Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-01
A Word to All Who Have Their
Earnings in Savings Institu-

tons.
The savings institutions of our State hoid
deposits to the amount of more than twenty
millions of dollars. The depositors are tens
of thousands. Men, women and youth have
in them the hard earnings of years. Trust
funds. the mite of the widow and orphan are
placed in these banks for safety and security.
These vast sums are largely invested IN
United States. District of Columbia, State,
County, City and Town bonds, the value OF
which will be favorably or adversely affected
by the result of the coming elections. Let
us 90 little into detail The Augusta Saw
;nos Rank has more than three millions of
dollars invested in such securities. 1t has
fifty thousand dollars in National Bank
stock We, the depositors. own these securi-
ties. They were purchased by our agents
want to maintain their present high value.
Shall we vote so to d. or shall we vote to
invalidate them? 1t behooves US then to in
ouire and learn which of the two parties are
the IrleUGs Oh our stCul "h"
makes war upon them.
All the securities above named have large
" advanced in value since the resumption OF
specie payments The law that led to re-
sumption and the wise measures come cted
Herewith, were all instituted by the party
in power. The democratic party voted solid
against resumption, put every obstacle IN the
way even to the bringing in of a bill to re-
peal the act. Can we vote for them, with
out voting 10 invalidate our securities? To
vote against the republican party is to vote
against our friends. Can we vote for and
with party. that puts such man as Fogg
to the front as u representative man OF the
party? 4 man whom Hon. Joseph L. Smith
called a dangerous man, with nothing to lose
by revolution and anarchy? Who of us would
trust Fogg with any interest? Can we trust
a party when we cannot trust its representa-
tive men? TODAY men of this party are 60
ing about the State doing what they can to
destroy confidence, seeking to array class
against class, labor against capital, the poor
against the ricn. Van our interests, Can any
interest of people be safe in the hands of
such men? Are such men the friends of
order? Our interests are endangered from
other proposed acts of this party. Free
trade and free ships say this party. Acts that
will strike do, all our great industries. and
bring ruin and distress-all of which will be
fatal to our securities. Do we want change
like this? A change that will close our ship
yards, stop the building of factories machine
shops and foundries? And compel what we
now have to run on half time and at half
pay? Would such state of things as this
help our securities? We would not trust
any man or any set of men with the smallest
business affairs of ours, who were making
war on the very foundation principles on
which our business rested Our sense Of
right. our manhood our iptuitive sense of
fitness of things, all rebel against such a
course. Then why trust party. that is do
ing the same thing? Another danger threat
ems our interests if we vote to change. A
Solid South SAYS. pension our soldiers. pay
for our slaves. and the expenses we incurred
in trying to destroy you. Can we doubt for
moment. that Fogg, Ladd, Nurch and An
derson would vote these measures if Solid
South made the demand? In that event
what would our securities be worth? Can
we vote for change, without forfeiting all
claims to true manhood, in view of the
crip,o f,,Sf init ouo;pst md
free Institutions, by the party In whose hands
the control of our country will be, if we vote
a change? l mean the forged census re-
turns from the South. II we do so do we
not vote ourselves underlings and
slaves? This forgery means the control
of the government, and the debating
of its policy by the very men
who sought to ruin it. who will turn and over
turn to accomplish their purpose to-day; of
what value will our securities be in this re-
suit? Again'we are threatened and menaced
They say openly 1--WE will repeal all your war
measures. wipe them out" What do they
mean? The issuing Of the bonds in which
our money is invested was a war measure.
Are these to be wiped out? If so what be-
comes of our money invested in them?
Our National banks are an outgrowth of
the war. Will they wipe out the banks! If
so. what will our national bank stock be
WORTH The emancipation of the slaves was
wer measure. Is that to he wiped out and
race re enslaved? Do you desire this?
Then vote for a change. Do hear some one
say that Northern democrats will not allow
this: You who think so do not know them
They did not want the Kansas trouble. the
repeal of the Missouri compromise. or the
rebellion. But they DARE not resist; but with
a Northern democratic President they allowed
their masters to rob the treasury, to scatter
the navy. and to carry off our army, and rob
US Of all means of defence against rebellion
planned in Buchanan's cabinet Can we hope
for ANYTHING from such a party? Is not our
only hope in the party that holds the control
of our government to-day: If we vote
change, do we not vote to invite all the dam
gers above stated? Let us act wisely.
True DEMOCRAT.
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