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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
The Union--its value--Inerease OF Dis
union Sentiments--the eauSe--Who Is
Responsible--The Remedy.

In the convention Of the several States on
the 18th day Of september. l7s7, the con-
situation Of the United States was adopted
and referred to the several State conventions
for their ratification or rejection. The sub
sequent adoption Of the constitution by the
neo.-~ary numb-r Of the Statrs, formed he
"uniaa " Of Stale, under which We now
live. Each STATE renamed an independent
,Iycr-ignty. subject n0 = 20 the obligations
imposed nv the constitution.
Toe anton OF tL- States under the federal
constitution made ~ one peoP'e, ons gov
srnment The preamble TO the constitution
distinctly sets forth tie reis1ns entertained
BY 10. trainers Cor iis adoption, and the %
ret they had in vieN 90 uniting the States
under one sovereign head. They not only
spoke Tor themselves but lor pos,eriiy. They
no, only rrprcpre-vntrd the people then liv.
ing. but coming generations. The design
Of the founders Of the rrpu bic was certain
ly good and patriotic one. The eous,iiu-
ton was undoubtedly designed a' great
charter Of liberty. I'VE. the people ftbe
United State, IN order % form more per-
feet union. establish justice, insure dOmes.
tie tranquility. provide for the common de-
febss. promote the general welfare and ~.
crsK the BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY 10 OURSELVES
AND OrR POsrEnTr, G. orlain and establish
thi. constitution Of the United State. Of
America" These are reasons plainly ct
forth why the union was formed. The for
nation Of the union. hy virtue Of the federal
constitution, was stop dictated by pro-
found wisdom. To The several States and
the people consiitu,in, them the union was
Of ibealculahle value. Aud this view Of the
matter was undoubtedly entertained ~ the
p-ople north and south tor long series Of
years after the ratification Of the constitu.
tion. - strong were the masses imhuei
with this sentiment, that 10 speak or utter
disunion sentiments Vas almost universally
considered reasonable No man unless he
was .quArsly pledged to the perpeiuity Of
the union, could obtain public favor either
north or south, or obtain a public position
., the hands OF the people. A evidence Of
this We have only TO look hack to the war OF
1912. The Hartford Convention was aeeas-
Cd Of taking incipisnt steps TO dissolve the
union, and 80 highly were the people m.
o-nsed aslin', its members, on account Of
these ,u,p'eiOHs, that they went into Polrn-
cal obscurity. and With one or two eSeep-
,iOn.. not single man who took par, in
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

NEw BRrrIsu MINISTRY. On the Assem-
bling OF Parliament. the Ministry found
themselves in minority, and were Obliged
to resign. The Queen called upon Lord
Granville to form new government, which
should faithfully represent every branch o.
the liberal interest. Lord Palmersion is to
he Prime Minister. This change is looked
upon as certain to draw England into the
strife. and precipitate the whole OF Europe
into a general war,-England to join Aus
tria against the Allies. The movements OF
the Prussian army are regarded as the indi-
cation Of an understanding Of English inter.
ven,ion. The ministry OF Lord Derby is all
that has hitherto delayed this result.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
Republican Caucus !

The Republican voters OF the town Of
Paris, are requested 90 meet az the town
house, in PARIS, ON Saturday. July -, az !
o'clock y. NJ. g. choose Eve delegates 20 rc-
present them in tie Republican State Con.
.enticn. 90 ~ held ia Portland, on Thur.
cay. July 7lh, lsj9. and 10 transact such
other business ~ NAV be- necessary.
RS. STkNENS, Chm. Town Com.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The Fourth will be celebrated in tins VII.
lsg~, by the unterrided democracy. Who
hold their County Convention on that day.
In Portland, the authorities have mad,
arrangements for a military parade. with
prize target firing. Anumber Of balloon.
will be put up in the afternoon. II the
evening there will he brilliant display u
fireworks.
We have heard OF no reduction Of fare on
the railroad. but presume some Arranss.
ment will be made.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
JOHN J. FERRY. Editor.

