The Republican journal., 1871-07-20
For Governor
CHARLES P. KIMBALL:
MIR. Kimball's Letter.
OF PORTLA AND.

The acceptance of Hon. G. p. Kimball
which we publish to-day, places the Dem
ocratic candidate fairly before the people,
and inauguratcs the campaign. No one
who carefully reads Mr. kimball's letter
can fail to be impressed with the correct
and forcible views which he expresses,
and their applicability to the state Of the
country rs we find it to-day
The battle for the control of national
affairs in lS12, and the state elections
which are preliminary thereto, are to be
fought mainly upon two principles, both
of which arc SET forth in the platform of
the Maine democracy. First, opposition
10 the Capitalization ideas of the republi-
can party, which tend to change our
form of government from simple repub-
lie OF states united to a military empire,
for the continued ascendancy of u few
men, and full Of danger to the rights of
the people Second, a bold and unceas-
ing advocacy OF the rights and necessities
of the people in respect to low taxation
and the adequate rewards of labor
Upon the latter idea Mr. Kimball has
chosen to be specially emphatic, and wise
| ly chosen. The great Presidential con-
test will settle forever the question of the
encroachments OF federal power. setting
upon il the seal of the peoples condemna-
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OF national politics, threatens alike the
whole Union, and should be met and de-
feated in the coming contest, in which
those who have abused their position s
will ask the continued trust and conf
dencc of the people.
On the other hand, the wants and ne
cessities of the people cannot wait The
memorable tax gatherer is at every mans
door, backed by the authority and power
| of the government. With each pound of
sugar, tea or coffee, with every garment,
with every article of furniture, with every
thing that enters into the daily life, com
fort on necessity Of the labOring man,
comes the exacting hand of government,
in a tax that is concealed, but not the less
felt. Its hand shrinks the poor mans
barrel of flour. his pork. his molasses.
1t follows the farmer to the field, the
mechanic to his labor, the sailor over the
sea, the fisherman in his skitf' and eXacts
from each harder toll and frightening
.,-I-
slave drivers whip, was ever more
cruel and eyacting than the plunderino
tariffs and taxes which the administration
has fastened upon the laboring men of
this country. More than that, it denies
to very large portion of the laboring
men OF Maine even the right to toll in the
poor way we have named. BY the mis-
management of the administration, the
ship building interest is virtually dead
The skilled artzans are idle, the black
smiths, the carpenters, caulkers, rggers,
painters, and all those numerous classes
who once made splendid wages from
their abundant employment upon ships.
know them no more. A blight has fallen
upon the whole coast, and upon the state
Mr.. Kimball is one whose sympathies
with the laboring man are quick and con-
slant. A mechanic himself, familiarized
with labor from his boyhood, no man bet
ter knows the wants, embarrassments
troubles and necessities of the laboring
man, for he has met and overcome them
all. If the laboring men Of Maine are to
be encouraged and aided, if they are to
be relieved of their burdens and enjoy
more Of the comforts of life,-these adj
vantages must come come through the
sprung from themselves Such a man
cannot hetray them. And at the same
time they must give to him an united and
generous support, for in aiding him they
aid Themselves
"Who would be free, themselves must strike the
blow"
BY his own eXertions and superior bus
mess capacity, Mr.. Kimball has built up a
large and profitable business. He is no
starveling politician with his fortune to
make from the opportunities of official po-
stion-no office seeker by profession,
watching the varying winds and tides of
popular favor that shall watt him the
wages of cunning and duplicity. He is
large-hearted, benevolent man, who is
ready to exert in aid of the laboring men
of Maine the same abilities by which he
has commanded success for himself. The
class of men of which Franklin stands as
the type, is not so small us narr, ,y-mind.
ell and envious men are apt to imagine
DR.. Franklin the philosopher, diplomatist
and statesman never forgot that he was
once a poor printer-boy, nor did his heart
ever cease to yearn after the welfare of
the laboring classes. The maxims Of
Poor Richard, no less than the requests
which to-day in Philadelphia and Boston
serve to aid needy and struggling men,
attest his solicitude for the elevation of
the class from which he sprung. Our argu-
ment is that the laboring men of Maine
must put their trust, not in politicians by
profession, with selfish needs to be an
swered, but in men who by fortune and
principle are above temptation, and who
are bound to them by the strong ties Of
origin, association and sympathy Such
man is CHARLES P. K1MBALL, and as
such he is presented to the laboring men
of Maine. and their votes for him invited.