Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-06-30
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SPEECHES AT THE MASS DEMO.
CRATIC CONVENTION.
The Report Of this speech, though not a.
foil as might have bccn desirable, isne,erille.
less quito satisfactory. The question of"reg.
clarity" is quite satisfactorily scillcd. Judge
LrDprS, on being called uron, spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr. Pr9iderf:-
"whocyer speaks in thi, Hell to-day, does
30 in the face of the most bitter deRunciaiions
that ever cmanatcd from vcnal press. The
fertility ofthc English language Is inadequate
to supply .pithcts for its use, while hyPoc.
ricy, misrepresentation and abuse fov fnll
and free from those pandercrs to the morbid
ssnsiblitcs " their own couuPting. Before
that spartan hand, the only representatives
Of the Democracy of our Fathers, those e2i.
ihcts have been rung through all the changes
Of Formulation snd combination known to
their diseased Imagination.
hut who are those sons Of Pro,rus, assum.
ing the diciition Of our political faith
They call themselves regulars, aud ] re.
joicc that the term Irregular" has been 50
well defined by the Hon. gentleman who
preceded mo. But how regular' Not
Regular in holding uniform opinions, open
practices in relation to Democracy and demo.
cratic fifth
. Mr.. President YOU cannot afford INC time
io relate al my remembrance of the past,
bat starting with the proposition that no nom.
nations are or can bo regular that do not re.
feet the will Of the people, we will inquire
,rho are in regular sanding At this time.
Overlooking the regular repudinion oi the
peoples nomination Of Governor Dunlap, by
a portion Of now regulars, we remember !, 4
Convention in Oxford Congressional District
the domination Of Ms. Litllefod was deem.
ed entirely irregular, because, as II was said
it did not reflect the will of the people. We
remember the charges made by REGULARS
and the successful means used to proven. The
election Of the nominee, until the regulars
consented. We do no, forget the indigha.
ion meetings or Of the fact Of the election ON
a third trial, by less number Of votes than
were pollcd for the whig candidate on the
first ballot, thus throwing that strong hold Of
democracy into the power Of tho whig party,
All this was deemed very regular. both then
and now, and ] refar to it as the origin o'
regularity in Oxford County.
In the year 1917, Gov. Dana, then the ser
want Of the people and eSPonen, ofIhcirVicw'
said The sentiment of the free States Is
profound, sincere, and almost universal that
the influence Of slavery upon productive encr.
gy, is like the blight Of mildew-ihat !, is a
moral and social evil, that i, docs violence 10
the rights ofman as a thinking, reasoning and
responsible being, tha, it, existence will shut
out free labor, because tie irce man will moi
submit himself to the degradation, which al
iaches to labor where slavery exists. lnhu.
enced by such considerations the free States
will oppose the introduction of sla'eiy lnit
the territory which may be acquired"
The right Of the stakeholder to his slave
sis an unnatural, an artificial. statute right
and when he voluntarily passes with his
slave to a free territory that right ceases 10
exist. The slave becomes free man, with
just as much right TO claim the mister, ss the
master to claim the slave
This is Gov. Dana and this was Democra.
cy aye, "rccular" democracy in lsi7. lt~a'
popular will, too, and il is now and !, is de-
mocracy now but not regular. And "ho
have boied thi. democracy not the people.
not The representatives. in this ball 10 day.
At the opening Of the session OF the Legis-
laiurc of 1850, Gov Dana returned To that body
a bill, passed at lis former session,"in relation
to commdn sellers Of intoxicating liquors. y
The elections Of the next year manifested
the popular will and a more stringent one
teceiyed the sanction Of Gov. Hubbard. N
June following there met in thi, city from all
parts Of the State band Of men, Who resolved
to regulate the democracy Of tbs State by
new tests; and machinery was invented, II
not patented for the application OF those tests
Opposition 10 the Maine Law became the
base upon which varied course Of action
might be traced as localities would bes, sGs-
tain.
On the denomination Of Gov. Hubbard, this