The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-09-03
Joseph Titcomb.


The demand of the State OF Maine ii
the present time is ior men Of broad in
tellectc and comprehensive views She
needs -omcthinG moro than mere polit
cian7 and adroit political manager. She
has been loo long in the grasp OF these
latter classes and She i now paving
severe penalty for ii,
There i ut present nrostration OF hu9
ness that i almost appalling when
Will hu9ineaq revive ." i The serious.
earnest question Of the hour. Tell mo
the cazn7 OF the present unparalleled de-
preston in business, said an extensive
manufacturer to Us the other day, land
will tell You when We may look for better
timoa
70 ON mind the main cause Of the de
preston Of the times is here; ior long
years the Legislation Of the country ha7
been almost extensively in partizan and
corporate Interest," The result is that
politicians and corporations have become
enormously rich III the expense OF the
people at large. The whole tendency OF
the legislation has teen to aggre gate the
movable wealth of the country into great
masses. To-day there is q superabun-
dance of money and currency, but it is
net distributed in the hands of the people
it is piled up in great useless heaps in the
banks The streams and brooks are
drained dry; the pools and basins are full
Before there can be any general revival
Of business there must be an entire change
Of policy in the country. Men who are
not mere politicians must be placed at the
head OF our governmental affairs; men
who viii not ask when a measure is
brought forward, How will this affect
my party, or lily political prospects," but
GLOW will it affect the welfare of the
State and Country ?"
When meu Of this character are placed
in our legislative halls, in our council
chambers and in executive chairs, IN i'm
mediate and surprising change will be OBJ
served Confidence will be restored,
hopes will revive and the wheels Of bust
ness will everywhere begin to move.
The people Of Maine, we are all well
aware, are DESTROYS OF doing something to
lift the pail Of depression that now rests
SO heavily on her business Interests. An
opportunity is close at hand for taking q
most important step in that direction
There is no one act Of the voters of Maine
that would have so wholesome an effect
on the general welfare Of the State as the
election OF Joseph Titcomb 10 the o1bar-
natorial char
The character Of Mr.. Titcomb il too
little understood by the electors Of Maine.
Were it az we'll known by all rs it is BY
the few who are intimately acquainted
with him, there would be little doubt as
to the result of the election one week
from next Monday
Whilst Mr., Titcomb is modest and re-
firing man, still he is a man of reserved
power and force equal TO any and every
emergency, He is cast in too large q
mould 10 be q mere partisan. lie despises
all political tricks and mannuvres. He is
too much Of n statesman 10 be politician.
Such is his character that no politician
would ever think of approaching him with
mere political scheme. In ability Gull
turc and craftsmanship he is worthy of q
place by the side of the greatest minds
Maine has ever produced, her Evans. her
Fairfield, her Whitman and her King.
In the time of the North Eastern Bound |
airy dispute, President Van Buren, remark
ed that the State of Maine at some future
day was destined to become first among
the foremost Of the States of the American
Union. Mr.. Van Buren, was far sighted |
man When he made that remark, he had |
his eye on our unequalcd sea coast and our
unrivaled rivers In them he beheld adj |
possessed by no other land under
the sun. Nor did he lose sight of our vast
and Manufacturing capacities
He saw the great valleys of the Aroostook
and the Piscataquis He clearly foresaw
that Maine might become the great mari
time power Of the world.
Mr.. Titcsmb is fully possessed of these
ideas of Mr. Van Buren, expressed thirty