declared weeks ago that he should
follow the the strict letter of the law. wheth
er 1t rejected his own friends or the oppo
sion. He laid down this fiat while the re.
turns were still in their sealed packages 81
majority of errors would fall. The leading
Republicans began to buster, which only
confirmed the Governor, an obstinate man.
In his rightful course.
The result of the counting gave the Flu
slonlsts a majority OF two or three in the
Legislature.
Then began the most outrageous proceed
ing. Blaine, Hamlin, and others stated a
series OF indignation meeting whereat
the lnt1amatory speeches were made. As
usual Gin New England the political preach
ers exceeded all others in their violent and
and lawless language. Threats of %seizing
the capitol, caused the Governor to send to
bangor to remove about 200 muskets TO a
place OF safety. No one denies his authori-
ty to do this, yet a mob, led by the editor
OF Blalne's organ, stopped, the wagons in
the street, terrified the officer in charge, and
prevented the removal of the arms. This
increased the excitement; and during the
past week the newspapers have been
filled with kilograms from the seat of war.
10 give an idea OF the excitement, we print
a single utterance from the speech Of Vice
Hannibal Hamlin, at a great meet
ing in Bangor;
They say, it has been done under the forms
OF nc. Jesus Christ .cds sacrificed uder
the forms ofMu. There has been no act of
oppression or cruelty uritten IN the pages of
whih has not been done under the
forms Of lar. We want something more than
the forms Of low. We want to rindtcate the
spirit Of lar. Governor and his seven coun-
.Tlors, and one of them lives in this city,
nave IcNcIScu the Will OF the people, ana
1 wont to say to you, uhot 1 belize to be the
Of the citizens of Maine, shan erery one
Of these men as you wouW a pestilence. Nuke
ere1y one Of them an outcost and q wander
ang Jeu. Point the finger Of scorn at them,
them as moral lepers uho are covered
,ctth sores from head to foot. Make them
feel that they are execrated by an outraged
and an indignant people,"
Remember that these are the words of an
Unlted States Senator, formerly Lincoln's
colleague. as the first abolitionist Vice-Pres
ldent! How often hash he howled at South
ern Democrats for showing anger when
out of their political rights! How
often has he cursed them for ostracizing the
the moral lepers," who fat
tened and battened upon our people How
often has he cursed the Ku Klux for srising
above the form Of law" by Furnishing
violence and immortality. And has
any one forgotten how the people of
Louisiana and Florida were defrauded, not
of their Legislature and local govern
ments, but of their electoral votes, whereby |
whole Federal government was seized,
and the will of the majority reversed
One wrong does not make another Right |
but it ought to close the mouths of those
who proited by it. AS for the Maine Mud
lie we fear it will more and more disgust the
with "Politics," and thus accelerate
The march Of monarchical ideas.