Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-02-03

inc him TO come home and vote. for thsre
was plenty Of money to pay him for his
trouble. then some one forged his name,
as such letter was read by Republic
can speaker, Saturday night before cleo
ton. If he did not grasp the arm OF a
well known citizen of his town, as he
was about to deposit ballot, and ask as
a personal favor that the fusion Repre-
sentative be substituted for the Repubh-
can on that ballot, then "all men are
liars" Yet DIR. Bradbury cries about
fraud, When the great investigating
committee from the debating club have
examined the election in that district
if they do examine it--they viii find 1t
turns out ike the Potter Investigations,
which caught more Democrats than Re-
publicans.
Then he cites the case of Seitz, and
saws that man was driven from his pulpit
for expressing his opinions. This Is an
other falsehood. Mr.. Seitz was excused
from serving as pastor in the Paris and
Norway parishes because of his hypocrisy
and infdelity. Last June, as We went
TO the State Republican Convention at
Bangor. the leading men of Norway,
vouched for Mr.. Seitz as a Republican,
and declared that he was candidate as
a delegate 10 this convention. he led
the people to believe that he was sound
Republican, and then deceived them. lie
preached hard money sermon at Nor
way, and repeated il at Paris, denouncing
the tendencies of GreenbackiSm and COM
mu=ism; but before September election
he was giving these elements every aid
and comfort in his power. Those who
have read his paper, need no further
explanation in regard to his nhdehty.
The following extract from his Sunday
School talk published in the Ne,c Rehg-
ion. Jan. s., will show that he is not a
Christian teacher. and should not profess
10 be such;
We have I'm this lesson Matt IL 1928
something more OF the legends connected
with the childhood of Jesus. They form
together a kind OF pastoral like the book
OF Ruth and the account OF the childhood
OF samuel and OF Sampson. IL Is doubt
ful If any part of 1t was thought OF before
his death. and only after his Tame as q
teacher began to move the world were
these legends invented and adapted 10 the
real historical events OF his time. And
this adaptation is plainly the work OF the
poet and not of the careful historian
Perhaps in one sense of the word, he
,cas driven from his pulpit "for express
inc his opinions. If his opinions were
such that they allowed him to be hyp-
ocri,e in politics and an inhdel in relig-
ION. they were such as to warrant his
expulsion. lie might have been Green
hacker to the end OF time, and he nigh,
have advocated his pc; doctrine til dooms-
day, and he would not have been relieved.
Blu, when he began to play double hand
people saw be was disqualified from per-
forming pastoral duties
The Gospel Banner pays It's eomph-
men,s TO the Rev. Mr.. Wales Of Bidde-
fond. and proves tina, he too, like his
prosecuted brother in Norway, was a
German Rationalis, and in no sense a
Universalist. When these cases Of per
secution are sifted out, we shall find that
these are but sample cases, and that the
martyrs suffered from other causes than
the simple expression Of political opinions.