Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-04-27
KEINEBEC JOURNAL.
CAMPAIGN EDITION
FOR 1876.
To be issued Three Months, Begin
ming Juno 81, Closing Sept. ID.

The great political contest is pressing rapidly
upon us. This Centennial Year Of the Nation Is
to decide whether tie principles OF l''6, OF inc
administrations of George Washington ana Oh
Abraham Lincoln, are to be maintained, or WHelhI
err a counter revolution representing the poii'Ical
doctrines of John c. Calhoun, Jefferson paws;
and the Confederate Democracy, SHAH pfeVai', anu
thus in large degree undo the BEST results OF inc
war for the Union, which cost so ihncu tie"sulC
and so much precons blood. For the hf,t time
since the flames of civil war were lighted by the
leaders of the Democratic party that pohtlcai or
canization has now the control OF Inc Natlohai
House of Representatives. and the nrcVaihh9 AMI
INNS and drift of the majority of that body well may
6l the patriots of the Union with alarm. It's clear
Nv obvious that all the worst elements when nave
opposed the principles and Objects OF the RepnoIl.
can marty the last fifteen years, have combined
with the determination by fair means or foul, by
fraud or force, TO obtain control of the National
Government and put it on the track ii which it
moved in the DAYS of Pierce, Davis, Mason, and
Slidell. The party which is in this aggressive at
titude towards the tried friends Of Liberty, the
Union and National Faith, is under the complete
contro oil of the Southern Confeaerates and lam
many Hall. Hill, Lamar, and Beck of the South
ern Democracy, and Eaton, Ilden, and liendilcks
of the Northern Democracy, represent the ldentl-
cal political dogmas Of the National ad:ninistIa-
tions of the eight years Immediately pr1or 10 the
Rebellion. The success of the Democratic party
in 1876 would be to place the National Govern
ment under the absolute control OF the Confcder-
ate politicians and the Chiefs of Iamn ny III All.
Never a more dangerous and insolent combination
fiouted before the American people. Inns threat
ened neutrality-suspicious. must be met by aiIthe
patriotic and vigorous determination which ear
nest and resolute freemen know how TO call into
action. Not only must all the results OF the war
be maintained-a rescued and reconstructed ma
ton and an emancipated race-but the piighted
faith Of the Republic to our National bonds ana
a specie currency, must be preserved against all
assaults, come from whatever quarter they may.
Our circulating medium at the earliest ptactcabe
period must be brought to the par OF gold, no
backward steps must be taken, but FORWARD must
be the signal word of all friends Of the country,
for Treason and National Dshonor IN respect to
our Finances, belong only to the Vocabulary OF
thoughtless and unpiincipled men.
To counteract these pernicious dogmas OF the
enemy to arouse the zeal and inspire the eolts OF
all true friends of the Union and National Justice
throughout the State, there should be at once a
more general and liberal circulation of Repnbli-
can newspapers. 1t is the purpose OF the pro
pretors of the Kennebec journal TO make 1t re-
spond to the demand for an earnest and uncom-
promising discussion of the political issues and
duties of the pending campaign. The assistance OF
some of the ablest political writers of the State has
been secured, and the Republicans of Maine may
calculate there will be vigorous pushing all along
the line" of whatever will fairly tend to splendid
triumph in September and November. The voice
of Maine in this great contest, viii be potential
and it must be emphatically pronounced on the
side of the Union and National Honor She is
one of the first to speak. Let her voice be one OF
substantial encouragement to her sister states en-
gagged in the same great struggle.
In order to aid as much As possible in dissent
mating sound political information on the Issues
before the country, the undersigned Will publish