The Portland daily press., 1879-08-20

tabled gold of the Old World as ballast on their
return voyages.
And in the midst of all this the hoarse voices
of the John Hooks of this day are heard crying
Greenbacks! Greenbaeks initiation! nat!
cheap money!
1t is said you have an ex-reverened gentle
man here demanding $1,000,0OO,0Oo more
greenbacks to dig certain channels IN the
ground to float the commerce of the W vest
He comes from beyond my home toward the
setting sun, and claims that be had divine
inspiration to come to Maine and talk TINS
way. When man who resides any where IN
the region of the Wabash river feels an lnsplf-
alton like that he would better take the opin-
ion of a skilled physician and ascertain II what
he magines to be divine inspiration may not
GENE of Wabash Shakes.
But the greater question involved here IS !. not
finance. The greater question is, Shali .nls
nation in 1881 be turned over to the ola ulire-
generate party of the solid South? Shall that
party bv fraud. intimidation, and violence sue
coed to the complete control of all departments
of the Government? Shall the Confederate
Brigaders, through the caucus of the Demo
cratic party, have control of all branches Oh tne
national Government, and proceed to eliminate
from the statute books, as Blackburn OF Aen-
lucky. speaking by authority in the recent SEES
sion said, every vestige of the legislation when
grew out of war and reconstruction. Inc
Greenback party of Maine, if it accompllsheS
ANYTHING will simply achieve the weakening OF
1880. That this is the understanding OF some
regular acknowledgements is shown by the
following cut from the Eastern Argus:
WITHDRAWAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET
OF rENoBscoT COUNTY
The Bangor Commercial, in its issue of the 18th
inst publishes the following letter:
To the Chairman Of the Democratic County Commit
tee of Pen06ScOt County:
We the undersigned candidates placed in nomi-
nation by the Democratic Convention held at the
Court House in Bangor, on the 31st of July having
given the matter the most careful consideration III
all it's bearings, and consulted with as many as pos
sible of our party friends upon the subject with due
respect to the convention by which we were placed
in nomination. and by no means intending to lmpugn
the wisdom proprety of its action, yet IN defer-
ence to what appears to be the more generally ex-
pressed sentiment among the friends with whom we
have counseled, hereby withdraw our names as can
ddates before the people, and trust that our acton
in doing may be for the ultimate good OF the OLD
Democratic party, to which alone the country can
look for relief from Republican rule in the great
contest of 1880.
JAMES ToBIN,
i. M. MAYO
JADEZ KNowLToN,
Senators.
LEMUEL NASH,
Treasurer.
They trust that their action will be for the
ultimate good of the old Democratic party"
Yes when the Greenbackers Of Maine have
been beguiled by the Syren-song OF paper mon
ev, they VIII Wihe up " Alu ol'.o ono Iiai Po'
scended and eaten up the feast OF loyalty and
good government .heif Naior anu p"'iio'ishi
mad prepared:
When the oreenpackers nave nave zone ali this
when they nave deIeated the hepupncahs Oh
Maine and broken down one OIL the pillars Oh
strength in the solid North upon which we
must rely in 1880, and the National Democrat.
ic Convention is called, and the great party of
bad deeds goes up 10 lnauSurate Ille campaign
OF next year, the rocK-flDDed democrats Oh
Name Will go ana represent t I'M state IN the
convention Oh JeH DAVIS, Thurman, Dayaru
and Tllden, and when 1t IS TOO late your SIDE
show VIII be closed by order Oh your masters
ana your parry VIII SIN ileo .sie aIei.uuo "
ward tle politic q oi s.lie uay VI pu'riu re-
mlllscence, -thiS, anu noenlhS lnore'
Ii you succeed you VIII pfliS 1hto power inc
Democratic party with It's hatred OF the amend
mentS, It's open thfeats 10 destroy tnem py I'M
friendly Legislation, lts hatrea OIL the Ola nag,
Its devoton TO the lost cause us greco 1or once
and money, It's enormous even laDulous, claims
against the National treasury, lts schemes 1of
improving Its rivers and sWamps by money
to be drawn from the tax-paylng North, ana us
general incapaclty 1or good government, and
Its very peculiar adaptatlon 70 PAD.
certainty TO 40 tlls tlle soiiu oouth liiusIh nave
Northern Democrats IN congress. IL always
has had super-serylceaDle TOOLS ready TO 40 It's
bidding. And When the tlme comes that thls
country must be yielded 10 the Democratic par
ty it is to be hoped that the leaders OF the
southern wing may De stronS enough 70 con
troll. Let us be SUBJECT 10 the master fathef
than the man.
we nave nad d loretasle Oh Democratic gov
eminent. Inc recent and present congresses
exhlplt What can pe cone III a green tree' ana
!maglnatlon 1alls 10 iofeteli "hat may DE done
III Ihe ary. .,..
buG iof tne Feto Oh lhe reSiuent' tiie SAFE
guard that Washlnston found TO protect tn Ihe
paliot poX would nave peeh sweep away. Inc
resistance OF the Garnelds ana the Fryes, the
hle1ers ana tnelr conlreres ol tne I1oe a gnu
OF your own sll y, ana grand SENATOR
anu Oh Euliuus anu 1nGi 4I
OF the senate were unsuccessful 10 cneck tne
ruthless hofde that swept down upon tne Time
honored statutes Oh the country. ana we are
ssVea rom ti!e % aon 'ill iapo
OF lalf electlons IN looo ny tile slngle Veto o
G,use u 1n6 ailu So ~ .,aao
hutheEofd D; hayes Iiau liie wlsuoIi, eiie pau,
flotlsm ana the 1nteIllgeiit courage 10 staIio
upon the rock OF the Constitutlon ana hufl the
tnuiderool.s ol us vetoes tuli III 'iie ieoo VI
lhe advancing columns ol t1ie eneliles VI iits
parry gnu VI lio 'iu w 'ioii' "''oA
Men OIL Maine, ~ Is among Inc sooa
deeds Oh inns PROUD parry on outs ana'
(and say IL WIFI o9e anu respee'lui eolil
sideratlon 1of some allIerehces oi op.n.o:nl
1t has gwen 10 the country an aulilllis.ra,l on
OF the Executive department. not SURPASSED py
any OF its predecessors Tor lofty PATRIOTISM, stern
ana unyielalng adnerence 10 autS' untai'e 1s
deyotlon TO the Dest Sood OF l.s party, cleai,
and whlte IN al us adn1ihlstIallon aces anu anu
brave and unhlnchlng "nen the houf ol peril
came;
Fellow citizens, 1 nave DuI lmpereeclly gone
over tins vast neI9 put VIII Close now s; Ine
time had 1ntehdeu 70 OCCUPY mas lons since
piled by your presence, and your close and
earnest allention. caiile " your o.ase LII "a
P mo. ON ev We hand consulted if ought not
to bring rations upon which to subsist while
here, SO startling had been the Demoerate