Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-28
Let Republicans and Hard Money
Democrats Act Together.

The recent town and city elections
throughout the State presented many in
stances in which hard money demo-
Gratis honestly and squarely united with
republicans against the greenback- dem
ocratic combination. Among the rank
and file of the democratic party there
yet exists strong attachment to the
former sound money doctrines of
their party, which the leaders found a
great deal of difficulty in suppressing in
the campaign last year, and which is more
and more asserting its independence as
disgust with greenbackism increases. In
every town there are democrats who feel
that the alliance of their party with the
greenbackers in any way shape or man
ner, whether it includes the general ticket
or but part, is shameful abandonment
and sale of long cherished principles.
Year after year, from the foundation of the
government, whenever the question of the
currency was raised, the democratic party
stood up and declared itself opposed to an
incopyertible paper currency and de-
manded a currency based upon and
convertible into coin. Since the war
for the suppression of the rebellion closed.
IT has repeatedly announced in its platforms
unwavering adherence to the honest money
doctrines of the fathers of the democratic
party. Shall democrats now turn their
backs upon the principles they have so
SO long, boldly, and recently declared
themselves in favor of, and join hands with
party opposed to those principles and
doing all it can to trample them under
foot and sink the country under flood of
worthless paper promises?
Many democrats yielded last year
against their better judgment to the APP
peals of corrupt leaders and acted with
the coalition or RETAINED from opposing
it. But the more they see and know of the
greenback party the less they are satisfied
with it, and the more they feel it to be
their duty as citizens who desire the honor
and welfare of their country, and as life
long supporters of sound money princi-
pies, to make earnest, determined, indy
ing opposition to the greenback party.
such men made themselves felt in the
town elections. They worked shoulder to
shoulder with republicans in many towns
in defence of the doctrine of honest money
They will make themselves far more
strongly felt in the fall election. if the,
but ardently throw themselves into tn,
contest, and assert their manhood and in
dependence as men should who have beer
basely betrayed by leaders in league witt
the greenback party.
There is nothing to bind honest demo
Gratis to their party now. In Congress
is under the control OF men who Tough
the government at the cannon's moutl
four years in order to destroy it, who ar,
leading it perfect devils dance in the ex
ira session. Its platforms in regard {.
the currency are disregarded and the wors
of imitation heresies are Haunted in tn,
faces OF democrats as the principles O
their party. There is nothing in its cours
which its sincere members can respect
1t has been traded out to specializing dem
agogues. 1t is the property of politica
mountebanks. Its cry of reform is a gi
gantie fraud when compared with its acts
as everybody now understands.
The nomination Of Garcelon will be
sham. A democrat might as well vote 70
Smith as b vote for him. There will b,
but one honest money candidate for Gov