The Republican journal., 1871-07-06
For Governor
CHARLES P. KIMBALL
Blowing at the Old Embers.
OF PORTLAND

bIOWiHJ dt luC viz EUpCTS
\ careful reading OF the resolutions
passed at the radical Convention at Port =
land on the Doth, will show with what
/ poverty Of principles the radicals of the
| State of Maine 90 to the people in their
appeal for a new lease of power The
opening resolution is intended for a reply
to the one in the Democratic platform de
clarinG for hunyin@ of dead issues, old
animosites and past bitterness. The rad
ical resolution is as follow
Resolved, That we cherish IL patriotic and
| honorable pride in the past history of the re-
/ publican party Identified il is With the great
tlltImph- Of human freedom and progress, with
! tn" emancipation of an oppressed people from
bondage, and with the preservation of our
country from the anarchy and ruin threatened
| hy the late rebellion, and that while we fully
| appreciate The great questions now presented
! to the country for solution. many of which are
! the outgrowth Of the civil wan Just ended, we
| rcloire that, unlike those whose record in OPP
| position to the war for the preservation Of the
/ union i. umchlngeabiy written. we have no
cause for consgning the past with its eVcntiul
memories to oblivion, and no desire to forget
4 the lessons of patriotism and loyalty contained
4 in its teachings
Stripped of its false pretenccs and sham
/ patriotism, tn- resolution is a notification
to the coun.ry that the radical party OF
Maine has no better issue to present
nothing more practical to urge upon the
people, than the expiring hatrcdS of 4
conflict that ended six long Years ago
Hunting among the ashes and shoulder
/ ing cmhor, OF Il cona@ration of sectional
hatred and war which itself kindlel and
4 promoted. and which it should be the
| foremost to forget, it enaeavors to blow
lis fading sparks into the semblance of a
fire sufficient to alarm the haltinn and
| tmorous.
The history Of the world does not fur
nish 4 parallel for such lack of wisdom,
/ craftsmanship and the commonest rules OF
correct policy. \ conflict once over, the
rndcavor of all enlightened rulers and OF
every polite people. has been to heal at
once Ill Discussions, to soothe angry
f..-Ii''ss, .''s.1 a. irr~r,otv l'"p1IN prosperi-
ty by causing the people to forget as
a. speedily rs possible that such conflict
ever existed. 1t was to Senator Summers
everlasting honor that he objected, in the
\ nited States Senate, to the erection
within the capitol of monuments or tro-
| phies which should rejoice over or keep
alive the memories of the unhappy civil
war
Bat ioT democratic aid. the late conflict
| against rebellion would have been Il
/ miserable failure. Democrats in all grades
and all branches of the service, illustrat-
! ed the patriotism Of the party And vet
almost the sole capital of the radicals to-
! day, is the false assertion that the Demo-
cratic party was disloyal during the war
and should be excluded for all time from
places of power and trust. The radicals
of this country are more intolerant and
prescriptiye than the absolute governments
OF Europe have been towards those in
actual rebellion against them. The Gar
Nicholas, after the Polish revolution, per
mittel the Iualllied Poles who had en-
| gagged in the war to hold office The
legitimi-ts OF France, after the restoration
upon Naporon's downfall, complmented
the valor of the French arms and entrust-
ed with commands the marshals of Bona
parte. The same wise policy runs all
through the adjustments after the English
revolutions. And even at the close Of the
war that resulted in the independence
OF the nited States, which developed I'M
paralleled hatleds and evil passions, the
men who actually bore part in the conflict
scorncd false imputations and mean re-
Nengcs. The treaty of peace, sanctioned
by George Washington, provided that no
person should suffer any future loss, dam
age, IN person, liberty, OF property, on ac-
count OF the part he had taken in the war.
Every effort was made to promote the
prosperity of the country by causing the
people to forget the evil passions of war,
and to turn their thoughts to the pursuits
OF peace and industry.
Ii has remained for the radical party of
tins country, to set the first example in
history, OF :; persistent attempt to project
into the times of peace the bitterness of
war, to fasten 4 false and atrocious stigma
upon one half The pcople, and under the
guise OF patriotism and fidelity to plumber
Il deceived country Is it possible that q
guise so thin and transparent can longer
serve to conceal q sinister design?
The series Of resolves attempts to justi-
ly the bayonet election law, measure
which never can be justified 1t also
praises the tariff, which is robbing the
people Of Maine, and crushing their in
dustries The resolve in favor of the
revival of ship building is sublime in its
impudencc. The effect of the measures
OF the radical party has been to reduce the
tonnage Of the country one-hall, to drive
American commerce to British ships, and
make the coast of Maine one long line of
decaying and deserted shipyards. These
great facts stand out unanswered and I'M
answerable, and no apologies or explana
tions in the present OF promises for the
future can change them. Resolve as they
may, the radical party is responsible for
these things, and must so stand arraioned
before the people. And it is not the record
Of the past with which the issues of to-day
shOul0 deal hut with thnSn naasurnS
which bear upon its present and future