The Republican journal., 1883-09-27
Twenty-Five Years Ago.

The Prog. Age quotes from the American
Register as follows: ''When the Democrats
were in power twenty-five years ago, the annll-
al expenses of the Federal government did not
exceed seventy-tive mil Jon dollars. Now ul-
der Republican misrule they exceed three hun
dred millions" Still, VIE do not believe that
those who remember Democratic rule twenty
two years ago want to re turn to it, nor that the
people will be willing To entrust the govern
ment to the party that WAS in power at that
time. We were indeed then under Democratic
rule. Buchanan, the last of the Democratic
Presidents, was declaring that the Government
had no power under the Constitution to protect
its life against a Democratic rebellion. One
member of the admins tration had sent our
navy to foreign ports that it might not be avail
able against secession, hnd another had sent
South all that he could off the arms and ammu-
milton of the government The nation was strip
ped and dispoiled in every way possible by this
nice Democratic party of twenty-five years ago,
and the majority of that party then raised the
secession standard and attempted the distruc-
ton of the Union. How much it cost, in mon
ey and blood. to save the nations life from these
same Democrats it is not now necessary to say.
Under Democratic rule twenty-five years ago
the Government paid - per cent. interest Oh its
loans, and had difficulty in making them at that
eXhorbtant rate. The treasury was depleted
and the national credit destroyed. This heri-
tage of treason, bankruptcy and war was re-
ceived by the Republican party from the Dem
ocratiC party twenty-five years ago. When the
Democratic rebellion had finally been crushed,
the country had a debt including war claims
that have since been paid of three thousand
millions of dollars caused by the rebellion of
Democrats - all of them Democrats = twenty
two years ago. The government had one hun
dred and ffty-one MILLIONS of interest to pay
annually, on account of The rebellion of Demo-
Gratis twenty-five years ago. 1t found thous-
ands and thousands of wounded and sick sol
diers and of widows and orphans, made such
by the Democratic rebellion of TWENTY-FIVE
years ago. These patriotic victims of Demo-
cratic treason the government felt obliged to
provide for and we are now paying i'll pensions
about one hundred millions of dollars per year.
If these and other legitimate expenses growing
out OF them have ralsed the national eXpcndl-
ture to three hundred millions, who is to be
blamed for it, if not the Democrats whose
treason caused it all. Should the Republican
party have repudiated this war debt. created by
Democratic disloyalty; Have refused to pay the
interest on it, and have given no pensions to
the wounded soldier, widow OF orphans?
Why does not the AgeItel the people that by
Il wise and economical administration of the
government, the Republicans in power have re-
duced Democratic war debt from three thou
sand millions to fifteen hundred millions, the
annual interest burden from one hundred and
fly millions to fifty millions, the Democratic
rate OF interest of II per cent to per cent. and
the losses of the Government on collections and
disbursements from over two and one-haf dol
lars per thousand under the last Democratic rule
to a very small fraction Of one per cent. While
under the wise administration of this Republican
party for the last twenty-five years the nation
has advanced in wealth. in the arts and sciences
in internal Improvements, in population, and in
all the elements that 90 I'd make nation strong.
great and happy beyond any precedent in his
tory. And this, too, Notwithstanding four
years of the twenty-five were occupied in crush
ing the Democratic effort of TWENTY-FIVE wears
ago to break up and destroy the Union. This
would be an honest statement, and in accord
with what we used to read in the Age in the
days when it denounced the disOyalty. corrup-
tion and treason of the Democrats of twenty
two years ago.
The R0ckland Opinion in its report of the
Auburn conference saySIthat only eight of the
Greenback State Committee - half of the full
number - were prescntl and that the vote Oh
the resolutions stood 4 to 4. Mr.. Smart, of
Waldo. voted in the affirmative, which moves
the Opinion to remark THE idea of Waldo be.
ing represented by an 3tnt-fusionist." Well
why not: There are certainly "a good MANY
Greenbackers in this county who are not will.
ing to be sold out to the Bourbons. In this con.
nection the following from the Rockland Free
Press is pertinent:
1t is reliably reported that Il large part of the
remnant Of the GreenbaGk party of this State
will refuse to be merged IN the Democratic par
ty. 1t was not their original design and they
Will not submit to be so manipulated. The
Progressive Age insists that it is folly to keel
alive Greenback party, while the Opinion
seems to favor its continuation. We haZarC
the assertion, however, that lust as soon Us il
appears that the remnant of Greenbackers can
not be made to serve AS ahXiliares to the Dem
ocratic party, the OpinionIWill at once denounce
Them and wheel into the Democratic traces
The Age and Opinion mean the same thing bu
seek it By different ways.
The New Ork Republicans have settled theil
differences, sent the ''boss' to the rear. and will
enter upon the campaign in good fighting trim
The State convention held last week at Rich
Held did Its work well and its action is general
~ commended. The platform adopted ap
proves of the administration of President Ar
thur, recommends a constitutional amendment
III regard to the manufacture and sale of intoX
lcatlng liquor, and endorse the Republican pol
Icy of protection to American industries. Gen
Joseph B. Carr, Secretary of State, and Ira G
davenport, State Comptroller, were renomina
ted by acclamation. Ethan Allen of New I0rl
and Plny T. Sexton of PALMYRA were put il
nomination for the office of State Treasurer
now filled by Democrat, Robert A. Maxwell
y ballot was taken, which resulted in the Sc
lection of Sexton by Il vote of 800 to 215, after
which the nomination was made unanimous.
1t is reported that eX-C0ngressman Murch i.
about to follow the example of Sullivan The
sug9er and open saloon in Boston. 1t would
be an appropriate field for his style of estates
manship.'
The Prog. Age has been sat upon bv the
Greenbackers. At their conference i'm Auburr
last week they refused to fuse.
1HE ORANGES. The semi annual reports of Mas
terS OF State oranges to the Master of the Nationa
Grange, 1882, are generally encouraging. As mat
ter of local interest we give the report of Frederic
Robe, Master OF Maine State Grange, Z. of H., a.
follows at gives me pleasure to inform you tina
the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in the State OF
Maine is increasing in members and efficiency. We
have made net gain of nearly one thousand mem
bers since last December. feel sure that we viii
have over twelve thousand active aud earnest Pa
irons in the field at work for pur noble Orderin the
State of Maine when our next annual meeting oc
Thirty four Maine gran ges have each a mem
bership of over one hundred. There was only
twenty that could make this showing last Deem
Der. Six new oranges have been organized. ana