Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-03-11
A Word for Ourself.

Lis exceedingly di,ia.,clul Co us, to pre-
sen, our cri,y,nc~. 20 the public. S'moch
de- we d,.hks it. that We would much prefer
To- lay under any tol,r,hlc 'mrut,tiou, than
clam rutlic attention IN the case. Bu,
when one d. as,ail-' by pab,r men ahou, a
rpL,- matter. vu9,r defense syc'u. To lc
demanded This i. cur case at the present
time.
We understand some person. Or persons,
have, through isn,ancr or malice. ryprs.
sentsi 20 tie people Of P,ri.that il has hycu
tbsuurh our agency that the controversy
between Norway and Pari. has turned
a-ains, the ht,,r-iha, We have b,cn a,
work az Aucu'a in AL OF the wishes Of
Norway.
In rgr'y, We would ay, nothing bot the
most stupid Ignorance could lead any man
on the eruuuj 20 any such conclusion. and
the shrsrr,t malice 90 put such a repr.en-
taiiun in circulation. Beside @, aur,hutr
- much influence o. o., o. O. give u- credit
f0r what vc O., not cIa,m or rr.ses.. Ihe
town has R,r,r,sisnr, there o. take care
Of her interests. ana more than this. she
has s,nt a special committee then. o. attend
e. th,. case IN particular anil defend ,bs
right, ami interest, Of the town, aul 90
Imagine t1r one moment that &C. could nou.
traliz.. AMI more than ucuiraliE, al their
influence and ,G,r;.. !. absurd beyond
the power Of lausua:- 90 e,prr,. Arl
more than this The whole statement b..
utterly false and slanicrous and 10, author
must have kDowu it ea. 30.
The facts in the casc are simply these.
We harreord O, De in Augusta when the
petition from N,rsay va, received and r..
frrrcd. one ul the committee informed u.
OF the fact. and a.kcd ouryi,vs uf the case.
We stated that wc knew nothing what uth-
er. might think and therefore could only
srras lor our.-lr We explained the whole
thing a. wc viewed a. and stated what "a "a
seemed and Hsrr scrms to a. 90 bc the l.ir
thug Lrtwcrn the two towns.
NuS Nhat are thc facts a. revealed on the
vote OF that committee Why ,imply thu.
EVERY usui,r ,riiI ,riaa ,cs os1rrs,f on
bs ,ulio.f. ro,,i AGAINST ii- rry5,f iiai
ga, asrr.dD. Err thr. rc,ul,. We claim un
CREDIT whatever. bat vc cannot bat remark, q,
that il We operated against our t,wn'. in-
t,Tesi,, ih.. i, a ,sry extraordinary showing
OF the result, And Vet. while We az no
credit ior ,bi, result, Ne DO protest against
being made the 'ler'sooi 90 lear "a the
irui; ol other men, ,r,a,1.'s and want OF
,ari and 'lid in managing public Affairs.
Wcvi,h lur,assmarc TO .ay that We a.k
no putin. oGyc or position Of thc people OF
Pari,. Neither have they anything oi tri'
s1rt O. b,.iow. that We rcoua a-rr' We
vt.h G, yrjay np other Position before our
fslJw-t,vu.mru r. eH-.9t tat uf an bonua-
de. bon,.t and bi.b-minJci pyl-Iir cltif,u.
and a. such De- T"rmii,cd Go P,r.ue our oWn
coar.- uumgig..gI by lying and SANDER, ,u,
Tongues.
We have mad. tli. lrigf statement. tha,
The bon.st and wyll.mrauins among our
fc.llv-rii.zrus may not o. mr,led by any
ryTort. ,hey may hear, iyr they come from
TarJlr, " bo have tlyir owu end. o. answer
hy ruti.r- false representation. boo c,rcula-
ti,n. We shrink from up r..p .n.iaiIiiy
that bsloDs, 10 u', and we shal. always be-
ready g. give an acrount OF our dlirs- 90
tho.s Who have "a night o. demand a., and
with equal rr,mPtu,-. shall ve rsre. tie
mcdiuus ui those who have no claims on
u Ul any slrt.