Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-09-21
Moral Dsprayity of the Sham DcmOc,


That there are good, respectable and 10y
Al citizens. men Of high moral tone. poss,s
- Of genuine christianity in the democrat.
&c party, We q, M, deny. We know many
good citizens, god nei shh5r'. men of truth
and honesty IN the democratic organization.
and stand ready 20 testify to the tact here
and everywhere. But while We DO this. We
cannot ,hu, our eve. ., the tact ihaia largo
proportion Of the dissoluic. immoral and
urrrinciplrd part or the community. ar,
found In The democratic ranks and vote the
democrats ticket. where are The rum ~.
ler.. a class Of men who are srrc,lin.
death and destruction in every direction :
Why. rdiurs'y, with the ror,y TIA, favor.
their side Of the question. the party which
ride. the "irce rum" hobby, every time IL
-c'. chance. Whore are the habiiunlly
inismrsat. bu: with the ;arty that give.
them the greater f,c,litic. 20 obtain the
deadly p1ison' Al ,bi, i. legitimate and
natural Where ar, the poor who have been
made - BY their own dissipation, illsuc,.
and immor,liiic-7 Nowhere but with the
party that stand. rtaly to license sin in the
shape OF cros shops and 'irplins houses.
Go into The Different towns in Maine on
The DAY Of election anl note the men as they
90 up - the polls. Will, you would end
many very rcsp'ciab!, citizens voting the
democratic ticket, YOU couli no, fail to d..
Germ that the blear.cycd. the red nosci. the
noi.y. proianc and r1wdy,h class. almost
TO a man going the siraish, democratic tick
81. We appeal 10 honest men Of al parties
70 IL i not ~? In one Of the towns in this
county the democracy sent as delegate 10
one Il their Conventions, hardened old
rum seller. who served out sentence Of
sixty DAYS imprisonment m the county jail,
Coz violating the laws Of the State. not one
year ago. Another man in the sane town
Who had been a States Prison convict three
years, for adultery. came fifteen miles to
vote Tor Smar, and the democratic ticket .
and TO show his democracy some,imts car.
ric- Douglas Tag in hI' horses birdie.
What can honest, christian men think Of
a party which will make such men their
representatives? l. tia wonder that the
clergy. almo,, in a body, Zee iron il. that
the Ladies turn away from i, in DISCUS, {?
The truth is, party composed of such ele.
ments cannot stand. II will die Of i,s own
ro,tenness. And ,,is is one reason why the
party at the prc,en, time Is 50 FAR democrat
iled. 50 lost to al dccency. Another thing,
men cannot belong to a political organira-
ton which advocates oppression, slavery,
polygamy. and the Transformation Of the
bodies and souls Of men and women into
"cha,tel, personal" by iorce Of barbarism
and despo,ic power, without becoming con.
taminaied with the guilt themselves. The
only true course for all good citizens is to
leave the old political craft to 90 down to
the bottom. Let the old rotton hulk sink
into the deep waters Of oblivion and go gu,
Of sight forever. JOIN party that has a
soul, party that stands by the eternal
principles Of immutablc truth, party tha,
/, pledged before the world and high Heaven
to the great truths Of the Declaration Of In.
dependence, party whose march is on.
ward, and upon whose proud dag is insert.
bed in capitals Of light, LIHEETr, FRErDoS,
ani vIcIoRY.