The Portland daily press., 1875-09-13

G1 no Hau neaTu enough OF nlm ana tnat
FlilsDury was to be preferred, but the Lion
tailed to catch the remark and kept on. He
suggested that the Republican leaders were SO
intoxicated with success that they should be
placed in an inebriate asylum, and called upon
dod Almighty toilet the struggle between the
TWO parties come now. The appeal to the AL.
mighty created little enthusiasm-the audience
wasn't sure of His democracy-but the allus-
Ion to the inebriate asylum provoked great an
plause. Mr.. Clifford said that there was but
one party to confront the hosts of corruption
and a: it was the old, patient, waiting Democrat
&c party, and ne pronounced these adjectives in
amournful tone which deeply touched his au.
dlence and caused the eye of many a Demo-
cratic Office seeker to moisten with a tear.
The Hon.. Bion Bradbury was the next
speaker and he began by complimenting his
audience and calling it magnificent and in
by their deep solicitude for their beloved coCn-
try. A good many of them had previously
supposed it was the band and the fireworks.
but they accepted Mr.. Bradburys correction
with the exception of the wall flowers whose
solcltude for their beloved legs got the better of
their so:icitude for their beloved country and
sent, them towards the door. Mr. B. was
much troubled because the President had been
at Long Branch this summer. He seemed to
think it caused some delay in suppressing the
Democratic outrages at Clinton and appeared
very much affected thereby. He didn't allude
to Gov. Tilden's absence in New JERSEY ali
summer ami his inability to administer the af-
fairs OF New York on that account. He said
the campaign in Maine was commenced by the
Republican party with an ''open letter. which
he thought "bore wide and kicked its owner
over, though in the next breath he admitted
that the Hon. Eben T. Pillsbury had thought
1t necessary to combat this same letter which
had kicked the Republican party with whole
series OF open letters-and he complimented
Mr; Pillsbury,at which the audience applauded
mi ndyfA Af L.
looked very modest indeed. He proceeded
then to point out the issues of the campaign
Republicans he said, tell us that the Dem
ocratlc party cannot be trusted" For vim
dicaton of the Democratic party he pointed to
us history and OF course Immediately flew
back to the days of Thomas Jefferson and
gave the obituary editor of the Argus few
points. Most Democratic orators in pointing
to the history of their party begin with
Thomas Jefferson and end with him, but Mr.
Bradbury enumerated the whole series of
Democratic administrations and even had the
hardihood to cite those of Pierce and Bucha-
nan in vindcation of Democratic honor and
honesty. Before he concluded this branch of
bis speech he deemed it necessary to execute a
grand coup and SO he said this. HThe Repub-
iican party has stole nmore in one week than
the Democratic party during their whole Pc
ROD OF power. The tremendous enthusiasm
which this remark created must have con.
vlnced the speaker of the determination of the
democratic party never to misspend any more
opportunities.
acy which the speaker considered was the
charge that the party believed in State rights.
Mr.. Bradbury denied this charge. The Demo-
cratic party did not believe in the right of Sc.
cesslon; it only opposed Capitalization. He
didn't point to history this time-though he
might have found something in Mr.. Buchan-
ans administration to elucidate the point.
q, Another objection" said Mr. Bradbury,
drought against the Democratic party by the
Republicans is their currency doctrine. We
are told that Democrats are in favor of soft
money. They don't say the Democrats of
to Ohio and Pennsylvania and tell us the De M
ocrats of those states are in favor of soft money!
OF imitation. Now if there is any one principle
hrmly imbedded in Democratic tradition it is
the doctrine OF hard money. 1t was the doc
trine of Jefferson, of jackson, and of that
good old hard money Democrat, Thomas H.
Benton. If we have paper currency, who
gave it to us? Surely not the Democratic par
ty: Ii the Democratic party of Ohio and Penn
sylvania have wandered after strange gods, you
in National Convention will be true to the ira
ditIons OF the party and declare for hard money,
and if you do not defeat awaits you in NOvem-
Der. While 1 sincerely hope for Democratic
success in Ohio and Pennsylvania, if we are de-
feated it will be because on this question the
Democratic party of those states has not been
true to it's traditions, but have gone after
strange gods. But this issue don't have any,
thing to do with this campaign. The great
issue before us is the reform of the ma tional
government"
We have strven to give Mr.. Bradbury's re-
marks on this question fairly and we think
we nave not misrepresented. Mr.. Brad
bury1, acknowledges that the platforms of the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Democrats are infla-
ton platforms in effect, but thinks the national
Democratic convention of next year will set
the party right. Mr.. Bradbury omitted to state
that the national convention which nominated
seymour declared virtually in favor of imitation
and that Mr. George H Pendleton has never
been cashiered for violating what he calls the
traditions OF the Democratic party. And Mr..
Bradbury himself is trusting for the success of
the Democracy in Ohio, notwithstanding their
West and South demand imitation in the Ma
tioral convention, does Mr.. Bradbury think
that protest from the Democrats of Maine
will have any weight?
Mr. Bradbury's method of reforming the ma
tional government is the simplest in the world
just put out Republicans and put in Demo-
Gratis. They shall be very good, and not steal,
nor get up any more wars, and won't pay pen
slons to rebel soldiers. and will be very, very
economical, and there won't be any more fail
ures IN business, and everybody shall have his
purse filled with money, and the harvest shall
be penteous, and there shall be Just enough
rain and just enough sunshine, and no more
floods and no more disastrous fires, aud the
millennium shall GOMEZ Immediately
The Hon. Eben +. Pillsbury arose and dis.
pleased his audience, who were looking for
something of the Maine Standard order, by say
ing tn at he should be neither personal nor vitu-
peratlve. Being in .earch of proselytes he
was willing to accord to the masses of the Re-
publican party the same honesty as to the
Democratic masses. 1t was the present lead
ers that he objected to, and further on he con-
trasted these with the old time leaders. payipp
a loving tribute to Charles Sumner. who bareIS
escaped with his life from a Democratic
budgeon, and Horace Greeley, whom Demo-
cratic mob sought to hang to lamp-post. He
went back to the war and claimed that the
Democrats were as instrumental as Republicans
in suppressing the rebellion, though with
praisewortny modesty he refrained from men
tioning his own distinguished efforts in this
direction. He charged the Republican party
with all sorts of corruption and instanced the
Credit Mobiier, though of course he didn't al
lude to the distinguished Democrats who prof.
tied by that swindle. On the currency ques-
tion he agreed with Mr.. Bradbury, but repeat
ed the stale SANDER that the President packed
the Supreme Court TO secure a reversal of the
legal tender decision. He claimed that the in
t1atlon resolutions in Ohio were the work of
Mr. Ewing, a renegade Republican, but he for
got to state that Mr. Ewing was chairman of
the committee on resolutions, and only present.
ed such resolutions as the committee approved.
ne didn' think, however, that the question of
currency M would enter into the compalgn at all
the Ohly issue was reform, and of course be
haI the same recipe as Mr. Bradbury
Uen. .. q. Andreson's remarks were conspic-
uous Ior TWO reasons He alone of all the speak.
sis uevetopea h & something like policy-tod his