The Republican journal., 1876-09-07

LindIny IL. Whitaker Of Unity, late Postnus-
ter, who published i'll last weeks Republican
Journal a confidential circular sent him, there
by violating the trust reposcd in him. and
cvincing th"t his sense of honor is not at ali
praiScworthy, is a Democrat and has always
been, we hear. He was Il soldier in the 19th
Maine Regt. in COMPANY C., where he attained
the rank OF sergeant. He was wounded while
in the service and on his return had the sym
pathy of the Republicans As he now has their
pity He rented the store Of Hon. Joshua IIar-
mon. and bought the stock of goods. Mr. IIar-
mon who was Postmaster resigned in his favor
and Mr.. Whitaker was appointed and served
out his term Prog. Age.
First, Mr.. Whitaker did not publish the
circular The editor OF this paper as
sumes whatever responsibility belongs to
that act The idea that printed matter
sent to thousands of partisans all over the
country, must be held sacred because the
wire pullers print thereon the word econ
| tdential' is simply absurd. Such a docu-
ment may be legitimately used by any
opponent into whose hands it may fall
! from Mr.. Whitaker. 1t was passed from
hand to hand as curiosity. and finally
reached this office,
The biographical sketch Of Mr.. w
| which the Age prints. cuts the throat of
the portion assailing him. lie is a soldier
olgood record, bearing honorable wounds,
| and attending to his private business. The
Republican fuglers made upon him an inn
pudent demand for money, which he treat
ed with contempt. But notwithstanding
his record and his wounds, he is assailed
| III this dirty manner by those who were
towards in the war, and are libellers now
1t shows the sincerity of the professed rad
| zeal love for the soldier As man, Mr.
| Whittaker's character stands too high to
be injured by such assaults
| Somehow radical secrets and circulars
are lying around very loose this year
| Here's another one which has Just got in
to print
[Contitlenta
AUGUSTA. Aug. -, 1876.
My Dear Sir: beg to ttll your attention to
some facts that have come within my knuWl-
edge in the most authentic manner The Demo
crat~ are procuring the name of every absent
Democratic voter-no matter how distant he
| may be-and they are from some source pro
Nlied with the money to pay their expenses
home. Even small towns are receiving one
hundred, and one hundred and fifty dollars each
for this purpose. BY this effort and others of Il
like character, the Democrats expect to sur
prise Us With very large vote in September.
May urge upon YOU the absolute necessity
of special and earnest effort in your town par
tcularly With the view of securing such on
ganizea action is will bring every Republican
10 the polls.
Hare sl'eciM re0GfW to getting y1ur absrnt
eaters home. This is exceedingly important.
Very sincerely yours, j. q. BLAINE.
-, Scion. Ne
The talk about Democratic money is the
merest bosh The whole circular is a cum
ming dodge to stir up the rural brethren
and make each one believe that the saliva
ton of the party and the country rests up
on his individual efforts fIumbug plays
an important part in the radical game of
politics.
The Progressive Age diScloses some
funny features OF the reception Of lnger-
soil ~ Co, in this city. 1t says "they step
ped from the platform and entered the
carriage that conveyed them to the hospi-
table arms OF mine host Tucker" Did
Tucker really hug, warmly and impartial
ly, the soldlerly Conner, the irresistible
Blaine, and the blasphemous Ingersoll /?
II 50, something caused a sudden chill of
hospitality, for we read in another column
that the speakers We're neglected.
No arrangement was made to take care OF the
speakers except to send them to the hotel, and
but for the interference of some of the citizens
they would have been left to pay their hotel
bills.
The only solution Of this is that Tucker
had meantime heard the speeches and con-
cluded that the believer in the .'honest
God, the work OF man." and the patrons
Of blasphemy generally might pay their
own bills. His 'hospitable arms were
no longer open. Hence the hat was passed
round among ''some Of the citizens" 1t
was very funny menagerie, according
to the Age.