Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-26
Letter from Z. @. Colby, Jr.
BucksroRr. June q. 1879.


Mr.. EDrroR:-As this communication 10
somewhat personal, your readers will ex-
cuse me, should the personal pronoun be
very prominent.
am accused of leaving the Dem ocratic
party. Who ever heard OF n Democrat
leaving the partyf Never WAS .uch thing
known. The party invariably leaves him.
A Democrat is like an Indian; u Il the
wig~am chat Is lost. Ask the Democratic
politicians nho engineered the Greenbsck
platform through at Portland. and placed
all the couuudrums at the bottom, II they
have lett the Democratic party. aud whcth-
er they WI admit 1t or no,f The party ID
leaving them. Leave the Democratic
party, Utterly impossible IN order to
leave, there must be some place Ia start
from. There Is no Democratic party
What WAS ieft after Grrenbsckism went
through 1t In rs. the last Congress has
Killed. IL has gone into hopeless bank
ruptey aud GreenbsckIsm IL administer
party Why. 1t committed political sui
eide syear ago. and the vultures OF a dis
honest currency are ieasiing on the corpse
sm lifelong Democrat; Invariably
voted the Democratic Enthusiastically
straight; always took 1t smiling there
fore. ought TO be something Of Judge
OF the true Ihwardoess OF a Democrat
History fails TO record a class OF men band
ed together for political purpose. who
could swallow harder substances, aud
more of them, TO further their political
ideas. than Democrats; vote earlier aud
(our opponents used to saw oi1cner; live
longer without Government pap; fight
harder over abstract questions; land some
OF my Republican friends have said drink
harder, (but | confess that I am no, en-
urely clear on that poin,;) swallow toe
most incongrnous platform. and csnd dates
Manageable, provided 1t contained one
plank OF that ume-honored principle. Hard
Money. And they were not SO particular
as the Greenbaekers at Portland: hmado
no difference to them whether IL was a, the
top or bottom. Some OF US took our plat
forms that side up. Knock that plank from
under him. Is It any wonder that 8 hard
money Democrat throws up the sponsc7
Republican Grcenbackcrs were very much
surprised Ia find their platform a. 1t cane
from the Committee. bottom side up. /,
should not surprise anybody. a. many
Democrats. who were Democrats out OF
pure cussedness, have gone into that par
" The common Democratic practice Of
late. b, To put the conundrums all al the
bottom. Read the call Of the COMMITTEES
for Democratic Convention At Bangor.
which they say il for the purpose of Keep
Ing az the orsariyst'pn n7til 1850. so a. -
share 10 the pluadcr. Thi, va. iold u,r
conhdenusliy hope your reader, VIII
re-pec. 1t. That call has eleven articles Of
faith CouunJrum Is number nine. quite
well down; but that !. only the call WAX
until the RocklAnd oPiAioa's scslng circle
meets il will then and il proper place.
There are but $50 sides TO thi. question.
one - right. and the other wrong. there
Is no half way place. II there u .uch a
place a. political pursa,ory. the Demo
cratic leader. have found IL. Know not
what course other hard moaey Democrats
may take. but a. tor me / shall poiut a.
directly toward that principle a. The needle
points to the pole. T.. G. CoLnY. Jg.