Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-08-29
The Poor Man,s Situation.

vince the people. especially when clear
ly presented. and not mere unfounded as.
sertions, such as any idle tongue is capa.
bic OF uttering, as well as the more cult
waited and refined And we also under
stand that when there is lack OF argu.
ment, or of facts on which argument can
be founded, that il is the natural tenden
cy OF almost every one to 60 ii blind,
strike nj random, here, there and every.
where. try TO hit somewhere. until at last
ones whole talk consists of simple asser
tons, that either this or that thing is or
is not so. argument and facts to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Now this seems
to be the exact position which the Oxford
Register now occupies. Facts and argu-
ment arc strangers to the columns OF that
paper. and from Il position of the most
unfounded and absurd reasoning it has
fallen down to equally idle and unbound
ed assertions. 1t asserts that the Repub-
licau party is guilty of frauds. corrup-
tons and violations Of the laws, yet pro.
duces not particle of proof TO sustain
its charge. Now il the Register believes
this the best way, if it wants to deal in
assertions without any regard 10 argu-
ment or honesty, ii is at liberty 10 do so;
but we do not believe that such course
will ever convince the people of this
county that the Republican party is par
ty stepped to the core in corruption. that
il advocates principles destructive to re-
publican government, that ii is robbing
the laboring classes of their earnings.
that ii is party bent on Capitalization,
etc, etc, no more than il can convince
them that the democratic party is not the
party that brought upon US wicked re-
bellion, caused all these taxes. these Go
vernment bonds. these thousands of bleed
inc and mangled soldiers. these weeping
widows and mourning children, and much
more that is constantly holding up 10 the
eyes OF the people, and crying, "Repub,
lican misrule, fraud and corruption"
The Register cannot saddle on the Re-
publcans that which it is guilty of itself.
Assertions, Mr., Register, only show
weakness and inability to produce facts.
They neither add TO your cause or make
n particle OF Impression on that of your
opponent They never did and never
will convince the people. We might as
Sert that the democratic party is no better
to ddy than Is 'eaS al the conference.-the
the rar when three. tourihS Of franks and
fle were traitors, fighting against he Go
rernneut, and probably The ,cor'd and IT,
tire impartial history 'c0uld agree rih
rs. yet it would not be absolute proof that
such is the fact; but if by facts we could
convince one that such is really the case,
we should, u, least, have the consolation
OF knowing, that rs people are not gen.
orally moved from their previously form
ed and settled opinions without some
reason or proof TO convince them, that we
had proved all we claimed.
But let us examine for moment. one
or two assertions of the Register. The
following is one OF them: $50 long AS
the democracy administered the govern
ment, so long as the servants of The peo.
pie were guided by the light of the Con.
stitution, so long as.there WAS peace, and
union, and protection for the poor man
and the working man rs the rich" We
must acknowledge that the above IL lit
tic obscure, but however. enough can be
studied out TO enable us TO tell what the
Register was driving at That rs long
rs the democracy ruled there was peace,
and union. and protection for the poor
man the same rs for the rich. Such, we
suppose is what the Register meant. but
il is not true. Peace did not always reign
even in the palmy days of democracy,
but on the contrary we had war, and the
most wicked. instituted by an unprinci-
pied horde of demonstrating Democrats,
TOR cruel and ungodly purpose. A war
forced upon the people OF this country by
thieving shareholders. lahorng in the in
terest OF the democratic party and for no
other purpose under heaven than that
they might strengthen their hands and
prolong their miserable existence, by
forcing upon the nation another slave
State. Millions of dollars and rivers OF
blood were poured ont in the Mexican
war, war that the people OF not only
this nation, but Of the whole world, de-
nounced rs wicked, and brought about by
slaveholding democracy, for slavehold
er's purposes This is the peace the De-
inocrats gave us when in power. And
though they boast of it and of those days
OF democratic rule, yet, those were the
times and the acts that have since cost the
Republic the mighty struggle which we
have lately passed through.
But the Register says further. "Ihen
was no rich mans aristocracy TO be set
up above the poor, and live off Of his
hard earnings The exact opposite Is
the truth. The Democratic party was
one of the most loudly parties OF arislo-
cracy that ever existed. History gives
no account OF another so complete and
absolute set OF aristocratic tyranls, rs the
old Democratic party. They ale the sub
stance and very Lille of tour millions oil
human beings They ruled over them like
tyrauls and bartered them away like sheep
in the market. But worse than this. Tor
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