Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-05-06
THE POLITICAL CRISIS.


The Pennsylvania Senate has adopted
a resolution indOrSing the veto message OF
President Hayes.
If anybody doubts the existence Of 4
Presidential backbone, let him ask a Dem
ocrat-N J. Tribune.
Senator Butler has introduced a hill
authorizing the Secretary of War TO furnish
the Marion Artillery of Charlestown with
battery OF four Napoleon guns. The
South is undoubtedly arming.
No republican appauds the veto mes
sage more fully than Secretary Evarts, who
predicts that il will mark the commence
ment of conservative party at the South
which will act in opposition TO the Demo
Gratis aud their Grecuback allies.
The Boston Transcript says that Gen
crul Logan's Coutemptuous treatment OF
the challenge sent by Congressman Lowe
viii do more for the Illinois senator in the
minds OF the best part OF the Northern
public than anything that has signallzed his
Senatorial career.
A Northern Democratic paper having
remarked that JEFF Davis could not be choS-
On 10 the United States Senate, the Corinth
Miss Record comes 10 the front To say
that lit would cost any member of the
Legislature MI, political life 20 vote against
jefferson Davis for the United States Sen
ate The Mississippi paper ought to know
about it,
The Cincinnati Commercial Is not COM
plmeutary 10 Voorhees,. II says Poor Mr..
VOORHEES, implorcd the people. in Il solemn
written speech To remember that their lib
critics were troddcu under foot. lie did not
refer 10 the di>irauchiscd people OF the
south He means that The right of >eccS-
sion. the pgrgui>itcS of fraud and uSuiruct
OF murder are not conceded To his party
without a row.
Il Syracuse correspondent of the y.
y. >ru ia looking over the political stu
alton SAYS Never since the outbreak OF
the war has the Republican party been more
united in New York or more determined
% win victory than 10 will De in the cam
pai.n of next fall " uo election within
The last eighteen years have they stood
more compaclly, shoulder 10 shoulder, than
they will now
The Democracy fought the Campaign
OF lSGs under revolutionary standard.
some of the speeches then delivered are
significant when viewed in the light or
recent events. For instance In speech
az Atlanta, Robert ToombS said i there
any man going % accept terms that de
grade him and his children forever: What
these people call reconstruction meas
urc>" are NUN and void, and not irrS.
~ -W resist 10 bl deDh This mt1S-
rrs ~ ief1ui'L iiis measure that c'h,pftS
ssr 20 nIuN ttf u,gro tp poIIetuiy ~
,f7iugl -Uh gour>rlrrs. II General Grant
wants pcacclrt hImj oiuthc Democratic par
q. / >ay. hv GOD. that ncithcrdcSp ou>m. nor
tyranny. nor injustice meets with peace IN
this world or the next. We want no
peace in chains.
Mr. Blaine seems to take most repre-
Lcu>.bic delight iu stirring up the Demo
cratic animals IN the Senate. In fact, he
enjoys t. more than his victims do. That
bout with Voorhees,, on Thursday. reminds
one of the story told boy "a wcil-known pro
fe~s1r He was taking hiS morning walk
over the hills when hc came upon farmer
who WAS tcazing with hoc-handle wood
chuck that had been caught by one leg in 4
>teel-trap. The farmer would punch the
Woodchuck with the stick, and then grin
with delight az it, frantic bites. Is the
professor came up, the farmer redoubled
his cNcrtiouS. saving with each thrust -
SO, uatUr. see natur," Yes" said the
professor. eat which end There was q
good deal of it at both ends in the senate
ou Thur>day.-N J. Tribune.