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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-09
Payment Of the National Dahl.

Says the Boston Daily Advertiser, z The va
rious projects for paying off the public debt
without feeling it have had their day. Most
men, we believe, are coming to the sound con-
clusion that debt which approaches three
thousand millions is not to be paid of as you
would disband an army, but that any plan for
disposing OF it must show the way to- raise
that enormous amount of money. Raising it,
or any considerable proportion Of it from the
confiscation Of rebel property, isa scheme
which was exploded three years ago. and
, which, after what has been seen Of the waste
of property in the. process of confiscation, no
body would think OF reviving now, even If
extensive confscation were still policy
much In fashion, Plans, too, for raising mon
ey By subscription have had their run, and al
though no sensible man ever expected that
aught would come of them, they have served
to call everybody'sA attention to the impos-
sibility Of dealing with such vast burden by
any such expedient Iasss
1T all comes down to this, then, that this
debt must be paid off by hard aud steady
work, as any individual would pay off his own
private debts. The last census gave to the
Whole country property, real and personal, to
the amount OF fourteen thousand millions
but the assets Of people are not SO easily
available as to make it a simple matter to paw
three thousand millions, even with such an
ample margin as this. The margin serves to
showthe ultimate security Of the public cred
itor, but for the actual raising Of the money
hemust rely upon the savings from our annu-
al product Of our near four thousand millions.
There is sufficient surplus there, with wise
legislation to bring il out, to dispose OF the
whole matter without dificultyp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-09
A Word Of encouragement.

The following extract is from private let
ter from gentleman who has often received
the endorsement of the people of Maine
who has ever proved himself one Of the truest
friends Of loyalty and rogress-a far seeing,
high-minded, honorable statesman, who now
occupies high and honorable position in the
councils OF the nation. Says he: all
81 congratulate you on the course of your
journal on the question of negro suffrage.
You but advocate the cause of political JUS
tice. 70 deny the freedman the right OF suf.
frase makes his freedom a sham; perpetuates
in the republic an anpriuileged class, and vir-
tuaily substitutes sergdom for slavery. This
would be absolute political injustice, not tar
removed from the injustice of slavery.
The attempted revolution of the slavehold-
ers has resulted in decided political eyolu-
tions. The bred Scott judicial interprets-
tons oil cur political history and exposition Of
the constitutional status of the negro. is ig-
nored; at least, as u decision, lhiak it must
be confessed 1t is annulled by the events OF the
past four years.. sdl Z q asassesss ~ x ,,,s5s4
"The negro must now be regarded as within
the pale of the constitution, and as belonging
tothe body of American people, entitled To-
citizenship; may sue and be sued in the fed
eTai courts pro-c rnpt lsuds- under federal
laws, and may lay claim to protection, in those
rights, ON the great American Declaration,
set forth as natural and inaienabe.
Upon our American theory of politics. of
the right OF representation; the right to a
voice in the laws--the ballot is as essentially
his right and necessity for sell. protection, as
theuse Of arms. Indeed, the nation has found
It's own welfare and safety Identified with tile
existence Of the latter right, and it will be
found equally true Of The former. The oppo-
sition to the latter was passionate and obsti-
nate, and yielded only when its absurdity was
demonstrated IN practice. Having securely
surmounted that prejudice, the public will
more readily overcome what remains.
"You are right, also, as TO the status of
Alexadner ii. Stephens. No intelligent dis
crimination in his favor is possible, from Davis
and the rest Of his co-conspirators. He did
not oppose secession as a fallacy, or a crime |:
"a the contrary hetdefended it as d right He
hesitated only on Account of itsAperil to Those
engaged in it, and the improbabilisy of sue
cess. His arguments for the right of seces-
sion, especially as Connected with Slavery, have
been the most impious of all the advocates of
rebellion" = -'seAso9 - All
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Ths asnnressed Testimony.

