Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-31
Plain Duty of the Republican Party.

Plain Duty OF the Republican Party
NJ, TO the disturbing element Of African
slavery as a dangerous sUl. stands sI'ra'''
ear,e and delrsuIins Ihe Government. Love
Of .nvrry AMI lo', Of pablo rluuder have
for year, travelled together. hand IN hand
until they have broush, u to the verge OF
destruction. The ,laveholdins Ar'''oeracy
., ,be S,uib. up TO lstO. had ior years con
u,l,cd the general government They have
ns, 5nly bad The ohccs, bui the money OF
the nation and ~s,ls thew hAte lad the
ra,r,nagc. they have also bad The Flanigr
Tae general g,vsrumeu'. Tor the twelve
year. p-iIr to the iraaguratiOu u Lincoln.
bal ben rsskipg With corruP,iOn-ihe les'-
,u.,e irui. OF paslo Plgnder'ns and pub
IL stealing Daring these twelve year,
al. terrible sy, had been iucreas'u; Until
hrAcael a climax durins the closing Gay.
q E4chauan'. aimin,.,r.tiyn Piuudsrins
49, stealing from ihs pU5is treasury ~as
q !,a!.as lea With abe great mas " tie
d,ml,rauc lsAicrs daring The eight years .!
dsnacr...erule under Pierce and buchanan.
t., krav,h .pirii IsryAlei every depart
uicut Of 49, cl,srnusut, su4 found a !ois'
he, To- aluJ,, ,1,ry nook aud cSru,' where
u f!.ral hgi-l was % b. iJUpd = cgr-
rlr'si bel bc,gle the public MUD uTyu
IT,. question. that many u Iho.s whp~s
dots q -. O. watch the treasury surnrd
th,.yos themselves. \. evidence Of this al
l~..tiuu. NC may cite ,ingls CLERK m The
Interior Department, near the clJ'c VI ia.
c'anan'. dynasty. who ~. ,Pcciaily en-
,ru-i, With sigck. aud bgud. belonging 70
IT, Indian iurd, -t-,rac,c! almost million
81 io.lar. Ia value % ih, property. John
Il. Eoyj, Buchanan, SECRETARY Of War.
-, tie :ryatsst ,h,,i upon rc,1ri. II,
lluoi.rsl ~ wholesale everything that be
could az lis v.liAiuuu. LAnls uP.n- The
departments at Washington wyre by tie
cy-r1Ii s,'uuirel. who occupied them con.
,.r.i into - many i.rs u thieves. The
S-uy aul uavy departments w,ry h,'.e bsI-
Lsrsr TIE chef lg.,u,,. % many Of the
ofE'srs and tas.yv.ye, aui tau.h,,r. ~. 70
hshgr.uaIWashius,lu Aui :. bul. through
4 agrys. Increasing Ih,ir salary = wing Ibcia
rgtra rly yr ilius nothing. arl o,herwi,e
: tius their hand. into the public CRIB
Government con'ns;.rs, daring ,Lr.s ~,
u.u-.r4t..u.. ~ a general rule, vlgnIgreJ
1t i thousands, 90, millions. Take or
i.saueg che Jah var contracts. The.
tfu. .Tii., Iariy earned many OF their c.cc.
tons ~ fraud aud tie c.rruP, uss Of money
To carry thee ur'arious scheme. into opsr.
alton, Tie Treasury was tr,, depleted. Bu,
THIS Is not the worst q a. Coug5,., De-
zane as c5rrgP, a. Terliii0u its,!t. Mem.
tsrs odd themselves i0r uJncy Ike " cattle
N The market, AM were found - cho-k by
lie with a .cur,y so Of lobbying Larr,e-
Who hung around ihs capital % steal snI
Fst uuiust hi.i- through Cpngrrs, tor thc,r
special 5sucft. 10 proof OF this We have
only g. rcirr 70 The Na,u-on luycsiisa.
ton" 10 the Sab C5nsr,ss. How much
c',he 81 million. ryIa. script b,ll, and the
ten million bill Tor the purchase Of the l,I-
Iarl' aud barren waste Of Arizona went.
into the pocket. Of the men cr. Of the I'd
Congress, usSsrw,ll he kn0sn. That laany
Of ID 70 Received large SUNS of mousy Tor
their votes ani inau-nSa upon ths-- AMI
other question i' FAT veil SnoNn 20 Dr.
VNir grc.gs Thee thing. ani many otser-
Of q Ike nature have been Tor the IA, DOZEN
y-ar- sna~,ns Ike cAnksr worm a. ILe
very vital. u the R-pgblic.
FJr these n ng. the administration, Of
Pierce AM Baehanln haze besn .rralgnet
BY The American people. and in the Pres.
Dental election Of l,J0 pAssei their judr
meus ~ condemnation a..ains; them. TIE
R-psblican- IN tunes past, In unqualified
terms. have denounced the eNtlyagance
and p.anfCrins pr'IeasiIiss Of the two pre-
ceiling national adnia, STATIONS, aud pro
misyd rd0-'a IA clse she people placed
then IA power. And nos CONES the quss
iion-~iil they make good the pledges made
~ the people: wemaintain they should d.
1t 10 the foil extent Of their power.
10 Judging Of the administration Of Lin
colin. circumstances not anticipated, IN al
hrrnv-- should be taken into the account
This var AZ. preeiP',ated upon usa, 4 time
when ws were not IN the lea., prepared Tor
IL. Our armies have bad n be raised.
equPpsd, clothed, and led. With uuprsco
dsnE-4 - haste. which. in accordance with
On old adass. Away makes waste" This
haste aud want Of system IN conducting our
military operations. ha. Afforded slosllsnt
opportuni,,s. ior dishour-, men 20 plund,r
the treasury TOa certain extent. degree
OF comparative eItravaganee has been al.
most unavoidable. Bot many Of the whole
sale, atuoeiOu. frauds that have BEN prae-
t'c~i upon the go,srpm cot 10 certain quar-.
ssfs. ssee the sOuusnceuent Of this var.