The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-07-19
Ti,e Democrats OF Maine.


The Democracy of Maine went through
the farce of meeting, indorsing the
Greenback nomination for Governor al
ready made, naming four candidates for
Congress already picked out by the
Greenback State Committee, and put
ting out long string of words which
they call platform; then they retired to
their homes from their much fatiguing
labors to take a much needed rest
1.-The Endorsement of the Greenback
nomination created no surprise. They
did that two years ago and Hancock,
who smelled SAVIOR OF victory in the salt
sea air that came down from the Maine
coast, thought IL was very good thing.
The ehiefest labor at their recent
melancholy gathering seems to have
been the stringing together their 'sbe-
moanings," +" which Democratic journals
will persist in calling a platform.
OF course they had to do something.
The Greenbackers had nominated the
Governor, and picked out the Congress-
men, never 50 much as saying, 'by your
leave" and treating them generally
like plaintive poor relations, from whom
it would be ridiculous to waste any finer
feeling d sa 41s to7
To this the Democrats submitted !;
they pulled the weeds little higher up
on their hats dim sense of the use
lessness of making a fuss about it
brought a deeper shade of woe-begone
into their melancholy eyes, and they sat
them meekly down TO do the only thing
left to them, viz, to resolute. This
they did. OF course, resolutions would
not be Democratic unless literally salted
with such words Us "rings," ..bosses,"
oligarchy," undermining founda-
tions," centralizing." empire" and
the like. Wherefore, they scattered the
elect vocabulary through the first reso-
luton, and when, the necessary thing
was done, the shade of dismal blue de-
lection fell down deeper in their eyes,
and they cast about for something more.
Some one suggested the tariff For an
instant the blue in their souls turned to
golden-then it faded away to black, as
they thought thus. The Democratic
party crawled about the bottom of the
tariff, slid up one side. meandered over
the top, stopped over the edge, and
went TO smash-through the trap door
which that enterprising explorer, Han
cock, opened, when he discovered that
it was only a local issue, anyhow. But
some one in the doleful crowd evidently
suggested, the South is with us-in fact,
If fraud and tissue ballots succeed there
it is all there is of us, and the South has
little Z no manufacturing, wherefore,
and oil course, the South ought to be
opposed to the tariff. Therefore let US
do as the South does-because the South
does it-because the fraud side of the
South is all there is of us-that is, let
us do as we are ordered-oppose
the tariff. Wherefore they did.
They declared against tariff. And
yet the unlively crowd were not happy.
They sighed. and their sadness grew
until it was done, which was this: "The
Government must issue all paper mon
ey." When this was finally accomplished
they felt easier, because they had near
ly filled the mission of a. Democratic
Conyention-by doing the stupidest
things possible.
Yet one more thing remained to be
done. If the Greenbackers must ride in
the saddle, there was grim satisfaction
in filling it with nettles, which they pro-
ceeded to do. They declared: ''It is the
duty of Congress to protect the COM
munity against the evils of debased coin,
and against the greater evil of the ex-
tensive issue of paper money" OF
course this is filched bodily from Re-
dS aCCIl1OCldlS
these days filch everything good or sem
sible they do or say. But considering
the fact the Democrats and GreenbacS-
ers are responsible for maintaining de-
based coin, and that money-printing
machines run with rapidity is pet hob
by of the Greenbackers, there must have
been deal of solemn chuckling as they
showed these Republican burrs in
to the saddle under the Greenback
riders. 1t will make a sad seat for
fiatists. But they have the grim satis-
faction of knowing that in addition to
supplying few votes to the Green
hackers, they can prod them deeply
with their Republican thorn while thev
are going through the fun of being
badly beaten. Having done this the
humor of the thing toned down their
melancholy, and the Democrats turned
their faces homeward.
OF course it makes no difference what
the Democratic party in Maine says or
does. 1t has no ticket of its own. But
its action is significant, as it shows the
drift of Democratic opinion. 1t is
dumb as an oyster on the outrageous
frauds by which its party steals Con-
gressiona1 seats from the South, and
while pretending to be opposed to fat
money, they favor issuing all paper
money by the Government, which is
fiatisin of itself and sure to lead to
over issues and failure of redemption.
Nothing can hurt the Democracy of
Maine. In the grave there is no hurt.
But the folly of Maine Democrats viii
be and should be remembered against
the party everywhere. Detroit Post
aud Tribune.