Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-12-08
The Enenys las, Dodge.

~hiCh THAT wss left Of the bogus d~snocrs
cy could stand Their oil b-afhea idc
~h'cb they hav~ for wears -Or-hsPpcd.-ue
gro slAseFy.-Asd - n BY tb<ir r~b.l brelb
ren in the South dctLronesl md ~uh weep.
ing EYES they turned sway 20 look for sons
Other idol. before whom they could bo~.
Nth a fair prospect Of sgain rvsching the
h~sh pots they hal lrit in Egypt. AlThosgh
tb-y could no longer sirg Ts-ans to the
DoloVh Of slavery which would fan in sweet
esdences upon the refined ears Of Soathern
ehivslry and charm them into an exalted
oPiniOa Of . northern deuOcrscy : Yet they
s;in rrtsrned the luminous idea that their
only hope Of success Law m a blessed ~
unioo With their - lost tribes IN the South
and the coasOlidatiOo Of a great natiooal
for the particular benefit 81 themselves and
their erriag brethren in the rcbel States
Ho- 70 do all this. to them was a very vex-
stious. PerPlexing question. Their treason
fhrOogh the var. sfiIl stuck TO them Ike the
l~p-Osy Of Nasuaan. they saw thsn.elvc.
cast - -ifbOut the gate With no political
organization IN The country % poor a. TO
do them reverrnce. What eould they dos
Al LAST a strasgIing fboBgbt ereps into the
brain OF some sAebsm Of the party Which
- took" With the RAIDERS. when all At once
they turned politiral sga.mersct and cone
CAT supporters Of President Johnson ana
- atl-.snf.sr.fs,- A. -. a. -
b~sonr r0unfrnanccs OF the follower Of
'he - old Pubhe ;unctio7ary.- began 70
brighfrn- Thy fanei~.i 'hr, sa~ li-hi in
the Eastern sky. that the egyptian nirht.
through -hieh a. a party ,hey hsd BEN
passing these Last four or Eve YEAR. was
about "a lift rs murky curtain and thy
once more Get their guilty beads into a lit
tie day hight Ard then besan the psH-
inc and blowing Of their old war chiefs.
d~@Oeraey Vas coming Up. II had ruled the
country most gioriOasly. and would do "a
Again and in fact vas the only party that
ever bad or ever could bear rule success
fsIy.
Bot tbs Vas not all. TIE President lad
left The party that had elected him and was
abOu; to throw himself into the arms 81 the
-" demoer.Sy.- The r~pablicAn party -as
" split in twain AMI With the President.
the conservative wing "a. coming over %
jein tie friends and sympathizers % JEFF
D.vi-; ard toe democracy and the eon>er-
vafiSe rrpubgicsns and Andreu johnson
were 20 ioin hands. and bv consolidate,
OF fo-c,-s G.zte % a rnsisritv and rule the
country. In orIer 20 ticklr the ~ar, Of The
Pr-sisienf. tbs.y aaihorativelv annsuncrd
An.lrv~ Johs,son ofT~nnes.~- a. their car
didaic ior the P-,.idc7rv iSsS Bat
this Wasn't al The radisal r-pablicans
-ere al TO BE- kick~d cot - osice bv the
national admin .fraiion and th-ir plsc,.
hii-d bv ih- d-mo~-arv. o.. shat q
spl-bdid s,hcun-. The l-aiers Of the
@ ri-iag~ dc-uocrary s-su.,s,d that Pr--rlrnt
Johnscu va in favor Of bringing bark into
the union. th- rvi.,l State Jusf o. INV ,r>rs.
restoring 20 them AT their farf ne.i rich-s
under 'he combination. niIl move. tA~v A..
81 I'd that The Presidcr.t as opposed a.
too to negro suffrage ard vas wiling 70
turn over TIE gallant colored men who had
foughi our bAfiles 20 The tender uercies q
their old masters
With COlors hying and drBns beaiing. a.
;hs sPecial friends and supporter. Of the
national sdninistratiou tbey ~~n; into re
tall elections. consistent that the iOog nighi
OF tbeir defeat. Would b. turned into the
eiorloDs san Of Ausierii'z The sequei
= sad story for The poor democrsey.
They every wbere come cut II The fsb, Ike
their allies az kichucrd. terribly utirpe1