Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-03-02
To ,he Patrons Of The Oxford Democrat

To the Patrons Of the Oxford Democrat
In ac,1rlanc, with tHr announcement
made in our last i,.re. vr .a., ueA rn.-
~.nt our rgadrr, with thc punert Boo au
entire new Jrr--. Tbrurv Publisher, Dee
in- avarg Oh financial condition of thi,
nurnal. and knowing that Do. extensive
ratroul.r would warrant such an gyrruli-
turc, have taken thi, earl opportunity o.
gratiiy NOT simply their uvu pride nt mr-
chaniral ucatuoss and beauty. hut a'-r O..
express, in hueu1- The mu't urIgirun',
their gratitude o. rr-rat patron, and th..r
issiry o. merit still higher prosperity ami
favor. 1t The hand. ofa u iut.li.u'rrmmu-
nity. In elegance uG twp, iDmr.haui.tl yy-
,cutiln a. vg'l a, quality of rarrr. 3D. oH-
ford Dcmo,rat viii hcrurirr crmw-r a.
vorlhly With any newspaper Boz thr State.
We would not iulu'-a i0 amy excessive
sclfhudatiou 600 an uc,a,iru l.s. jht.. W.
fcc, that humility ami ,.'ra, --liuir aa
far more hc,omin. bot when vr turn arl
book hack GA thr Ta.,-vhen vr n1tr Oh.
condition of parties two ygar. a-'-vhru
W saw Democrat after j.uosrlt dr-r,in-
the standard 90 p'mrrrat., ErIuhlau..m
when boltiuc and fr.lkir- party rriuei-
pie. and party ai.sgiru.r h,ramr fh. r-i.r
Of the dsy-vher new Huma',vrrrTrln-
into eyistrur. with Now Ja.triu.. o. 'r'ny
AMI batter down tae t.ur HuuurrI rriu ir'r.
ef true Democratic ETu'Halim-vhn
public ofEccr, were MT ashamed tueut,T OBJ.
political argna anil tH,luo. ami ,i,'y w.
st.,gtable citizru, assuming o. Do, their mas
ter and not their -erant--vbnu mrr vr-r
found ha,r enough t1Tuh'i.hthr ri'-,san-
der. under aD'nymnu. ,.-ul.urr--uhu
such men vcrr threatening Vengeance, rr.,-
ecution and ,,.u Personal violence, against
Those Who opp'-rI such political arIst'ca-
cy-vhen w. Look hack aai -sll an tai-,
We f,yl that prs,uI.r-r has hrrl with bel,
and hatri-hterg, r.,rirutin0 has uyrrtak.u
th1,l vho have Advocated -url lii,, doe
trine- aul committed such i.n1'lr lrI--
VII, have deserted ,hr tempt, OF Liberty
and 1T at uausht thr rsiarirl.. af uur fr7,-
fathers.
For an the prosperity We have received.
We owe our gratitude and t'auk, O. au inc
tclliryut and gsurrga, community AZ
home and abroad We have found Friends, ra-
truus aud rarus-; advocate. but ia d" ON
O1iJrl" where true democracy la, taken
the depot ret, and uururI in every
heart. We have. fourd noble RESPONSE tuall
our g1rrtiuu,. The hardy s1u. yf t,iI. the
the merchant, tn farmer, ths uaghauis tho
professional man have an lem, thoir ci,--
ful aid; anil given "a, their generous fltru-
age AMI hearty ENCOURAGEMENT.
But Their, !. another .i'r Thee. arg.
tssrs r-.r,, those az home and ,tra1-mrn-
bsr, Of the T7r-, and othrr.--ra.i'iral Iia-
Nans-wh, cried traitor" " E'.u-, '
.. Mgr" Eamr,i' AhoIi',nui.'. "
and WI, could not sufficiently show their
pal in thr,;tiin. tb1r who oou,i.t-
ently maintained their principles W.
know not whether o. thank This D'a-, uf
meu f,r hanging them-cl,r- or un'. But
We ar -ati,6rd tha, their chosen o'ur-a ii1
their opponent. much -'rirc, noIens ,olru.,
thanks o. M thank, And what &. bet os
all they have % great extent lri3 ifra
their ridiculous and ouilaudi.h wJopou,
The Oxford Dam1.rlt &, now the only
Dcm,crati, Republican I1prr published Boo
the County of Oxford Ithi, al.1 a much
hrrrr circulation than it. contemporary. It
.. the only pa ual in thi. County which
opposed n. ryrsy,l orthc Missouri Comrr'-
mise-whigh grTo-nd tho extension ol slave
~ in Kan-ls AMI Nrhraska-vhich supports
a law ~ the rrotcti,n o. s1riaty a.aius,
the evils o. intamTr1rcr-vhigh advocates
the principles Of individual liberty AMI Tsr-
sonal right. and On, return 90 thc Federal
Government % the strict letter of The Com
ritution. win not H. people sustain IL
A, thew kar~Sllr, So they ~H d. Thi.
We con6dru,ly believe anl'ru'ti7-in their
kindnrs- and crbcarlnc, We hoTs the siI0Sts
Of the publisbsr, will receive az their hand.
hereafter A. b.r,1flre, renewed tokens of
both their justice and generosity.
To.the people o. th' County We would
-av that the new Publisher. have added a
new fa,ure % the Democrat and therefore
enlarged IT, sphere u usefulness. The I'M
psrst Of the farmer viii hereafter b, one of
special care. Tai, new department will 10
under the eoatroI o. naurs Tcrho, E.q.
member Of ~ E'agd q Arrirulturo-
a GENTLEMAN Of acSn1vi,is'i talent, whose
zeal in agricultural investigation. will en-
,urc useful and practical results. Nehop'
the Farmers wilarproriltc thi' new outlay
ofIabor auI ezp'uss and reward 10 accord
insly.
Il word The publisher are received 70
gre lAs people Of Oxford coaa'y N in