Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-10-27

deh,ei TO gentlemen heretofore conducting il,
requires that we should make some reply TO
The attack which ha, appeared in It's columns
The individual who gets up us pleaded mat
ter says he "hss been eobien, 10 remain out.
side Of the doors Of Official paradise" II
ruch is the fact. IL must be the con,enImenI
OF despair, for no man has ever c!amored
louder ior public plumber"
"Ths State printing the County printing,
townships Of land. and government, advertise
menis. II we are not misiniormed, ha, also,
been objects Of his pursuit and solicitation,
And this is the disinieresied politician who
is conien,ed to remain outside We believe
Il is true that he remained outside when he
was understood TO have asked An,on p Nor.
rill Tor two townships Of land But such !,
not his presen, situation. The number Of the
Journal which contains this assault displays
a column of advertisements, and few month,
ago he received mole than 500 from the
treasury Of the United States. conferred hy
men who have little understood his true char.
scisr.
This was better speculation and certain.
" more honest, than his pockeiinV $500
from the county (under wha, law We have
not a'certained) Tor printing some resolution,
passed BY the grand jury The press now
Osiensibly controlled BY Mr.. Geo. y. Moore,
has received for advertising (Stare AMI Ma.
,iona) VIC should think moi less than $4,000
Is II not then amusing tina, l, should expect
an Individual holding an office worth or 900
dollar, TO espairiaie himself from the AiIsirs
81 the country In this particular we shall
probably not accommodate that modest sheet
II we think il
worth while We may hereafter give a further
history Of our connection with this man Moore
which commenced On his par, with the nau.
s'aiing breath Of syeoPhnnt, and ended with
the foul and fstld calumny Of an migrate and
a traitor. We know him 10 be false a, heart
Ia the party and to The administration, and
the echo Of men who are equally perhdiuu,.
We know he has sligmalircd the president
in the most opprobou, terms We know he
has repeatedly denounced that accomplished.
hi'hful and Woodworking cabinet officer. Ca.
leb Gushing We know he has compliment.
ed the absse Of General Pierce by the Dos.
ION correspondent OF the New York Herald
We kno~ he h,, i,ied to seek the favor, for
some time past, Of such ",ore heads" a,
Burke. Dickcnson. Fronson and Others We
know him to be ready 10 do The bidding Of
men who have fjr ycau been hostile to any
homes, organization Of the democratic party.
III, political morality has been little better
than that II hardened offender. Like the
assassin who strike. at deisnceles, man. he
has assaulted homes, and true hearted demo-
crits oho lad no means of rcply-,hc only
press in the county a, the time being under
his oVn control lie ha, driven from the
party by personal dcnun~iauon. some 81 the
best anil pu'es, men In the county. and he
new seeks 10 drive Others from the democrat.
ic ranks. lie talks Of the contested case, in
tho sili. convention, where he sat a. one Of
TIE committee, voting ar,irs, decided ma
jo-ity of tina, body, and IN every case made.
against those who had warmed him into life
IN hs narrow judgement there ~asnot right.
ful case presented by one wing of the party.
Ia some instance, he failed to give decent
sycu'e fS' hi' conduct, and his position wa.
,cot.d upon b. MS aisoci,ic. with in,Iprc,s.
lble contempt. He should have told them
that he was doing the bidding Of his masters
that be was not his own man. II hc aud
those who have him in keeping can induce
the democrats OF Maine to exclude vs. from
convention, 50 De H. But we think little
too much u that was done a, Bangor two
years ago. lie talks about the vote Of Cam
den being the measure of our influence II,
was the measure OF their disgust, Al the nom.
nation Of mrn who for ten years had boIlod
party nominations.