Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-22
,y,.,e House they have taken away the seal

prex;ousiv fslsifed. Perhaps IN the last "c'
fb.x are endeavoring TO murder the witness
-, of their evil deeds for the past three
mouths-but whatever the motive. ~hetner
!, he p.rty and inpotent malice. or the at
TENN, 10 hide the evidence Of gu II, they may
he assured that they cannot emoarrass the
State Government. and will only add, II t'a'
be possible 10 the guilty conde nnaiioh u"-
5.r whisl, they are now resting. In seizing
,h. Great Seal they seem DESTROYS OF emuia-
ring tl,s. inramv of Englard's worst king' pn'
,h.y will find the act as Harmless 10 tue
ri,i,,fnl Government as William found the
Suit.;ul venom of James. and should soihe
lucky fishnet again drag the seal To ilsht, IL
would opiv be useful AS lasting memoriai
of the Democratic and Grcenback consplra-
cv and its impoteit end
MIR. Chairman the Republicans OF Name
throughout this long contest have felt that
thev were not merely fighting the battle Oh
single wear, but for all the future OF the
State-not merely fighting the battle OF
our own State alone. but for all States that
are attempting the great problem OF SELF
government throughout the world. The cor
ruutiou or destruction of the ballot Is a crime
a,,.,iuSt free government. and. when success
ful. is the subycrsion of free government
Ii i this fact which has carried the interest
in the Maine struggle far out and beyond our
own borders and ii is this fact which renders
our peaceful and lawful victory OF such tar
reaching consequence and such priceless
value. One wear ago in the North American
Review in discussing cognate question and
before | had ever dreamed that CRIME
against the ballot was possible IN Name,
u>e, some " ords. which l venture in closing
nv remarks to quote as opposite to the great
subject are nos considering
81 10, rtv v.n.V Of a RnnnIllc
:.mill1ns of people-with contlnt mt tor
their posse s,ion- can only be wlelde'i
'permanentv by being welded honestly
I'm tair and generous struggle for
.'partizan power. let us not forget those issues
and those ends. which are above party
..Oryanize,l wrong will ultimately be met by
..organizet, resistance. The sensitive and dan
..seruns pain, is in the casting andthe counting
.'offrce ballots. Impartial suffrage Is our
.theory. 1t must become our practice Any
.'party-of American citizens car bear to be
..defeated. No party of American citizens
will bear to he drtraulcd The men who
..are interested in 4 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. ana in their
..name to declare that the Republic must he
STRONG enough. and shall be strong enough,
'.to protect the weakest of its citizens in all
..tIeir ri ghts To this simple and sublime
'principle. let us. in the lofty language of
Burke, attest the retiring generations, let
'.us attest the advancing generations. be-
tween which. as link in the great chain
.'uf eternal order. We stand.
Mr.. Hale's speech.
| Hon. Eugene Hale. was next introduced
and was received with rounds of applause:
Mr. Hale said:
| Mr.. President and Fellow Citizens: Mr..
| Emerson in that fine book of his which! treats
of the traits of English character. speaks with
what is for him even unusual cpgramatic
| force of the power of endurance which lies
! far and deeply dowr. imbedded in the Eng
| li,h character. the power to endure for Il
/ time the presence of wrong. the power III
| stand up and to bear present evil until the
! chosen hour shall come when the wrong and
| the evil shall be swept away. These ara
! praised very highly bv this great mister of
| English speech anil student of English charac-
| ter And Il great feature. Mr. President. of the
| notable struggle which has been going on for
! the last two months in the State of Maine,
| has been the manifestation on the part of our
| people OF this quality highly praised by
! Mr. Emerson. There never has been any
! thing like it in the history of this great re-
! public of ours.
| September election. a peaceful. fair and full
election succeeding a canvass never before
| made in the history of the state SO thorough
! "; with every issue presented clearly to the
| public in vast meetings and concourses that
assembled, representing the two sides which
| fought the battle q dav observed in peace bv
| all parties. when the struggle was fought out
through the whole length and breadth of the
state from sunrise in the morning to sunset at
| night, and no complaint anvw here that violence
| lad been used or that men were dcfraudcd of
| their rights. And when by telegraph and
! later by returns from the outlying districts of
the state ii was found that the republican party
| had emerged from the contest victorious and
had carried the state and rescued it from the
band thai had held il in oppression for the past
/ year, not only did glad shouts Of acclaim go
up from the republican party, but the opposi-
ton parties, democrats AIT! grernhackcrs. from
further Aroostook down to the New Hampshire
! line admitted that the republicans had almost
! succeeded in clccting their governor bv a
majority over all. and had chosen by clear
majority in the two branches of the state
! legislature that it entitled them to full pos
session OF the government for the coming
year. Go back, my friends. and hunt up your
files of democratic and grccnback newspapers
| and look at the lists which they made of the
men who had been returned to the legislature,
and they present duplicates of the lists and
returns found in republican papers.
There was nowhere in the whole State apv
lnimatlon that we were to depart from old
usases, and that the admitted public vertlic,
was not to be completed. But in silence.
wrapt IN the darkness of secrecy which hangs
| like night-tall over the commission of crime.
few men sat down deliberately. in accord.
ance with prcconceivcd plan made before
the election, but not shadowed forth to the
/ lubilc. To reverse this great verdict of the
| people. am glad to do the democratic and
gre, nhack parties the justice to say that
! profoundly believe that when this iniuuity
was hrst started that but few men had a part
| or parcel in it. | don't believe that the rank
! and ME OF those parties. if tiny had been
called upon to say what shouid be done.
! would have sustained it. But a few men.
havi:g IN their hands the control of the re-
turns. set themselves to vitiat. them to falls.
3 ~ them. To fraudulcntly suppress them, to
change them so that out OF one result hy the
/ people came another by them. And when
The word came first cropping out IN little
! rumor., the only man that could find any
( where that believed il INV friend from
Bangor, Capt. Boutclle. Applause At
that stage nobody believed it but him. But