Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-24
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty


Eighteen Hundred and Sixty.
C,uvyr.,uon in political circles frequent.
IN extends alun: down the stream OF time 10
isCO.-whils in the political prc.s, allu.
sion. t, the sane period Of time are no, IN.
common. One any way conver.an, with
raising events. clnno, for momCn, b. a,
To-, r1r a solution Of the problem, Why this
j. deemed a period Of inirrcs, 10 the Ameri-
can people. In 1890 the present Nl,ional
Administration viii pass in review before
the pcorl, Of this Union. James Buchanan
will have hi. os6cial acts reviewed, and the
,o-called democratic party will h. tried at
the tribunal ol the ballot box. TIE leaders
ct that party look forward 10 the time with
the sane intcre., ihata criminal approaches
Do, trial before Jury VI hi country. They
know they are guilty before high heaven and
their country; and they further know It jos.
ti,e is done them, tha, /, wall DC the verde,
Of the people.
4 Jon. li.t II ohce.holdcrs, who live by
r,unirrins the federal treasury. and who
are httsnins ur'n the public spills, look
forward 90 lSGO with au1iou. visagrs and
palpi,atinc hearts. Thee pald patriots DIS
cover something In the signs Of the times,
which make, their very knees smit, ,ns,th.
,rwhcn tNcy hlt think % lsjO. The slave.
holder and the s',vc-irivrr ctsi anxious
s',rc.s o. 1850. fearing TIA; the spell will
then %, broken. and the political power Of
The country SD into the hand. Of indie
PENDENT freeman. Pro.slavcry aspiran;s fir
the PRESIDENCY ar laying their plans for
lsGO. and m their imasinati1ns dslinea,ins
IN chalk.l lines. their programme for
the coming fsh,. On the other hand, the
people. the friends Of true liberty and con.
.ututiln,l lrecllrn, are looking away from
their rrc,en, stand points 10 the contest Of
lsGO. Great and important issues are then
% he made up and settled. The battle then
o. eym- OF will b. an era in the history u
American politics. The page tat shall
contain 70. history, will be an exciting one
10 future generations. twill rreite ano,h.
sr four year, OF wors, than Esyp,i,n hon.
dase. CT the sloriau. Liberation Of the peo.
n, FROM the ihralI,n Of southern slavery.
The two great armies which wall no actor.
in the hattie fields upon that day, are al.
ready mar.hallins their forces. cnlis,ins
their men. AMI selecting their chiefs. Let
u 5r moment look over the field - we
now end it, take passing view Of The two
lesion., and to speculate little As to ''wha'
will BE-"
The late fail elections settle one poin, he.
youi an controversy, to wit: that an over
whc'mipg majority Of the American people
arcorposei 20 the rros~nt standardization and
the party organization that su.iains it. Can
,hgss opposing elements be united in lS60,
- as to fsh, the battle under one chief
Or can a Sufficient number be united upon
one nominee flr the Presidency 10 elee; him'
The opposition candidate. upon any decent
platform, can carry every State that voted
ior Fremont and Dayton in 1856. Upon
the l:sts ofcandiIa,es now thought Of, more
than one half Of their number will be sure,
~ selected as standard bcNrer.) to carry
Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Illinois, and
probably Indiana. in addition to the FIRE.
mont and Dayton States Of 1886. This fact
OF itself Is a sare guaranty. tina, IL the mat
ter {. properly managed. with prudence and
wisdom. black deH0cney goes down forev.
er in $500. In this calculation We have
said nothing % the slave States, bat conee-
ded them % the slave democracy. In Mary.
land. Delaware. and Missouri, the friend.
and advocates or free labor will make a VIZ.
orou, fsh,. They may he tsto0icf in all OF
these States, bat they will not be b'aien.
In Kentucky, Virginia, and some OF the
other slave States. the standard OF freedom
he raissd in lS6O. There will be a strong
party for the opposition candidate. whoever
b. may he, in the next Presidential election.
Everything looks tha, way sham democ'
racy hs. already dissusted thousands in the
slave States, and they are ready 10 rally I'M
der any aas that will 6ght is down But
Row can ell This Be brought about? That
Is theQues,icn. The opposition element is
principally made up Of Republicans, Amer
leans. and old line wings; the frst named
party composing thrse-fOurths Of the whOlS
army. For toe sake Of a union, the Repub
leans will he called upon co sacrifice some.
thing u eject Il. This they can afford IL
DO. On the other hand. the Americans and
old line wings will be equally magnanimou,.
Upon the grea, question OF 'larery sIt,nsion
the Republicans cannot with any show o.
consistency, lower their standard single
inch. and We should rather sc them defeat
81 Tran base them do il. Thisis their chic
corner stone, and upon this idea rests their
whole party structure. To come to this