Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
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July -, lo5J.


lam reminded by recent speech of Gen.
sherman at the commencement Of the
Michigan Military Academy At Orchard
Lake. Oakland Co., Mich. that something
should be said in response to numerous de-
mands for places in the L. ;. Military
Academy at West Point. There are hun
drcds of applications To one place, aud
members OF Congress are greatly annoyed
by their inability to respond. The Mlchi-
gan Academy was established 10 supply the
needed facilities in 4 measure, and In &C
cordance with an act of Congress the Pres
dent appointed Col. J. ). Rogers OF tic
Army 10 supcrntcnd il, and the Sec'y oi
War has furnished it the necessary oa,h'
for military instruction. Gent Sherman. is
speech showed that he had great cOniIdenc
I'm that institution, AMI other army officers
have commended Col. Rogers school a.,
second ONLY % that az West Point. In fact
that school may bee regarded rs an attach
mcut orand % stepping stone toWc~t Point
and ,hi, information viii answer many let
tcr- of mquir, received iu Washington.
The promise, of Democratic statesmen
last winter aud spring touching o.. rights
Of Republicans at the S,u,h are being TO-
lated with their old spirit OF illihomliy.
Thrrcr>ocuiiou OF Swailc, in So. Carolina
F., but q sample. In North Carolina already
the reprc,-ivc work has begun. and in fact
10 i, under way wherever the Republican,,
show "a disposition to take part in public
aIlirs. Al is peaceful and freedom pre-
walls SO long As nobody assert, his Ecpub-
lcaui,m. but the moment equal rights bee
lin to be asserted then the bulldozrr> put
their old system in operation. The pro
LESSONS of the Confederate leaders - for
nothing against the facts reported from the
south daily. The South j., to be kept solid
by fraud aud violence, and the North can
not forget this.
Sccy Shcrmau'S speeches are the best
presentations of the national financial pol
icy vet put forth, AMI will have a wide in
hucuce in behalf OF Republican manage
ment. 1t i not ~ be wondered nj, there
fore that the Democrats howl very sorcly
over the fact that the Sec'y Is utilizing his
spare time in spreading this information.
The plain truth hurts the Greenback-Dcm-
ocrats worse than as though il were var
nished up for campaign purposes, and II Is
getting To DC IN axiom that Scc'Y Shcr-
mans regular monthly reports aud letters
of response to inquiries are solid chunks
of campaign thunder. The Republican
party is growing strong under his sturdy
system.
one by one the armleSs and IcglcsS sol
diers are kicked out Of the Congressional
Offices Not satisfied with the expulsion Of
Wilson from the Scrgcant-at-Arms Office
in the Senate, the Confederatcs have drop
ped cripple in the House to give place to
rebel. This malicious persecution Of
Union soldiers has given rise to feeling
among Republicans that the Democrats
holding comfortable places in the Depart
ments oughtto be displaced Why shouldn't
they be forced to give their places to the
soldiers who are turned out III the Capital:
The yellow fever alarm is having its
effect in Washington, since its terrorS have
increased in the Southwest. believe there
is little cause for fear, for Washington is
very healthy now.
Genl Walker, Superintendent ofthe Cen
sus, expresses the opinion that the coming
enumeration of the population Will show
an increase of 10000, 600 within the last
decade, or total of $1,000 900. The
largest increase viii be found in Kansas,
Missouri, Texas, Minnesota and Nebraska,
and some of the Territories. Genl Walker
says, with regard to the reported prepare
tons OF Southern Democratic leaders 10
falsify the returns for the sake OF securing
Il political advantage for that section, that
such "A scheme could only be successful
through n conspiracy between very large
number of agents of the Census Bureau.