The Union and journal., 1869-12-17
Cool.

The Bangor Wig makes the direct, exphcit'
unfoundcd and unsubst.ntiated charge that
democratic officials are dishonest. Who Is 1t
that mades this charyef The Bangor Whig.
The paid organ Of the most corrupt, dishon-
est, scoundro,ly. self-eOnfessed wicked "ring
Of cormorants that aust, forbcaring God ever
permitted TO infest the regions Of light.
The whig. Whose party ore fAttening at It's
multifarious crib the most corrupt, dishonest.
louIy, iounging. piifering, plundering. purloin-
ing. rakish, rascslly. thieving set Of officials
that ever drew pap or outraged justice by being
out Of jsil---asgusta Standard. ......
In the "Matlawaska fight rs shown by
the above extract, we must confess that
our sympathies are all ON the side Of the
Augusta paper. What right had the Ban
cor paper to outrage the sensibilities OF
coniiding public by making the direct, ex-
plicit charge that democratic officials are
dishonest? That's what we want to
know. In the first place. owing to the
perversencss and slight misunderstanding
on the part Of the people, not many DEM
ocratic officials have had u chance to be
dishonest, because those same democratic
officials have been mostly republican.
Dishonest. Mr.. Whig? Bless your simple
soul, YOU never knew dishonest demo-
crat! Where WAS Andrew johnson in the
time that tried mems souls, and when the
Whisky Rins--cyery one of them repub-
licans, not democrat among them
cheated the government for three and a
half years out Of sixty millions y year |?
Didn't the pure A. j. make 'cm scatter,
and didn't Inc squelch 'em Tin horn)?
Then, look at Jay Gould, Jim Fisk. and
other patriots in New York State, includ'
ing the Presidont's brother-in-law who Is
n democrat. all Of them distributing their
money and clothes to the poor. and sitting
in their shirt-slecves, during the late aw-
ful gold panic in that city. They exerted
themselves so hard TO prevent that enor-
nous swindlo that they came near being
sick; yes. sir. sn-dor-rif-i-cal-ly sick. If
FLOYD stole all the munitions of war he
could lay his hand, on. or Toucey stole all
our navy, or the rebels stole all our forts,
arscnals, navy yards, you are to rcmcm-
ber that while they were democrats, the
robbery occurred before the war.
There's Vanderbilt! Where was he in
the time that tried democratic souls?
When five millions Of dollars in n. Y.
Central stock were offered him ut forty
below par, driven down by the republicans
making a''corner." what did he do9 Re-
fused to take cent of it, and paid one
hundred cents on the dollar. and then es-
tablished an asylum for disabled sculptors
and artists Mt the Harlem River station.
"Where are the dcfaulting democratic
State treasurcrs of Ohio, Missouri and
California;" They turned republicans,
and the moment they did so, swindled the
States. "whcrc is Buchann's dufaulting
postmaster of New York city?" He did
actually swindle the government out Of
$780, 900. we admit that; but ii Was be-
cause his wile's fifth cousin voted for Ere
mont and Dayton. else he never would
So. ,,,. !, If ~, anil IN, yandorf
O,n,, show Won ,e,f.abpepa,ion. and dust
- ..,.. honesty ON the mart Of Maine
.,...s.-.,,. .s,.;.,. !, !. only bec,u,c the
,,aor,o os ,b;s State don't choose to elect
them.
R,, we oaaSo;,, Won with pride to New
yo,l city Thero every democrat is AN
-. ,,;o,,.,.,,hr os some cvanc,l;c,l
- r. ,ho las, ton wears every Cor
,.s~,,;a, or;oor h,, s.rvcJ tho city with
", .,.,. ,,a M. Given cvcrv cent his ser
v;ooi I ,.,.rs worth 70 IN, American Board
Of Pore;yp Missions for curling tho hair
Of m, Boor;oboola Ghas in Timbuctoo.
No, , s,,udn,cut vo,, ha, been cast there
since Mr. Adam WA, n boy. Look nj the
npritv of the courts there. the integrity of
IN, ballot-box. abstemious habits of the
,,r.v tbrouybout the city. the frugal hal,-