New-York tribune., 1879-09-01
MAINE TO BE REDEEMED.

r,vox 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT rRrpuSE.l
poErrAxp. Aug. 3O.-In closing this series OF let
tars on The blaine DO not desire to reverse
,he Judgment expressed several days ago, that
Davis will have clear majority over both Smith
snd Garcelon Further travel and observation ex-
tending into sections of the State where the Green
hack movement was strongest last year, have
only confirmed that couclnsion. Everywhere
have heard OF Republicans who were swept away
tr1 1875 by the soft-money wave and who have now
re,urnsd 70 their old moorings nowhere havo
learned Of any Republicans desesting this year. II
the present Greenback canvass has made any fresh
inroa1s on toe Republican vote, II is in remote and
soarsely settled towns. the borders Of the north
arm wilderness. which the Republicans have not
worked as thoroughly as the well-setted portions
NJ the state Scion Chase's expectations Of an in
creased CIR, EN- back vote baeed the fact that
he has been poughins ground which hehad pottime
TO break up last year, TO use bis own
expression. But Unless it be IN the ex-
trsme frontier region Of which have
spoken there IA no portion of this ground which
tie Republicans We not gone over very thor
ourhy after solon finished his ploughing, 70 exteT-
inmate the seeds OF his financial heresiee. They
have held at least TWO meetings TO the Green
backcrs' one. and in some towns three or forr
Usually they opened the ball. then the Green
hackers followed with rally. which was closely
"a
showing up the fallacies and iaisehoods presented
by the imitation orators. Where the Greenbackers
have held second meeting. the Republicans have
responded with third. During the coming week
which closes the campaign. every city and impOr-
tant village will have or two Republican
gatherings.
II Is impossible to believe that four weeks OF such
jealous and thorough discussion of the money CUES
ton. supplemented by lavish distribution Of news
bal
effect In opening he eyes of who were deceived
last wear By the sophlstres of the Greenback
lytes In every other state an earnest presentation
of the truths Of National finance has invariably
checked the spread of the imitation and reputation
disease and resulted In triumph for the party Of
honest money. This the result in Ohio IN so
and again In 1873. Mich gan last Fall and again
last Spring. and in orhor Western States
during the past five years. Why, then. should not
the same eff rt produce the same resnit in Maine
No one will say that Maine Is behind the West IN
intelligence The Greenback fever bad its phe-
nomenai run in this State last year because the
Republcans had been trcmend 'usly stalwart IN
times past and had made their fights almost exclu-
sively on the Southern question. While she Repub-
hcaus in tao West were educating the people on
rlatcrs Of finance the party leaders In Maine were
firing away at the South. as though there were no
other questions in politics. They realized their
mistake last year when every rank heresy concern
ing the currency and the bonds which had
been got under and nearly eXterminated
IN other states long before, sprang up
and Honrished m this cold northern soil like rank
weeds In TIE tropics. If they have made any mis-
take this year n has been in the other direction
IL not giving prominence enough TO the new South.
er- issues OF Notification, state Rights and the
suppression Of the negro vote. They have been 50
desrous Of combating the soft money delusion
that they have not always seen that one Of the
most effective means for it's overthrow IS 10 show
the people tie grave dangers 70 all tie results of the
war with which the country is menaced by the
solid south.
The only new feature in the canvass which the
past few days have developed is the appearance Of
Governor GaIcelOn for a regular stumping tour
Evidently the Democratic managers feel the heceS-
sity Of convincing the hard-mOney element among
their followers that there is such thing LETT as
Democratic party In Maine. and that II has not boon
wholly swallowed up by the Greenback movement
For this purpose they send Garcelon around during
the last ten days of the campaign. Ho does not in
spire the least enthusiasm He position a stalk
ing-horse for the unprincpl,d fusion ls painfully
rrotesane and he is despised by all Intelligent
Democrats Had he the manLBess 10 denounce the
coalition and defend the hsTd-mOney ideas which
the Maine Democracy has always advocated until
this year he would win the admiration which men
of all parties feel for courage and hdehty,
and would at the time preserve
his own party from being crippled and
demorazed by an IncOngruOus anu corrupt alliance
Yet he is a dull sort OF man who thinks OF moth
ing but himself IN polite and probably does not
see tar enough ahead of his nose TO perceive the
rome with which L. +. Pisbury is leading him. In
h. speeches he talks mainly Of State stfsirs and
constructs as he imagines, an argument against
fhe Republican party by comparing taxation and
State expenses before the war with those Of the
last years Of Republican rule. The force of this ar
gument IS broken by the Republicans when they
show that the Greenback State Government
this year did not reduce taxation one cent,
and increased the State expenses $4,000. Car
celOn's only reference TO National Issues Is
On attack upon the National banks lie
tells his audiences that II the banks arc suppressed
the people Will save the interest or 81 3go OOOOVO
or four times the total capital OF Inc oanAY Ii
face Of the fact that the banks earned last war an
average of only per cent on their capltal, ne
bas the efrOntery declare that they are drawing
Interest four dollars for every d9Aar they own.
THIS be asserts wherever be goes. Lls lnnuence IL
The canvas, rnsy be guessed by the rBct that hls
meeting IN Portland last ednesday evening, WHICH
numbered about 900 people at tue Deginhtng'
lwindled down to less than hundred by the time
be had finished his speech. ,,
In writing Of the Republican canvass . 5hOqid
have spoken before now of the la0ors 0i hsnhiD2i
Hsmim 1his venerable kepuollcen leader cete-
brated his seyenteth birthday on wednesday by
ter lie Is the stump constantly, mainly ia his
own County OF Penobscot, where the Ofeehoa'k
movement was stronger last year than IN any Other
county. | nave not been so fortunate as 70 near
speech. lie refers frequently To his ai'-
proachng retirement frOm public life at the