The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-27
WEST BALDWIN AND sTAND1sH. :
Two Large Republican Gatherings
Speeches by Hon. Geo. C. Gorham
and Geo. M. Seiders, Esq.

Speeches by Hon. Geo. G. Gorham
and Geo. M. Seiders, ESQ.
The Republican meetings held at West
Baldwin on Tuesday evening, and also at
Standish on Wednesday evening demonstrate
ed fully by their full attendance and the close
attention given to the speakers, Hon. Geo. c.
Gorham OF California and Geo. M. Seiders,
Esq, OF North Yarmouth, that the Republi-
cans OF that vicinity are fully alive to the po-
litlcal issues before the country and state. The
Republicans of these two towns are sure to be
at the polls on the 18th of September
Hon. Geo. q. Gorham, than whom few men
are better posted on the political situation Of
the country, treated the national issues in a
clear, forcible manner that was most refresh
ing to listen to. Mr. Gorham opened by stat
ing III very serious manner that there were
heavy hearts in Maine. A great blow had
fallen upon portion of the people. He could
not but feel for their grief His hearers made
hearty demonstrations of relief from the anxiety
created by the speakers assumed gravity,
when he informed them that Mr.. Osgood had
betrayed the temperance cause, and thereby
caused the Democratic party to weep After
few minutes of badinage concerning Demo-
cratic indignation over Gov. Daviss luke
warmness in the temperance cause, he stated
what he understood by the fusion of Demo-
Gratis and Greenbackers in Maine He said
Mr. Dickens in his story of Oliver Twist repre-
sents Oliver as a very good young boy, who
fell into the hands of gang of burglars.
Oliver being small in person was by his man.
ayers inserted into an attic window in the
night time, and thereby enabled to hand down
the spoons and other valuables to the party on
the outside, with which he had fused. This
campaign bringsl that story wildly to mind
The Observation-Disclosures represent Oliver
Twist and the Democracy the burglars. The
former are to be inserted into the attic window
Of Maine in September, in order that they
may pass down the spoons to the Democracy in
November. How silly for Republican Green
hackers to suppose that they have any real in
terest in the campaign. Suppose Plaisted were
to be elected and the Greenback- Republicans
should undertake to do some of the hurrahing.
The Democrats would say, "get out of here
this was Hancock fight; who did the shout
ing at our meetings., was it not the Hancock
clubs and Hancock veterans? Were not the
professions Hancock demonstrations and the
transparencies covered with Hancock en-
blems? Did not the Democrats pay the bills?
Was not the state flooded with Southern bull
dozers to eulogize Hancock's military record?
And finally, don't you hear the rebel yell
from the lower Mississippi, attesting that the
Democracy have triumphed? Too late would
the earnest and patriotic Republicans who h ad
been caught in the Democratic trap see that
they had helped to vindicate the very men who
haveSiust refused to allow the Greenbackers
and independent Republicans fair election
in Alabama.
The speaker then stated the reasons urged
by the Democracy why the Republican party
should be displaced from power and themselves
entrusted with it,. They denounce our party as
extravagant and corrupt. Yet our extrava-
gance consisted in spending money enough to
put down Democratic rebellion. There was
no complaint of any irregularity in Abraham
Lincoln's election in 1860. The Southern
leaders broke up the Democratic party because
they could not defeat Stephen A. Douglas in
the national convention. They would not al
low the majority to rule even in their own
party. They brought on the war rather than
have Douglas for President, ard 100000 lives
and Sc, 900 100000 of money were the cost of
the effort of the smallest faction in the nation
to dictate its policy. Out of over three mil
lions of votes cast in 1860 Breckenridge, the
secession candidate, received less than half
million. Douglas had million and quarter
There has been no Democratic or Republican
party since then. There were the Union and
the Secession parties, as Stephen A. Douglas
stated it on the praries of Illinois after Sumter
was fred on: "There are but two parties
Patriots and traitors The latter have ever
since called themselves the Democratic party.
The Democracy charge corruption on their
opponents. Why, in 1861, before gun was
fred, the Southern Democracy had stolen
forty millions of dollars, most of the property
be'onging to the United States, inlthe shane NJ
public buildings, forts and arsepals. munitions
of war and gold coin in the vaults lof the
United States mint at New Orleans. This sum
divided equally among the traitors South and
their Northern allies, who were all responsible
for the theft, would have made each ono Of
them guilty of grand larceny and a At cand;
date for the penitentisry.
The speaker reviewed the honest reign of
Tweed, the election frauds inNew York citv in
1868 by which HoratiO Seymour had the eiac-
toral vote of New York ,rand John +. Hoffman
was made Governor, and the Congressional
investigation and report upon the same. This
he said, was the cause which led to the enact.
nl1nt OF the national election laws. These
laws do not touch the election of anv off;cer
except members of Congress- The constitn.
ton of the United States grants to Congress-
supreme authority over the regulation of cleo
ton of Congressman He explained the mo-
visions OF those laws They simply guaran-
teed the presence of one Republican NJ each
pjlling place, and deputy marshals to nrevent
the shoulder-hitters and thugs of the Demo-
cratic party from pitching him out of the
window. The same law guarantees the right
0l DemvoiaIc supervisor to be present.
There can be no objection to this on the mart
of honest men. ''Were 1 to be robbed of INV
watch in car" said the speaker. "and .
search being instituted one Of the passengers
should object to being searched, L should be-
lieve he had stolen the watch: and so If T fnd
party furious because the ballot box is to he
watched by representatives of both parties T
naturally think that party is desirious of DOING
something with that ballot box which will NOT
bear the llght. Men OF proper delicacy will
by themselves. How much more shouId anv
man hesitate to insist upon the votes which
are to govern the country being left in a room
with only the representatives of his party
| present. Inc Democracy know that they have
no majority. Their sole hope is in ballot hoy
stuffing in the great Northern cities. and in o.
ganized assassination or terrorism and whole
sale frauds at the South" Here the sneoker
gave at considerable length history Of tbe
guerilla war which has been waged in the
South since Lees surrender. all to defeat the
laws OF the land and subjugate the Union
men. He said that q Southern districts hav-
ing negro maJorltles are now represented bv
Democratic members of Congress, "and.,
sald ne, Wnen you see cat hunting bull
dog, or a mouse giving chase to cat you will
see negro vote the Democratic ticket of his
own accord, and not till then" He showed
that If these districts were allowed fair vote
the Y. ). Senate and House of Representa-
tives would be Republican He eulooized
Gen. Garfield and assured his hearers that
in California Oregon and Nevada the Repub
licans would be found united in his support.
He said there We're no divisions among the
California Republicans on National questions,
and had been none. He gave his reasons for
believing that the Republicans would carry
Indiana and New York, and concluded bv saw
ing that if single State should be found
wanting to make solid North he believed it
would not be the State of Maine. The APP
plause which followed was an evident express
sion of confidence that Maine whuld NOT he
found wanting.
Geo. M Seiders, Esq. gave his attention not
only to the National but also to the State is
sues. to which the assemblage gave close at
tention, and convincing proof that they are
not 9nmindful of the fraud perpetrated upon
the State last winter by the fusion party. The
interest at Standish was increased by the citi
zens and company with torches turning ont
and escorting the speakers to the church,
where an audience of at least two hundred and
fifty were in waiting. The meeting at West
Baldwin numbered upward of two hundred,
many OF whom travelled a distance of six or
eight miles to attend the meeting.