The Portland daily press., 1868-02-29
20 the Young EIeu Of Portland.
A DEMOCRATIC CIRCULAR, EDITED WITH NOT
BY A REPuRILCAN YnrER IL


BY REPUBLICAN VOTER. 1)
1t behooves every young man who has made
up his mind to establish residence in Port
land, and who hopes by sterling ability, un-
wearied industry, and incorruptible honesty
TO make for himself handsome livelihood, to
ponder well the situation in this city, and to
act upon intelligent CONNECTION at the polls on
Monday next. Let the young men about COM
meneing, or anxious to commence business
examine critically the business affairs of this
community, and see whether, if the present
state of things is to continue he must not of
necessity, break away from his old home, and
establish himself in some more favorable por-
ton OF the country. What chance have you to
succeed in Portland? You see your school
fellows advance to wealth and honors in our
neighbouring cities. They have no more
capacity to rise than you have. Why do they
rise? Because they are not pushed down by a
moneyedtoligarchy. Because they have not a
debt to pay which is the offspring of unwise
and corrupt management. Because they are
not oppressed with taxes. Because they have
not enormous rents to pay. These and other
equally cogent reasons account for their sue
cess. A young man with nothing but good
head, willing hands and honest heart and the
carefully saved earnings of his apprenticeship
cannot go into business in Portland to-day
He must have capital(2) The fight of these
times is a warfare between labor and capital
1t has kept the rich man rich, and the poor
man poor.
AHO SAbIdsdSduCe Vi your present CITY gov
eminent has made your burdens well nigh in
supportable.(3l Is this due to Mayor Stevens
alone? No. 1t is due TO the horde of rapa-
cious office holders by whom he is surrounded
Will Captain Mcclellan, if elected discharge
these plunderers? No. It is well known that
he considers the most worthless of them inest-
Unable jewels. He cannot run the city gov
eminent without them. If you vote for Nc.
Lellan, you vote for another year of reckless
plundering OF the treasury, and your prospects
Of bot -
Putnam will lop of these parasites. who are
squeezing your life out(4) Vote for him for
Mayor.
You have complained that the young men
do not receive proper encouragement of their
abilities and services, either by executive APP
pointment or popular election. Your CRY has
been LET us have a fair chance" "Give us a
share of power" Put trust and confidence in
us, and you will not be deceived. Has the
party IN power acted in accordance with your
appeal? You know it has not. Your repre-
sentative orators have complained of this, and
the justice of the complaint is generally ac-
knowledged. You are offered now a young
man for Mayor. He represents the spirit of the
age. He is connected with no old cllques. He
has no obsolete ideas(5) He is the friend of
young men, and will advance their interests
Young men, you have now an opportunity
which you have long been denied. You can,
now, if you choose, place one of your own
number at the head of the city government
y
be whipped by the worn out lash in the hands
of old fogyism, you show the fact to be- what
your enemies have asserted, viz: that young
men are not tit for high places, and that you
are not worthy OF honOrS and trust. Will YOU
allow this to be said? Will you put cheaper
value upon yourselves thar even your enemies
put upon youU6) Remember, if you have no
better respect for yourselves, you will not re-
ceive the respect of others. You may stay at
the foot of the hill until the crack of DOOM if
you will not exert yourselves. The old fogy
has as much as he can do to sustain bis own
worn out frame. You can never reach the
goal on his shoulders. You must outstrip him
if you expect to win. On Monday the Young
men of this city will be victors or yanonished
Vote for Putnam and victory
Vindicate the rights of young men.(D
NOTES.
L. This veracious document was published
yesterday for private circulation. The editor
of the Press is respectfully requested to give
it wider publicity; it will do good.
2 It's we'll understood that in Democratic
cities, like New York. a young man can go
into business on his "face" without the slight
est Inconvenience. Stewart is good young
man, with willing hands and an honest heart,
and it is well known that he imports more
CRY goods in day than all the young men of
Portland in year. Vote for a Democratic
Mayor and you can buy dry goods without
money and without price-if you believe all
that's told you.
8. That's curious argument against CAP
TAIN JAKE! as t .
4. Yes, Pullman will lop them off The
popular impression that the Council chooses
the city officers is mistake. Vote for Put
nam, and the whole thing will be in the hands
of the Mayor-till after election.
THE Democratic party has no old cliques
in this city, no obsolete ideas in New Hamp-
shire, and represents the spirit of the age
with a vengeance in the Southern States.
6. If so, you are cordially invited to sell
yourselves to the Democrats
z. Among which the writer Of this circular
evidently includes the precious privilege of
" writing yourself down an ass" He evident
ly forgets that under Democratic Mayor
New York city has rolled up debt greater
than that of the echote State Of Massachusetts.
That is the entertainment to which he invites
you.