Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-26
Opinions of orr Election.

The impression produced upon the
public mind elsewhere by the result of
our election is among the most important
objects of our victory, and VIC cite a few
extracts from leading papers to show how
our work is regarded outside the State.
The Boston Advertiser says
We congratulate our Water street
neighborS (The PosO on the happy re-
cent decline. 'MaincS decay" has rested
heavily on their consciences for several
weeks past, and has been the topic OF
melancholy reflections both in verse and
prose. II is no fault OF theirs that their
warnings have failed 10 wake the dead.
Month after month the cry OF the cuckoo
has been heard in the land, pr0pheSying
every kind OF disaster, unless the Repuh.
leans with their fifteenth amendments,
their KlU~klUN bills and their tariffs,
were thrown over. But alter IN extra.
ordinary Indifferent canvass, euliyencd
only By those occasional cries from with
out, ''beware the dog" the people of
Maine have once more confirmed their old
allegiance, and pledged her As the pio-
neer in the long line of Republican States
next year. They have started well, with
= small vote, but ~ increased majority.
Wetake the following from the Journal:
The Pine Tree State has done nobly.
Her voice is now added TO the acclaim of
Connecticut, North Carolina, Wyoming,
Montana and California in favor of Re
publicaniSm She has again aud most
omphaiically put the seal OF her con-
domination on the CoppeIhead leaders,
who with their black record unrepented
of, hoped to glide into power on false Is.
sues and 10y reason OF the supposed apathy
Of their loyal opponents. liut they
''reckoned without their host " All hail
10 the Dirigo State
The New York Tribune greeted the
first returns as follows;
Highly gratifying is the news from
Maine. Our returns are not very full.
but are sufficiently comprehensive TO
show that the vote Is rather above the
average, and the Republican majority
larger than il has been since 1868. In
Portland the home Of Mr. Kimball, the
Democracy gain l3S, while in Bangor,
the home OF Mr. Roberts, their candidate
last year, they lose 94S, and in other dis.
tricts fail to hold their own. On the
whole, our friends in Maine have done
nobly, and promptly followed the lead OF
California in the present campaign.
The y. Y. Times reioices over Names
response to California, and says:
Prom California TO Maine" is favor
tie phrase 20 denote the extent OF our
continent and its extremes. not only
geographically, but in points OF habits
and occupation. The two States are
hardly less wide apart in the latter than
in the former respect. But they are alike
in one thing-they turn deaf ear to
the Democracy. The Democratic party
will, perhaps, learn after few more
such lessons that the great obstacle in tie
way OF It's winning popular confidence Is
lis own bad character
The Philadelphia Press regards our
victory as most suspicious event in its
effect upon the struggles elsewhere, and
referring to the fears entertained OF Re.
publican apathy, remarks.
But all the time it appears, the peo-
pie were thinking. This year is one that
has taught the American citizen to rely
more on himself and less on the politician,
Public sentiment has been n work in
Maine. Yesterday it crystali1ed at The
poll The people there expressed their
condemnation OF the Democratic party
its frauds At tic Moth, lis violence at the
South, and lis menace everywhere ofper.
manent peace and prosperity
The Albany Evening Journal is iubj-
liant over the news, exclaming
The old Pine Tree State sends back
greeting to her redeemed sister upon
the golden shores" OF the Pacific The
extreme East answer 10 the remote West.
The vast breadth ofthe continent between
the two extended arms feels the electric
thrill OF sympathy and shares the cougrat-
ulations upon these successive triumphs.