The nublieation of this testimony must
bring grief to the hearts OF JEFF Davis, Jacob
Thompson, George N. Sanders and others, II
they are not SO hardened that they aye not
susceptible of such passion. Until the pub.
lieation of this testimony, many begun to
think that our Government had gone too lar
and too fast in offering rewards for the arrest
of these traitors, and giving the world to I'M
derstand that there was satisfactory evidence
to show that they were directly or indirectly
connected with the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. The English journals, always ready
70 aad fault with our Government, began to
deliver their homilies upon the subject and to
express their fears that President johnson
had made great blunder which some states
men consider worse than crime. But the
publication of this testimony will forever ST.
lence all such complaints and place our Gov
eminent rectus IN csria before the world.
Itseems President johnson, in Offering such
large rewards, was not impelledby any wrong
motives, nor actuated by undue passions or
prejudices. The case in the light of this tes-
timony was plain, and his duty in the premi-
SEES perfectly clear. If he had not thus acted
with such evidence before him, he would have
been liable TO censure. These revelations
fully justify the President in the course he has
taken, and they have revealed other facts that
give emphasis to the Scriptural declaration
hat the whole world lieth in wickedness. We
are sorry for the honor of human nature that
such astounding disclosures have been made.
We have no disposition to make out JEFF. Da-
Wis and his accomplices worse than they are.
Heaven knows traitors to their country have
stains deep enough upon theft characters with
out the addition of such crimes as this testi-
mony reveals to the world Assassination,
burning cities, poisoning wells, and selling
clothes in market, impregnated with the seeds
of fatal and loathsome diseases, are the most
terrible and revolving crimes in the catalogue
Of human offences, and yet the devlIsh spirit
of this rebellion has driven men to the COM
mission of such crimesl 1t does seem as II
| the devil himself had been under less restraint
during the past four years than in any pre-
vious age since the Crucifxion. But we see
the dawn Of better days. Earthquakes and
thunderstorms have been upon US, but we
trust the atmosphere has been purified and
the sun will shine the brighter for having been
| thus obscured. eaEera8 isissmm ss2 81
With such criminals upon Its hands, our
Government has a great work to do. The
eyes Of the whole civilized. world are upon us,
and we must remember:
mercy Is not itself, that oft looks so -
Pardon Is still the nurse Of second woe
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cArtemus Ward at Richmond.


Artemus Ward is OUT in an amusing "letter
from Richmond in which he thus discourses
of the Union sentiment there ::-sThere ia "a.
ly a CRATE deel of Union sentiment in this
city. see il on every hand. met a man
to-day-I am not at liberty to telfhis name.
but he is an old and Influential citizen Of
Richmond, and SEE he, why, we've ben fipht-
in again the old flag Lor' bless me, how sim
g'lar 7 He then borrered five dollars Of me
and bust into food of teers. Sed another.
Ia man Of standn' and formerly bitter rel
uel) Let us stop this effooshon of bud The
old flag is good enough, for me. Sir. he add
ed. AIR you from the North ? Have yor
doughnut or piece Of custard pie about
you p / told him no, but knew man from
Vermont who had just organized sort Of
restorant, where he could go and make yery
comfortable breakfast on New England run
and cheese. he borrowed fifty cents or me-
and asking me to send him VIM. Lloyd CARR,
sons ambrotype as soon as 1 got home, he
walked of. Said another, There's been A
tremendous Union feelin' here from the fust:
but we was kept down by rain of terror.
Have you daegefetype Of Wendell Phillips
about your person, and will you lend me four
dollars for few days until we air once moar
a happy and united people p"
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Cumberland County Temperance Associa.
3nl Tim, ilIaaI ElLl.. eHa n

STANDIsH, ME-, June Z, 1855.
To the Editor Of, the Press:
To-day, as beautiful day as any that ever
dawned, called . large audience together at
the Congregational Church here, to the month
ly meeting Of the County Temperance organ
ization For years have these monthly as
semblies convened, regardless of personal sac
rifces, the absorbing excitement OF war and
the too general consequent apathy among ths
The organization has been sustained by
few disinterested ones; the President has
been constant in attendance, and the members
not less so. The purpose of the meetings, ID
to inculcate an uncompromising hostility to
the sale and use Of Intoxicating liquors, by
candid discussion of the great principles in
VOWED, and to them are invited all who favor
the Temperance reform, lot their Individual
notions Of policy and duty be what they may.
This Is peculiarly Temperance meeting
from the fact that its discussions are public
and free to all. The advocate of a stern, in
flexible law, Of q mild persuasion and appeals,
or of regulated system of liquor sale, is In
Yited to the arena, as the surest means OF
opening the public eyes to the enormities OF
the rum traffic and the crimss Of indulgence
The assembly to-day at the Methodist
Church was numerous and decidedly made up
Of the influential citizens hereabouts. The
meeting opened with prayer by the Raw. s. r.
Wetherbee, OF Gorham, who was followed in
fervid addresses by Rev. Mr.. Chapman and
William Paine, Esq, of Standish, Rev. Mr..
Aver, of North Gorham, Mr.. Winship, OF
White Rock, Rev. 0. P. Tuckerman, Messrs.
Walton, Dor, Beale and F. e. Rich, Of Port,
land, Warren and Macarthur, OF Limington,
and Stackpole Of Gorham The principal
theme discussed, was the necessity of TEN
perance organization in our county, towns and
State, preparatory to a concerted and rigor-
GUS action on the part Of Temperance men,
One enthusiastic speaker even favored capital
punishment as the due of the rum-seller
Doubtless it will take along while to educate
the public mind up to this theory and practice |
But the contemporaries crusaders may rest
assured that between rum and temperance
there is an endless conflict, and the earnest
men and women of Cumberland county are |
on the track Of the distillers and retailers with
i vigor that shall be lessened only when they /
unlock shields at their graves.
At Gorham general movement has been |
made; the school children have been organic
90 into Temperance bands, and grand mass
meeting of the friends of the movement, here I
about, is to be held at Gorham white Rock
on tae'approaching Fourth OF July.
MACHIGoNNE.
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Remember the Promises.

