Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-22
BACK INTO LINE.
A PAPER THAT GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH OF
GREENBACKIsM.

GREENBACKIsM.
From the Aroostook Valley Sunrise, July 81
A year of varied and not always pleasant
experiences has convinced the proprietor
of the Sunrise that his abandonment OF the
support OF the Republican party and its
principles. and the making 1t the organ OF
a class of men calling themselves Green
hackers, was mistake, not conducive TO
his own welfare, to the good Of the people
of the County of ArooStook, of the State
of Maine or OF the country ut large. our
inexperience i'm political affairs, the clamor
of class of men whom we have become
convinced sought their own rather than
their country's good, must be our excuse.
In confessing mistake honestly made, ana
sincerely carried out for some months, we
think we have the right To an apology oiten
claimed by older men than oursell, that
doing so only proves ''we are wiser today
than we were yesterday"
year has convinced us that the loud
complaints of the last few years OF the mis-
doingS OF the Republican party have no
valid foundation That the statements
made in the canvass Of last year, that the
Government and people were on the high
road To bankruptcy and ruin were false.
The statement 10y the Grcenhack candidate
for Congress last year in his canvass IN this
county that the talk about resumption and
return 10 specie payments IN January, 1879,
WAS Il prctenSc, a fraud "a cheat. 4 sWindlc
upon the people has been proved by actual
and successful resumption 10 be an error.
either of the candidates Judgment or Sin-
ccrity: i'm either case uniting him for the
high station - which he a>pired. Events
have proved the theory prominently PUT
forth by Grcrnpack speakers aud writers
last year that the Government WAS carry
mg an immense debt which could never be-
paid except hy an almost unlimited issue
OF grc,uhacA>. practically lrrcdccmapir
unless perhaps in the remote future. was
The creation of dcmlgoglsm and ignorance.
The successful return of the country 10
the currency of the constitution and 10
commercial prosperity without Jar IN the
monetary affairs of the nation. the refund
mg of large portion of the national in
dcbte,ucss at an immense reduction of in
tcreSt. and the general revival of business
i'm all the business centres OF the Union,
the demand for labor everywhere az remu-
lucrative prices prove that the men who
made all the woful predictions of last year
manhood. We have become satisfied that
large portion of the men who are the
leaders in the Grccnback party are persons
who were years ago weighed in the balance
by the people and found wanting IN the
element, OF character which render them
safe and reliable political leaders. We
have become convinced that the Grcenback
movement Of last year filed up the Legs
t,tf ~.
without political experience, saSlcity or
wisdom, and for the first time IN the his
tory of Maine. we had a Legislature emil
ncut Tor nothing except turbulence and IN
subordination 10 the timc-honorcd rules oil
dcliberativc bodies. Protesting 10 be re-
former, and the representatives Of re
FORMERS" they r.formod nothing, nor len
ANYTHING better than they found H.
Whilst reducing 20 some extent The sal
aries of officials. a measure demanded 10y
all parties 10 make them correspond 10 the
changed value of our currency by the re-
sumption OF specie payment, they refused
% reduce their own pay, until compelled
To do 50 by GOV. Garcelon. Pretending 4
special horror at political cliqueS aud
rings" no political party in the country
was ever 50 completely In the hands or
leaders or did the bidding Of few men 80
implicitly Is do the Grccnback party. 50
true and obviously true Is this, that the
State Convention Of the party i accused
of being the scryie slaves of a ring by
many Of It's own members, and that too
before the party j. one year old. In view
OF these facts and many others which may
be named we have decided 10 dissolve the
connection Of the SHHrise with the Green
back party our candidate for Governor
this year is Hos. DANIEL F. DAVIS, and
our candidates for Senators, Representa-
lives and County officers will be the resu-
lar nominees Of the Republican party. The
Sunrise during the campaign will be edited
by the the former editor and publisher. who
will give 20 its columns no uncertain sound
in favor of the Republican measures and
principles which for near quarter Of
century have guided the dc,tinicN of this
State and Nation.