TermS.-Oue pollsr ard Ti0y ceuts psr war,
Is ADvaScK; Two Dollars At the cod ~ 'hs
yea. iii
CIrHHrSa. To secommo'sie suei ave VI
Log 10 ~ IN extending the ei'eus''"n e'
p.r.,. Where the ,nons, accompanies the 'Idrr,
M ~. 80 &, m. ,..,. CO.. sis.5O
90 ~ %
rES. U. Nit's, No. Seoh,y'' hu'l'ng
Csa,t ,rest. Bostun, v aulhorted 10 rscri'e ad
y-,,i-~usnis boz this pspsr, ~ the sanc raiss re-
quiF-d hy %.
TS. ". FrrrrSottL 4 Co., 10 State So
Bo-ioa. and 49, Nassau -, Ns~ N"'N ~" on'
sotAosiIed agsats g. pfucufing suh'c' I''o"' ''n
for~ arting ADVERTISEMENT.
rTPs,mrnt &C. ~ Advertisements - held 10 b
do. teen the date ofths hrst inssft'ua,
" Communicable. should le directed o.
" 1hs ONfsrd Dym"cr.t," rri-, We.
Book aud job Printing
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

Snow. I,isat thi. present writing, tho
29th OF June, swelterins heat melt,
down oil who are exposed TO the riysof thi
sun. while away upon the sides OF Mount
the big snow drifts, accumu'
lated last winter. are still distinctly visible.
Il is rather tan,Aliring TO think Of the com-
Portable feeling OF the air in tina, region,
while enduring the severe heat Of summer
here.
June 30.-cool and comfortable.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
Special Despatch to the Portland Ai,rri.er
pemoeratic Slate Convention.

BANGOR. June 30. The city is crowded
with democratic politicians. Both sides
claim majority Of the Dlegate-. The
popular sovereignty wing will probably have
the Convention hot It Is not thought that
Smart will be nominated. Smith VI new
man is the talk tonight. Smart's friends
however. declare that he shall be can
didate for Governor or delegate to Charles
ton. II beaten in both they threaten
row. II.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The telegraph gives some particulars OF
terrible acciden, on the Michigan Southern
Railroad, on Monday night. Thirty-three
dead bodies were taken from the wreck. and
fifty or sixty we're injured. The train con.
tanned about $50 passengers. The ncciden,
was caused by the washing away Of an EN-
bankmen,, where the causeway had become
clogged with drift wood.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The water.Cure Journal and the Phren.
ological journal. published by Messrs. fow.
Ter & Wells, New York. commence new vol.
umes with the July numbers. They contain
much interesting matter for the general
reader. while to the advocates OF the speci.
al,ies to which they are devoted they are
invaluable. Terms, Sl.OO each, per year.
Ten copies for S..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The editor Of the Bethel Courier went to
Litter b, last week, on fishing excursion.
After padding dozen miles without sim
Gle hl'e.-always excepting mosqui,oes,-he
abandoned the attempt, only to find on
landing that be had been exploring mead
Ow which Is flowed by the high water.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

Iowa DExocRArIc STATE CONVENTION. The
Democratic State Convention assembled at
Des Moincs on the 23d ult., and made the
following nominations: For Governor, A.
c. Dodge Lieutenant Governor. l.. W.
Babbiu; Judges OF the Supreme Court, l..
S. Wilson, Charles Mason aud c. @. Cole.
The Popular Sovereignty platform was
aiopted.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

VI. Blondin, will in a few days, walk over
Niagara Falls. on single cable which has
been placed across the river tor the purpose.
That this amour cement Is not humhus,
may be attcsted by the fact that he has al.
ready crossed the river on an inch cable,
stretched over the Suspension bridge. While
putting up the cable he went out On a small
rope, and attached another cord to the ca.
be, to assist in drawing il 10 the shore.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

Mark f.. jose formerly landlord n the
American House, Portland, SIg1iahoc
House. Bath, aud Elm llou.c, Portland,
died in Portland on Friday morning.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The Constitution. Mr.. Buchanan's organ
says that while " amicable relations have
been restored between the President and
Hon Robert j. Walker, "no terms were
made and no political concessions OF any
kind were proposed OF agreed to, either BY
Mr. Walker or himself"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The Royal Antiquarian Society OF the
North which was opened IN Copenhagen
May IL. 1859 under the presidency OF the
King Of Denmark, was attended by Dr. a.
@. IIamlin OF Bangor, who contributed an
inscription found in the Island OF Monte
gan. near the coast Of Maine, and traced 10
the Normans, who we've Supposed to have
visited the American coast in ancient times
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
Republican State Convention