NOW, as the war is over the opportunity is
presented to redeem the promises repeatedly
made by the citizens in their public meetings
toproyide those soldiers who should need
with employment when they came home. The
question is, how shall this be done? To sew
eral who have been Iaboring individually in
s-direclion, with little success, it seems i'm
peratiye that there should be meeting OF the
business men called in order to devise means.
and make Arrangements to discharge this
duty. These soldiers have fought the battles
for us; have sacrificed comforts and place aud
home, have imperilled their lives to preserve
our heritage and homes. They ask for the
privilege to labor, that they may live decent
ly, honestly and respectfully. They are ready
to do what work there is to be done. 1t is
easy to say-aBe ye fed, and be We clothed, ,,
but these men ask 10 be- shown the place in
which they can clothe and feed themselves.-
There are three, or four skilled house painters
about to be discharged, desirious of employ
ment A gentleman says he has twenty ap-l
plicants for whom he ia seeking places { sA
young Scotsman who entered the Army vixen
no bounties were given, and had his left arm
almost disabled at Gettysburg, asks for an OPP
portunity to support himself by honorable Ia
bor He is educated as our boys are when
they leave schools; is thoroughly trustworthy.
Young and away from friends, the last three
months Of his three years were allied with
anxiety for his future, Many express interest
for him, but no one as yet offers the place for
him to try. This young hero asks Of you
bread; will you give him a stone? 2n
y has been suggested that as there were
enlisting Offices established by the citizens,
there should now be Temporary intelligence
Office where employees and employed could
lind each other, as one method by which this
great duty could be discharged 81 IS.
fiAfqa
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President johnson and Mr.. Stanton

'fhe New York Tribune having published a
special dispatch from Washington, to the ef-
feet that Mr.. Stanton was about to resign,
| that there had been violent collision between
him and the President--both strong minde d
men, that the Secretary's health was exhaust
ed and that he needed retirement and rest
that he had been offered the position of Minis
Ter to Boston, &C., g., aud winding up with
thesstatenlent that s.ff bis resignation be not
already in the Presidents hands st will be
shortly. YEtbe Washington G1.renicIe of the 7th
lost gives an emphatic contradiction to the
whole dispach, in double-leaded leader on
the cabinet, in the following explicit Ian
guage3 0lA l3InJ G2D FEAyA 4
As it Is the most explicit of the recent pub.
locations on he subject Of Mr.. Stanton's rela-
tons to the Executive, it may serve to mis-
lead some honest men who cannot conceive
toat SO deliberate q statement can be so com
piete fabrication. There is, nevertheless,
not not shadow Of trhth in the special dispatch.
ata, stanton has not resigned" 1t Isl not
AnoWn That he has determined to leave the
Oa II 3u,,, very soon" He has had no dispute
H0 -, cunislon," with President johnson. boz
i1ls relatlons with the President are If fba
most CORDIAL and friendly character. We
nays sle ao.n ~ H, Of Mr.. Stanton himself for
tue special dspntcR processes to sneak for The
President it 10 equally unfounded. His re la
lions with Mr.. Stanton are entirely acreeahIa
and confidential. He has never had = difssr-
ence, much less "a collision with his Secra.
LAZY sasy o. War, nor has he given any such assur-
a. anIs y any ono. major general or otherwise.
aS = mere attri puted to him. And this state,
1 Iehn. We mai, max 9 by authority Of President
It Is not so much tn set at ras. -,,,.,,.na,.
falsehood that we print these words ra Sns
form thousands Of good men who know and
honor the unselish patriotism of Ed,v,n nN NJ
Stanton. that he shares the full confdarna ~
the Execui i've, and has never been more rss ~ =.
ergetlc ane resolute in the discharge of his du-
ties, than at this moment - ~
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mArsRSED.

