Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-03-30


though, tina, the candidate should stump
the State and speak in every rerrOscntatrre
district. There wasa feeling 10 throw down
the glove OF defiance % the land plunterers.
should thsse arrangements b. carried out IN
the spirit in which they have been conceived
victory will erowntur efforts. No dis.
tinction. Of I" wool head" aud "wild cat
arc % he known IN the future, Al who
now 90 with US are 10 be regarded and treat
"a a. good men. Such were the conclusions
arrived at. They are Of course only the
opinions of tho,c present and not in amy re-
sIect authoritative but Indicative of what II
vas hoIcd and believed would hc done at
the State Convention. aud NJ all othor con-
ycntions. Thcrc can IL little doubt that
sach will ~ the course pursued. Many
leading " Stnight Whigs' were in the city
FROM different pirts of the State, and /, was
understood tha, they considered Conv'n-
ii,n OF all the good men in the state a''-o-
lutely necessary ~ save u from bankruptcy
and ruin. do not mean to say that al The
gentlemen named explicitly declared Tor each
particular Of principles have stated, but
heard in a fun discussion no dissent. ;.
We will devote one moment 90 rcyicw
Of this remarkable document which i a. re-
mark,blc for what I, diyulgr- as Cor what
!, conccals.
/. Contrast it or compare it with she
Chandler, PilsLury and Acclamation Con.
ycn,ions and Platforms. The Chandler con-
,sutiou hal a platform Of two planks--or.
position 20 the Liquor law and stick % ma
tiouul COMPROMISE. Tho rillshury Plat
form was the -ame aud Il liitlcmorc. ltrc-
quircI acguic,ccncc in ~ compounds
plcl-c in writing 10 Oppose The Liquor Law
and TO stick to regular nomination. let
them D. whi:, Democrat fusion, abolition
or what not. Tho reclamation Platform
which was the regular successor Of ,hc,a
two, simply Rr'o'roi that everybody should
vote ior Mr. Parris-,hc man who never
lost a camTaign-ani the principles would
come out right after election.
Bot how /. 1t with this new or rather old
movement l. ituo, the ZANE thing by the
cnly fixed up with greater cir.
cumstanc, aud dc,ail7 Thcse old couvcn.
ti1us composed % men who preached De-
mocraey but who invariably elected whis
ioYcrr6rs, when they had a chance. had
platforms u but few plank.. Tho Gr.t ono
had two. the s'conl thrcr and the third
none. This new movement T. A. rrofuss in
blanks as the old oncs w,rr destitute of
them. They can D. enumerated by the
dozen ! W more Dumb Democracy"
. Mus, have a platform; 3. Against Know
No,hinr,. {. against Neal powism; 3.
against pluuicripE ,hc State treasury; g.
mus, invite Straight Wli,,," : straight
Whi-s "acr., with Ne" l. geo Of them;
Mast constitute them into % lrmocrl,ic
PARTY, o. Tor religious liberation, 10 against
rer-cutiu- foreigner, II. against land
l.. aglins, Academy robbery
10. against wa,t,fll expenditures: a.
Trc,- comprise the platform Of the friends
- d. National administration; -. Cuun-
ty tickets must - made up n Do-c-rai'
and &c Straight Wli-' IA jusiIupor,ious,'
10 Observation-Disclosures stamp;
T.. r.a.c in the jrmutrat., ranks, l. pa-
IA men. Hubbard mon anl .tnigh, Wing,
On - derived "~Iuals." ~ no feeling
about candidate to- Go,rnor. ~. whoever
he ., he mu.t stump %, Sat, IN ,rcry Ryrr-
,~l,a,ir, i9ur', 81 No distinction Of "wool
head" and wildcat"
This 30 q great rla,form--.ho Target ono
ever known In Maine and there j. enough
eutta I.grrha in in to cover All i.ms, all 49,
tion., no shades, from the Interest Know
Nothing down 90 thr greatest renegade, Al
clifton, anti.Iiqu5r EDITOR and writer.
We do no, desire 10 comm'nt on thi.
Platform onthe pr,srntocrasion. wehave
inserted thi. long communication chiefly
for future reference. Does il not sound
singular &, hear iha,' men associated o.
they, talking about " ab,u, plundcring and
ron'ine" the public Lands and the State
Treasury Does It not sem very singular
tina, they should cali upon the whig, whom
they have so often abused. yilifci and slam.
d5rrp Docs it NJ, sen singular tia, they
should rcquc,, their candidate 8, stump the
STATE when they ~ rcccutly condemned and
denounced and maliciousy siigmatiIed the
present governor f1r the same thing But
We ,ay no more Of all this til ,hc proper
time.
The pooplc, intcIligcn, men Of all par,,cs
can now ~ what mus, D, the future. They
can so % what the crisis /, tending. They
ca, 50, that the oA Democratic and Whlg
partic. ar broken 20 fragmeuts-,ha, the
former j. calling upon ,he latter for support
and that tia, call is accompanied with
the most profu-e promises and the mos,
humble alteration, What all this can
amount 10. the future will show
Cn,ucTTREric. by the last Democrat
we s'c that the Agricultural editor Of this
paper has given paragraph Tor the benefit
of the Norway Advertiser. That journal,
rs has bccn is wont, ever since it tore down
The Hubbard flag and deserted the standard
" Democracy, has had an unusual procliyi.
~ 10 max, charges il charged Us with
u.r;ti,r. v,ri,p. articles which We nsvrr