National Republican., 1878-08-31
A WASHINGTON GREENBACKER DOWN
IN MAINE.

IN MAINE.
1t appears that our respected townsman
and Virginia Granger neighbor, Professor
DANIELS, has found his way into Maine,
where he Is expounding the Grcenback doc
triue to the people, as he understands it.
On Saturday evening he was at Bangor,
where he addressed the Greenbackers at
Norombega Hail. The convocation was
chiefly Democrats, the more prominent Of
that class occupying seats upon the plat
form. The opening scenes were rs bland
and serene rs May morning, until the
Professor began to state his views in his own
peculiar way, and then there was some
wrigpling. The Bangor Wing affords the
following graphic and somewhat florid and
perchance oyerdrawn description Of what
occurred. From an acquaintance with the
mild type of eloquent expression that
usually falls from the lips Of the Professor,
we are inclined to the opiuion that the
Vhig has put little too much vermilion
iu its colors; but no matter-we give it to
our readers as that enthusiastic journal
gives it to us, as follows:
DANIELS danced to and fro across the stage,
wildly ainging his arms, thrusting out his chin
and waggiug his shaggy head, and fairly
bowling forth the Virginia oratory that was In
him. lie said he had informed an anxious
Boston editor that he was coming TO Maine to
confront and overthrow JAMES g. BLAINE and
to metsphorically wipe up the floor with the
macerated remains Of the hard-money adyo-
} Gates in Maine. With a skip and a whoop he
, wished that BLAINE was only present to hear
him This lively prelude had caused DIR.
SHAvEY, GoRHAM L. BoYSTON, and other Dem
ocratiC sichems on the stage to prick up then
ears aud smack their lips In delighted antici'
G patton. But, all !. readers, II you could have
seen the faces Of those sOft-money patriots q
, few moments later, when that - Yirginny
idiot" proceeded to knock down and drag out
: sit down upon and throttle kick punch, whang
v and beiabor the Democratic party They had
forgotten to tell the chap that the Democrats
y and Greenbackers here are in loving embrace
n over tho rag baby, aud with very slight refer
: ence to the Republicans, DANIELS sailed int
, the old Democracy In a fashion that aston
ished the natives.
1 Talk about the Democratic party, said he
all you need Is to look and sec "thc rag, tag
n and bobtail that It Is made up Of to DISCUS
:, any friend of reform. lie actually looked a
IL he could smell offensive Democracy In th
atmosphere. DIR. SgAvEY aud BOYsTos be
v gan to twist In their chairs and grim ex
preston stole over their faces which wa
neither "child.like nor bland" But still DAN
d lgis ragged up and down the stage, Jumping oi
i and whacking tho licks into the Democra,'
!, party In an absolutely murdcrous style. Th
" Republicans present as spectators OF the Green
Ir back variety show were convulsed with sup
pressed laughter. Dr. LADD lifted uncasily Of
and of the stage, and the faces OF Dr. SEAvE
y and BoYSTON mOmcntarily assumed NOR
@ npoplectic hue. A glum silence had fallen o
,e the auditorium, and even the knot oil clacquet
= In the east gallery rested their humping fce
'" and looked at the fuger for instructio
IN whether TO hiss or cheer. Aud still the IRE
,e prcssible aud pclspiring DANIELS bounded an
A. pranccd across the stage, bowling louder an
:, louder, and piling vtuperation on epithet
Il denunciati0n OF the Democratic party.
Id Why roarcd he, tho Democratic party re
IN minds me of the old womans notion about tn
300 foxes In the Samson story. "She believe
III there might have been 300 creatures, but IN
he sisted that at least two.thirds must have bee
H. woodchucks and skunks" And that shouto
. DANIELS, with his arms flying in the air, thi
~ Is about the composition Of the Democrat
u, Marty there may be u few old fashioned JaGl
ny sonian Democratic foxes among them, b'
To- two-thirds Is made up of wood-ehucks al
skunks This was too much--BOYSTo
OH couldn't stand it any longer and beat a savai
We retreat from the stage. DR.. SEAyEf had Sc
ed tied down in his chair and buried his chin
l.. his white clpkcr with an air Of desperatio
nc but LADD found II too hot and slid ont. III
he fellows In the gallery now began trying
nd stamp DANIELS down, but he took 1t for a
plause and piled the agony on more furiousl
although there was such u stampede for h
door down every aisle that his voice could
longer be heard
lal We could see him flying to and fro like
ed paper man In a squall could see his mou
~ open aud shut and his eyes wildly roll, but {
'ss' lush for the door drowned his melOdiOus vol
IEs and just what he finally found to say of t
m Democratic party, aud just how they manag
,.or TO stop his machinery are among those thin
v" that no fellah can find out" 1t is safe TO $
~, that no Orator ever cleared Norombesa IL
ion 50 rapidly and eifectually as DANIELS did
ms Saturday night, aud just US the remnants
~, ~, the departing crowd had nearly reached
Ut dOOs LEVI Is. PATrES popped into DAME
Iu place aud called for cheers for JOE SMII
in They CAuorcd, but there was sickliness abe
l., that cheering that was painful to hear, and
III DANIELS had fallen into the clutches Of th'
md melancholy cnucrers he would have got yi'
ces Impression Of their delight with tue "Gr
.r,I Orator Of Virginia"
nd short Extracts from the Democratic Org
Tai. tn KaMh