The Portland daily press., 1867-12-09

lilne mas Deen pf0stltuted more and more
! recklessly to base and personal ends. 1t
stands pledged to bring into our civil and di
plomatic service those elements Of character
and ability which have long distinguished the
army and navy. 5,ssy IA y
a Such party cannot be defeated. Its de-
sires are the desires of the great body of the
American people. Its aspirations are prophe-
cies OF future laws. Its Intelligent oppc-
nents venture only to find fault with its
methods, and we learn better By their critl-
cisms how to reach our ends. John Quincy
Adams, addressing the Democrats of Con-
cord, says OF the Republicans, ''When read
their noble declarations of an undying in
| tent to struggle ON till the equality Of all
men, irrespective OF race or, color, before
the law, is irrevoeably established, l. can
heartily say amen." The New York World
contends strennonsH against the shallow f.
nancial sophistries Of Mr.. Pendleton, who
nevertheless seems likely to secure the Dem
ocratic nomination for the presidency next
year. Even the Eastern Argus declared last
year, timidly and briefly, in a solitary para
graph, in favor OF impartial sutiragel All men
who are not stone blind, see that the princi-
Piles OF tie Republican party are the princi-
Piles which are to rule this nation, are the
principles which the American people cher
ish in their heart of hearts and which there
fore must sooner or later prevail. 5hi ai q
Shall they prevail next year? Ifit is I'M
derstood that these principles are involved in
the contest, assuredly yes. If it is not under
stood, If the issues are not clearly presented,
If the sharp points of the controversy are
blurred and indistinct in the popula appre-
hension-possibly not. The mass of the
Democratic party is stagnant ii not reac ton
ary. 1t cannot be lifted out of the old ruts.
The leaders cannot control 1t; it will hang
like lead upon their skirts. 1t will oppose i'm
partial suffrage; it will blndly assail the ma
tional credit under the impression that it is
attacking the Republican party; it will con-
tinne to lament the downfall of slavery. That
is the party with which we are to contend.
We ought to have a majority of thirty thou
sand votes against that party here in Maine
next fall. They are here; weOught to have
them at the polls. Can it be done by extraor-
binary exertions during the last few weeks of
the campaign? Can it be done by sending
speakers into few towns in each of our six
teen counties? Can it be done by the hasty
distribution OF a few cart-loads OF campaign
documentss These are all well; they do
something; they stir up men whose opinions
are formed; but they do not contribute to
the formation OF opinions
Opinions which are worth ANYTHING. which
can be counted on as motives, are formed
slowly, from many facts, considered, weighed,
interpreted. The steady influence of news
paper, calling attention week after week to
the developments Of current history, to the
utterances of prominent men of both parties,
to the exact points of difference between the
two parties, is worth more than all the cleo
is the men who do not read, who are think
ing only oftheir farms, or their shops, or their
dicker and traffic, who will stay at home on
election day, "lf every man in the country"
says the New York Tribune, "could read and
did habitually read two good journals, one of
each party, we should have no more doubt of
electing Republican president next gear
than of the rising of the sum-"
1t is time to begin the campaign now. 1t
is time to see now that every voter who can
read is supplied with good Republican news
paper for the coming year. We call upon
our friends all over the State to aid us in our
attempt TO increase the circulation Of the
Press. For Maine readers it has the adyan-
tages which belong to paper representing
Maine interests. The details OF general news,
as they are to be foun in New York news
papers, we do not undertake to give. A suf-
fcient summary of the current history of the
world, is all we can pretend to furnish Our
reports of the proceedings Of Congress will
nevertheless be as full as any New England
journal publishes, and our regular correspond
ents at Washington and New York, the polit-
ical and commercial capitals OF the county,
have already given proof of their ability
Our arrangements for procuring Maine news
are unequalled. Dispatches to the Associat-
ed Press from all parts of Maine, we shall OF
course receive; but in addition TO these, we
have regular correspondents in the principal
cities oil the State, occasional correspondents
at other points, and we have arranged for
special dispatches from the State Capital ev-
cry night, so long as the legislature is in ses-
sion, containing the substance OF the days
proceedings. All matters of local news or In
terest will be reported and discussed in our
columns more fully than can be expected of
newspapers out OF the State. The various
railroad enterprises now in progress, the en-
ployment of our water power which is begin
ming to attract attention abroad as well as at
home, the bearing Of ofCongressional, legislation
upon our manufacturing, commercial, lumber
ing, fishing and shipbuildiDg interests-these
and other kindred topics will claim large
portion of our space. The relations of Maine
to the Dominion of Canada are so intimate
that we shall be compelled to give consider
able attention to Canadian affairs and shall
continue our weekly review Of Canadian
news.
The Maine State Press is as carefully
made up as an entirely independent paper. 1t
will contain a complete Congressional and
Legislative record from week to week, sum
mary of State news arranged by counties, an
agricultural department containing articles
prepared expressly for its columns, the ship
ping news ofthe week in full, market reports
| carefully revised to date of publication, a
readable story every week and a page of en-
tertaining miscellany, together with the most
important correspondence, reports and edito-
rals, and the latest telegraphic intelligence,
from the daily edition. The Maine state
Press isa quarto paper, containing eight large
pages and is the largest paper in New Eng
land. 1t will be furnished to subscribers as
heretofore, for two dollars year inVarlaoy
in advance. To clubs, during the coming
important year, we are willing to offer hoer-
al reduction. To clubs of ten we will send
the Maine state Press one year Tor seven
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for fifteen dollars, strictly in advance. New
names sent in between now and the first OF
Jannary will be entered at once on our sub