Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-08-24
DEMOCRACY IN THE THIRD
DISTRICT.

DAC NV.
There was meeting yesterday in Wa
verify Hall, name suggestive OF the Mid
die Ages, of representatives of the forlorn
democracy of this Third Congressional
District The notable thing which these
persons did was to nominate Il candidate
for Congress and adopt a set of resolutions.
The candidate nominated was +. Wilder
Farley of Newcastle, a retired politician,
formerly of the whig and now of the dem
ocratic persuasion. The resolves may be
found in apother column of this paper.
The first resolve is one unequivocally
declaring for Free Trade. Since Mr.. Far
ley is an old, silver-grey, dyed-in-the-woo'
whig. and never changed his principles in
respect to Free Trade, always opposing it.
he would feel rather awkw:.r upon this
plank were it not that he understands it
means anything or nothing, just as one
chooses to construe it.
The second talks loudly in favor of the
shipping interests. We presume if Mr..
Farley were elected to Congress he would
do just as all the other democrats except
two did there--vote squarely against every
measure in aid of shipping. Democrats
talk well about shipping, but they vote de-
cidedly bad, as the record shows. The
most they aim at is to repair and build up
the democratic ship. And so that they can
do this they would sink every shipyard in
the country. as they tried to sink the gov
ernment by rebellion when they found it
was passing out of their hands. Before
the shipping interest comes into their care
they must strike Admiral Semmes from
their books and account for the vessels he
and they have destroyed.
Thirdly. they resolve in favor of equal
taxation. A covert way of saying that the
bonds of the government ought to be taxed.
They could not adjourn without showing
the cloven foot of reputation, and here
we have it. Yes, we ought to have equal
taxat on, Just taxation, and if we had jus:
taxai on tn, whole of this mountain debt
accumulated in fighting jeff Davis and his
allies would have to be paid by the demo-
cratic party That is where equal and just
taxation would place Mr.. Farley and his
friends.
Fourthly, they are in favor of regulated
liquor shops. They would prohibit the
sale but regulate it. 1t is so well under
stood what democratic principles are in re-
lation to the use and sale of liquor that no
resolves can make them palmer. Last
year they urged the enactment of strin-
gent laws and a State Constabulary, this
year they draw it little milder but per-
haps next winter they will be on the RAM
page again for State Constable.
Filthy. they declare their willingness
to unite with anybody or anything that will
give them votes. They say old issues are
gone, Undoubtedly they wish they were for
gotten,) and implore assistance from any
quarter. From reading this resolve we
should Judge they were in very distress
ed condition and sadly in need of reinforce
ments. but we don't know who cares about
taking stock in the dilapidated and bank
rupt concern.
Having brought out their candidate from
the shade Of his ancestral elms at Newcas
tie. they may expect TO see him decently
Inferred in September, under about fou
thousand republican majority, never more
TO be heard of in politics again Ih'
voters of this third DISTRICT even the know
ing democrats. prefer live representa'l''
in Congress to "A fossil, and the live MAJ
they will have by electing Hon. JAMIE
q. BLAINE the fifth time.