The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-07-06

| If YOU ask an old Democrat why he i found
in company with Grcenbacktrs. whose princ-
| pies are widely at Variance with Democratic
doctrines. he will say. "Oh. anything to beat the
Republicans If you ask the Grccnbacher
why k is supporting Democrats for office whom
he mad heretofore bitterly denounced. he will
say, ''oh. ANYTHING TO beat the Republicans :
| This i the one point of agreement between the
/ Greenbacker> and Democrats who make mp the
nomdc>crpt party known in this State As the
Fusion party. and which is manipulated by
Governor Pla>ted ;nda few Democrats for their
OWN purposes. This i all there is to it. The
/ Democrats have nominatcdi candidate forGoN-
ernor who bad already been nominated by The
Grccnbacktr>, and who stood upon i platform
dramatically opposed to their own on vital pub
| lie questions. The Two platforms are set forth
| TO catch the two CLASSES OF voters. hut the can
clidate is the same. and but one of thr>" policies
can be carried out in the event Of success. This
is shameless Juggling, which should deceive no
one. The Fu>on>t> have, III reality. but one
| plank i'll their platform. and that i. "Anything
/ 10 beat the Republicans. Anything IT, beat
the party which saved The Mon which struck
| the ballot in their hands W hich maintained TN
credit of the nation, ana 81 ought is paper cur
/ renry from 5 cents on Il dollar to a par with
! gold: which has paid of the public d,btat rate
/ of Sloo,0o0,oo0 year: which has Gifted the
burdens Of the people to AN extent Of over
500 100000 year in internal rev cnnc taxation
and on the tart reduced an equal amount i
which has brought uur Nanlplrd prosperity To
every trade and industry. and whose laws in the
interest Of laborin@ men have attracted hither
| from the old World one million men every
| year.
"Anything 10 beat the Republicans" Any
thing to beat the party which demands now
and which may be relied upon to carry ont the
principles laid down in its platfoml--a free bal
! lot. fairly counted free schools ana universal
education; protection TO domestic industry in
GLIDING shipbuidin@: 4 currency rrrpcmablc in
gold and silver, and continuation Of our pres
ent safe banking system: the burden Of taxa
! ton upon Injuries and not upon nccrs-alia. !:
economy III public expenditures, but liberali}y
10 the do>erNi ing pensioners: an INDEPENDENT
judicary opposition to poly@any. and alhcr-
ence TO prohibition. All these things are OBJ
posed by the party whose rally ing cry j. ''any-
thing to beat the Republicans. Ii does not
want free ballot fairly counted. In practice
it resorts to tissue ballots and stuffed ballot
boxes, and it has recently placed itself on record
in Congress in their defence. 1t does not
want universal education for it appeals To he
| ignorant and moi to the intelligent voter ii
want. the tax taken OFF WhiSkey and tobacco.
leaving the deficit Of revenue to be made IN on
the necessarie> of life. Ii wants free ships to
destroy the >hipbuding interests of this coun-
try, and free trade TO destroy American indus
trie1 and place American labor upon a level
with the paupcr labor Of Europe 1t i, hostile
to the deserving pensioners. 1t wants wild cat
banks and an irrcdeemabe currency. In short
it is hostile to every interest of our people Thi,
Is the attitude and policy Of the party which
cries. "Anything to beat the Republicans"
The editor of the Prog. Age pleads not guilty.
He did not banker after nor "go for" the Con
gressonal nomination. The Age say, that "cX-
Judge knowlton was the only avowcd c;ndi-
date from Waldo" The Age is evidently not
overpleaSed with the convention. of which if
has this to say
| Waldo was not half represented. and there
was but very few delegates from Hancock and
| W ashln@ton counties. The Convention was
made up chiefly from Knox and Lincoln coun-
| ties. We learn that the Convention was harm
onous and that Mr. Murch was rcnomnatcdby
| reclamation. The manner in which the canvas
has been managed is open to very grave object
ions, and it has been little less than AN insult to
| the Democrats of the District who of course.
VII! be expected TO furnish votes and contri-
! buttons to help elect the candidate: ana il Will
| require good deal of forbearancr in order to
| work up much enthusiasm in the ranks Of the
| opposition in the District. Mr.. Murrh and his
| friends could doubtless have secured the same
result had they. instead OF attempting to pro-
cure a snap Judgment, been willing to wait to
secure united action i'll the Convention.
In a letter dated at Portland. june 2Sth. Gen.
:. j. Anderson repeats his drclination TO be Il
candidate on the Fusion Congressional ticket.
His letter substantially places his declination on
three grounds: First, that his business inter
est> and pecuniary means render il undesirable:
second, that the Democratic Congressional Com
mtce has failed TO . gttc assurance Of Jec"aioJy
d'd" to meet the expenses of the campaign:
and, third that the State Convention assumed
to nominate the Congressional candidates. al
| though it had been ''gcneraIv lnderstood'' that
they We're to be made later by district Conven-
tons.
The Concord. \. H., Statesman says the plat
form of the Maine Democratic State convention
is ''as long as the moral law, and as verbose as
lecture by Daniel Pratt" and that
Aside from this it is chiefly remarkable for
its hypocrsies, particularly with regard to the
| civil service. and its fusome praise of GOV
Plaisted for his efforts to put Bourbon Demo-
Gratis into office in payment of their s,lpport of
his candidacy. W 18th a fatuity characteristic of
the old Democratic party, which is indeed the
controlling element in this piebald organization,
II declares for free trade and tariff for revenue
only. The people of Maine will. next Spptcm-
Der, bury Paisted, Ladd, and Murch and the
Garcelon tabulators, under majority of 5000
Journal from Lewiston. makes this clever hit at
the 'impromptu" speech of the chairman of the
Democratic convention
Mr.. George F. Emery, who has recently had
his Democracy brushed up by two years man
agement of the Boston Post, was the President
| of the convention. He thanked the convention
for the unexpected honor drew from his pocket
roll Of manuscript, and read Il long and quite
vehement assault upon the Executive Council.
luus proving tHe great Nalue OF RAPID compost
ton which the editorial writer acquires 1t
would have taken the average Democrat two
hours to compose that speech.
Gen. Grant was evidently born under lucky
star He was in Il Long Branch train which left
the track one day last week, and went into five
or six feet of mud and water, but the General
emerged cigar still in mouth, with only few
bruises to show.
''Francis NJ. Plasted" the New York Herald
calls him. Such is fame,