The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-22

guilty condemnation under which they are
now resting. In selling the great seal they
seem DESTROYS OF emulation of the infamy OF
England's worst king, but they will find the
act as harmless to the rightful government as
William found the spiteful venom of James,
and should some lucky fishnet again drag the
seal to light it would only be useful as last
ing memorial of the Democratic and Green
back conspiracy and its impotent end.
Mr. Chairman, the Republicans of Maine
throughout this long contest have felt that
they were not merely fighting the battle of
single yea, but for all the future OF the state,
not mere, lighting the battle of our own
state alone but for all the states that are at
tempting the great problem OF self-govern-
ment throughout the world. The corruption
or destruction of the ballot is a crime against
free government and when successful is the
subyersion of free government. 1t is this fact
which has carried the interest in the Maine
struggle far out and beyond our own borders,
and it is this fact which renders our peaceful
and lawful victory of such far-seeing conse-
quence and such priceless value.
One year ago, in the North American Re-
view, in discussing cognate question and be-
fore had ever dreamed that crime against
the ballot was possible in Maine, L used some
words which venture in closing my remarks
to quote as opposite to the great subject we
are now considering. ''The mighty power of
a republic Of fifty millions of people with q
continent for their possession, can only be
estly. In a fair and generous struggle for
partisan power let us not forget those issues
and those ends which are above party, Or
ganized wrong will ultimately be met by Or
ganized resistance. The sensitive and dam
gerous point is in the casting and the counting
of free ballots. Impartial suffrage is our
theory. 1t must become our practice. Any
party of American citizens can bear to be de-
feated. No party of American citizens will
bear to be defrauded The men who are in
terested in a dishonest count are units. The
men who are interested in an honest count are
millions. | wish to speak for the millions OF
all political parties ard in their name to de-
clare that the republic must be strong enough
and shall be strong enough to protect the
weakest of its citizens in all their rights. To
this simple and sublime principle let us, in the
lofty language of Burke, attest the adj
vancng generations between which as a link
in the great chain of eternal order we stand. y
Mr.. Blainos speech was loudly applauded.
Speech OF Hon. Eugene Hale.
Hon. Eugene Hale was the next speaker
and was enthusiastically received when intro
duced. He said:
Mr. Emerson, in his fine book treating Of
the traits of the highest character, speaks OF
the power Of endurance to endure for time
the pressure of wrong and bear present evils
till they shall be driven away. The great tea
ture of this struggle in Maine has been the
manifestation of this power. Nothing like i!
was ever seen in this Republic. We had a
| fair and peaceful election, questions being
| strongly discussed There was no complaint
| anywhere that men had been defrauded o.
| their rights. Out of the contest came the news
| that the Republicans had carried the State ano
| glad acclaim went up. The triumph was uni
| versally conceded and there was nowhere any
| intimation that the verdict of the people was
| to be reversed. But in the darkness OF secrecy
| the design to overthrow the verdict OF the peo-
I y nf
| Democratic and Greenback parties did not APP
| prove it. No one believed it for a while eX
| cept Capt. Boutelle of Bangor.
| He then recapitulated the history of the
| fraud and the peaceful measures adopted to
| defeat it. All the acts of the Republicans
| were cautious careful and respectful. Al
last the Governor Of the State called in the
| supervision of the Supreme Court, which de-
| cided the whole action of the Governor and
| Council wrong. He described the critical po-
| sticn OF affairs IN the pretended organization
| of tie legislature, and the moderation OF the
| peorle Then the Supreme Court threw out
| the men who were sitting there as robbers
| and so we took quiet possession and no power
| on earth or among men can take 1t away from
| us.
partisan decision when fraud is unearthed, and
men who are elected by the people are given
| seats in the Legislature? We could have
| swept out every man from that State House by
| force. In all parts OF the State men were eager
to come here with strong right arms and tight
for the rights of the people, These men who
are meeting on curb stones and in Democratic
| club rooms can come back at any time they
| choose, they are included in the committees
and the Legislature will go on to do the bus
ness of the State. These men are invited in
and their constituents demand their presence
Eloquent and stirring speeches followed
from o. D. Baker, Esq, Capt. @. A. Boutelle
Of the Bangor Wing, Mayor Nash and the Hon
Lewis Barker. All the speeches were received
with great applause.
The nee ing, which was success in every
respect broke UP at about 10 with cheers.
Gov. Davis Serenaded.
A large company, headed by the Augusta
band, then marched to the Augusta House
and paid their respects to Gov. Davis. Aftel
music the Governor appeared on the balcony
He said he was happy to congratulate the peo
| pie of Maine on so glorious a victory for theil
rights He spoke of the patience exercised by
the people, and believed that the minority
would yield to the majority. The Anglo
Saxons are noted for two things-law and jus
tice. He then babe the people good night
Cheers and music followed, and the large
crowd dispersed.