Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-01-12
Arson p. Morrill,, Governor of Maine

lntnEfurilh'F IA'fInt-iic honfel HlaieHnln
and hirhmnled m,u, is Governor " Mllne
The ,o,ersirns n tho State only failed of
clec,nr him II their own free choice nv abou,
= thousand vote. Tho Hons, and Senate
have simply given force To their sovereign
will-ths former having given him 100 M,
or ~ votes, while the latter gave him their
urlnIrou, support. THIS ia triumph NJ
The pcop's-of the true Democracy Of the
SAFE. and 1. 10 ~, t,,u',sd n ,h, complete
disruption of the oil Fusion paues. and tn.
aururarcI 4 new era In their history. J., Is
c,llyt. iu order To- Distinguish n from them,
ll,r "Rcmblc1n Parry" Atsuy rate II is
a pariy NJ fcemen, anxious to support rec
principles; aud DO favor NJ free discussion.
free political ,ctiou-frec thong free speech,
Lrhrry and Temperance.
Ddtme and opportunity permit, It would
si,ru, pleasure inre,iev the pas'. sud - s1vs
torslhsr No web m fact, anil incident, which
have rroiu-sd rhI, astounding rrsu't-a 10.
.nl, gratifying to tho rs,pl, and the patriot.
hu, Illuminating 10 the mere P7rl.s1n sci the
snapper up II u.fcs There .s DO need of
such review. The story has been often told.
Il h1, been proclaimed in every par Of the
Stale. lii,a, hm.'t,r ~ lousrhui words.
70 need. uo n,N relation IN stamp II uroa the
hcar, and memory OF the people Il prin.
cir'- ard people against patty and spoi. Il
b. new Fusion a-otn,, o'l F1,.or. !, can he
reduced 9, a simple ''a'rm.n, IN ihc rule Of
three. VI: A. IIuhhiri and Mou'l ars 10
Oh, r,op'e-lhe sovereign, Of ,hr STATE 80
are BmIc1 Platforms, .srrr, pledge, Chnnd.
Ter. P1,bary, Crosby and paul, To Party.
The frmcr can be multiplied together and
divided hy the ,om 'r'al n the latter and
leave a 1uo'irr, equal to the dIyI'or.
# would o., r''ural anil perhaps proper At
ih., point 20 indulge 10 lulc local and ,cll.
lard.uou. We Of ih., County mich, justly
nv. as ono II our Ilu,,rIou, statesman sad
ON memorable occasion Solitary ord
alone we so this bali BOO noroa." To vh,l
,rcuon-,o Whist portion Of part, tins Ian.
ruprc might apply every ooc a, an arlu1ln,.
ci with ,hr c.rcum,nnccs will readily urler.
stand. and Ne only claim. u, our par OF he
Ball rha, We have i,g' tin mo'.o0-rha' We
has, simply mcderl',d DE Centrifugal and
ern'r.pul 6fcrs
Much. however. -r ,lere MAYBE tor eel.
cu-guuh,ion. We have no, the csou,m 70
suppose ,ha, any credit b, due % for such an
re-, Of SIMPLE dnly, ADD w. therefore deqo'.,
thai credit where % helongs- the hands Of
5000 G,rmsn NJ Ma,nc.
Tho whole contest for the r1s, ,No wears
la, been one n principle. Tie result ha'
been accomplished by a new combination Of
tho rcop'r They have rallcd around those
measure. lni principles Of local and National
concern which the spirit Of the times, de'c'-
orcd by the laws NJ progress, have brought
mrh. TIE prominent e'cnrr,s Which com.
passed the p1ri.e, NJ - iu Ibis Satellite
boz their essential ana general pr0n-0p'e, and
held together by rhc fr-r NJ Parry allegiance
were dr,mcnhcrrd. i.,io.n'ri and destroyed
by ihc Bonrd n Trade Ut that vc1' They
required bu, onr act morc II, make their ruin
ho,h ccrrai, ana hopeless, anil r'1, vas fan
shed by President Pierce so'rmn'y 'ri
Voluntarily pledged o. keen rhc Slavery qur,.
tIoo eat sJ.''-.n tic set 10 lnsull slavery
over Freedom IN 500 600 miles squlre of tire
of the Territory .. the T. States. This act
bmke tho hack n party and 'rl the people
Zee !, proved lha,0hlt was called Nation.
NJ Dr,nocpcy opposed ~ consist of person
al, individual and political freedom was only
arother name m slavery extension, feuiAl.
ism human capital and oppression. The name
Democracy ,nus outraged, thus d's,rra,rd,
lost It's chlrm-los, It's Influence and us old
irumpc'.ronrurd champtons-enducd and M
.p,rcd with mingled venom. abuse, indirna.
ton ald elolucnrc could not prevent de'cr,lon
by S,uadrons and mu,iiuds., while every ey-
hpralIon To return to them with their politi.
cal comr1., in il, present direction WAS, no
more successful than calling spirits from the
yasrv deep.
Every cry n )" lee shore" from the true
disciples % the old Jeilrrsonan and Jaeksu-
man party ha, oily increased the frantic rage
Of these deserted and deserving leaders who
have simply s,c,red disbandlnc by colinG to
their allegiance those whom they had spent
their lives in abusing. Safety like this, pur-
chased a, such price, scarcely Pos,Pones ut.
ter dissolution; and brings together such ar
raronis,ic elements As must eventually burst
like a bomb she'll On the other hand the
mssses-,he intelligent patriotic and VIgilent
masse.-rersrdlsss Of all else but patriotism
and principle. regardless OF caucus dieiaiion
and party allesenee have come together and
formed brotherhood. united and cemsnled
by principle liberty and love Of country.
Should the event prove, in the course Of
years tha, the late work is merely tho result
Of popular Observation-Disclosures object OF
principle, then we will acknowledge that We
have been m,led aud mistaken. But, Il on
the other hand the mssss, "Nho think alike"
on question. Of public Poliey-both state and
national. have come together in the true spir-
il uf devotion to riRh, ard principle like true
democrats and true Republicans their Perpe-
tui,v ~ a party !, a. certain as ,ny fG'urs