Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-22

edy for is violation and opens IN arsenal for
peaceful defence. Applause.
To the people all praise is due for their un.
f,inching LOYALTY in this time Of need Il il
for rs to call upon all loyal citizens now TO
gather around that standard which they pro.
nose to respect. Paul Revere in his mid.
night ride through Middesex did not find the
beacon fires more ready to ignite than did we
the fires Of patriotism ready to break forth
in the breasts of the common people of
Maine. fapplause.
Captain Boutelle's speech,
Captain Boutelle came forward amid If.
mense applause and said 1T is unnecessary
for me to saw how honored l feel for such n
heartfelt greeting as YOU have given me.
II is gratifying for me to minge my congrat.
ulations with the people Of the Kennebec val.
lev. applause.
And also feel proud to say that with the
people of the Kennebec valley. one of the first
to unite was glorious old Bangor Tap
plause.
am here tonight in part to redeem
prophecy. Perhaps my appreciation of the
Garcelonian jnnto for rascality was little in
advance of yours. Without egotism l can
saw, that saw the shadow of coming event,
before many of you. ! felt that treason was
abroad.
You know the great debt of gratitude thar
we owe to the Supreme court of the State
for the able and learned manner in which
they grappled with these issues. You know and
know that in all those troubled days we rested
on the assurance that the people of Maine
were ready to execute the decision of tts
Judiciary.
know that the mother with babe on her
breast, and the merchant in his counting room
felt safer when the news came that Heath was
ready to come down from Waterville and Bod.
well was coming with his noble stone-cutters
from Hallowell. Applause.
must add nv tribute to the patriotism of
Gen. Chamberlain. Applause to the sleer.
less vigilance of Mayor Nash, Immense on,
plause1 to the splendid conduct of CITY Mas
shall White and to those gentlemanly police
who have so finely succeeded in maintaining
peace and order. The nearest approach 10
an alteration was when Joseph Smith bumped
his bury form against Mayor Nash. as he At.
tempted to enter the State House, and didn't
succeed. daughter and applause.
When this trouble first began. the city Of
Augusta was the first city to come forward
and utter its notes of warning and condem.
nation of this great outrage: and it gave me
great pleasure to see the white head of your
noble chairman in the front line like the
white plume of King Henry of Navarro.
Three cheers were then given for Hon A.
i. Morrill, and James G. Blaine, and a storm
of applause.
All honor to that noble Judge, ARENAS
Lihbcy, lapplausc1 who. in spite of party
predictions. dared to act according to the
law and constitution, and render verdictfor
the right.
Let us go forward in the great struggle of
the year, led | trust, by noble standard.
f.. i
new triumphs and new clories.
Mayor Nash's Speech.
Mayor Nash was unable to proceed at first
for the applause. When it had subsidized. lie
said This kind reception fills me with graf.
itication. am happy to see that my efforts
to maintain peace meet with your approval.
Only three weeks ago an armed bodv Of men
garrisoned yondcr State House, sworn to DR..
vent the inauguration of Mr.. Davis as Gov.
ernor. On the seventh day. more than 2UJ
of these men were scattc-ed through the cat.
itol, ready to do the bidding of their det,..
mined and unprincipcd leaders. Only lat
Saturday trains were ready in two places TO
convey troops and armed fusionists t. this
city, but they would never have reached
here. [applausel. Men were ready at the
direction of Gen. Chamberlain, to tear up the
track and prevent their coming to Augusta.
us W we nave last
reached peaceful solution Of the matter.
[applausel.
Lewis Bankers Remarks.
have been out Of politics and political ey.
citements for ten years. but am with YOU 10
express my sympathy with your Indignation
atthe great crime to reverse the verdict Of
the people AT the ballot box
As l sat in the fringcs of the crowd and
listened to the speeches | felt that every Au.
gusta boy had a brighter future for the meet.
ing of this night. applause].
You sent 10000 boys down South to fight
for the integrity of the ballot. applause
1t has been baptized by the blood and tears
of a nation. 1t was the flag under which our
boys marched from Gettysburg to the Gulf
1t was the an hoe signo rinces' of the
American soldier.
AT the close of the war the Democratic
party began more insidious attack upon the
integrity of the ballot. You saw in New
York under the Tweed regime specimen Of
Democratic ballot box stuiiing; but the que.
ton now in Maine is, whether our votes shall
be counted at all. [applause1.
They sae that the men W no put up the job
to steal State, received their education in |
the republican ranks. 1t could not have been
IN Maine. They must have sat at the feet Of |
benjamin. the c0ck-eyed woud-bc Governor
OF Massachusetts. laughter
Up here among the pines of Maine, where
the honest winds are whislling. we swear that
II we vote our votes shall be counted /
[applause.l
The air is too cold and pure here for such 4
treason and villainy. 1t is better suited 10 I
the fever-ladcn atmosphere of Mississippi I
than to the latitude of our State Gapplanse.
Nothing but a verbatim report could do Fl
justice to the wit and pathos. the anecdotes /
and points of Mr.. Barker His wit cut like
two-edged sword, and the old hero was st
times almost siienced by the tumult of sp
plause which he received
Telegram Received.
PROVIDENCE. X. l., JAN 2lst 1880.
L" Hon. Arson +. Morrill,, Chairman, Az |
gusta, Me.
we rejoice with you tonight, and are proud
OF the grand old republican party of Maine,
which has put down the meanest rebellion Of |
the nineteenth century without bloodshed'
Make treason Odious, show s'what you are '
gong to do about it,
Milton NJ. STONE,
JEFFERSON HIGGrSs,