The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-10-26


Bowers. coIlsetor Of internal Revenue IA
the Third District. = z
The loss OF one republican congress
man in Ohio Is not without its moral Unit
the latter pan Of the session Mr.. Delano, ih'
sitting member. was rather shaky in his 20
liicnl station, and WINS considered abou
half and hale To he sure, he at last came
out square footed and tried to make uP his
lost ground, bu, the election proved that he
had not entirely cgained the confidence o.
those who two years ego elected HIM.
3, when the Southern L"yalists made
pilgrimage 10 the ,ombof Abraham Lincolr
a banner bore this inscription, "Let us thin
day resolve that the dead shall noe have
died In vain that the nation shalt, undel
God, have new birh Of freedom, and tina
the Government Of the people, by the pco
pie and for tho people, shall no, perish from
the eafth-s Fitting words they arc. to b
inscribed upon tho lids Of our hibles, a
tho, closing words Of Liacola himself on
thu fsld Of Gettysburg, like the GRAFTON up
on ,hoss who fell IN the first summer, pro
nounced by Pcricles centuries ago; to b
ever,rcmembersd for their msschless beau
~ and elegance. es.e' --u '''" by"
IL .tf'rsTt - .f.t rrr = k"y
! The Southern Posmas,ers arc renewing
heir old trick Of tamperiny with the n'ai's
A Methodist clergyman, in letter ps,blisl,
ed in the New Orleans Advocate, tho onl,
loyal weekly paper in that city. writes un
der date Of, august 10: 800 @
For moro than a month past have
scarcely received a letter which has no
been opened. aud Of course read. In some
instances nearly whole pagrs have been
clipped from them. and in that inlliilniea
condition receive them. Some letters
neyer received. In one instance, out Of
four letters which sent to Meridian. Miss.
not one Of them reached their destination
The situation looks sqaally in Maryland
Gov. Swami having become a disciple o
johnson is Determined to restore the State
into the hands ef the rebcls, and rs there i
law Of the State prohibiting rebels from
voting he determines to remove NIL officer
who enforce the law. and substitute oppo
nen,s of the law in their stead. The 20.
lice commissioners OF Baltimore refuse to
acknowledge his authority to remove them
and they arc sustained by the loyal men,
three thousand soldiers having offered them
selves to resist the rebel Governor. II Is
said tina, Swami has called upon Johnson
for troops
P.S. The latest accounts from Baltimore
look ~ though the difieulties there would be
settled without . collision. More moderate
eornsels are prevailing on both sides.
DR.. Beecher, like man, when he found
that his views and position had been mis-.
understood, and were used by the enemy
to bolster mp their decaying fortunes, made
haste to repair the mischief. and speak with
his accustomed vigor against the policy and
the men who are trying to undo the lcgiti-
maie results Of the war, and restore the
rebels TO their former mastery. Suddenly
the copperhead papers have ceased their
adulation Of Mr.. Beecher, and quote him
no more. While none Of us will honor
him the less for his Cleveland letter, or have
less faith in his honesty, be- can never en-
tirely recover his former position, inasmuch
as the public have had their confidence in
his discretion shaken. New emergencies
are continually coming mp in the life ofev-
cry positive man, when false s,ep,will, lit
does not ruin man, greatly mar his infu.
ence and prospects in after life. IL he ex-
ercisc sound discrimination and Is guided
by fixed principles, he rarely, if ever, fails,
hut outrides storms which swamp crafts
less securely built. Instances abound in
the lives Of our prominent men. Webster
made his false step on the 7th Of March.
when he failed to guide his ambition away
from the whirlpool Of slavery, and u noble
vessel became engulphed. he saw and ac-
knowledged in after life his error, but the
amend came too late. The brilliant Sher
man who Swung around the circle
from Atlanta to North Carolina, as his 10.
gions hewed their path over mountains and
through irackless swamrs, ut that same
time was hewins his own way to still great
or conqucsis-the hearts and confidence Of
the people-when suddenly he brought up
at the feet Of Johnston, a man skilled only
Us a warrior, but totally unprepsred to
nc, when craftsmanship became requis-
site. Willing AMI anxious to forget what
they hoped was only a temporary mistake,
the public determined that false surrender
sl,ould not DO fatal but to illustrate the old
proverb. tina, a man born to be hanged will
not he drowned, Sherman has once more
Filtered away his opportunities, IL run,or
be correct, and flung himself into the arms
Of an administration cpudiated by the pco-
pie and covered all over with ireachey,
and ho win have his rcwurd. Seward hav.
ing won a reputation second TO no s,a,cs.
man In our country, In his old age treats L
like bubble TO DO idly tossed from hin,
eontea, To be another Cardinal wolscy, to
moan, tt rr '. .i.r
Hsd Z bot served my God with haN the seal
served ny hing. he would n q 10 niss 40
Have len ne naked 70 niss snsuiss > -..
But when johnson fell il would he hard to
rla,e. He Is like an old, old house shabbi
ly built and pat together At the 6rst eaten
in,o by tho corn'ptious Of ,isss, until II
last ], falls by is own weight, every splinter
board, and beam rotten to It's utmost