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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-29
The silence of the Arctic Mich,

In his new work, "The Open Polar Sea -
DIR. Hayes thus describes the fearful solitude
and stiffness of the Arctic night:
l have gone out in the Arctic night and
viewed nature under varied aspects. have
rejOiced with her in her strength and COM
muned with her in repose. nave seen the
wild burst OF her anger, have watched her
sportive play, and have beheld her robed in
silence. have walked abroad in the lark
ness when the winds were roaring THROUGH
tne nils and crashing over the plain. have
ssroiled along the beach when the only sound
I.a'. broke tne stiffness was the dull creaking
VI the lce-tables, as they rose and fell laziIy
with tile tide. 1 have wandered far ont unon
the frozen sea, and listened to the voice OF the
icepefgs Dewalling their Imprisonment along
Tue Siacler, Wnere forms and ialls the ava
lanche; upon the hilltop, where the ,jrfting
snow, courslng over the rocks, sang its nla;17
i've song; and again | have wandered away
to some distant valley where all these sounds
We're mashed. and the air was stil and solemn
as the tomb.
And 1t is here that the Arctic night is most
impressive, wnere its true spirit is revealed
where its wonders are unloosed to sport and
play with the mind's vain imagininQs. The
heavens above and the earth beneath reveal
only an endless and iathomless quiet. there
%
or motion. l stand alone in the midst of the
mighty hills. Their tall crests climb upward.
and are lost in the gray vaults OF the skies.
Inc dark cliffs, standing against theirslopes of
white, are the steps OF vast ampitheatre.
Inc mind, hnding no rest on their bald sum
mlfs, wanders into space. The neon, weary
with her long vigils, sinks to her repose. The
fleades no longer breathe their sweet infiu-
ences, Cassiopea and Andromeda and Orion,
and all the infinite host OF unnumbered con-
stellatlons, tail to iniuse one spark of ioy in
to this dead atmosphere. They have lost all
their tenderness, and are cold and pulseless
The eye leaves them and returns to tie earth.
and the trembling ear awaits something thar
VIII break the oppressive silence. But no
lootfall OF living thing reaches it; no wild
beast howls through the solitude There is no
cry OF birds to enliven the scene; no tree
among whose branches the WIND can sigh and
moan. The pulsations of my own heart are
alone heard In the great void; and as the
blood courses through the sensiti-e organiza-
tlon OF the ear, l am oppressed as with dis
cordant sounds. Silence has ceased to be
negative. 1t has become endowed with pos
tive attributes. seem to hear and see and
ieel It, 1t stands forth as ffightful spectre,
hliin9 the mind with the overpOwering cen
seriousness OF universal death,-proclaimin
the end OF all things and heralding the ever
lasting future. Its presence is uncomfortable.
spring from the rock upon which 1 have
been seated, l plant my ieet heavily in the
snow to Danish Its awful presenoe,-and the
sound rolls through the night and drives
away the phantom.
have seen no expression on the face of ma
turs so filled with terror as the silence of the
Arctic night. 1a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-29
The constitutional Am,..,n..,.,

We publish this morning Mr. ,,s:a,.
speech in explanation of his vote renaera., -.
week against the ratification of the pendino
amendment to the national constitution W.
are not surprised to learn that MIR. Mor,.,.,o
remarks were listened to with close attention
and that he was warmly congratulated at the
close. Many members declared that if the
case had been SO clearly presented before in
stead of after the vote, their names would
have been recorded on the other side of the
question. Quietly acting upon his honest
convictions and assigning his reasons there
for, MIR. Morris has marked the present ten
dency of Republican opinion and stands in
some degree its representative in the Leeisla
ture of Maine la
Inc signs of the times indicate unmistaka-
piy that the period has already passed when
the compromises OF the constitutional amen,l-
ment could be accepted by the Northern peo
pie. When Congress agreed upon those
terms, when the Republican National Conn
mittee declared that the door throuob wb;nh
Tennessee had entered "stood inyitinplv onen,
to the other rebellious States, a large maioritv
oithe Republican party was ready and anx-
ious to welcome those States to their former
privileges upon these conditions. We had
mistaken the temper of the South. These
conditions, unjust to nobody but the loyal
men of the South, mild to excess in their am
piitude of pardon for rebels, have been reject
ed, scorntully thrown back in our faces.--
Such South we are not prepared to receive
on these simple terms. We must have better
guarantees for the good behaviour of people
who seem to have taken leave of their com
mon sense, who admit that they are conquer
ed but deny the victor's right to secure him
self against future injury at their hands.
Nevertheless, We are glad the amendment
has been ratified by the Legislature. 1t is. as
Governor Chamberlain says, "a step in the
right direction" Itdefines American citizen.
ship in accordance with the spirit Of the age,
secures the national debt, and removes the
odious inequality Of representation which was
the last trace of slavery in the constitution.
Maine cannot afford to repudiate these meas
ures. In SO far as Mr.. Morrs's vote was a
protest against their acceptance as fnalityit
was proper and a timely protest. But they
are not final. Congress has never bound it.
self to regard them as final; and il it had. the
action OF the Southern Legislatures would
have released it from the obligation. These
measures are simply indispensable so far as
they go, and Others it is now clear, must be
added to them. trsp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-29

