The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-20

masSed thousands, the sea OF upturned faces
that the speakers looked down upon, the old
time enthusiasm of war times, the ringing,
glorious outbursts of applause that greeted the
eloquent speakers the thrilling eloquence of
the distinguished speakers themselves, the
grand and imposing reception given to Gov.
Davis-a reception that told how strong he is
with the people,-al this and more went to
make up the whole of this, by far the greatest
t"Republican campmeeting" one man called
it, political meeting so far of the campaign
The organization was effected as follows, the
Hon. John Hail. of North Berwick calling
the meeting to order:
PRESIDENT.
Owen B. Chadboprne, Esq., of saco.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. Nathaniel Hobbs, Berwick.
Samuel L. Bradbury, Limerick.
Isaac n. bearing, WATERFORD.
j. W. Sargent and Samuel Gould, Kennebunk-
port.
Samuel Hanson, Buxton
Jeremiah Foss Limington.
DIR. Swasey, Cornish.
Thomas Goodall, Sanford.
Hon. R. P. Tapley, Saco.
Col. NJ F. Wentworth Kittery.
Thomas Hurd, Berwick.
Hon. G. M. Moses, Biddeford
Barak MAXWELL Wells.
Ivory Libby Lebanon.
Sylvester Hill, Lyman.
Sylvester Bartlett, Eliot.
Asa l.. Kicker Alfred.
Charles Bracket, Acton.
Major /. Hemingway, Shaplegh.
DIR. Stewart. York.
DIR. Isaac N. Kemp, Newfeld.
George N. Kemp South Berwick.
= DR.. Fellows, Hollis.
James X. Hun'ress Dayton.
Mr.. Chadbourne on taking the chair said
that if the committee could only have had
little more time and could have advertised the
meeting little more, the result would have
been the attendance of few more, but that
as it was the meeting was the greatest of the
campaign, and the speakers present would
prove equal to the occasion.
Gen. Logan was the first speaker and woke
to the utmost the enthusiasm of the vast
audience By strange coincidence while the
distinguished speaker was describing lthe con-
dition of southern society, saying that even
"Plaisted will not deny that the negroes of the
south never betrayed one of the boys in blue,
never misled, never deceived them," the Hon.
Fred Douglass was pointed out, and amid cries
of Douglass, Douglass" took seat on the
stand, and as the venerable orator stood for
moment erect by the side of the soldier and
statesman, the great assembly broke into ap-
plause ending in three cheers, and the same
demonstration greeted the reference of Gen.
Logan to Senator Blaine, who, he said, stands
to-day the greatest, noblest leader in the Re-
publican party. Senator Logan said:
SPEECH OF SENATOR LOGAN.
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens,-I will
try not to weary your patience. In discussing
the political questions I shall, knowing little
of your local issues, speak from National
standpoint. We must carefully consider po-
litical questions if we would arrive at correct
results.
The country must be governed by one party
rthe other We have in name three parties,
and yet the real contest must be between the
Democratic and the Republican parties. There
can be in a country like this but two parties,
and the attempt to form third party must
fail because it will become merged in the
party in opposition to the party in power. And
now it is proposed, understand to form a
fourth party-the temperance party,-and
what for? To advance the cause of temper
: ance? If so, all right. l am temperance
man myself, but presume that it is proposed
to form fourth party in order to help the
Democratic party, party that never did and
never will do anything to help the cause of
temperance. / will say to all Republicans
that this is not the time, when the very ele-
ments seemed moved to respond to the great
contest going on in the Nation to do this I
say to them stand by the party that has be-
lieved in doing justice as between man and
man; that has ever been found ready to help
our rights, liberty, and civilization. ZAP
planse.)
Why the Greenback party is in the field, I
do not know. 1t is doing nothing, and can do
nothing except to help the Democrats to stand
up to be defeated. Enjoying the blessings we
do under the administration of the Republican
party, we find ourselves opposed by a party
whose only platform is opposition ito the Re-
publican party-a sort of combination with no
common object but the defeat of that party
and that the party which is the glory, strength
and majesty of the country. If that kind of
combination can take the Republican flag,
then / say to them, come and take it.
The man who adopts this idea moves far
away from true craftsmanship and far away
from common sense also. He launches his
craft on shoreless sea. The. idea in this
party. There is fusion here between the Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers. To what purpose?
To elect a President? No, that idea would be
as absurd as the Greenback financial theory
So they propose to elect Governor. A voice
"Yes.D Well my fusion friend all 1 have to
say is that have seen the fondest hopes of
men withered. Naughter.) And so you pro-
pose to elect Governor, if you can, laugh
ter) Well it would be to bring into power the
party that perpetrated the worst fraud that
God ever allowed party to perform north of
the place where they use the shot guns
Uaughter.) My Greenback FRIEND you have
swallowed the Democrats or the Democrats
have swallowed you, 1 don't know which.
hope you havn't done the first; but if you
have you will find the article hard to digest
l don't prOpoSt to discuss the financial ques-
ton. but want to remind you that the Dem
cratic party has always failed vixen it has un-
dertaken to manage the finances of the coun-
try. 1t left some twenty years ago the govern
ment without dollar, and without credit
enough, in Democratic hands, to borrow dol
lar, Now, nv friend, don't for the sake of
electing Governor whom you will not elect,
unite yourself to such party as that, on such
an issue. The Greenbackers profess to want
sufficient amount of greenback currency to
take up our entire bonded debt, and wipe it
out at once. Of all the wild schemes that
could be suggested, that exceeds everything
even the crazy days of Englgnd of two CEN
turtles ago, when an attempt was made to en-
large the volume of their money. 1t exceeds
even the Holland mania, and the wild schemes
Of France. There is nothing fraught with SO
great and manifest evil. 1T would launch
broadcast seventeen hundred millions of
greenbacks based on nothing of intrinsic value.
The nation wouldn't have credit for thirty-six
hours, and we should be in worse condition
than the Confederate States during the war;
This greenback fever, as you call it here; out
West we call craze. Laughter) We live
some ways off and don't pretend to know
much, or rather we didn't till that craze came,
and then, in night as it were, hundreds of
statesmen were born They knew all about
the finances of this country and all other
countries Uaughter.) Why, we couldn't
shake a bush for some months and not shake
off Statesman. The greenback dollar was
the child OF the Republican party, OF the dark
ness and gloom of the great civil war. And
the Republicans promised that the greenback
should be redeemed, and in 1879 the greenbacks
to the amount of $400, 900 900 knocked at the
door of the Treasury and the gold and silver