The Portland daily press., 1863-06-11
We shall have a brief session and but little

| We shall have brief session and but little
legislation. This city is prominent in the State
government this year, as the Governor, Pres
ldent of the Senate and Speaker of the House
OF Representatives, as well as the last years
| Secretary of State, state Treasurer, Warden
| of the State Prison, and the member of Con-
gress for this large district, citizens of Con-
| cord. This city too, exerted great influence
| upon the State election, as its majority elected
one of the three members of Congress- one of
the five Councillors, and one of the twelve
| Senators to which the State is entitled. Had
the. vote of this city been equally divided, the
Democrats would have elected two of the
three members of Congress, and three of the
five Councillors, instead of the Republicans
doing that same thing; and an equally divided
vote in Concord would have allowed the Dem
ocrats to have come within less than 200 votes
of electing their candidate for Governor, in
vote of nearly 81 900. We are to have hard
political contests in future in this State but
then, you know we are used to such contests,
and meet them unflinchingy. Office seeking
mas become almost perfect mania with the
wire pullers OF both of the leading parties here,
but the day is close at hand when it will be at
IAN end. The great mass of the people are
ready to move at once to annihilate office seek
ing, by voting against all office seekers. They
are resolved that office shall seek the man and
not man the office. Blessed day will that be
You will see, by the Governors Message
which you will receive through your exchange
papers from this State, that our quota of
troops, in past requisitions, is more than full
yes, $40 three years men in advance. Your
State, believe, is fully up to time in this mat
ter; and yet draft is near at hand and all
because our troops have been too often badly
led. We must hold on and hold out to the
last, and bear and forbear to the end, and
when the war shall have closed then let in
competency be censured for want of action,
of system, of policy, of energy, whether in
high orsin low places. Many men now high
in places ofinfiuence and welding great power
will have but few friends and little hold on
public confidence.
All eyes here are turned towards Vicksburg
and great confidence is given to Gen. Grant
and his brave men; yet fears are entertained by
many that the enemy in his rear are fast in
creasing while he will not be reinforced If
the blunders of others shall embarrass Grant
and lose us the SO much desired victory for
which Grant and his army have labored so
valiantly, Indignation will be expressed in no
very mild tones. When Vicksburg and Port
Hudson shall be ours, the President or the
generals in command in the West, should see
that all the inhabitants near the Mississippi
river, are held. each and all, personally respon-
sibe Tor the safe passage of all vessels and
boats up and down that river-safe | mean
from being injured by attacks of guerrillas
or Others from the banks of the river When
commerce, all up and down the river shall re-
sumo its former activity, the war will be well
in hand, and Texas, Arkansas, Western Louis
lana will be powerless as to any aid they can
render to their rebel brethren. All this,
too, would give courage and hope here at the
North and make us forget, to some extent, the
repeated failures of the army of the Potomac.
In less than hundred days your annual
election will occur, and / assure you much in
terest is felt here that you may do nobly, as
the October elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, as well as
those of Massachusetts, New York. MARYLAND,
Michigan, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Delaware in November. will be more or less
influenced by what you may do.
On the 18th of June-old Bunker Hill day
we are To have great Union meeting in this
city, at which, it is announced, many unem-
ployed officers Of high rank in the army will
speak. We would prefer seeing such men rs
Gen. Fremont, Gen. Butler and others, on du-
ty somewhere to suppress this rebellion, to
hearing them talk of war matters at politi-
cal meeting. Yet the crowd will rush to hear
them, and great will be the crowd that will
hear them here.
Vermont will vote some ten days before you
do this year, and will be all right, with little
inclination to go wrong; yet her election has
but little influence upon other States, as there
is never any doubt of election results in that
State. Our election always attracts great in
terest in other States. as our elections are not
only hotly contested, but are often uncertain
as to results, and ever open the yearly con-
test in all the States.
Our Legislature will, of course. be in ses-
sion thirty-two days, nomnaly, but really
only few hours, as it is at work generally
only an houro two on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and FRIDAYS celdora o,, Gaturdaye