Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-06-07
NEW SERIES. VOL. u. NO. 10.

chaln- unief uNknes. &c.
Whatever meaning may 10 either reSeal.
ei or concealed beneath such hish-wroughi
figures, one thing is eer,ain.-that an ex.
trems oi degradation. shame and dishonor !.
represented A. succeeding TO one OF honor
and glory in consequence OF moral detection.
I, is III, same principle recognized In the
touching aPo.,rOphc to aneicn, Capernaum.
which had been " exalted TO heaven" but
was - cast down to hell" "
Our mind has been led TO reflections like
the foregoing BY sweeping the eve hastily
over the columns Of a paper - which, for a
long period past. We have turned with re.
culiar interest, and iron which we have al.
way. turned with satisfaction. We refer to
the Maine (Saco) pemocra;-a paper in
which wo have lookel. AMI not in vain, for
patriotic thoughts. hr the exhibition and
defence Of noble principles. Tor the utter
anees OF nan who though, more OF hi.
country than Of hi. party. and whose soul
.puraed all the Ordinary shaekle. by which
ruuy spirits are helS IN -uhservieney 10 the
lowest demands Of party spirit; but. AZ We
read the last numbr,-so changed. 50 un.
patriotic, % slavisht par,irln, 50 fallen
We though, OF "hllen angels" Of eI,in-
rui.hed stars, Of in,.llect in ruins, OF beauty
bloated in lust, ant Of everything else OF
which we have e,erread or thought, e,hib-
iiing that unenviabe state 10 which exalted
bodies and beings descend when jos,led iron
the pinaele on ~hih wo have been accus-
toned 10 behold thin. A few quotations
from long leader, u,i,led " Three Months
Of Rspublicanism-he Rush Of Events,
will not be inappropriate to our purpose
Z" III. party Prc.iien, LincOln'.l 10 Con-
sre.-haeted by kooli,ion iOrces a, home
steadily refused alleOnp prcmi.o' by which
secession Of State i,rr State might have
been checked and BY their no. yieli.sn.
inch policy scemed oil winter TO Be anxious
to have every sou,rrn State seesic. and
thus prepare the way tor the bloody conflict
into which they arcnOw prceiPitasipg the
country"
Two things IN tho above are worthy OF
more notice than We can spare space TO give
them. The assertion ,ha, any reasonable
eompromise By tls las, Cougrc---sny'hinc
to which nan could hcHOroby submit
would have checked secession !. one which
no sensible man should make in the light OF
existing historical fats. The editor OF the
Demoera, knows hat the secc.sioni't' al.
way. secuted the IDEA OF beng checked by
eomprom,ss he knows that when Mr..
Guihrie's really Union proposition passed
the Peace Convention. John Tyler and other
eon.pirators who had seen pleading for
cOmpromise. left Washington with threat
70 carry their States ou, Of the Union. II,
i. perfectly evilen, tha, the politicians Of
the Johu Tyler stripe were acting upon the
"rule or ruin" policy. and prae,icins a
fsiu, in the Peace Convention. merely TO
gain time tha, secession was their grand
purpose. 10 be aver,ed only by the ex,ortion
from the federal govcrnmen, Of term, which
would have been dssraecful and humllianns
10 the las, degree. The siI,o Of the Sac
DsmOera, kuovs this, and therefore bis in
,imation that compromise would haV,
checked secession is as disinrenuous Us !, is
unruihiul. Then, too. the in,ima;on tha,
the Prrsideu, Is precipita,iug the country
into bloody conflict is unworthy Of an
honorable minI-u worthy only OF such
mind. as control the Bangor Union. When
our national aas i, spi, upon and fred at,
when our forts are bOmbarded, when our
national existence il menaeel by rebels, 4,
i. precipitaiins the nation into bloody
war. is it. 20 refuse tame submission, and
70 make q resolute defence Of the nation 5
DAG and honor' Shame on ihe man who
could indi,e such an allegation agains, an
administration which Is acting worthy oi
the " Old Hickory" spirit. and doing deed,
which command the respect and supper, Of
such patriots As Douglas, and all other true
meu. But We pass on and give another eI.
tract
"The i,h Of March saw Mr. Lincoln duly
installed in ofsee-seyen S,ates-seven star.
of our constellation not present to shed
their lish, upon the ceremony"
And whose fault Was q, that seven
States" bad thsa seceded1 Was no; all
tha, under nomInally Democratic admin.
isua,ion. and did no, that administration
unfortunately entail upon its soces.Ors u
load which itself had not even tired 10 bear
Bro. Iianseom acts unwor,hily o! himself
when. in view OF the Charleston and Bll,.
more Conventions; in view OF that unholy
war made upon Douglas BY nominal Demo.
Gratis Tor No other purpose than to secure
Lincoln's election. and in view Of all he
himself has said Of the bese designs Of the
eonspiritors TO control the government ty
foul means il /, eosld no, be lone by fair
when be in,ima,es that the present admin.
i.,ra,iou is Justly ehirgeable with the seces.
sion Of the seven States referred TO in the
abOSe paragraph. We have no more re-