Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-09

COUNCILLOR FoGG COMPARES THE ST.
PREME COURT TO SEVEN JAcKAssEs. -
THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL ABOVE
ALL LAws.-A COMPARISON OF FIGHT
ING FoRcEs.--THREATESED INTRODUCE
TON OF "TEN THOUSAND WILD IRISH
MEN" TO FoRcrBLY OvERTURN TUE
Result OF OUR ELECTION.
The last issue of the Greenbdck- LABOR
Chronicle, owned and edited by Mr.. +.
NJ. Fogg, a member Of Governor Garoe-
Ions Council. contains lengthy article
on the situation at Augusta, from which
we cut the following;
Perhaps Mcssrs. Baker & Baker are not
aware however, that If the Judges of the
supreme Court had issued a mludlmuS
against the Governor and Council. THAT
BODY WOULD HAVE TAKEN so
MORE NOTICE OF IT THAN \ MAN
DAMUS ISSUED By SEVEN JACK
ASSES IN AUSTRALIA The Supreme
Cour, Is a very august body but 10 has no
more power over the Governor than the
ghost of solomon. The Supreme Court
headed hy Baker & Baker and backed by
Blaine might send Il posse OF consiablc~ 10
arrest the Governor aud Council. Then
The Governor might call out the militia,
put Augusta. ana The state for that matter,
under martial law. arrest every constable,
aud On" Judges too, and this would be- the
end of their mandamus The Governor
could enlist every man who voted against
Corporal Davis, the hero of the Madigua
precedent, and half the men who voted for
him, for that number were bulldOzcd or
brihcd into il or they never would have
committed SO foolish au act, armed AMI
equipped these men, and II necessary
called upon the general Government for
additional aid Then If the 50, 600 BULLDOG
ers had wanted TO rattle their overloaded
bowels and gorgcd csrcasSc> over the
frozen ground and through the deep SHOWS
OF the coming winter. they could expert
rucc all the fun there Is In winter cam
palgn in Maine.
Ii must be remembered that 4 large part
OF the yeomanry OF this state are green
hackers and the hard listed citizens and
mechanics in our cities are nearly all dem
ocrats Then. when our friend Hamlln
sayS he won't stand IL, what will he do!
marshall the political Office holders, buns,
poSt-masters and the grave yards, for
getting that the Governor is backed by the
farmers, operatives, train managers. loco
motive iremen, gravel train workers, me
chancs and ten thousand wild lrishIncn,
already mad OF account OF Ireland opprcs-
sion, who nght As pastime-all democrats
and greenbsckers.
For these revolutionary sentiments L
member Of our State government is re-
sponIble. /, is useless 10 sheer at Mr..
Fogg and 4, his sentiments He IS a
prominent member Of the coalition party
OF he would not have been placed in the
responsible position which be occupies.
His views cannot be blown aside with
breath, for the thousands who take his
paper, prove by supporting 1t, that they
endorse is sentiments.
The late election aud this controversy
resulting therctrum. have shown ihlt
there is q surprisingly large communists
element IN the State II undertakes 10
sci: itself above law, dciies tax SuFrmc
Court. and threatens armed revolution,
aided by merccnary troops imported from
II land. The Republicans OF Maine viii
no. pat mp with any such nonsense. eyea
10 t..k, and i. certain Ioo>c-tougucd or-
:oF- and statesmen continue 20 ttis-...
revolution, obey Will, some due day, dis
cover ,uat they are attacked by ca..n..
difficulty with the breathing apparatus.