Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-16
Paying OFF THE LIBERALS.

The democratic papers are paying on
,he;r Liberal Republican allies with CO.
mons showers of abuse. A specimen OF
that sort we find in a late copy ofthe New
Hampshire Patriot. the central organ OF
the democracy of that State. Under the
heading of "Grumbess" THAI paper has
leading editorial from which we clip the
following:
If there is any class Of journals or politicians
who are hard to please it is what called "inde
pendents." Take, for instance, the elections in
New Hampshire and Connecticut, and what do we
seer The New York Herald, the Boston Herald,
and papers Of like character, are never satisfied
They talk about the Bourbon democracy and that
the democratic party is dead and buried. When
the people charge upon and slaughter the repub-
lican party and put in power the democratic party
these Journals are loud -mouthed in their devotion
to principle and to honesty Of purpose and boast
Of their superior wisdom and of their great indie
pendence, when, in fact, these papers are trying
to ride two horses, and are ready to jump into the
saddle of the winning nag and laugh to think they
can humbug both parties into their support. They
put forth their windy, Aippant articles which are
- destitute of brains as they are of principle.
The editors of these so-caled independent sheets
are ct heart republicans, and would like, while
lamenting the wickedness of their own party, to
induce the democrats to ignore all Of their time
honored principles and party men, and take up
and bring to the front the broken-down leaders Of
the dominant party. This experiment the demo-
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ty followed the lead Of the men who went to Gin
cinnasi in 1872, and adopted the platform and the
candidates there agreed upon, and the result was
the party and the discontents went down, over
whelmingly defeated. The Greeleys and 1iltons
were too much of q load for the democracy to
carry. Did these grumblers and GROWERS at what
they are pleased to call the Bourbon democracy
lend their influence to elect the ticket made up Of
men to suit theni No! They had by their
rawlings induced the democratic party to take
new departure" and then deserted it to shift for
themselves. Since then the democratic party has
returned to the principles of the party, and with
men who represent those principles have gone be-
fore the country on these issues, and have achieved
. glorious victory throughout the length and
breadth Of the land. How was it in this State In
the last election The democrats nominated in
the Third Congressional District Hon. Henry q.
Kent of Lancaster, life long Wing and Republi-
can. Did the liberal men of that party rally to his
support No, they fought him worse than they
did Frank Jones, or Samuel N. Bell in the First
and Second Districts. No one could call MI.
Kent Bourbon democrat, or anything of the sort,
and although the democrats went solid for him,
yet he was defeated. Again, these same papers
are talking how foolish the democrats acted in the
last Legislature, where they had the power, when,
in fact, it was the best Legislature held in this
State for years. We write this much to express
our disgust for this twaddle and nauseating stuff
which amounts to nothing and is not true. If the
democratic party advocate doctrines and principles
which, if carried out, will improve the condition Of
the people and restore peace and prosperity to the
nation, north and south, what is the use to harp
about this or that man in the party whom they
condemn, simply because he has always acted up
to his belief in measures which the great mass of
the people now see are correct, and unless adopt
ed the country cannot and will not prospect