The Portland daily press., 1871-06-27

ALL the woes of the State the Democracy
attribute to the Republican party. The short
hay crop, the mild winter, the backward
spring, the hanging up of the lumber in the
Penobscot are calamities chargeabe directly
to Republican misrule and Radical reckless
ness.
The celebrated Bangor resolutions to which
we have heretofore referred, conclude the
State has lost 10000 population from the
rural towns mostly since 1868. OF course this
Is not based on actual statistics for Demo-
cratic resolutions are never based on facts
1t is based solely on the fact that the State in
1868 gave larger vote than ever before, con-
sequently loss of population must be confined
almost exclusively to the time between 1868
and 1870, when the census was taken! This
would be conclusive reasoning for fools; but
even that class may know better when they
have occular proofs before them. The census
tables will show that the population of Main
has increased in age nearly ten years, with
out corresponding increase of population
that the proportion of adults is ten per cent.
greater than in 1860, and very largely greater
than in 1850
If Mr.. Emery for once should care to con-
suit facts, he will fiEd that the population of
the old towns exclusively agricultural began
to fall back on the census tables in 1860 and
some quite largely. There are several reasons
Tor this. The work of subduing the forests
. and clearing land is attended with much
mrre manual labor than the present agricul-
tural operations. The introduction of the
moving machine, the horse rake, the horse.
hoe, and other labor-saving machinery posi-
BILE under the smooth condition of the farms.
has rendered the cultivation of the farm pos
sibe with an average of one-fourth of the
manual labor required years ago. In 1850
this surplus labor began to seek the great
West, and as the railroad system of the coun-
try has been developed opening wider field,
the drain has been greater. Part of this sur
plus has sought employment in our manu-
featuring towns, while thousands have gone
to Massachusetts, and other States to find en-
ployment, which, but for the stupidity and
obstinacy of the Democratic leaders in Maine
from 1885 to 1850, we might have had estab-
nshed in our OVID State.
For twenty-five years the Democratic lead
ers OF the State declared their hostility to
manufacturing corporations, and moulded the
policy of the State on that narrow guage while
Massachusetts gave encouragement. To-day
we are bitterly repentng the folly of those
bourbons who went to Augusta to drink
brandy and play poker.
The Maine Standard merits the prize for
originality. 1t has discovered that the De-
mocracy do not make "new departure" in
adopting principles to which they have al
ways manifested deadly hostility. But it
explains this paradox more reasonably than
one would think possible. 1t says:
The truth is that while for obvious reasons
the Democracy opposed revolutionary changes
IN the Federal Constitution, and while thew
still denounce such fruit of those changes
as the recently enacted "Ku-Kluxn bill
winch had better been entitled. can act
TO maintain the present incumbent in the
presidential Office" they have never proposed
10 40 otnerWse than accept all results, which
without injury to the country, could be ac-
ceeded to as settled.
In other words, there is no new departure
because the Democracy do not depart"
Ihey were opposed to the Revolutionary
changes" are still opposed 10 them and are
yet actively hostile to all enactments, like the
Ku-Klux bill, that can give those changes
any vitality. But hear the gentle sophist
further:
Dut tne ONO mcyement is certainly s'new
departure, If IL may be taken as indicative
" he prevalence of the opinion ON the part
VI so.de of our party leaders, that it is use
US to run a minority on the basis of the
majority in which it was twenty years ago.
Moderation and Cancellation are the condi.
tons of success, and in them we can triumph
This is the frankest confession we have
seen that the new movement is insincere,
dishonest and adopted only because the mi
nority party of to-day wants to become the
majority party of twenty years ago.
THERE will unquestionably be good time
at Augusta to-day. The Bangor fellows"
are bound to have their resolutions in favor of
good, sound old Democratic iiteracy adopted
in the State convention. But our Portland
delegation will resolutely Withstand Marcel
lus and his Eastern followers. 1t will be
hard work to prevent skirmish in open con-
vention.
BowDoIN CoLLEaE.-We are told on the
best authority that Ex-Governor Chamberlain
will be elected President of Bowdoin Colleoe