Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-07-18
How II Is All Coming Out.

We must dissent from Mr.. Wendell Phillip
who advises the sreenbsck party to fight tins
battle alone unless other parties are willing Il
become absorbed. We never have thought him
spacious politician. His counsels would
have ruined the republican party. The polio,
Of that party Wa 10 act with everybody who
agreed with il. We believe that TO be the true
policy Of the greenback party.
ted. There may 6e a. good reasons for the
democratic party declining 10 throw up its or
ganiZa;ion and Join the greenback party, a. for
that party 10 dissolve and Join the dcmocrai ats
But there is no reason why both shall not nc,
In concert to carry out the principles common
20 both.
That nine-tenth- Of the democrat. in thi-
county and in this State are fully In accord
with the democrats Of Ohio and the Wes. can
not be doubted. What's to hinder an alliance
between the two organizations in the coming
election' BY that means We believe il would
be practicable 10 elect one or more represen ts-
tlYes 10 congress and secure the control of the
legislature. Without such AL alliance the
chances are that both parties will be beaten in
detail. In this county the number Of republi-
cans snd democrats who hsve gone into the
sFeenbAck party are about in proportion 10 the
TeiAuNe number Of the old parties. and the
same i probably true throughout the State
This would leave the two old parties about the
same a. 10 comparative numbers a. before.
An alliance Is feared by some from the III
success Of ls12 But circumstances have great
~ changed. There WAS then no principle real
iy at stake. and the issues Of the then late " Ar
en.rossed public attention. The great nece-si-
~ OF the hour Is TO change the present ruinous
policy OF the government. And il behOoyes
every believer IN our greenback principles Of
whatever party, TO unite so a. to secure their
success a. far a. possible al the coming elec-
ton PROGRESSIVE age.
Every Reppbiiaa in Nafy. h. ~. 49,.
In the least bedevied by the talk and
promises OF the Greenback orators and
newspapers should read and lay TO hear,
what We have just quoted from the last
number OF the PROGRESSIVE Age, whose edi-
tor. Mr.. Rust, has been the leader In the
new movement in Waldo County, and who
has devoted his time and newspaper space
heretofore in tolling of Republicans with
the cry that new party is needed, and
that the object OF the Greenback orgaulza-
ton Is to break up equally alike the old
Democratic and Republican parties. Un-
der This cry. more or less Republicans have
been deluded into following Mr.. Rust and
the newspaper which they have so long
taken and believed in. We ask them now
to consider the new departure, as proclaim.
ed by the frogressire Age. They are OPEN
ly given over to the Democratic party.
which they have spent their best years in
battling with and defeating Only delivery
is needed to carry into effect the transfer.
The steps of the PROGRESSIVE Age towards
the Democratic camp are those of no slug
gard. IL Thompson II. Nurch does no,
look sharp, his editorial rival will get into
the tent first. and then the triumph of that
loud Tuesday 10 Belfast will go for moth
Ing. But on this. his final pilgrimage.
Bro. Rus: must expect his late COMPANY
to fall Of. So far as Republican compan-
ionship goes. bis way will be .'thorny and
cold and gray" His old party associates
and followers. who have got up early and
sat up late to fight the Democratic party,
are not ready now TO be swallowed up BY
IL. when it has gone on from bad to worse.
and has at last reached It's worst.
Mr.. Rust will go pretty much alone into
the lines Of the enemy. We wonder how
he will be received there by the sound
money democrats. who, according to his
figuring. make up but one-tenth of its num-
bers. They have . hard time Of it now,
Whenever q Democratic Convention get.
together in Maine. swallowing resolutions
that mean imitation and reputation or
mean nothing. What will they do when
Bro. Rust strikes the surface a. chairman
of committee on resolutions 10 . Demo.
cratic Convention. and reports . platform
20 suit himself, the struggling recruits that
he Eas brought, and the inflationists of the
party 70 which be has one over
We fancy that We caR see the sound mon
ey men leaving 1t one side of the camp as
the Rust squad come in at the other, and
that the exodus Is grssfer than the influx.
Indeed. nobody viii ever know whether
the hard-moaey Democrats lea when they
heard that Mr.. Rust was coming. or be
came in when be heard that they had left
,ooD tor him.