The Portland daily press., 1882-09-07
CAUGHT AGAIN.
Captain Boutelle Convicts Governor
Plaisted of Misquetatlon.

The Republican rally at Saco Tuesday was largely
attended, the Hon. G. A. Boutelle and the hon
Julius G. Burrows being the speakers. Both were
warmly received, and Capt Boutelle's trenchaht re-
view of Governor Plaisted's course commanded the
closest attention, and made deep impression. IN
the course Of that review the speaker called the at
tention of the audience to a characteristics action of
the governors in garbling falsifying and distortng
the language of Abraham Lincoln to suit his own
purposes In his published speech in reply to Sec
retary Blaine, Governor Plasted pretends to quote
from President Lincoln's first inaugural his refer
ence to the Dred Scott decision sustaining Plas-
teds attitude of defiance of the court. In his quo
tation however he carefully suppressed and omitted
the most i'm portant clause of the text, which di-
rectly antagonizes and deprecstes the course pur-
sued by Plaisted Capt. Boutelle read from the ORR
ginal text which showed that Governor Plaisted had
altered the word "must'' to the word 'may'' in one
sentence and then, without any sign of omission or
elision had left out and suppressed from the middle
of the quotation the whole clause which is printed
in italics below and enclosed in brackets
81 do not forget the position assumed by some
that constituti nal questions are to be decided by
the Supreme Court, nor do deny that snch decls-
ions may (Nr Lincoln said '.m,ast''l be binding in
any upon the parties to suitas to the object or
that suit while they also entitled to very high
respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all
other d partments of the government; lGnd, achtte
il is obvtous that such decision may be erroneous IN
ann gicen case stttL the eUI effect fottOWingt be-
ina limited to that particular case scitk the chance
that at Daag be 0UerruLed and aeUer become pre-
cedent for other cases, CAN BETTER BE BORNE
THAN COULD THE EVILS OF A DIFFERENT PRAC-
GICE.1 At the same time the candid citizen must
confess that if the policy of the government upon
the vital questions affecting the whole people is to
be i7ep0cdbJy fred ny the decsior of the supreme
Court the instant they made as in ordinary lit
igation between parties in personal actions the
people will have ceased to be their own masters;
wing to that extent practically resigned their gov
ernment into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
The context clearly shows that Mr. Lincoln was
simply contending for the power of the people to
amend and alter the constitution in the manner pro-
vided its terms, construed by the Supreme
Court proved obnoxious to the public conscience or
sentiment, and in the paragraphs immediate follow
ing, he discussed and favored constitutional
amendment.
Capt. Boutelle also exposed the hypocrisy Of the
governor in regard to the veto OF State bank char
ters. he exposition complete. An account OF
it will be found the editorial page of the PRESS
The entire address was received with marked favor
and will prove potent factor for good in that Sec
tion of the State.
Hon. Julius q. Burrows, of Michigan who follow
ed Mr. Boutelle held the audience in rapt attention
until half past ten, by most powerful and mas
terly presentation of the national issues involved
in this campaign. His strong presentation OF facts
a d his burning eloquence aroused the greatest
enthusiasm of the large audience.