Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-07-19
JAMES q. CLARK.
JpHN y. vt ERAHn rnion
Nm a. LAfiAM. Counfy
FNOCH fo>TEE Jr ! Ccmniits
Politics and Morals.

Il : great univc-Sal is-. 49, a 90
ganiEaiious. -AStA~- FroiCssclif sas.sl -
lItical Or rvli<ioas. 80 ka.rari ra .he
great PrinciPiss % truih 50 rrst-c~. slal
come TO nOugbf. History. botA saervd and
ProfAne - fall Of proof uPos tins subjecs
There = =. higher law- than The s-s-t-
ments 81 legislatures. the platforms Of -
litioal parties. or the do-natic creed Of ~
ligionists lit is the great Jaw OF Gcd. a.
revealed ~ the Bible. tolove-GOd With 81
the heart and cur neighbor a. ourselves.
In times past men have seemed 90 for-rt
all this they have iancicd that thcy souid
set a. defiance the will cffbc Aisiichfv. and
mock a. the statutes Of the Eternal Col Hith
Impunfy. such has been the case 90 a
greater OF iess extent wirh political organ
izations. The 80 called Democratic party
j. = case IN point. That party ior ycars
incorporated INTO iis roEiirai creed The
most Infamous doctrincs ever pat forth by
AM organization Of men. Il scosed a. The
very i4ea Of a q" higher law. or anything
like the haassn accountability 20 a power
above the rotten platform ofPoliiical par
ues- In its resoiutioHs. Il ignored God
and He immuiable laws In proof % al
tbis. ne have only o. call The attention a
our rcaders 20 ffs collective acts. That
parrF uith ~ sid Of the Wigs enacted the
Fogitivc Slave l-aw-a law recking az over
-iih barbarism, cruelty. and blooa-a az
that Woald di-grace tie code a The most
beuishzed barbarians. That party susiain-
Ell African slavery IN this eouHtrT. ~ith al
rs sitrsciiics aud denominations. and cluns
20 Il after The rcbsis ihcuaseivss had kiIlcd
II. tLen made attempts 10 destroy the Fed
efai government. IL no; only sustained tie
system. bst 10 wcnt o. work Ia the rcr.esl q
the Missouri Compromise. % break down
al barriers against - indefinite extension.
d sad by its party aetion ia q 60 where-
ever iis vie defenders Sc 20 % carrv %.
fhis party w-nt beyond all this. ard set up
tke theory that slavery was ntoraiiF rtglf
snd that the normal eondnion q the color
- racc ~as ore q irvoiDufar, -ervitude
livery man IN The psrty thar demsrcd %
fhts dial-oliral theory. sas drnous-ed a. a.
abolif ioris'. o-fraciretl froas putiic fBvor.
snd covered al over vifh vui-sr epiihei.
=za eziz=snics Thus the ed party o. ss,,-
izafion vent on fron bad % worse. unia u
destroyed iisen a. a political Po-er in ihc
AMI And The Oh vh'g party shared q
similar fate. from ibe same cause. Tbi.
party although strongly tincisred sfh TIE
heresies Of slavery. had up % about is55
and 4 siood up with 81 least a shou q fair
ness sgainsf slavery extension. Henry
Clay. Daniel Webster. snd other great
lcaders bad 20 expressed themselves. Bat
When the great test oaas--tbe Kansas Ne
braska Bin. repeating the Missouri Con
prouiise-fhe Soufhern Ehigs. 18th fsw
honoraiic exceptions. csrcd in. joined re
dsrocrsey. snd heired force throsrh. the
IN q sboniraiions. Tbis act DESTROYED
So p-r'y. 80 made a end q thar oil
tiuae hororsd rsrty o-ssnixafion Like
fhe dcmocrsfic party. u b@cone too cor.
rupt - i've. snd died a its or poison
Bot before closinr stis srtieie. ~ -,v.s
briefly nofice snoth-r position assa-el t.v
TIE denlocraiic parry. rhleh 80 side,l to
destroy it--e mesn be- position upon ~
temperance qucstios. This crest n,oraI
Question ~as dragged INTO politics years
ago. and from thar time % the present.. ~
-hoic indsence has been exerfed srainsf
fhis rrest reiorr movement. r. has OF
posed every sitempt - ne Temperance
men 10 prevent The illegal sac % inioxi-
eating drinks. r. motto has been s. rcense-
--hich means free rsra'--and sd srr..i
ruiu- IL last stale Conveufion in Ms,ns
true 10 re- cd instincts. resolved sxsin.,
prohibition. and y Dos attempting 10 ride
its cd bobby. baked up By even vie
rurn seller FROM Kitiery 10 Caiais- A Do
Hiioai orgsnixa,ion thst arrays itssH ,-ains,
de neral. religious ssniimcnt Of Tie coun-
~. canuot long survive. n the grcafrepab-
bean orEknizaiion Which no. controls the