Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-03
The War-NVhoop at Belgrade.

For several days past notices have been
posted throughout this town that free lee
ture would be given at Belgrade Depot. Sat
urday evening. on hard times, their causes
and the cure, by Dr. b. +. Lancaster and
others. An unsophisticatcd youth, after
reading the notice, inquired if this DIR. Lam
caster had been great business man to quail
ifv him to handle such Il subject, he. in his
artless simplicity not knowing that according
to this modern greenhack school that the less
person knows about finance, and has never
had capacity enough to successfully manage
any kind of business was the one best quail
fed To be a greenback orator.
The evening arrived. and with it the Dr.,
accompanied by DIR. Croker Lancaster was
the first speaker, and opened with II dolcful
account of the times in which we live; how
business was paralyzed in every department.,
want and starvation were staring us in the
face on every hand; that three millions of
American citizens were tramping about the
country, begging for their daily bread; peo-
pie were out of employment and no work.
And this was said to persons who had been
hard at work all the week. and who had
found it impossible to obtain what help they
wanted to do their planting and sowing, and
could only get it by engaging for a number OF
days beforehand. and one half of the farmer,
in this section have not yet finished their
spring work on account OF the scarcity OF
help. The drift of the DIR. 5 argument boiled
down was this the saints should inherit the
earth; IRE are the saints. About one-half OF
his time was taken up in attempting to prove
that the bonds of the government were to be
paid in greenbacks instead of coin; that the
people-the tarmers-were terribly oppressed
by taxes to pay the interest on the national
debt. The only remedy that he proposed for
the cure of hard times, was to vote the green
back ticket and put them into office. lie
predicted that Joe Smith would be nominated
for Governor by their convention this
week. indicating that the leaders had cut and
dried everything; he was Il man that could
not be bought as the republicans tried to last
winter; if any one doubts it. let him 90 over
to Oldtown, and he, (Smith), will show the
documentary evidence of the attempt to make
him bow the knee to the golden shrine.
DIR. Croker next took the floor, and as
sured the audience that he should indulge in
no war whoop, As he was hoarse by reason OF
speaking every evening, the excessive hea,
COG in the shade, and the abundance OF
mosquitoes. He had got to be about as IA
nous on account of his war whoop, as Scion
Kennebec journal and other papers did no,
cease their warfare on him in this direction
it might be the means of sending him tC
Congress. He exhibited government bond
which he held up to his audience to show
them that it was mortgage upon their prop
erty running 30 years, and that they were
ground to the dust with taxes to pay the little
coupons attached thereto The legislation OF
this country financially was all dictated by that
crook-nosed Jew. the Rothschid, to whom h,
paid his special attention, in connection with
his American agent Belmont. The DIR. was
somewhat severe upon his old democratic
friends; said that they had become venal and
corrupt like other parties, and that those who
now voted the democratic ticket, supposed
that they were still voting for Gen. Jackson
The DIR. was quite tame in his performance
but said that he should like to talk to then
for Il month and then he could not tell then
all he knew about finance.