Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-10-11
Governing The Least.

| In his speech bcfor. the New York
t Democratic Convention Mayor Hoffman
well said:
There was fundamental diffcrancc be-
tween Democrats and Republicans. The
former seeks - govern least, while the lat
ter desire 10 govern the most. fiie r;sdi
Gals had established rules what msa
shoala drink and how. the enforcement be-
ing given TO spies who are disgrace upon
American character No party nor any
man have any rigAt tonicrtere with life
long HABITS Of the people, and such laws
should not be tolerated. Every poor man
i, Interested il these topics. especially that
OF taxation. and he wished 10 know what
/ advantage it cauld be 70 them or the rich
if exemption of bonds from from taxation
+ could DC continued. lie did not wish to en-
ter at0 tic question OF the national bit
But he desired 10 place h.mSelf on record
by declaring that every dollar of it was sa-
cred and should b. paid IN the letter of the
law; bnt he wished 10 know Z this WAS the
waT to pay the tlebI By keeping half ofthe
States out Of the Union: -iyyus.
/ There are stories in circulation that
the President will Use the Mars lani Militia
to overaWe Congress. He won't do any
such thing. Ii he should, My Maryland
{ NOll,l tD| XII vi ItOtiN III wv "tNhs.
the Capitol OF All:cw Joa nson. Some of
the Democrats may urge the President 10
such course bat unless he is crazy or de-
Ineated he will do nothing of the Kind.
The speech of Mayor HOFFMAN, is in the
spirit OF that Of 4 dema@ogue, and is a
rchash OF the oracalar saying of the odd
Public Functionary.n lie was in favor of
| 4 loose government when the rebellion
broke oft. With him coulI be found in the
4 Constitution no power to arrest secession.
/ The rebellouS states must 70 if they saw
F fit to do 50. The Democrats then sought
to govern least" They did not want a
government strong enough to uphold itself
or to defend its ia,egrity, This "least
governing" policy would have sacrificed
the nation or turn ed the Republic into a
Southern. olisarchy, or aristocracy. The
laws in regard TO temperance are lursel
in By thi. deniagogue, Only as a blind. fot
al, know that temperance laws have not
been passed By party votes bit the real
amimus of the utteranccs Oh this point lies
in the fact that such men as Mayor IIoof-
man = d Fernando Wood. &c, want the
rebels restored to power. and want such
an Interpretation of the constitution as will
permit this class to rule the country as OF
old, and some "Oid Public Functurary''
placed ia the Presidential Chair who Will
permit them to go ont of the Union or to
stay in as suits their notions. We have
had one exhibition of Democratic lose
rule" under Buchanan, and part of his
Cabinet held to snch lose notions that they
not only turned traitors bal became thieves
also. The lose notions of Floyd and
Thompson the loyal people do not mean TO
see duplicated again by men high in power.
So about the national debt. These pull
;icians of the Hoofnan school have not til c
boldness 10 declare that the public debt
shall not be paid. but they can talk 50
losely about taxing bonds as to affect the
credit Of the governments. thereby Putting
off to distant day the resumption ofspccie
paynlen'.