The correspondent of the Argus who rath-
er rashly denied that the Supreme Court ever
declared that negroes In this country have mo
rights which white man is bound to re-
spect," finding the words actually occurring in
the opinion delivered by Chief Justice Taney
in the Dred Scott case, undertakes to affirm
now that this was merely Statement of the
manner in which the negro had been regard
ed for hundred years prior to the Declara
tion of Independence. The words we
quoted Saturday show that Judge Taney
spoke of the prevailing opinions sat the time
of the Declaration of independence" Here
is the reason assigned by the court for con-
sidering the state of public opinion at that
time: f~.A.''.2I
No one, we presume, supposes that any
change in public opinion or feeling, in rela-
tion to this unfortunate race, in the civilized
nations Of Europe or in this country, should
induce the court to give to the words of the
Constitution a more liberal constr uction in
their favor than they were intended to bear
when the instrument was formed and adopted.
Still more explicitly, IN another passage,
| Judge fancy says: .s7as
! We think they are not included and were
not intended TO to be included under the word
"citizens" in the Constitution, and can there
fore claim none of the rights and privileges
| which that instrument provide for and secures
to citizens of the United States. On the con-
trary, they were at that time considered as a
| subordinate and inferior class of beings, who
had been subjugated by the dominant race,
and achether emdncipdted or not get remain
| OR PRIVILEGES BUT SUCH AS THOSE WHO HELD
THE POWER AND THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT
| CHOOSE TO GRANT THEM.
This is a mere euphemism for the more
striking assertion that they had by law "no
rights which the white man was bound to re-
spect." On these express grounds the de-
cision was announced as follows: ..
Upon full and careful consideration of the
| subject, the court is of opinion, that upon the
facts stated in the plea of abatement, Dred
| Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the
meaning of the Constitution of the United
States, and not entitled as such to SUE i'm its
courts.
The facts stated in the plea of abate-
ment are simply that the plaintiff
was negro, of African descent,
| and that his ancestors were of pure
African blood and were brought into this
country and sold as slaves. 1t was on these
grounds that the Supreme Court decided that
his complaint could not be entertained. Yet
the correspondent of the Argus who raised
this question declares that the decision of the
court has been msrepresented by the Press.
We advise him to read the opinion OF the
court. He will learn something about thls
really important case by so doing. by refer
ence to the Proverbs Of Solomon he may also
learn that pride goeth before destruction
and a naughty spirit before fall" His last
communication to the Argus was not printed
as leading article. q"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-29
Terms Eight Dollars per ammuns, n. adyance

who was married to white woman nv uou
Lot NJ. NORTH. When the parties could find
no other magistrate to solemnize the marria"e
Mr.. Morrill, said he would do it. 1t was a yesy
prosperous marriage. Three children are the
result, and the man has acquired some prop-
erty. Unless this marriage is made legitimate
these children could not inherit. II the faith,
"a mas died, and the property has already been
distributed under the laws of distribution, you
'u p,,t ;e not get it back. 1t is vested right.
ch;,in ds ,he father is living you can protect the
sort en nS I'll In relation to the mother, Il Is no
t, 1;u;n VI consequence, because if the mother is
nvmS and she has propertv' the children
introdrn mu,d inherit. have thought il proper to
ners T6o an ha amendment in reference to pau
pers pers fro me Dill as reported might change pau
mant ohu;o,ns one Town low. to another. The amend
On motion of Mr.. Crosby, the bill was laid
on the table and ordered to be printed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-29

The great lire in Augusta was severe test to
the quality OF Sales. Attention is called to the fact
that the following named persons and business firms
of Augusta have purchased since the calamtous
fire of 1865 Tilton s. McFarlands Fire Proof Sates
viz:-David Cargill; Chas. X. Partridge Parrott &
Bradbury, two safes; Chas E. Collier; S. +. Robin
son; G. G. Vose; Charles F. Potter, late Pension
Agent; Baker Weeks, Pond & Smith, two safes;
c. w. Stafford & Son; F. w. Kinsman; James A.
Bicknell, Postmaster; Longfellow s. Sanborn
James w. Cofren late of Augusta, now of Lewiston
Deering & Holway; Gould & Buckley; Artemas
Libbey; John G.. Adams; Stevens g. Sayward-
twenty-one Safes in all.
1t is believed that only four Safes of any other
make have been purchased in Augusta since the fire.
jan24 div
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General Sterling Price, who is now in
St. Louis, has (says Missouri paper) chad
his acquaintance with his friends interrupted
since 1861"
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COTTAGE SHADES, &c
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COE' IS
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