In this city June 8. by Rev r Moor. Seth Her.
sey, Of the firm of Woodman, True & Co, and Miss
Fannie E. daughter Of Hen w Woodman, Of
Portland. lll' dfln1 ~ -
In this city. June 8. bv Rev BoIles David S
Harris of Bath, and Miss Cnddie w Potter, OF Bow
doinham. aif q = list ~
spauIdine and Mss Lizzie Pagan, both Of PORT.
land. .NA
In this CITY. June 8. by Rev Dr Bosworth Wesley
A Rand and Mi . Carrie Fuller, both OF Portland
In Portsmouth. June 8. BY Rev NJ DeNormandie
Thomas Mel Esq. OF p and Mary Caroline daughter
Of the late Henry Jackson, of this city.
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EVERY BODY Is AFTER THEM We Know notn-
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FAMILY DYE OoLoas BY common acknowledge
ment they are the very best dyes ever compounded.
as the fabric wi which they arc infussd they are
ready for use in . few moments; they make sayin
of so per cent; they VIII MOI lnJnre "a the slightest
Nv used In any househeld, Fhe demand for them Is
such that the enterprsing uiacturers md II df
ncult to answer the same The dyes are put 10 an
neat packages at IS cents each. o iune6sndiw
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= AVERY ONE sH0ULD US
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III HAIR REVIEWER.

That splendid preparation for tie hair which Is
fast becoming so popular, and so mucn inquired 70
No one who has once tried it will ever give up Its
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-09

"Carpenter," the artist correspondent of the
n. II Independent tells the following story.
which he says. at his personal request. was re-
lelated to him by Mr.. Lincoln himself The
rebel Commissioners and Mr.. Lincoln and
Secretary Seward, we're on board the Steamer
IN whose cabin the conferences was held
said the President, in relating the cireumstan-
ces, had reached and were discussing the
slavery question. Mr.. Stephens said substan-
italy, that the slaves, always accustomed to
an overseer and to work upon compulsion.
suddenly freed, as they would be if the South
should consent to peace on the basis OF the
emancipation proclamation, would precipitate
not only themselves but the entire Southern
society into irremediable ruin. No work
would he done, nothing could be cultivated,
and both blacks and whites would starve."
Said the President, II waited for Seward
to answer that argument, but IS he was silent,
I at length said: Mr.. Stephens, you ought to
know great deal better about this matter
than 4, for you have always lived under the
slave system, can only say that it reminds
me OF man out In Illinois blythe name Of
~Ns u1AAcAhoon5 q lew years agOy-t0
raise very large herd of hogs. 1t was a
great trouble to feed them, and how 10 get
rouad this was puzzle to him. At length
he hit on the plan Of planting an immense
field of potatoes, and, when they we're suffi-
GENTLY grown, he turned the whole herd into
the field and let them have full swing. thus
saving not only the labor of feeding the hogs.
but also that of digging the potatoes, Charm.
ed with his sagacity he stood leaning against
the fence one day, counting his hogs, when
neighbor came along. Well, well, said he,
MT. Case, this is all very fine. Your hogs are
doing very well just now, but you know out
mere In Illinois the frost comes early, and the
ground freezes for a foot deep. Then what
are they going to do?' This was view of
Inc matter Mr., Case had not taken into ac-
cunt butchering time for hogs was way on
- Dscemoer and January. He scratched his
AeAu anu AZ length stammered, We'll 1t NAV
come pretty hard on the shouts, but DOM
sss put enA It viii bsl'root, hog, or die pn
He did not tell me, continues carDsrtor ,h..
either Of the "Commisslonersp mads sav "a.
ply to this way Of putting thinesn r. l.
very evident that there was little mora 49,.
ment necessary, on one side ofthe opas,,on :.
least. s ss aa.ss. fssss ~
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sPE cIIAL NoTICEs.

CIT o. q III Z 777 -T-77T-- 7-7-- n ----T---
:, BOSTON, June 8, 1865.
In answer TO numerous inquiries of us pie Sc ir.
form the kftail Grecers in Portland particularly,
obtain our celebrated
'sFremch breakfast Coffee, -
in Por land By single box or more, at cur prices,
Or the 5oiio wing named wholesale Houses on Com.
Low & PLUMMER,
aA41f MATHEWSA& THOMAS, y &iG
JEFFERSON college & co,
CLOUDMAN,. STEVENS G. co,
JOHN DENNIS q co,
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In Brunswick, june 8, Capt Thomas Skolfsld,
aged 81 years VIZ
Funeral ON Saturday afternoon, at 8 O'Clock,
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
In Brighton, Mas. juno 2, Mr. james Lowell
Edgcomb aged 81 years 10 months
In Lewiston, June 8. Mrs elizabeth, wisow OF the
late Joseph Field aged So years. RI -
In Horriogewock, May 81, Sarah r. wife Of r
Davis, aged 80 years months As u 7'.'-- II -
In North Va saiboro, May 10. Mrs Elizabeth. wife
Of the late Capt Bernard hoyt aged 81 year mos
22d, Mrs Reoeoca, wife Of the late Isaac Robb MS
aged "a years months. 7.s-'-, 5-l7
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