Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-09
The Political Campaign.

Judging from the platform adopted al the
Greenback Convention in Portland. it would
seem the campaign upon the part of that
party was to be conducted upon the princi
pie of bluff and deception. The reckless
statements put forth, about increase of the
bonded debt, shows one of two things, either
gross ignorance OF the real facts. or a down
right intention to deceive VIII deception
play the game it did last year? Will the
thousands of honest, well meaning men, who
; voted with the republican party from 1856 to
! to 1878, and who under the statements made to
? them last year voted the greenback ticket,
e now that they have discovered that the real
: motive of this new party is to bring about
a success for the old copperhead democracy,
, again vote that kind of n ticket? do not be-
I licve they will. The masses are looking in
to the matter of finance as they never have
before and the believers in honest money
need have no fears when the truth is known.
Last year it was ''fat money, and gold and
silver were denounced as relics of barbarism.
(See Hobson's speech in IIallowell in debate
with Gen. Hall, now this same new party at
Portland declared gold and silver TO be their
faith The one thing to be carefully ventilat-
ed il seems to me, is the question of the
management of the bonded debt since the war.
Facts are stubborn things. The Portland con-
vention say il was increasedtrom 81 100000
| 600 to 81 900 600, 900. The record of the
Treasury Department shows it will have been
| o. =
1865, to 81, 791 ,G43, 700 on August |, 1879,
when the reflmdng operations are completed;
and the annual interest account reduced from
Sl50,977 ,697. to ss3, 713.77s, making a reduc
ton inthe debt of $3.50, $50, 59i, and reduction
OF SCI, 203, 9l9 in the annual interest. Pre-
Stunning that the most reckless of theEI all
will not undertake to say that the treasury
department don't know how the matter
stands, the only conclusion that one can come
to is, that the convention knew that they
were misstating the case, or in palmer Eng
lish, they knew they were telling false
hood. But, says that champion of honesty
and reform, the President of the convention.
borrowing the form from Dennis kcarney.
1.-THE republican party must go, Blaine and
Hamlin must go, Reed, Frye, and Lindsey
must GO" &C., sc. For what: Simply to
give place TO the new party, made up of all
sorts of politicians and wild theories;
and to give place to whom? Statesmen.
great financiers, able men, wise men? No,
but to give place to Leo Miller, Moses Hull,
Col. Blood. Victoria Woodhul's husband for
time
For such a party, andsuch men, the old party
and its leaders "must GO Republicans will
never be deceived by suchdeclarations, or such
leaders. The whole move from its inception
has been fostered stimulated and supported
by leaders of the old democratic party, and
to-day many of them openly declare, Chose
who were formerly members of the demo-
cratic party,) that all the interest they have
in the new party is to help democracy or
which is equivalent, to break up the republic
can party, and that in the Presidential eec
ton of next year they intend to aid the NOM
| inee of the democratic party.
Republicans of Maine, carefully weigh
these matters You have had one wear in
which to observe. Have you not found what
we have herein stated to be true; that is, that
there has been vast amount of democratic
rejoicing over the greenback movement Are
you ready. directly and indirectly to help into
power that party which was anything but
true to the country during its darkest hours,
that party that smiled at defeat of the Union
| "a GoI cd h.,
victorious?
Are you ready now to Join hands with that
party and vote with the men by whose dsloyal-
ty many Maine soldier lost his lifet Orwill
you sustain the principles for which you voted
during the war, by not only voting the repub-
lican ticket, but by advocating its cause ev-
erywhcre, from now till the September cleo
ton is over? Parties are not made up of
moonshine or theory. They do not grow in
a day. Men ally themselves to political or
CARNATIONS from principle, and they are not
easily changed from one side to the other
Once more republicans Of Maine, judging
from what you have beheld going on during
the present extra session of Congress, do you
your back upon the old party, whose past
record is dear to you are you ready to bury
that record and help to place this country un-
der the rule of the democratic party? What
else can you hope to accomplish by joining
| any third party?
Read, examine, compare, reflect and act
for yourselves. Scan the action of all men
closely, be not deceived, don't harm your
selves. The time will come when this new
party move will be looked upon as the great
est humbug of the present generation.
| Resumption is a fixed fact business every
where is slowly reviving. Confidence is re-
turning, and of all things we most need rest
from these loose financial theories
June 9Th, 1879. REPUBLICAN,
NaShi EnvrncnnnInroo