The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-10


on those principles. While the attitude of the
Democratic party of the country is now entire
| ly satisfactory to us, and while we are of the
| decided opinion that the only hope of the peo
| pie for the establishment of those principles
as well as for an honest administration of the
governments contingent on its success we
| recognize the fact that it has not at all times
| been true to itself, and we shall esteem it Il
| part Of our duty to expose and resist any at
| tempts which may be made to place it on any
unsOund or doubtful ground, whereby the name
of Democracy should be made to represent that
which is not in fact democratic
The Camden Herald occupies two col
.lns with an account OF the seizure of Il
quantity Of liquors alleged to belong to
VIM. F.. Currier. Mr. c. was tried before
Justices Bass and Talbot charged with
keeping the liquors for sale. The liquors,
several barrels and a quantity of TASKS
packed in boxes, Mr. Currer testified were
the property of a Mr.. Lewis, of Deer Isle,
and We're on storage. A portion was
marked to Mr.. Lewis The justices held
the accused guilty, and ordered fine of
$50 and costs. An appeal was taken. 1t
is hoped that the suspicion to which this
affair has given rise, that the proceedings
have in them an element Of party prose
cution, may not be correct. One of the
greatest objections to the prohibitory law
is that it affords opportunities to crafty
personal and political revenge, at the eX-
pense Of the public treasury There is
very strong reason to doubt that it has
been impartiallv sustained, even in Cam
den.
There is a rumor that Judge Swayne
will avail himself of his option to retire
from the Supreme Bench, on full pay, in
March next. In that case the President
will select his successor, which will be the
fifth nomination he will have made tor the
bench, which will be majority of the
court made by one President, leaving only
one (Clifford) nominated by Democrat,
President Pierce, with three of Mr. Lin
coins appointments, Field, Miller and
Davis
-1he republicans now propose to admit
Colorado and New Mexico, for the pur-
pose OF getting four Senators and two
representatives. Cheating and gouging
to the last
The kennebec journal will be issued
daily during the Legislative session with
its usual full and accurate report of all
that transpires at the State House. Those
who wish to be posted earlier and oftener
than weekly can do it, will find the Jour
nal the best possible medium. The arrang-
ment of trains is now such that the Journal
is received at noon at all offices between
Belfast and Augusta. Terms - for the
session, Oh Sl5 for ten copies.
Hon A. w. Paine writes to the Ban
gor Wing that the resolve in relation to
the Aroostook settlers claims, under the
Ashburton treaty, was an honest and fair
measure. He says that he was employed
to investigate the claims, which he did
thoroughly, and that the great bulk OF
them We're settled. Of the resolve passed
last winter Mr. Paine says
The resolve was very cautiously drawn, SO
as to prevent any peryersion of its meaning
and is applicable to and embraces only yery
small number of settlers and only few hun
dred acres of land and has no reference to any
land lost by a corrected running of the bo,ln-
dairy line.
The New Hampshire Prohibition Con-
,ot ~
of last week. Nathaniel White, of Con-
cord, was nominated for Governor with a
full State ticket, and a State Committee
appointed. The resolutions denounce the
manufacture or sale of liquors, affirm that
license has failed, favor specie payments,
approve the recent women's crusade, and
denounce the swindles, corruption and in
competency of existing parties.
An account Of the shooting of two
men, while engaged in stealing turkeys in
Gorham, which was crowded out of the |
Journal last week, finds place upon the
outside Of this issue. 1t came from in the
Portland Argus. Later accounts authorize
a correction of the story in some particu-
lars. One of the thieves was not killed,
as reported-ip fact he was not wounded |
neither was the other one They were
not fired at. There were no thieves there
No gun was fired There was no gun in
or about the house With these excep-
tons, the account is true. The story had
its origin in the brain Of q fool in the