The Republicans Of Maine will meet IN
Convention in DrERiNC hhIL. PoSrisNp
sp THURSDAY. ths "a d0y Of july Hsis, a,
10 O'Clock 4. NJ, 20 nominate a candidate
for Governor, and % transact any Other
business that may properly ecme before ,h'
Convention. The basis u representation
will he as follows
Each city. town and plantation shali h
entitled o. one delegate. Zach city, town
and plantation that east seventy. i've voic'
for the Republican candidate cor Governor
in ISIS, shall Dc entitled In an additional
delegate, and one delegate O. Every hundrrC
vote. Cor said candidate IN 1873. above sew
sniy.hvs. -.
BENZ. ID. PE,K.
JAMES NJ. pEERlNG,
SIDNEY PERHAM,
J.S. lNFORD,
&c uOlr.
COMING HATHORN,
\ Z HEWEN,
4 : CLARK.
WI VI RUST.
SP. STRICKLAND,
JOSEPH KELSEY.
L. G.. PHlLBROOK,
!. :. PIKE,
JOTnAM DUNNELL,
RVgthd1H Nais COMMITTEE.
May L., 1859.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

The hne poem, Aher the Ball." IN the
las, Atlantic Monthly, was written by Mss
Nora Perry Of Providence.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
W,,u,xo,ox Jnne o. $50

w aNHlNtIhNs buUF --t A0hfs
Nv Dear Sir: have received your let.
ter inqulring whether my friend. are at lin
criy 10 present my name 10 the Charleston
Convention for the Presidential nomination.
Before the question can b. fully determined.
IL will b. necessary 90 understand distinctly
upon what issue the canvas il to be- con.
Quoted
II. n have full faith they will. the De.
mucratic party shall determine in the Pres.
idcniial election IT lsGO. 20 adhere To the
principles embodied m the compromise
measures Of 1880. and ratified hy the people
IN the Presidential election Of 1852, aud re-
affirmed in the Kansas Nebraska act Of 1854.
and incorporated into the Cincinnati plat
form in 1886. as cIpounded by Mr. Buchan.
an in his letter accepting the nomination,
and approved by the pcuple-in that event
my friend. will b. NJ liberty 20 present my
name 20 the Convention. II they see proper
20 do 20. II. on the contrary. IL shall be.
come the policy of the democratic party
which canno, snticiptie-to repudiaie
thosc their timc.honorcd principles on which
We have achieved 80 many patriotic tri.
umphs. and in lieu Of them the Convention
shall intcrpolate into the crrcd Of the party
such new Issues as the revival Of the Arr.
can slave trade. or u Congressional slave
code Tor the Territories. or the doctrine thar
the Consultation oC thi United States either
establishes or prohibits slavery IN the Terri.
tories, beyond the power oi the people to
control II as other properly, IL j. due To
cAndur TO say that in such an event | could
not accept the nomination II rendered to
me.
Trusting that this answer will BE- deemed
sufficiently explicit, ! am, very respectfully,
Your friend.
5. A. DOUGLAS.
To J. b. Dorr, Esq.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

blow. and one from Paris 18th. says that
the Austrians have entirely evacuated the
States Of The church.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

lIor WEATHER. The thermometer. ~ :
Paris, was up to IS, on "Wednesday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
June 3O,-cOOl and comfortnblc.

Boys are always patriotic. on lni'p'n.
dcnee day, but are disposed to give eNprr'.
sion to their patriotism in other ways than
listening to dry orations and empty speech
IS. They take as naturally 70 pistols, ire
works and crackers, as ducks 10 water
in tact, the .ririi Of 20 could hardly b,
aroused without their sld RAwsou, fully
approaching this tendency in " Young
America" has laid in stock Of small fire.
works, bringing celebration within the
reach Of the whole juvenile population. ~
course they will literally PltronIle bin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01
Letter from Judge Douglas

The political course Of Douglas has been
90 full Of tergivcrsa,ion.. that little impor-
lance Is attached to his published opinions.
From the terms Of the following letter The
States argues that he will oppose the nomi.
nee Of the Charleston Convention; hut he
cay. no shall support its candidate at all
eyents
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

Tue ARoosTooE RAILROAD. The Bsihs.
Age give, return. Of the vote On the rail.
road act Of all the towns in Waldo county.
except the Island towns, with the following
result:
Against the Act, 49,
For the Act, ''-
Majority against the Act, l2-j
twenty-five towns in Washington County
give
Against the Act, ls73
For the Act, lao
Majority against the Act, l'a5
The last reported majority for the bill ~a'
about jOO,-whieh Is wiped out by the
above returns.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

"CLEAR-SEEERs" AND SLEEP WALKERS Clair
vOyance is said to be a complete development OF
somnambulism. or an extension and expansion of
the same identical state. The latter condition is
manifested by persons who can. without the use
Of the visual organs, read write, play on instru-
ments walk In difficult and dangerous places and
perform delicate operations in mechanism, with
skill which they could hardly equal in waking
state Clairvoyants claim that the condition in
which they are enabled to see hundreds of miles
through space, and through material substances
is a higher degree of mental exaltation than that
in which somnambulsts act; they do not depend
on the outer senses for thought, suggestion or
reason, but enter an interior life.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12
Gbt Grmitp gounal,
CALVIN B. MCDONALD, Editor.
WEAVERVILLE, CAL,
Saturday Merning, March n, 1859.

