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answer, carefully determining in their answer
that no recognition was made of the legislative
body that assumed to ask them. And those
answers were only exemplifcations of the re-
cent law laid down in the first opinion But
they were so complete and so convincing, and
they made such clear statement OF all the
law in the Case, that at once the two bodies
which had been holding sessions down town,
crumbled and fell to pieces forthwith. Appar-
emily, in good faith, gentlemen came into this
House from day to day, and took the seats that
stood ready f them. We did not dispossess
one man legally elected. We did not lift q
ingpr against any man sent here by the peo-
ple.They were ~ upon prominent committees.
And am glad to bear testimony that upon q
committee OF which l am a member is one of
those gentlemen who came in here in good
faith. He is appreciated by us and will be APP
Dreciated. All seemed to acquiesce, and for a
time it seemed as if it was in good faith. I
know what men told me when they came in
here. look into faces here of those who have
no sympathy with those extreme revolutionary
measures. They told me they were glad to
come in; they were glad to be rid of the thral-
dom under which they had sat for weeks.
And the business went on. And at last other
gentlemen who had been extreme and rabid
aud revolutionary in resistance to the Supreme
Court began to come in. And then at once
this peaceful scene and this acquieScing mode
was changed and we beheld the same men
with the same principles and the same def
ance of law and respect for constitutional au-
thority, set up their feeble, piping voices
nere in opposition to what had been accepted
until now. And am glad that this discussion
has come up that the people may know what
it is that is the cause of the disturbance.
L hold in my hand a copy of the Daily
Standard In it it has the report as a great $50
called) mass meeting held at Camden, that
pleasant and prosperous town down by The sea-
which is represented here by the gentleman
from that town. And 1 ask the clerk to read
certain resolutions between the marks in ink
Let us have this proclamation of lawlessness
to the people of the State of Maine.
Whereas the so-called Legislature, now in
session at the State Capitol, obtained possess
sion of the legislative halls by subterfuge and
trickery and drove out through their base tools
and minions the only legally constituted Legis-
lature from the proper place provided for that
purpose, Therefore
Resolved, That we the national greenback
party of Camden, in convention assembled
view with the utmost concern the dangerous
and alarming condition in which our senators
and representatives have been placed by the
usurpation of lawless mob under the protec-
ton of shameless, partisan court.
Resolved, That we protest against any and
all acts or doings of said fraudulent and ille-
gal Legislature.
Resolved, That the Supreme Court of Maine
in giving decision contrary to the laws and
constitution of the State, for party purposes,
are unworthy of the confidence OF all honor
able men,"
That, sir, is the proclamation of what is
meant by these men. 1t is supplemented by
what my friend from Brdgton read from the
Eastern Argus, paper with Democratic ira
ditions and memories, God save the markl and
it is what is announced as the purpose of these
men. 1t is language that might have been
borrowed from the red-hot period of the
French revolution. 1t is language which if
carried out upsets the whole franev ork of our
government. 1t is language, which, when ad-
vocated and put before the people incites revo-
luton, sir, and breeds dlscontent and dis
obedience of the law. Shameless minion,"
the court is called! A partisan tribunal And
its DEGREES to have no effect And this a
bogus and illegai organizationl
Then for what, pray, did this Camden man
come in h re? (Applause) What is his pur-
pose to-day?
Mr.. Perry explained that he was here to
take care of the interests of his.constituents.
Mr.. Hale-lf the gentleman had waited till
got through he would have seen 1 was asking
him why he appeared and not as a protestant.
He comes here, and these other gentleman
only . few OF whom / am glad to say believe
or sympathize with him. And they not only
protest but they act here. They serve upon
committees. And when the day of dissolution
comes they will be found first with their noses
at the treasury drawing their pay through this
legally organized body. am not speaking of
the great bulk of the Democratic and Green
back party, who came in he.e in good faith and
whom it is pleasure to have here and work
with. l am speaking of the men who send out
the proclamation in the Camden resolutions,
that the issues are to be made up in defiance of
law; that the campaign for the year coming is
to be rung on the basis that the Supreme Court
is an ignoble body and not to be regarded,
which means revolution and the overturning
OF laws, and no man can tell what red-ruin af-
terwards. l speak here in the interest of no
party, but upon matter that was accepted by
nine men out of ten in the State.
l have this warning note to give to NV
friends on the other side who came in here in
good faith, whe went through that'long strug-
gle with the irresponsible, desperate men who
controlled their organization and thousand
other experiences. have this warning to give
to them which the Camdeu resolutions pro-
claim, that these men who are patriotic and
law-abiding-my friend from Brooks is one
(HusSey)-can understand how these men feel.
| sound this note of warning for him, that he is
doomed to play over again the same part that
he has played; the loud voicing and the mouth
ing will be done for bis party by the men that
appear heres today talking for it, and pro-
Claiming the Camden resolutions and the ar
tic!e in the Eastern Argus, and the people of
Maine may as well understand it. There is a
determination to break down the adjustment
that the court set us, and to declare that it
shall be of no account, and to endeavor.to to drive
the Democratic and Greenback party rank and
file, into the attempt.
L am willing to wait until September.
have seen nothing tina leads me to lose my
confidence in the great population of the State
of Maine. 1t is peaceful, industrious, law
abiding population. Woe to the man, in the
long run, who attempts to array communism
and revolutionism, and all of the bad isms that
break up government, before the people of
the State of Maine. Not many mouths will
pass before these men will be glad To call upon
the rocks and the mountains to hide them. The
people will take this matter ere long. And in
the meantime l would be glad if we could go
on in peaceful manner and do their business
and adjourn and go home to a tribunal that,
when it speaks, at least will have to be respect
ed by the gentleman from Lincoln and the gen.
tleman from Camden, as we'll as the rest of us.