Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-07-24

that beautiful idea, hphralm was you
humbugins when you made your abolition
speech in Congress and wrote that Demo
cratic State Address in lsi9, or are YOU
humbusiug uow2 &c, down on'your knees
and answer but before you do it 60 some
where out Of sight Of the Belfast Custom
HOUSE or any Of the craft who act in the
capacity Of Aids to the Revenue"
The third plank doyc,ailcd into this crazy
platform is an old I" koalo,'y" slab, stolen
away from the ,rlics of New York, who
figured upon the political stage in 1880.
R,,olr,i, That il is the first and highest
duty Of every good citizen, without rclrr'
cncc 20 party relations, TO defend the Con-
suiution aud viudicatc the supremacy Of the
laws and in the language OF the resolutions
adopted by the Wing State convention oi
New York in 1850 "we regard the Consti-
tuition Of the United States as the supreme
law Of the land. and as such to be implicitly
obeycl hy the citizens OF every section, and
hy the authorities Of every State, that we
will faithfully observe all It's provisions
and compromises that We will resist
promptly firmly, and hy all necessary means,
any attcmp, from any other quarter to over
throw II, that, an al o1trs u Couf dS % n
mrdEiHc, ,rs rN cpprl' 10 and a'if' tVihs
d,1UoH y ihs SupruHs Courief he United
States"
This is jus, where we always thought this
pieblld party would land. Il has cast oil
every garment that has oven the smell Of
democracy about it, ard clothed itself in the
tattcrcd rags Of the old, dcfunct Wing
party. Can any live man in the sham de-
mocracy keep on a sober face while reading
this Resolution 10 hear party which
has in is ranks large number ol di'uHioH-
ISIS. nuhfers, fiiluVsrs, frs-,airr', iori'',
and 5ourblan., talk about obcyins the COM
stitutiou and Observing the laws How
suprcmcly ridiculous, Hut that isn't the
worst Of IT, The democrats ot Maine say,
if there is any doubt about the Constitution
they own thcmselvc. mp as fools, and are
willing the supreme Court Of the United
States should think Tor them, and they will
abide" Now we wish 70 say TO this CONF
mit,cc. and the democratic State Convention
or Maine. mi, /. only a sna,kinc, cowurily
way NJ ,rafrri1r fls Droi SoV drriuoH,
aud Won know IL. This convention Of
81. squAttcrit,s " were a ~ Of towards. f1r
they dad not dare sluarcly to commit tho
party in Maine TO the damnablc hcrcsie.
AMI dcspo,ic dogmas Of this extra judicial
opinion Of i've shareholders. They knew
lull well that thousands, even in their own
party. would not swallow this Iosc of rutrid
-lnsrsnc It not disguised, hence they tried
the experiment of 81 rguHg % or1r and iorc-
iu. 10 down their throat, Tor another article
"A sDrt Of political nosirum, healing an
disease, especially the acute r1p, ., COM
mon a, the present day among " i'uirri''. "
Next year " Ord SCOTT will De- carried
into the pro-.Iayory state Convention Of
Maine. and forced down the threats OF tho
pro-.laycry members. meek aud heels,
with uo chance for the members 10 wink, "
make up wry hcc. This isa dose the
sham democracy OF Maine have got 30 take.
and they may rs well make up their minds
o. come % It fr,t u. last. Thisls "mani.
let destiny" What else can You expect
from such a party otprocrru'
We have only time now TO examine two
% three other plank, in this rickgty plat.
form. Here b. ono.
Rva'rrl, That every individual Of the
democratic party stands Ul right uTon an
equality with 10, associate. and thlt any
usage ~ doctrine that cuu'ny,ng, or mar
row. this principle ., wrong IN theory and
pgruigious In practice.
From thi. Resolution We learn one i'm
p,r,an, fact, solcmuIy ayowei and confessed
10 convention assembled, TO wit, that de-
mo,mcy is getting to b. auti-democrati,
that some Of the toad, ~ tho democratic
paddle are getting bigger than others that
there is an inequality which they resolve
shall De- put down. Thisrcs1lution crrp, into
the Convention through the agency OF some
Of the " or. i,g3, In the party who have
been cheated out Of what they considered
their par, OF the plumber under this slave.
ridden National Administration. But it
SEEMS there j. o bea new dispcusailJn ia
the democratic party ia Maine, "cycry ~
diriGla'' j. hereafter % " stand asa mat.
ter "of right upon an ogaahiy with his
associates" This iorcshal1vs a s0rt Of 70.
li,Iyal millcuium--a time when the " cats 30
aud "c5yus shall De down together; when
" cys-y individual shall eat out ct the
same platter, aud have their no,a. in the
same crib when there shall be none to
" bur, or destroy ia all hunkeriom. We
know some cast OF, suffering objects Of
charity in that party who, when they read
thu. resolution, will ,Ncaim with the poet,
o., .u,n around the wheel. oftimc,
Aud bung the welcome day"
Once moro,
Ra,o'r,d, That sr,ti1nali.m and hostility
O. further legal acquisitions Ut territory, and
an efforts calculated 10 ALLEVIATE the feelings
OF those who furnish employment To our
ships, has a fatal tendency 70 injurc the
Prosperity Of our Statc-aud that the Re.
Publican party, in the positions IL has taken,
Is anything but the friend 90 the business in-
tercsis Of the people Of Maine
This lisa cowardly way ofadvocatins "tilli-
clustering :" sly strike for CuLd, and fully
accords with the celebrated - Osiend Circu-
lar Of Buchanan. IL means backing up
Walker in bis Nicaragua piracy, and turn.