Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-08-13
or State, and condemns corruption, whoever


may be the guilty parties. 1t is in its YER
aature and as necessary result of its princi
pies, party of progress, and supports al
measures of reform or Of improvement tina
are sanctioned by justice and commended b.
sound, practical wisdom.
Resolved, That the wealth of the countr
is the product of its labor, and the best use
capital is that which gives employment an,
liberal wages to the producing classes. Henc
every just measure that tends to protect then
from oppression and to improve their condi
ton and dignity their calling deserves and re
celves our support.
Resolved, That although always constitut
ing large majority OF the American people
the agriculturists have never demanded of the
government state or federal, any special priv.
hege, have never infested the halls of Con-
gress, or the legislature with lobbys and rings
out on the contrary have suffered under dis
terminating and unjust laws until forbearance
mas ceased to be virtue. We hereby pledge
our sincere and honest efforts to obtain for
them redress of their grievances, and equal
and exact justice.
Resolved, That the public lands should be
sacredly reserved for actual settlers who will
dwell on them and cultivate them and for the
payment of the public debt and that we will
continue to denouce and oppose as we have
always denounced and opposed all gifts of
snch lands by the government te incorporated
| companies.
Resolved, That the greatest Danger to free
institutions is the wide spreading corruptions
that threatened the utter destruction of public
Virtue when credit mobilier frruds goes I'M
punished; when those engaged in them are
elevated to high official position, when seats
! IN the FEDERAL Senate are notoriously pur-
chased; when vast sums of money are cor
rupty employed in popular elections; when
an army OF office holders with the sanction of
| the government use their official influence to
control elections; when bribery of custom
house officers an established usage; when
rings OF plumbers are the recipients of money
appropriated for public use; when official de-
| falcations are of such frequent occurrence as
hardly to excite attention; when the presiden-
tlol pardons relieve defatulters from punish
ment and presidential appointments reward
credit mobilier and.salary grabbing congress
men, and when congressional investigation.
are generally wbitewashing affairs, it is not
strange thrt men begin to lose confidence in
tree institutions, and that the fame OF the
great republic is furnished throughout the civ
illzed world. To remedy these evils we in
slst that the receipts and expenditures of the
government shall be diminished that its pat
rouage snail be curtailen and all useless of
fices abolished, that It shall ceash to usurp
the functions which it has not little that off
cial misconduct fraud and in corruntion in
elections shall be uphe and the want of # con.
demned DO thu uni,led voice OF tee needle.
We condemn withou reserve the late action
of Congress in grantina additional salaries AZ
un..usl and uniustifable and demand II i'm
mediate and unconditonaI rene,I and wa do.
nounce everp member os Congress, whether
republican or democrRtd, who seppOrted the
law or received and retained money procured
thereby, and we esspeciallv denonnce the con-
durt of President Grant in ns;no rho ;nGuenno
of his high posi.ion for its MASSAGE an9wb
official signature mad, i, =, law. and alsonn.
ouaj6edlv cond ANN tho .o,;or of tho ro,,bli