How THEY Cry "RAsCALv WHEN FELLOW
IS PooR.-An acquaintance tells how that he
once loaned young friend 400 to begin busi-
ness. The business did not prosper, and the
young man fed from the State, leaving letter
which said that he was ashamed TO see his bene-
factor, but that after while he would make the
money and pay him. Then his friend was very
angry, and swore that he would never help ano-
ther adventurer while he lived, but soon forgot
his uncharitable resolution, and seldom thought
of the debt, except with sorrow that he had been
deceived.
One day the lender, having gone east, was
passing along rich street in st. Louis, and was
hailed by somebody on the other side. Looking
around he esped bis debtor standing in the door
of magnificent establishment. The man ran
out seized him by the hand, dragged him in and
said " See here, all this is mine this store-this
house-this lot-everything-eve thing - I'm
worth. sixty thousand dollars i told you I'd
pay you, told you, I told you oh, God be
praised!"
Sure enough, the absconding debtor had made
the money, and paid every farthing, with inter
est relatives had died and he inherited the prop
erty, and is now one of the most extensive deal
ers on the street. He had written a letter to his
benefactor which passed him on the way and was
afterwards received. In the gratitude of the
once poor mans heart he would have given his
friend half of his possessions, and almost went
mad with triumphant joy.
Now, from this little true story learn charity /;
if that honest fellow had died poor, rascal"
had been his epitaph.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

INnuMANITY or CuAiN.GANGs.--lt 1t was Mr., Bry
ant. the pride of American poets, who, standing
in the Cathedral OF Notre Dame, Paris and gaz-
ing upon the trophies of departed warriors, and
the monuments and statues erected To their
memory. exclaimed -" And is this the civiliza-
ton of enlightened Francc-the perfection and
model of modern nations They defy their butch
ers and doom the bcnefaetors of the nation to
eternal obscurty." What would hehave thought
If travelling through the streets of San Francisco
the city of sixty thousand Inhabitants. and score
of churches-boasting greater average oi intel
lgencc, and corresponding degree of newspaper
power aud influence, he had suddenly came upon
some twenty or thirty poor wretches, of every age
in life, from l6 to 60 years, chained and driven
like n band of galley slaves In their work OF in-
famyY What would the phllonthropic stranger
think, when told that these unfortunate wrctehes
had all been doomed for petty crime and misde
meanors' Not one OF them ielon yet each OF
them undergoing worse than felon's punish
ment. The young with the aged and hardened ;
the poor orphan, who, under stress of lites dlrest
aiiliction aud abandonment had stretched forth
his hand to take from the boundess store of some
hearlcss Shylock, the pittance necessary to feed
the expiring flame oflife, herded with the escaped
convict and the most hardened in crime. Pha
the subject is too disgusting 10 dwell upon.-Sa"
AHdreas Independent.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

FIELD.-Judge Field, of the Supreme Court,
has obtained leave of absence to visit his friends
at the East No California adventurer ever re-
turned to the homestead with more golden
sheaves of honor. We esteem him the ablest
lawyer and jurist Of this commonwealth, and we
are gratifed In the belief that we were the first
person who advocated his nomination in an inde-
pendent newspaper We never dropped a ballot
with so great emphasis as the one that helped a
little toward his election. He should now be ia
the United States Senate in room of the ear sew
ering. coarse-tongued Broderick, or in place of
the sleek old doctor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

OrrrcE SEEKING PEsrs-With MS nearly every
man Ii a politician, and the fact that there is n0
position in the country which the native-born
citizen may not aspire to, induces crowdt, without
reference to capacity or fitness to engage In the
scramble With many this desire to obtain Office
Is prompted by arepugnance to work. their innate
ndole nee suggesting the belief that " the world
owes them n living" anyhow. This class IL the
most numerous, and from its daily increasing
strength there is much danger to be apprehrnded'
Men who will not work for living but who de-
pend for their sustenance on the smiles and iavors
Of those n power, will readily sink PATRIOTISM
nrincinle and honor TO gain their ends. The
leading politicians are their masters, their coun'
try a fat goose to be plucked, and the public
treasury the purse Of IA rich parent. whose con
tents may be pilfered without any compunctions
of conscence--S Sonora Herald.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

