The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-04-08
The Knox and Lincoln Patriot.

Democratic sheet, which has been publish
ed for the past year at Rockland, has been
discontinued, the Messrs. Noyes finding
the business unremunerative. We regret
this, because the Patriot has been an etfi-
cient worker in the cause, and especially
for the reason that Knox is a reliable De-
mocratic county, ard should have local
organ. The Democrats of the counties of
Knox and Lincoln are noble and true men,
who amid all the discouragements Of the
past have never forsaken the faith, but have
kept their armor on and the watchfres
burning. And when the State returns to
Democratic rule, as it is certain to do at
no distant day, theirs will be the proud
consciousness of having led the way to
: victory.
By an arrangements between the publish
!, ers, the subscribers of the Patriot have been
transferred to the Augusta Standard, which
) will be sent to those who have paid in adj
, vance, and to all others who wish to con-
tinue it, In announcing the transfer, the
Standard makes the following judcious
and truthful remarks upon the general sub
ject of increasing the circulation Of Demo
cratic papers;
"There never was time when the circula-
tion of sound conservative papers was more
necessary than now. The business interests
of the country are in q deplorable condition.
resulting from miSrule and mismanagement Of
public affairs, and the only hope of relief is in
the enlightenment Of the Masses and there is
no way that this can be accomplished at so
little expense, and so well, IS by circulating
, reliable newspapers. The conservatives of
Maine have been remiss in their duty in regard
to this matter. Radical success in this State
and in the country is largely due to the great
circulation given to radical papers. We firm
ly believe revolution in public sentiment
would speedily result from g general circula-
ton of more conservative papers among the
people. Why, then, should not every true
friend Of the country and its prosperity inter
est himself in extending the circulation Of such
papers? There is not laborng man in Maine
Who does not pay many times the cost Of a
good paper in year, in the way Of taxes rob-
bed from him by corrupt men in office, to say
nothing Of the immense losses sustained in
consequence of the depression of various in
dustries OF the country and consequent want
OF employment and lack OF energetic times
These are words that ought to make an
impression upon every Democrat, and that
, he should bear continually in mind, with a
view to acting npon them as occasions may
offer.
The circulation Of the Journal in the
counties of Knox and Lincoln is large, and
we shall continue to devote a portion of
our space to the affairs Of our Democratic
: friends in that section, A little exerton
on the part Of leading Democrats will serve
to make our list still larger, so that, with
the Standard, The journal, and other pa
) pers, they may be we'll supplied with sound
reading, even though they are to have no
local organ
SOME RAMRoD ECHoINGs. The radi-
Gals are in a sweet pickle about the failure
of the State Constabulary law. II was de-
teated mainly by the party faglers about
the capital, led by Stevens, who feared its
effect on radicalism in the future. The
genuine, dyedin-the-wo 1amrods, who
have borne the heat and burden of the day,
and laid the foundations of the party in the
State, are indignant at their betrayal, and
denunciatory Of the authors of the scheme
for selling them out. 1t seems that one of
the Kennebec Senators went little too far
in manufacturing capital against the Con-
stabulary and got brought up with jerk
The following is from the Riverside Echo,
one of the ramroo organs
In accordance with the request of James
G. Blaine please publish the following letter:
'IEousc of Representatives,
Washington, March %.
Joshua Nye, Esq, Dear Sir--I find the fol-
lowing somewhat extraordinary statement in
communication published over your signature
in the Riverside Echo of March 20:
~ was told by Senator at Augusta on Thursday last
that he had just had teegrams from several Congress
men, urging dGfeat Of i the Stats Police Bill Why
have personally conferred with the entire
) delegation from Maine in both Senate and
House, and | am authorized by them iudivid-
ualy to say, as | say for myself-that no tele-
gram or letter, or message Of any kind was
sent by any one of us, at any time, to any per
son in Augusta or elsewhere, in regard to the
State Police bill
The Senator therefore who made the state
ment quoted by you was guilty of deliberate
, fasehood. In order to protect your own good
name, am sure you will perceive the necess
ty Of making public the name Of this Senator.
for cannot believe that you will consent to
stand as the endorser Of his gratuitous and
groundless accusation. You will please pub
sh this letter. and oblige.
Yours, very truly, J. G. BLAINE"
The name Of the Senator who made this
statement to me, is Hon. L, s. Lang of Ken
nebec. JOSHUA NYE.
We wait patiently to see where this kind
of lightning is going to strike next Per-
haps Lang will start for ashington to en-
quire whether Blaine really means him or
not. Let us have peace
diligent reader Of Scripture has discover
ed that the velocipede, and the wheeled
variety, was predicted more than 2000 years
ago. See Ezekiel, l5-2l. Gardner Report
er.
Upon reference to that excellent book, which
we always keep at hand, we discover that the