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Oxford Democrat
Paris, South Paris, Oxford County, Maine
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The Bangor Journal published two articles in 1856 criticizing Hannibal Hamlin: one on June 11 denouncing his withdrawal from the Democratic Party as treasonous, and another on August 10 opposing his gubernatorial run for ignoring Maine's interests, highlighting the paper's contradictory vilification.
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The Bangor Journal of June 11, 1856, contains the following article:
Sen. Hamlin. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin on Thursday, formally withdrew from the Democratic party, and at the same time appeared in his true colors as Chairman of the Committee on Platform, which has resolved:
"WE DENOUNCE THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AS A BREACH OF FAITH, AND AN ACT OF COWARDICE AND DISHONOR TO THE COUNTRY."
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, Mr. HAMLIN, as a Democrat, has been laboring to break down the Democratic party, and to destroy its honorable reputation, and now he openly avows his treason, and dishonors his own name.
In his capacity as Chairman of the Committee, his case has always been faithfully attended to, and in his own interest and those of his constituents all over the State he has with
The Bangor Journal of August 10, 1856, some months after the above appeared in its columns speaks thus of the same Hannibal Hamlin:
"Flatly, (the people of Maine,) will not throw their votes for a man for Governor who HAS NO REGARD FOR THE INTERESTS OF THIS STATE,—(a man, too, who has Always AIDED, VILIFIED AND TRAMPLED UPON THEIR POLITICAL RIGHTS and insulted them personally upon every occasion in his power."
Comment on such bold contradictions and such unremitting villification is needless.
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Bangor, Maine
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June 11, 1856; August 10, 1856
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The Bangor Journal criticizes Hannibal Hamlin for withdrawing from the Democratic Party and denouncing the Missouri Compromise repeal as treasonous in June 1856; in August 1856, it opposes his gubernatorial candidacy for disregarding Maine's interests and vilifying its people, noting the contradictions.