"ANGEL OF ASSASSINATION. Genius, heroism
wonderful achievement of the first has been close
to the trembling partition beyond which gibber-
ing bedamies laugh and dance in the lunatic $
heaven of joy, or grope in eternal unrest among
the ruins of mind Sometimes the turbulent soul
thrusts down the barrier, and leaps to the arena
among the frightlul creatures peopling the realm
of unreason sometimes it conceals its calamity,
and with unialtering and undertaking step goes
forth to achievement that fills centuries with
fame.
In a city of Normandy dwelt beautiful young
girl beautiful, even. in comparison with the
stately and ennobled danes who were the pride
of France She was the companion of an aged
and decrepd widow, whose tottering form the
patrcian girl supported when the poor old wo-
man visited her garden or the resting places hal
lowed by the former presence of youthful love.
But in this peaceful retreat and in companion
ship with age, that young girl meditated deed
that was to make her name immortal.
In dingy room at Paris, Marat, the revoln-
tionary editor sat in affected poverty and squal-
or, surrounded by pamphlets and journals by
which he had filled France with terror. This
was the monster whom Charlotte Corday had de-
termined to slay and in the sacrifice offer up her
own life on her country's altar. Her purpose
was made known to no one, but leaving herquet
abode she iourneyed alone to Paris, and purchas-
ing knife in a cutlery stall, she gained admit
tance and stabbed the evil genius of her country
to the heart as he sat in the bath. even there en-
gagged in writing prescriptions OF the last Bour-
bons of France.
The story is beautifully told by Lamartine In
his history of the Girondists. The heroic girl
the great historian calls the "Angel OF Assassl-
nation"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

and Ice, frequently becoming suddenly detached
from the rocky pinnacles. rushed down the mount
ain, bearing away huge fragments of rock and
cutting down trees grass before the scythe,
crushing and grinding to atoms all but The ada
mantine hills themselves. Even with the then
sparse population and infrequcncy OF mountain
travel, several times has the unwary stranger
been swept out Of existence by an avalanche OF
the Buttes. The snow on the north-e east side OF
the summit Is perpetual A friend, living in the
vicinity, who ascended the height. on last Fourth
OF July, estimated the snow at two hundred feet
In depth he was convinced that the first that
ever fell upon It Is there yet. Sierra CITIZEN.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12

"WE clip the following from an exchange"
saye a large man who writes up Easy Talk" In
girls. The mlschieE Jon do. Mr. Dandelion -
you clip And you really ahrade your exqui-
site fingers to "cllp from an exchans ?" Pray.
would you oblige numerous anxious enquiries by
stating from what exchange and whether you
have not been accustomed to conjugate the verb
q" to clip" In some tape emporium You "clip"
with such exquisite prettlness, that you must
have learned TO clip In an establishment of clip
pers. Aw, Mistaw Dandelawn. would aw, you
do us the bonaw. to aw, clip aw this for youaw
brilliant pr'Odicle?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-12
NUMBER 8.

THE SALARY BILt~--Senator Burch has taken
the trouble TO explain TO us the design of his
salary BILL to which in previous numbers we
found objections. In order that the Senator DO
not misunderstood, we will carefully print the
substance of his explanation: The bill nomnally
increases salaries which are now--Controller.
s3,5OO; Secretary of State, SS,500; Attorney
General, $4,000; Treasurer, S3,50O. The Con
stitntion declares that these officers shall receive
stated salaries, and nothing else for their services;
nevertheless each of them does receive extra
pay for other duties imposed-in some Instances,
enough to raise individual income to $4,000.
Certain of them constitute part of board of
examiners, for which service each receives 5000
year. Prison Directors, also appointed from
State officers, receive the same. This year the
Attorney General receives Sl,s00, which added
to his proper salary increases it beyond the limits
of Burch's bill.
The author of the new bill desired to pass an
act fixing their salaries, and positively declaring
that these officers shall receive no other compen-
sation for services required of them by law, and
he asserts that by the provisions OF the new bill
their aggregate of compensation will cost the
State less than Il does now--besdcs obviatlng
the creation of an unconstitutional debt
This explanation materially alters the phase of
the measure from what we at first understood;
and we are glad that the Senator has not origina-
ted n proposition which in reality will Increase
the expense OF government.