Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-24
NO. 200.

mands that Its criminal leaders and in
famous doctrines shall never be voted
into federation and power. The record
of its treason during the terrible years
of the war, and the period Of recon-
struction, is enough to blast it forever.
The conclusive evidence of its nom
repentance is furnished not only By its
unblushing avowal Of the doctrines
which caused Secession and War, but
by its bitter, beastly prejudice sgainst
the colored citizens. To take the col.
ored men out Of politics, to use the
State Rights theory as the agency, by
which to reconstruct the South in such
a way as to practically disfrsnchise the
colored men and deprive their children
of public education, is notorious. In
the State Sovereignty and Negro-Pre-
judice dogmas, the young democracy
of the South is being educated, while
the mercantile and business men of
that section accept the, situation and
the results of the war. The latter per-
sons were originally opposed to the
rebellion But the men. who control
the Democratic politics of the South
who are to-day in league with Tam
many Hail. with the Democrats of
New England-they are to-day bitterly
hostile to the principals ON which the
Union was saved--they will ignore,
circumvent. or break throught the Re-
construction me easures % soon - they
get the power. Whoever otherwise
represents, is uniformed a. 20 the real
animus of the Southern Democracy. or
deliberate falsi6er Of the truth. a
I The same course to blind and de-
ceive the peaceful citizens Of The North
was persistently and successfully nl
lowed in the years preceding the re-
bellion. All thoughtful and patriotic
citizens will see to it that they ore
not again thus fatally deceived and
lulled to sleep. Fore ,carned Is q be
fore-armedl Hss snt osgsM 4e sssss
The approaching is not . mere State
election-in its consequences Il will
be almost entirely national Besides
the questions Of State Rights and Ma
tional Integrity. of Civil and Political
liberty as involved in the future of
nearly FIVE millions Of colored citizens,
there is the problem Of the cunncy.
Shall we return as soon as practicable
to the specie basis : OR shall We
push the national ship still farthet ont
on the broad, dangerous aeA Of Ina
tion, bankruptcy and ruin q II ray
be said that the Maine sDemU0ssts
stand squarely on the speciA basis.
So in former years they stood sQnsrely
on the Free Soil, basis, whilep ia co0-
trolling wing of % the .pssty ssoed
squarely for Slavery Extension md
the right of Secession. The N1ine
Democrats, were powerless - resist
the general drit oftheir party. They
followed its fortunes snd the objection
Of its power, and thus cane their
shameful history during the rebellion.
The real battlefield to-day between
the specie basis aud soupd currency
on the one side, and indation on the
other, is Ohio. There is staked the
issue of the great contest of 1876.
Any gain of the Maine Democrats in
September, though protesting sdher-
ence to sound currency, would give
just so much aid and comfort to the
supporters of Infation-to Bill Allen.
Cary, Pendleton, and associates in
Ohio. As the Free Soil resolutions of
the Maine Democrats in the day. of
Polk, Pierce and Buchanan, were prac-
tically worthless, and Democratic VIC
tories in Maine gained by them aided
the pro-slavery Democracy to win
those successes which finally culmi-
mated in the Rebellion, Just so now,
any gains of the Maine Democracy by
hard money professions could not fail
to help the Ohio Democrats in their tre-
mendous effort to win such . victory
as will give the Infationists the con.
troll of the National Government il the
contest of 1876. just so surely q
efIectfollows cause, splendid Repub.
lican victory in Maine helps crush the
lnflationists, and Democratic gains
would strengthen the Infationists and
Repudiators, where the real battle is
raging. fs ..e.. !. .s.s7essa
The issues, then, in the Maine cam
paign, are: First-Shall the Govern
ment be continued in the hands Of the
party which saved it in the Rebellion.
or be given up to those who sought to
destroy it.? t4N '-A'
Second-Shall the doctrines of State
Rights--the dogmss Of the Southern
Confederacy-be c voted into ,powerS
Or shall the great truth be adhered to,
that this is Nation, 80 Recognised BY
Washington and his illustrious com
peers of the early days Of the Union.
and sustained by the Republican party
since it came into powerr @s 0iit
Third-Shall the men who crushed
the Rebel Confederacy, who have paid
off .tiUe hundred millions Of dollars Of
the National Debt, and the main drift
of whose policy and action has been
towards the solid basis of gold and
silver, be continued at the post OF
national duty? Or shall the control
Of the Public Funds and the Business
Interests of the country be given into
the hands of that Uniied South acting
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