Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-07-30
The Argus in favor Of Cheat.
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So fully convinced are Intelligent fisher
men, agrieulturllists and manufacturers, in
the eastern part OF the State, of this fact,
that large numbers who supported the black
republican candidate for Congress at the
last election in that district, will now labor
with all their might to secure the election of
Hon. Bion Bradbury the present able and
popular nominee of the Democracy They
are sensible men. They have had enough
of abolitionsm.
We take the above from the Eastern Ar
gus, it being but n part ola long article on
the duty of Maine at this particular time.
The Argus, like the ancient Jews, thinks
that devils are cast out by Beelzebub the
prince of devils, and therefore argues that
the only way to save the prominent interests
Of our State, is to send to Congress more men
of like views with those who have attacked
and are striving to destroy those interests
This is wonderful logic. The old democrat
ic party used to charge the wing party with
having contemptuous opinion of the ca
pacity and knowledge of the common people,
Whether this was true on not is immateral
now, but this is certainly true; that there
never was party that SO openly and un-
blushingly persisted in denying the common
people ordinary capacity, and ordinary in
telliscnce, as the present bogus Democratic
party. Its hopes of triumphing are based
upon its success in cheating the people
This is prominently SO in this Congrcsson-
al District. The platform adopted by the
Columbia Convention, would not stand a
moment at Washington. The democrat
that espoused such principles would meet
with the fate of Douglas. He would be a
political outclst. But the whole thing.
Convention, platform and candidate,-is
cheat. Bion Bradbury does not believe in
the resolutions, and never would support
them and the Convention did not believe in
the principles of their resolutions; and the
resolutions, if they could speak, would re-
pu(hate the men that passed them.
Never did men of ordinary intelligence
pay 50 poor a compliment to the common
sense, and common honesty of the people.
as did the men comprising this convention:
and as does the bogus democratic party of
the nation. Let the Argus Editor tell a
fisherman of the Sixth District that tie way
to save the bounty on the fisheries, is to send
more men to Congress of like views as the
Administration that has favored and carried
through the Senate bill repeating the act,
and he would receive look Of scorn for
his attempt to cheat him. The thing will
not so down. The people do not believe
that devils are cast out by the power of dew
lis and will not countenance any such idea.
They know from the signs of the times that
the next House of Representatives will have
an anti-administration majority. They
know that with that Congress they are safe
from attack, because it is the administration
party that attacks Maine interests, and it
does so to please its masters.
As to the assertion that Republicans are
going to support Mr.. Bradbury, it is all a
fish story There is no truth in it. The
voters do not have any faith in the political
honesty of Mr.. Bradbury. The Republicans
scorn the men that attempt to cheat them
They know that Fuller did SO; they know
that he made the attack on the navigation
interests of his state, and that Mr. Bradbury
is, politically, as dishonest as Fuller.