Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-15

The party tools OF the President resorted 10
the bases, frauds, and Il was the vote sccur-
ed by these swindhng operations, tina, gave
the border ruiEans control Of the frs. Legis-
lature in that State, and resulted in the
election Of Messrs. Rice and Shields to the
U. s. Senate.
The municipal elections in the city OF
Washington are decided solely by Executive
interference. The hords Of government
employees at the capital. are compelled to
vote rs the Executive dictates. In every
instance where they refuse to comply, they
are Immediately removed. rhi. has been
done in repeated instances. The will Of the
citiren. Of the District all goes hr nothing.
The President, and his party dictate, and !,
is done.
Passing from the territories to the States,
we make the assertion without fear Of con-
tradic,ion, that not single State election
has occurred in the Union. in which the
present. National Executive las not directly
iuterlercd with the elective franchise Of the
people. Buchanan is q tyrant. No man
can hold ofice under him unless he Is will
ling to become complete party tool. and
will DO any act, however dctestible. which
may be required Of him. Now in every
State election. every custom house officer,
every postmaster. every tide-wai,er,-ir n
word, every man who holds Office under
the National administration j. required,
under penalty Of losing his head. to so into
the fsh, to sustain the party supporting the
Buchanan dynasty. They arc not only 70.
quircd to 80 into the fight pcrsonally,-
spcnl and he spcn,-but 10 contribute a
percentage Of their salaries to the corrup.
ton fund.
Mormon wars are GOT up, not to subiue
the " latter day saints" but to give out ia,
government contracts. out Of which to raise
funds to control the elections. Francis +.
Blair. jr., has already, by his perseverance
and bold. determined course, obtained evil
denco. to prove that bis election was Lost by
the frauds committed by the tools Of the
administration. The people Of the st. Lou.
Is district were di,IranchIS,d by corrup, TX.
ecutiyc interference at the polls
The same power has done its hes, and
wors, to accomplish the same thing in this
STATE. Tie administration ours we're all le,
LOSE. not only to bark aud howl, but TO
bite, whenever. they could end victim
We speak with the creates, confidence when
We ay that the National administration
made its calculation. deliberately and cool
". to carry the election in our State, by
fraud and bribery. l, was the intention 10
dei-aud and cheat in every possible manner,
and to buy up every man who could be
found mean enough 10 sell himself TO vote
the slavery ticket, with funds drawn from
the National treasury.
1.-THE people Of Maine who would sell
their votes could have hccn found. money
could have been procured IN 'ufIicicn, guam
iiiy to turn the scale in favor Of border.ruf.
6.n,m. Leeomp,on democracy would have
triumphed The money was ready, the
tools were provided to use IL, and the only
lack was men IN the market who could be
bought, The purity and patriotism Of the
Republicans OF Name, was all that saved
the Republican party from defeat.
But thi. administration docs no; confne
IT, ,illiany TO Kansas, Minneso,a, and the
District 1T Columbia, nor Missouri and
Maine. There Is the same iuierfcrcnce m
the elections IN every State in ,hc Union.
James Buchanan Is not President, but an.
togrlt or depot There /, not crowned
head in Europe that could interfere with
the elective rights OF the people, m has
james Buchanan. without being driven into
ohsguriiy by revelation And what ate We
coming 20 here How lon: is the sovereign.
" OF the people to be tramplcd into the dus,
by the usurpations of despo,ic executive.
The present generation will no, pass away,
beior, these questions will Be- answered,
either a, the balloi-boH or on the battle.
field. II the voice Of the people is TO be
studied a, the ballot box, by a great central
dcspoti.m and crushed out by executive IN
reference, then we might as we'll ccass TO
call ourselves Republic, ani acknowledge
that we are all slaves. A pcoplo tha, will
stand stIl and see the very foundation
stones that support their personal rights
aud liberties knocked out from under them,
by corr.pT Official interference, richly de-
serve 70 have the iron heel Of despo,ism
planted upon their nccks. Tho ballot.box
must b. kept pure and free, o, we cease TO
be an independent people. buchanan de-
mOcracy o. the present National govern
ment. one or the other, must aud will be
o,erthrown. IL remains for the people to
decide which of the two shall DO perpctu-
a,ed.
0emocranv and Inhdelity.