The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-21
Ways and Means Of preserving Demo
cratic Ascendancy.

LUZ Dcho'uo lih'J hu'"~o~ 6'ee ''~'
ly burle.qucd report ofa suppositious COM
mittee appointed by the sham democracy Of
that county to devise ways and means to re.
tain the spells perpctually in the hands ef
the democracy. We give an extract from
the report.
Your Committee beg leave TO report, that
II has under careful consideration the subject
pf the perpetual enjoyment Of the Offices and
patronage of the General and State Govern.
ments. Your COMMITTEES Is unanimously Of
the opinion, that the very life Of the Demo.
cratic PARTY depends upon the patronage OF
che Government. and that without II, It's or.
ganization and efficiency could not be main
tanned three months. Profoundly convinced
Of this truth, your committee would respect.
fully suggest that common schools. general
education, and newspapers, are lnimical TO
Democracy and that it behooyes the Dem.
ocracy to crush out these its most formida.
bio foes. In proof that common schools and
general intelligence areantagunistic TO Dem.
ocracy, your committee would call your At.
tention TO the following facts, which have
been partly gathered from the census OF
1850:
Eleven States yotel for Fremont. In these
States there ARE AZ .023 free schools, 5l,9l3
teachers, and 1896, 99l scholars.
Nineteen States voted for Buchanan. In
these States. there are only SOB fire..
schools, 80. 900 teachers, and 321 $50
scholars. The eleven Fremont States have
800 public libraries, n d 795,603 volumes
while the ninet en- Buchanan States have
only 1913 public libraries, and S29, $50 vol
umes.
But the common.school libraries arc en-
phatically the libraries Of the masses. Herr
the children are corrupted, and become r..
ranged from Democracy. In the Fremont
States there are ii 500 common school lib
raries, while in the Buchanan States there
are only $50. Where, your committed
would ask would have been Democracy In
the late Presidential struggle, IL the BGchan
an States had been as well supplied with
common school libraries as the Fremont
states? Your committee find the number OF
copies Of newspapers printed annually IN
the Fremont States 70 b. only 100 %.
Finally the number ofrers0bs in the Buehan'
an States who can neither read nor write IL
40. 400 while in the Fremont States there
ARE only 240. All, leaving half million IN
favor of the Buchanan States. The only
apology your COMMITTEES has TO oiier, Tor tax
ing up 20 much OF your time with these sta
tistics, Is the great truth enforced thereby
They clearly show that Democracy >annol
exist with common schools, common schoO
libraries, newsprp crs, and the ability to read
and To " rite. That tho rank and hle o
Democracy must have some instruction, your
committee has to admit How this instruc
ton Is to be communicated has been mature
ly considered by your committee. The Rich
,nond Enquirer, one Of the most Influential
Of the Democratic organs, lately contained
an article showing the great superiority oil
oral over written instruction. IL was clear.
IL demonstrated, that not only the negrss,
but the poor whites also, were made very
miserable and unhappy by the ability 70
read and write. Many Southern diSines
have also added their testimony in favor OF
the superiority Of oral instruction. BY this
mode Of instruction. just the amount of in'
.elligenc necessary can Be communicated
and ND mure IN Iact, MI thht 70 ossntitl
Ia bs known BY the Democracy can be com
inundated orally from the stamp ID -cr,si
tersons Can always BE- found Tor the purps
~, who will eon6ne themselves principal,
TO the absolute necessity Of the Democracy
voting the straight Dsinocratic dcko', and
no other. To give variety to their speeches
they will dwell at length upon the intslli
gence Of the people, the danger TO be sppre
hended from dissolution Of tie Union, th,
prridous wishes Of Northern fanatics, th'
Hartford Convention. the old United State
Bank, and other kindred topics.
By the ada ption Of this mode Of instruc
ton. the people will 10 av-d from the trou
bic Of thinking for themselves, and hect
from the necessity Of reading new'pspen
and consulting conmon.school libraries. -
For the-e rusons, and many Others tha
viii suggest themselves your clmmiiteo 70
commend tina, newspapers, books, and cum
mon schools, be discouraged, and oral In
.truc tion subatitutsd