Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01
Hon. S. Cary's Speech at Cults Hall,
Saco.

quenlly made against Mr.. Morrill, for lis
pas, and future designs upon the Land or.
fee. The meanness Of these inuendoes is on
" equalled by their subile,y and obscnrily.
Those who make them, hope to bias, his fair
fame Nv indireclion when they know they
canno: find any true reason for their course
! The utter want Of truth in these inuenduos is
ahundanily manifest from the manner in which
,hoy are put forth. For ifii were true that
the management This Office by Mr.. Morrill,
had impaired his character fn honesty and
integrity. we should not hear inuendocs only:
but even the least error would be exaggerated
and charged upon him with all he vindic,iye.
ness Of party malcyolcnce.
NJ Cary's speech IN the occasion alluded
10, places the responsibility ofdesigns upon the
land Office in the right quarter. As the laws
now arc, however, We have no fears about the
management Of this Office bu, as Mr. C., has
been intimately connected with this qoesliou
Tor a quarter Of century, his opinions and
observations are no, wiihou, their value.
Mr.. c., first abiding to the Irregular"
Candidates, then to the land Office says
This regular candidate was up, and now
that he was up they might as well pa, a sign
upon his back and say "Principlcs made to
order. Call at the Office Of Dion Bradbury &
Company and they will sell them, black or
white, at whichever market they viii com.
mlnd the best price" And this is the regu.
lar candidate II the democratic panty
Again. it Is a well known fact iha, he il
no, the democratic nominee according to the
usarcs or the democratic party. They pro-
posed governor Pans because they wanted
man Who did not understand their tricks and
schemes. They wanted man who knew but
little Of the politics ofrhe State. They said
eve offer you governor PARIS IS peace of.
forirg il Jou will take him by acclamation.'
That was the proposition, and Others were
hooicd down. They pot This candidate be-
fore tie people, not by choce Of convention,
bu, by a clique and they did not even sug'
rcsl any principles or him lu stand upon.
Aud what is their purpose' They evidently
wasted a Young man whose ambition would
enable them To use him On the one hand, ur
an old man whose imbcciItly would enable
them To use him on the other just as they
might choose. Every body knows that there
are few men in this section ofihc Stale, and
a few more At Bangor who are determined 10
rule The State. Their object IS to get pos.
session the land Office. We find these m"n
IN the Chandler movement opposed TO the
Maine law a, that time, aud fur what reason :
Why in orlcr that they might g., into the
land Office. And where are they now In
favor n the movements of the Maine law
men. Look at their consistency II the
Maine law was RICH, then it it is right now ,
tit was wrong then 1t Is wrong now. To
show their consistency We al know that
they got up a movement against the Maine
Law in order tia, they might drf'i, Cover.
nor Hubbard. They made their lsnonslra.
ton and supposed they had made sufficient
impression upon Inc party They supposed
that they would fnl j, necessary to ADOPT oP-
position to that law as principle ani nov
sqould these men Get coulrull of the State
they will go Tor more stringent laws lh7nc'cn
Morrill, himsrlrifhe should carry iIc risa'i"o
Aud ~hy' They will say to their opponents
"lIcre, We Do not consider the Maine law a
political question you may deal with 1t as
you Ike We care nothing abou, It We want
the plumber u the State. Tia, is What We
want Give Us that and you may take lhc
Maine Law. Give few ofthcm at bangor
the land Office and the Custom House and
they will say ,oihc people. You may hang
every man Who drinks, fnr We care nothing
about IT, wela,c no fear Of 'o'inc our own
liquor" Such 4, the position NJ tic demo,
cratic party at the present time Therc Wa
last year an instance of the Kind Of legislation
TO which have alluded. We purchased, as
yon will remember. four hundred thousand
dollars worth Of lands from Massachusetts,
advocated the purchase of Ilos, lands, and
believed in tic first place, that it would
b,ncf, the State. because I,hrught there was
money TO be made gu, of the purchase and
in the second place, ! thought It would espe'
r cially benefit tha, portion of'he State which
represented. We paid 100000, Of the
money, and We vet owe 100000. These
land, are now worth million and 4 half or
Two million II dollars. We are annually 'aS.
ed $500 900 10 ray Tor them. We'll, this
party. to VIII, m have referred, could not gel
into the land Office last winter, and this il one
orthc causes II the present trouble. II my
memory serves me, they ro, bills showed
through tic Senate, making grants Of twenty
halflownshps to literary institution. MOI
one in ten Of the parties in charge Of these IN
s,i,u,ions ever asked for these grants at all.
hu, our would.bc democratic leaders who's
patriotism showed itself mos, significantly u
this, would 60 to the trustees iIhcse institutes
and say TO them. 1--WE have obtained io'
YOU from the government grant Of land FOL
educational purposes. 1t contains 50 many
acres but as you can make no other use OF !
than dispose oft, We would like To kno"
, what YOU will take Tor it," To this they
would reply. ave ough, not look Cif' hors'
, in the mouth. What can you give for it,
, And they would respond, 'W.ll you take