Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-10-28
Reasons Of Democrat for supporting
the Adminisfration.

enthusiastic sdmirvr of McCleIan. beinc
himself a Democrat About too weeks BE-
fore the Publishing % the .ubioiaed lc,ier.
b. rubhshed letter highly culocistic oi
Mct lellan a. ''Gcn. ant Patriot~ and n.
pressing rcgret. and sorrow. that h. could
not support him. because % his aailiiatiau
with traitors and their allies
Tins lctter called out ar anonyu,ous lst.
Ter IN the Boston Post a paragraph fron
~hich . copied into the letter Ne pubhsh
- n. Co.sr-r.ssoaaE.t.
SOME PRINCIPLE At STAKE.
~ XIV. a. u. qUTNr.
Before aiigde O. these. sufIcr ule 90 cive
thc benefit Of your circulation to the intro.
duciory paragraph Of an anonyuous iettey
in the Bosiou Post addressed - b. Rev. A.
Il. Q-int.-
Having known you for souc ycars. ei-
ther Pcrsoualiy. or by reputation. AL hav-
Ing aisavs hal reason O. esteem very hizh-
j yozr Ability. sour candor. aud your ln.lr.
pendeucc. li pain, me % be- Obliged in any
degree 90 alter that good opinion bal
ioru"l but your recent political articls.
have forced me % tLs conclusion that either
your PrcJud.oes have mi.icd you. Or inter
e'i has ~srPei your Jadgmcai. Or els, "
noran,e has belloadcd your unierstAnd-
iag-
I - Ike 10 read Tie Post. IL al-ay.
lively
II i diaer a. al from The statement of tlr
above paraEraph. g a. 10 The aJgi,-ai,aa.
lave " prrJa1socs-~ TLrrc wears in the
army gave Eac struug Prejadices- against
pAsis. Lee. JaLnst0a. Nallandieham.
WOOD. Fcudlcton. and tle Ike. so strong
a. really OBJ prvvcnt us voting D. sait thcm.
AZ ' interrst- a. a citizen of a great oouu-
ir'. And the dag uhich Represents iis disni-
a.. acsaai.y leads uc o. uish O. see cha, rc-
tcli0u crusb-,l. aud % dislike thc men - h1
shoi - many bu..eis through o-r oll IA.
in the process. % killing ihe color bearers
~ho hei4 1p che stars AMI sfripcs-as sell
a. those ub9 ar thcir rfcctaaI aIlr. NJ
." ignorance b. uot upon thc look or -ork
o. rrbels-l L hclpei bury Zoo many murder
e. Patriots-nor "a The ca,,t OF Nor,heru
symTa'hy uith th-m bai confess to q pro-
io1nd " isuoranc-" boz q platform thar
ocnsurcs-uot rct-i, nor TRAITORS. only
thosc ~to arr try .rs 90 supprc.. trva,on-
can De- losa. how parry whose slcccss thc
rcbcl. claim a. theirs. can o. exactly thr
place for Patrios, hos m-a that uaat 90
negotiate With armed traitors. can entertain
u,leh seifrspeet- That. uy tro1lie.
TLr -mpir iaet b. here thr c,ndiiatr
~ ile N.-r Prr.iicacy deciarss L.m.c,f .a
favor ofai.0-irg tho rebels demand 90 ia.
drpsudcuse q ti-y -iii n.; peaccably rc-
turn. -hcn De- mos. shat thry lrciaru tley
~il not rrtlrn. Tie platform declares tbc
'' eVp,rimeui of var a d" h,lars. Emits
Prop0s,l fltarc action o. peac,ablc
ulsar.. anl a,ta4ly ial ,tr-,k .si q oae
rcsolut.on adopted. tho words. .anl .r,i.t
on maintaining the national a1.trt- yal-
lanciEham. Wood. anl al tlat eia,. "A sup
porter. of McCirilan. are satisfied " viih th.s
platform Tie U,moc-at.. party ia. tso
s.ngs. ile loyal ard Ii.i.yal Tie d..l,sal
made iLe platform -csiI.niIy. blt lad to
consent tl a .anl.tafe uha haI some popa-
lsr.ty. sell knouing that tic platform. -
Dot fhc " iurr- mast control. and ttat uifh
"r-a.c' Vice Frcsaent anl some
str,ngrh ia Congress. ths var .Istter-
r.r.l Hr rnfI.rr frf vr.-fa NJ tf i.