The national Republican., 1862-09-29
THE porrLANp ApvnnrrsuR.

THE PORTLAND ADVERTISER.
This sheet is somewhat stirred up at what we
said Of the election Of l.. D. n. Sweat, ESQ, but
more particularly at what We said Of lis ewn
position.
It reasserts what II said about Mr.. Sweat, and
quotes the Eennsbec Journal, and the Biddetord
Onion, as sustaining lis declaration that Mr..
Sweat Is firm supporter Of President Lincoln's
Administration. That Mr.. Sweat supports Mr..
Lincoln's Administration in putting down the
| rebellion, we do not deny, nor have we ever
denied II. That is, that he has done 20 up to
this time; but how will II be in the future, now
the new policy inaugurated by the proclamation
has been adopted?
But very few men Of eny party, hitherto,
have ventured TO oppose the Administration
in crushing out the rebellion. They doubtless
had the wholesome fear Of the Hartford Con.
vention before their eyes, and therefore did not
dare openly, If they did covertly, to take the
position Of opposition TO the Administration In
putting down the rebellion. But pray, Is itall
We require Of man, US Republicans, that he
simply says that he supports Mr.. Lincolns war
policy? Do VIZ then at once throw up oir
hats Tor him as good enough Republican: We
have not so learned the principles and doctrines
Of the Republican party, If our "Down East" co.
temporary has. We are fully aware that he was
educated in very different school, and this may
account for his alacrity and delight to welcome
Mr.. Sweat.
General Jameson, who is, to use the Ian
guage Of the Biddeford Union, which the Aduer.
tiser quotes AS applicable to Mr.. Sweat--"a
War Democrat, pledged, body and soul, and
boots, to sustain the President 10 his vigorous
measures to put down the rebellion" Will the
Advertiser therefore explain how II is that Gen
Jameson, the Union Democratic candidate for
Governor, gets but about 500 votes in Mr.
swest's district, while Mr.. Bradbury, the anti
war candidate for Governor, gets something
over 10000 votes in said districte
The Advertiser charges the blame Of Mr..
Goodwin's defeat upon certain Federal Office
holders In Portland. This may be sol We
know nothing to the contrary.
The Advertiser complains that we call Its po-
siton equivocal. All we can say is, that the
Advertiser used to be a thorough Republican
journal-uudsr its present management It has
seemed to US to neither be one thing nor an-
other. It says that II has always sustained
President Lincolns Administration. Will II
now sustain the new policy which 1t has here
tofore repudiated. We shall see.
The advertiser further says that we take our
cue from Wendell Phillips, Mrs. L. Maria Child,
and Horace Greeley. Well, what Of II: By
doing 80, we are sure to follow people Of brains,
Of noble principles, and Of honest hearts. But
Of whom does the Advertiser take its cue. OF
John G. Breckinridge, for whom the leading ed.
itor Of the advertiser voted-of JEFF. Davis and
toe rest Of that perddious crew, of pro.slavery
hunkers, who have brought the country into
its present deplorable condition.
The time has gone by, Mr.. Advertiser, when
the mad dog cry abolition" against men and
principles that cannot be argued down, will
suffice to silence the truth.
When, therefore, you say that we take our
cue from such persons as Phillips, Greeley, and
Maria Child, you do us no harm. Heuceiorth,
they and their principles will increase, and you
and your principles, and ssch as you, who 60
for the perpstuity of human bondage In this
land, will decrease.
You say that our Opposition to the Admin
stration has been unequvocal" The charge
Is false. It is true that We have not, like some
other journals, toa'lied TO the Administration,
nor to generals In the field, for sinister ends;
but we have supported every principle upon
which the Administration came into power.
We have always gone for u vigorous prosecu-
ton Of the war, even TO the utter overthrow Of
slavery, the cause OF this unholy rebellion, aud
we are most happy today to know that the Ad-
ministration Of Mr.. Lincoln has adopted this
policy.
The Administration will now see who are Its
friends. Whether they be those OF the Mandy
pd,nby, milk and water, Oh don't touch slave
ry school, Ot which our friend Of the advertiser
Is prominent member; or the men who have
said, Lay the axe at the root Of the tree, and cut
up slavery, root and branch.
We assure the Advertiser that we shall be
glad to know that both itself aud Mr.. Sweat
are hencetorth "frm supporters Of President
| Lincoln's Administrations
II anything more were needed to show up
the utter pro- slavery character OF th. Aduer-
tiser, we have only to state the fact that, in
giving what 1t calls the spirit Of the press Of
the country upon the Presidents proclamation,
1t quotes the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, World,
Herald, and Boston Post, as rejecting the pub.
lie judgement. And such sheet has the eff
frontery to call itself au Administration paper.
BAIL
"The Marks OF = Revolutionary Period "
The hntelliigsncsr of Saturday last has some
criticism on the London Times peryersions
and misrepresentation of our Revolutionary
period
To chow that the Iimss is peivsrss and at
fault in its miserable didtribes upon American
affairs, 1t inquiries
Under what Administration has the Presi.
kdent OF the United States been arraigned with
imore OF passionate invective or harsh crimina.
tion than 1t has fallen TO the lot Of Mr.. Lincoln
| TO endure al the hands Of journalists like MIR.
| Greeley and agtators like Mr.. Phillips What
| ever else may be ENDANGERED by our war, it is