Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-10
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Will gtvo THO TtauefS VI tuo " mOCta'
some If the conclusions resulting from
| nv rr6ectious and investigations. They
wlll remember. that In stating the plat
forms Of the different parties before ouI
September election, 1 said, "Anythinr
To beat the Republican party" was tho
Democratic platform. The party wa'
Without principle. Ia Cisveland's letteI
OF scceptsnce he repudlated the plat
form adopted by the party ut Chic igo
Ills friends Joined hands with tho mosl
corrupt element In politics 10 this OF
any other country. Ia New York, 10
Illinois and wisconsin, they Joined IN.
partirs openly and avowedly opposed
to our common schools aud our sysiem
Of government. In Washington, Oregon
Nebraska, Nevada, Kansas, Wyoming
Montana and the Dakotas, they jolnrt
the ayrarian, ansrchlal revolutionist,
and csllsd about thrm all the elements
Of hal government, and no goyernm' ri
ut all, In tile North and West, and thu
solid South, which. Ia its mode Of ton
Quoting n political cimpsiSu, Isl farce.
The Republican party IL beaten, but
not defeated. Those who attribute TIKI
success Of the Democrats to ths
Mckinley tariff bill. or to the ten pei
cent bank tax, are simply mistaken. The
legal roters of the United. states are In
favor ola protective tariff; they are In
favor OF national bank currency, such III
Ne now have. IL 10 the safest systrm
ever devised by man. They are In favor
Of bl.metsllisln, hut not OF free 90 maze
unless the ratio Of silver to gold 10 In
creased.
But, your readers will ask, why then
was the Republican party. defeated
They fought the battle on these prlncl-
plea, with a candidate whose record
Will 20 down to history rs one OF thu
purest, wisest, ablest presidents we ever
had. The question Is n fair one, and
will give the result Of my reflections
aud Investigations.
In the first place, the country wa
never Ia SO prosperous q condition. Its
marvellous prosperity IL unparalleled III
history. Never time when the labor
Ing man could purchase so much Of tn
nrcressries of life with his labor. A
hange was not looked for, or expected
hence, Over-couf !ence. Our late wal
sas prolonged years by thu jealousy OF
the olll,rrs In commsni. Que cause oil
our d. feat was j.. lousy among lead
Ing politicians. While aPpdrntly w,r,'
ing for the r,.--lrction of President Har'
risou. secretly, they worked his defeat.
The abnormal aud unprecedented vote
counted for Cleveland Ia New York cit!
and brooklyn, was quite as much u sur
prise to the Democrats rs to the R-pub-
iicans. The fOr,lgn-bOrn element was
~Orked for all IL Was worth IN New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois,
Indiana aud Wisconsin,. All the the anti
American, anti-rrotestant, anti-prohitp-
tory elements, were brought TO vote
against the Republican candidates
Labor organizations, liquor organiza'
tiOns, free trade organic ,tiOns, free all
yer orgsniz tions, prohiblrory organic :.
tions. J,ined hands aud votes With t."
people la rebellion against the govern
inent from 1861 to 1865, and have given
them by the ballo what they lost BY tn,
bullet and sword. The arbitrament Of
war has been, In less than thirty year,,
oyer-rulrd by the assistance Of men re-
ceiving the bounty Of the government
and southern rebels haze been Installed ~
po,eer, anu alter the 4th OF March vii
nave control Of every department. OF TIN
government; and II they fulhll their
promises to the people outside New Eng
land, "the oppressive, uncOustit ution'
al, robLer Mckinley bill, will be re-
ptaled; the Unconstitutional banking
law will be wiped from The statute book
free silver coinage will be adopted, tn
rubber millionaire will divide his ill.gOt-
ten gains with the sturdy lOafer and the
sp-n thrift; the markets will be free To
foreign IN inufac,ures,- aud the labor r.
will have Increased wages, and every
thing they buy will he cheaper, nOtwitii-
standing n duty must be imposed upon
sugar, tea aud coffee"
Now II all these promises are fulfilled,
and the country continues To prosper ~
all Its industries, as IL has for the las,
twenty-five years, no one will be more
rlrased thsnaI. Having always been u
labOring man, shall share the general
prosperity.
am no prophet, nor the son Of y
prophet, but 1 have lived under a tariff
for revenue only, and have Witnessed lis
paralyzlng influences on the Industries
vi the country. have experienced The
Inconvenience and disastrous effects OF
state banks, aud predict disaster, bank
ruptcy and ruin, not only to manufaci-
ures and commerce, but to agriculture
aud labor generally, IL these measure.
are adopted. lf my CONCLUSIONS are COR
rect, the duty Of the Republican party
Is plain: stand by the principles the,
have embodied In legislation, restore III,
silver dollar to proper ratio with gold.
Stand by our common schools, restrict
our immigration, amend our naturaliz;i-
lion Laws, put away party jealousy ani
close up the ranks for 1891. We have n
strong delegation In Congress. Al.
though In n minority In numbers, We,
they will be u power In preventing bad
legislation, aud standing for the right.
To my own mind the Australian bal
lot law has had NO little part In the de-
ieat Of the Republican party. or all
Instruments ever adopted by free PEG
pie, n more perniciOus law was never
put upon the statute book. II opeus the
most eff, aclOus means Of corruption
aud bribery ever cOncocted. IL enables
ti-.Americans to mass their votes
against our Institutions. IL disiranchisr.
Large number Of inen la every voting
precinct Ia the country, and Is un. Amer
i,an In all It's provisions, nnd u pro-
nOunced by our courts unconstitutional
IN some of them. IL deprives u man al
Ills manhood by cooplng hl,E up In u lit
tie vt III like horse, aud there marking
his ballot aud folding It, aud then
snedkiny out and dr. piping II Into box,
AS though ashamed 10 have Ills neigh
bors know how he voted.
or the more than l4,0OO,OOO tht
Cleveland electors received u minority,
slow Ing tile count In the South, wher,
every Intelligent man knows votes ARE
counted, not cast, and the excessive vote
cast In New York city, Brooklyn anu
Chicago.
The duty OF every good citizen Is ia
zee to II that our common Q, ho0ls renaiu
iutact, that no money goes from tile
state or national treasury for the sup.
port OF sectarisn or denOminatlonal
schools, aud that good and whOlrsomt
laws he put upon our statute books coui-
p-Iiing Foreigners who come to OuI
country to enjoy Its privileges and share
its protection, TO put their Children Int
our schools, and be taught the English
Language. Then make sufiiTge depend
upon tue ability tn read their ballot, the
constitution Of the state In which they
are located aud the constitution OF ia.
United States.
+. w. WOODBURY..
BOLD HIGHWAY RoBBeRY.
Especial 10 the Democrat.I
gILEAD. Jan. 2. 1899