The Portland daily press., 1866-09-04

the party when Andrew johnson left Judge
Parsons believes the President is honeSt'
though dreadfully mistaken, and it is possioie
tat for some inscrutable purpose olher hoii-
est men of the same kind may nave been ere
ated
We do NOT therefore call in question the pu-
r,ty of the motives which have influenced the
conduct of this individual (whom we mag be
obliged to point out to the congregation) so
far as he alone is concerned, He had right
to RAT whenever he pleased. Postmaster
Cleveland of Connecticut rated under SINH
lar circumstances, and the Democrats of this
State have been so struck with his gallant at
titude, his evident determination to stick to
the Hartford postofice, come veal or come
woe, that they have sent for him to give les
sons in political gymnastics to the postmas-
tiers and other distressed officials of Newfield,
Acton and Buxton, where he will relate his
experience tomorrow and next day. The
right to rat is conceded. 1t is the nature of
the animal and there is no more to be said
about it.
But this man must really stop whispering
With his private opinions, tergiversations,
and business operations generally, we have
no desire 10 NEEDLE. Let him earn his bread
and butter in the way his Creator de-
signed. But he must stop whispering, or
really and positively we shall feel compelled
to point him out by name. We are told that
he goes whispering to postmasters,-in one
instance to poor old man, good postmas-
ter, but untitled for almost any other bust
ness-and to custom house officers, and says,
"Cut John Lynch's name off your ticket, and
you can keep your place. I can control this
business, and as sure as you live, if you vote
for Lynch your Office isn't worth a button"
Appointments are literally promised on the
same terms. 1t is vote against Lynch
which is sought though declaration for
neither party" is regarded as tolerably salts
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He and his friends whisper also below their
breath that Collectors Hamlin, and Washburn,
and Miller, are all in sympathy with the Pres
ident. The rumor begins in some remote
school-district, and comes gathering volume
and assurance until it breaks upon our ears
here where we know better-where we know
that the motive of these aspersons is to
weaken our cause by falsely pretending that
such men as these have left us, and also by
lending support to the unfounded representa-
ton that the Rats are going to dispose of sub
ordinate Offices controlled by them. Such
whispering as this must really cease, or we
shall be obliged to stigmatise the liars publicly.
1t was in view of this subterranean work
and its promise that George Francis Train tel
egIaphed to the President, that Sweat's cleo
| ton was sure. The President will learn a
week from to-day, how much he has beensde-
ceived by the knaves who promised to return
Sweat without fail, if they could be armed
with the corTuptive power Of the administra-
ton. They have had it. The man whose
name we hesitate to call, has had and has
complete control of all the petty Offices in the
district. He is using that power in the most
eAectual way, by holding it in suspense. thus
acting not only upon the incumbents but up
on outs who want to become ms. He is try
ing to buy up as many men as he can get for
the offices. 1t is the duty of the people to
watch their officers. Let us see how large this
bread and butter brigade is. Above all, let Us
turn out next Monday in numbers sufficient
to overwhelm this petty attempt to control
the district by patronage.