The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-09-11

| Hall, Saturday ing was perfect success
| The attendance was very large and the closest
attention was given to the distinguished speak
ers The meeting clearly demonstrated that
| the Republicans CT this city are 10 dead ear
nest, and will give full vote to Col konle'
and to every other Republican candidate. Inc
| applause that greeted every reference made py
| the presiding oficer-Mr. Lunt,--in his brief
| and able address, to Col. ROBBIE, was not con-
fined to few individuals, but came from all
parts of the house, while the eloquent refer
ence made by Gen. Harrison to Mr.. Blaine
called out perfect tempest Of applause. Pre-
vious to the calling of the meeting to ordef'
Gen. Harrison was, for about half an hour, IN
the snte-room, where he was introduced 10
many of our best citizens. Gen. Swift OF
Mass, was no stranger to the mass of our peo-
pie, and with him the taking of old friends by
the hand, not the making of new scq aaintan-
ces. was the pleasant duty that filled up the
half hour of the reception.
The meeting was called to order by W. M.
Marks, Esq, who introduced the Hon. w. f.
Lunt as the presiding officer, who made brief
and telling speech.
MIR. LUNT's SPEECH.
The close of campaign, not noisy but most
earnestly and hotly contested, is at hand. Inc
result of our labyrs will soon be known. The
fruition of our hopes will prove glorious VIC
tory for the Republican party, We have pre-
sented to the people of this State ticket OF
which we may we'll be proud. A clean TICKET.
A list of worthy honorable and able men,
headed with the name of Frederick Robie for
Governor. (Applausel. We present him to
the people as our candidate for Governor;
man untouched by the breath of scandal;
patriot; man of ability, who has proved him
self deserving of the honor and trust which We
bestow upon him. (Cheers). Our Representa-
tives to Congress and the Legislature; our
Senators and county officers, are men OF char
acter and standing in the community, and
they deserve and will command the votes OF
the honest, thoughtful and respectable people
of Cumberland county.
We place our ticket and the nominees there
on beside the Fusion ticket and challenge crit
cism Read the Fusion ticket-made up
chiefly of the names of political harlots, Re
publican renegades, who when expelled ana
cast out are taken into the Fusion told ana
have already become in that company the
chiefest among ten thousand, and the ones al
together lovely. If the best men are nom-
mated for office in the Fusion party, it IS In
deed low tide with them and the chlvalry OF
the war have retired into the background. DC
casionally we hear the loud wall or some OLD
time Democrat among them. A short time
since the people of this city were addressed by
one who was of those who resolved that the
war was failure, who sneered at the suner-
ings of the gaunt and starving Union heroes IN
the prison pens of the South, who smiled and
leered at Union men when the Union army
suffered defeat, who during whole generation
have been opposed to the march OF progress,
and have sought to darken the advancing
track of civilization. In his remarks he said
that by reason OF ais position then ne mas
since been prescribed man. Well, the time
if it ever was, has gone by when we handle
the copperheads of the Rebellion with gloves
So long as one manned veteran drags MS
weary limbs along, SO long as one survivor
lives to tell to his children and friends the
tales of horror and of suffering in the prison
pens of the South, before which all the horrors
OF the Inquisition pale and fade away, SO long
will the men who sympathized With the rebell-
ion and din all they dared 10 sustain IL, Dc po-
litlcaily prescribed by the loyal, patrlouc poo-
pie of the Moth.
We do not forget, we never shall forget their
conduct in the nations struggle Tor lie ana
they must still be content to live N private lie
We mean to win victory in this State on Mon
day next, aye! we have won 1t, and only walt
to declare it at the polls. In forty eight hours
more we can sing Psalms OF victory. see be-
fore me men whose hair is silvero& Ger by
time. You old Whigs can remember your song
of victory
80 saw have you heard from Maine; Maine;
say have you heard from Maine.
She's gone hell bent for Governor Kent
And Tppecanoe and Tyler too"
(Applause)
have the honor to present to you descend
ant of ZIP Jecanoe, Senator Harrison OF IN
diana. (Great applause)
Gen. Harrison is a fine looking man, of about
30 years. Like his arguments he is solid and
weighty. His full beard and rather thin hair
are touched with gray, and if age has COM
menced to manifest disposition to make his
acquaintance, it is very kindly, if frosty age.
Gen. Harrison is very effective speaker
Rather slow in his delivery, perhaps, but max
ing his p ints one after another in rapid, per-
haps it were better to say, uninterrupted sue
cession, never at loss for word, and never
losing for even moment sight OF the fact that
the Opposition" party, is the representative
of the feeling that drove the South into rebel
lion, and that left the Democracy of the North
TO give to the government half-hearted sup
port, at least; nor does he for moment forget
that the Republican party saved the honor and
the life of the nation, and that it will preserve
that which it has saved His speech abounded
with telling and quotable savings, as when he
said, Given the dead issues of the Republican
party ale enshrlned in living laws and again,
''That is all there is of it. Up goes the De-
mocracy, down goes the credit of the nation.
Down goes the Democracy, up goes the credit
of the nation" It is like the game of teeter-
ing played with my sweetheart when boy.
Gen. Harrison was followed by General John
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