Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-12-10

written Several articles lot the DruDs"oA
TELEGRAPH, in which he stoutly maintains,
by argument and by presentation OF hg-
ures and the opinions of experts in diiier-
ent parts of the country. that the iron
bridge at Brunswick and also the Merry
meeting Bay bridge, are both unsafe and
unequal to the support of such loads as
are liable TO go upon them.
Tho Irish World for Dec. 2, has an
illusti alton labeled Rocks ahead OF the
new party" 1t represents rocky coast
and lighthouse. On the rocks of high
official salaries. patronage and selfish
ness, the democratic ship has become n
perfect wreck. The republican ship Is
stranded upon unseen rocks in the back
ground, while tho greenback-labor ship
ia driving on TO this dangerous coast with
all sail set and fiat dollar floating from
the mast. There is no opening between
tho lighthouse and tho rocks, so ii is evi-
dent the artist made a blunder, OF tho
ship Is bound TO smash.
Little things make the comforts Of
life," we thought. the other day, when
six or eight men arose in a warm. crowd
ed house to remove their Overcoals.
Each waited until the heat was uneu-
durable, forgetting that comfort is OF
more importance than slight breach Of
etiquette, and then in succession struggled
in agony a. he exhibited seven inches OF
shirt sleeve. from the shoulder down.
One button. securing the undercoat over
the breast, before rising, would have pre-
vented that difficulty. But it is so easy
to forge. these little things.
The New York courts hold that
communications in confidence TO an edi-
tor OF a newspaper are privileged, like
those of a client TO his counsel. A Roch-
ester newspaper man who was called up
on to testify as to the manner IN which
he obtained certain information bearing
on a case at issue in court, declined to
answer, alleging that disclosure by him
of the name of his informant would Sc
riously injure him in his business as the
publisher Of newspaper, and that as
the information had been impaired to him
under the pledge Of secrecy as to his In
formation he was as privileged as law
yer who has received disclosures from
his client. The court took his view OF
the case.
Alexander II. Stephens says the
Democrats have but four majority in the
next House. In regard to President
Hayes he says: "As far as have heard
anything from him 1t is that ne intends to
execute the laws as expounded by the
courts. The foundation principles OF true
Jetfersonian Democracy, which is the true
basis of all constitutional liberty, are
law and order and the enforcement Of the
laws. Mr. Hayes has done nothing con-
trary to this, 50 far as | am informed, sad
I cannot sec Why the Democrats should
find fault with any executive for carry
ing out their own fundamental principles.
Mr.. Hayes has only, as understand, un-
dertaken to carry out the laws, and 1t
Congress has made bad laws it is not the
Presidents fault. 1t is his duty to exc
cute them, and if he does not he lis not ut
for the place Whether it is a moon
sinner or a 'bulldozer, or anybody else
if the law has been violated, it is the
Presidents duty to enforce It,"
MIR. Halo's reply to Fernando Wood
Wednesday was a sharp retort. lie re-
minded the Democratic side of the House
that a British Ministry mad often been
hurled from power for permitting the vio-
lstion OF the rights Of single British
subject, either at home or abroad, and yet
the President was blamed because he call
ed attention to the fact that thousands OF
American citizens had been deprived OF
their rights. The question would not anu
should not be allowed to be put down III
that way. The President had honestly
and earnestly done, in the direction OF
Cancellation, what many Of his party
friends believed unjust in Withdrawing the
troops from the South, but in which 9TH
ers of his party friends sustained him.
and on the heels of it there had taken
place in South Carolina and Florida and
other Southern States what the President
had called the attention Of Congress to.
He would tell the gentleman that on the
great fundamental doctrine of the protec-
ton of the citizen in all his rights there
was no Radical or Conservative wing IL
the Republican party, but there was one
party IN the land united to man on the
proposition that the American citizen
North, South, and everywhere, should be
protected in the exercise of his constitu-
iional rights
Resolutions.