Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-02-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

1T may be that Whitaker cut his own
ears Off; but It Is eminently certain that
Gen. Schofield cut his own nose off,
Bridgton Nelcs.
Maryland Is the only State which leads
Maine in the per capita amount OF munich
| pal Indebtedness, it being Sl03.9l in the
former State to SlO022 in Maine. Geor.
gia comes third with Ss3.l5. This Is an
unenviable distinction for Maine.
Those men who imagine that Senator
Blaine desires a cabinet position in order
10 punish those who insured his defeat at
Chicago, know very little OF the man.
Petty reseutments and jealousies find no
place in Mr.. Blaine's nature. - Boston
Journal.
The Democrats have controlled the
House of Representatives for three success
sive Congresses, aud after the two pre-
vious Ia the present one the President has
been compelled 10 call extra sessions.
From present appearances the same course
of events is likely to be repeated with this
Congress.
Judge Tourgee shows by the census
tables for 1870, that the number OF car
pet -baggers" who went South after the
war was only about 10000, and that the
Republican party in the Southern States
must have been largely composed Of whites
of Southern birth, known in local parlance
a ''scalawags."
MIR. FRYE, of Maine. has the singular
felicity, As public man, u he wanted in
both branches of Congress. His speech at
the recent night session. calling members
10 some sort OF sense of The duties they
are sent to Washington to perform, has
the true ring, and should be circulated all
over the country.-Bosi0n Transcript.
Thomas Ewing who for ten years, In
Congress and on the stump, has been try
ing TO convince the country that Wall
street spectators were "the bloodsuckers
OF the nation. has became a "bloodsucker'
himself and although still member OF
Congress, he has left his seat and spends
his entire time buying aud selling stocks
ia New York.
The Democratic newspapers boldly dc
MED the existence OF that rebel nag in
Chester, Penn, during the last campaign,
and had much 10 say about campaign lies.
But the Philadelphia editor who published
the story and was sued for libel based his
defence on the facts and has just obtained
triumphant verdict, the prosecutor pay
ing all the costs.
Montgomery Blair says in recent lei
ter To i Missouri friend Lee told my
father In the room in which | write this
note when my father AZ Lincoln's request
offered him the command OF our Army,
that he was utterly opposed 10 secession
regarded il a. anarchy-and said II he
owned every slave In the country he would
freely surrender them rather than see the
Union dissolved. aud yet took mp arms for
the cause he himself had pronounced illcg-
al aud ruiuous because his relatives aud
friends were involved In u.
Thirty years ago Fernando Wood re-
tired from business with an ample fortune,
and turned his attention 20 politics. lie
was born OF Quaker parcntage in Philadel-
phia. June ~, Isle. His father removed
70 New York in l>2O, and in 1881 Fernando
commenced business a. u shipping mer-
chant. lie represented city district In
Congress I'm lSil-i9, In 1855, 1856 and
lS5- he was mayor OF New York, and again
in lS6l aud !>62 In 1868 he was returned
10 Congress, where he has served con,in-
ou>ly ever since, except one term In 1880
q. Ills whole term of service In Congress
amounts TO eighteen years, and he had
D, en- reelected for two years longer. lie
died sunday in his 69th year.
The r.cklessness with which negro
life i taken at the South has received so
brutal an Illustration In Georgia that the
papers OF the State raise an indignant
protest. -Four colorcd men were re-
Gently taking load of cotton 10 mar
ket in Pulaski county and one OF them
Knocked sentauCe uttered by white
mau who passed on horseback. The rider
avenged the awful insult with 4 gun Dor
rowcd At a neighboring house, killing lsh
am Nlckers, one of the colored quartet, and
seriously wouudins Joe Sanders. Not
wiihstandin. the murders were we'll known
nobody has been arrested. The Atlanta,
ia. Constitution Dem. admits the above
facts. and adds that mot even the strong
hand OF justice eau wipe out the; fact that
a negro can he assassinatcd with impunity
in any part OF The South"
A telegram from Paris announces that
the effort OF France 20 maintain In circula-
ton a large coinage OF silver five franc
pieces whose bullion value is % cents, has
come 10 grief, as every careful student OF
political economy expected il would. The
Bank OF France has been drained OF most
OF its gold, which has gone TO other coun-
tries. and now It's specie reserve is COM
posed so largely OF appreciated silver, that
il must soon pay only IN silver, which will
put France on silver basis, deprive her
entirely OF gold, and decrease the value OF
money unit Is per cent The statesmen OF
France are aghast at the prospect, because
Il silver basis with the gold driven out of
the country, means appreciated and in-
adequate currency, which will reduce any
nation 10 the Asiatic standard, and a
practical exclusion from the advantages OF
foreign traffic. The United States may
well take warning.