Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-07
STILL THEY COME.
A PRoxINEsT MAsuFAcruRER RETURNS
TO rHR REPpBLIcAs PARTY. HIS
RxAsosH roR LEAvzNq THE Fusion

L
ing firm of A. c. Denison & Co., who
voted the Greenback ticket last fall, has
returned to the Republican party, and
gives his reasons in Che following letter
Hon. Nelson Disgley, jr.:
| Dear Sir.-Haying voted the Green
back ticket last fall conscientiously. when
almost every manufacturing industry in
the entire country was Frustrated, and
when it seemed almost an impossibility
that resumption could remain a fixed
fact, with labor respondent and seeking
employment, but seldom finding it, felt
justified in making an attempt by my
vote to change, if possible, the method.
of administration of the country, believ-
ing almost any change could be no worse
and might be for the better.
Having no time to enter into any argn-
ment TO justify my former position, and
knowing that you can appreciate the sit
uation which many better and ADLER
man than myself occupied last fall,
want, just in q very brief way, to say
that after very mature deliberation and
careful study, have determined to vote
the entire straight Republican ticket
again this fall, Providence permitting
and will give herein only four reasons.
First, a vote for Plaisted is a vote fol-
Hancock, as no man of any degree Of
information upon the political prospect,
for this fall election expects the Green.
back party to carry single electoral vote
outside of Maine; and for the sake Of
this combination between the element,
of Democracy and Greenbackers, by
which is to be given three Of Maine
electoral votes to the Democratic party
and four to the Greenback party, the
Democracy Of the country would sacrifice
every State officer from Governor down
to Sheriff, and we'll they might, for the
three electoral votes given them by the
Greenback party might be just the num-
Der wanted to elect Hancock and English
What do the leading men of the Dem.
ocratic party care for the Greenbackers OF
the country. only to use them to pull the
chestnuts out of the fire, What do such
men as Belmont and Tilden, the hardes,
kind of hard money men, care for the
positions Of honor and trust in the State
of Ma le, pro, 'ded they can see three OF
Names electoral votes cast fer HsIcock
and English, Not rush, and can dny
Greenbdcker be so blind as not TO see it
If he fuses with Democracy this fall and
he must anyway il he votes outside OF
the Republican ticket, it will not be
because he cannot see plainly the intent,
but because he dislikes TO come out in q
fair and candid way and acknowledge the
true situation. Now | know how men
feel and | can appreciate their feelings
but certainly feel that it is more manly
to make a frank acknowledgement Of
ones honest convictions than to cover
them up by spirit Of pride Secondly,
New England is manufacturing com.
munity, the Republican PARTY IS pro-
teciivo party. do you believe in free
trade, do you, as laboring men. want to
compete with the labor of the Old World
DO you want to see the cotton manufac-
turing industry OF your country IyQs.
trated and :..GgElR;, "a competing with
India upon labor basis Of one dollar
and fifty cents per week for an able bodied
man: II so vote the Fusion ticket this
f.l. - -...cn only means vote for Han
cock
This il NJ ch,meIa or foolish fancy.
They are fixed certainties for the future
of this country. II our ports are to be
opened to the manufacturing products OF
the world. with steamers plying from
port to port with freights comparatively
nominal, tabor must bear the brunt OF
this burden; and appeal to you, every
laboring man in this country, to look to
this. ponder over it. and when you cast
your vote. be sure you don't vote qgains,
your own interests. And don't forget
that labor and capital are twin children.
and wait is for the benefit of one must
help the other. Thirdly don't believe
in fusion anyhow, and Uncle Scion has
been right in fighting against it. but he
has been defeated and the Greenback
party nailed to'the cross. When Weaver,
De La Matyr and Randall say an honest
count and fair ballot in the South is an
impossibility, and bulldozing is rampant,
when Greenback speakers are not allowed
the right which every American citizen
demands, and should have. viz, the right
of free speech, untrammeled and unmo-
Tested, we believe it is, to say the least,
safe to keep the Republican party in
power a while longer, and to insist that
they see to it that the principles Of the
party, the principles Cor which men of
this generation fought and died shall be
maintained and respected by every citizen
of this broad domain, if it takes an army
to do it.
Again, if the Greenback party has not
principle enough to stand upon and fight
it out on that line without forming an
alliance with the Democratic party, can
it ever be healthy: and. honestly, ought
it not to die.
Fourthly, l cannot, no! time and again
no as | look my children in the face and
let my Imagination play with the future,
take upon myself the responsibility to
give encouragement in any way to q set
of men who, as I noW am compelled to
to believe did deliberately and premedi-
tatively attempt to steal State, regard
less of all precedents, one of the most