The Portland daily press., 1867-02-18
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
monday Morning, February l8, 1867.


What Is the object of the Demooro, 10 q
The New York Day-Book, a radically Donoo'.
ic paper which favored the reduction or -
labOrers to slavery before the war and has
yet ceased to regret the destruction OF that ev
cellent system, replies, "Well, as it has beon
led for the last six years, we should saw tb,t
its only object was to play the tail to the Re
publican kite, and keep as far out of sight as
possible the principles of Democracy" The
Day-Book was exceedingly disgusted with the
Philadelphia cOnventio.:, and is outraged by
Mr.. Johnson's constitutional amendment
which fell still-born in the Senate week AGO.
The Day-Book represents the party undoubt-
ed,y. The Democratic party never accepted
these compromises, and has made its fight
uniformly for candidates conspicuous for their
opposition to the war and for their obstinate
refusal to accept the results OF the war. The
leaders of the party may have conscientiously
endeavored to keep the principles of Democ-
racy as far out of sight as possible, but when
it came to balloting for candidates the back
seats of their conventions came stolidly to the
front and chose with unerring instinct the
Pillsburys, Clymers and Hoffmans for their
standard-bearers. F'..' a.i+
The Day-Book ought not to complain of the
candidates of its party, and least of all of
such candidates as Mr.. Sinclair, who is now
stumping the State of New Hampshire in
company with Gen. Hartman, the Republi-
can candidate Tor Governor. IF any man de-
serves the Copperhead vote Mr.. Sinclair is the
man. From the beginning of the war to its
close he faithfully represented the party
which through Franklin Pierce promised that
the beginning of the rebellion should he tbe
signal for Democratic uprising at The North.
He has been nominated by a convention
which declared that propositions to inyesti-
gate the Presidents conduct are ."treasopa-
BILE" and ought to be resisted, and Mr.. Ed
mund Burke who presided over the conven-
tion explained that the resistance sbould he
made with arms if necessary" The Dem moc-
racy of New Hampshire are about as lilelv
to fight now to keep the peace as they were
in 1851, but whether they do or not, MIR. Sin
clair who halls from Bethlehem, is an ex-
cellent expounder of their new gospel. --'
Mr.. Sinclair was a member of the New
Hampshire Legislature when the bill to grant
the privilege of voting to New Hampshire SOL
diers in the field came before that body. aTbe
Democracy of the country" said he, "will
neoer submit to the result of an election de-
cided against them by soldiers votesp' Oh
no, the Democracy will never submit to the
laws! We have heard that over and over
sgain, and the Southern wing of the Demo-
cratic party has tried the experiment of refus-
ing to submit on grand scale and withr,,n-
satisfactory results We think they will sub
nit, even if Congress should exercise its RIGHT
to enquire into the official conduct of tbe
President. Again when the tattered flao of
the 11th New Hampshire, lost and regained
in the fierce struggle before Petersburg, was
brought into the Hall of Representatives in
the New Hampshire Capitol, Mr.. Sinclair
improved" the occasion by saying, "That
flag speaks more eloquently to-day than hu-
man tongue can speak of the carnage of hell
which Abolitionism has brought upon the
country-that flag which until it was seized
by red-handed Abolitionism, foated on every
sea, was respected in every land, and never
trailed in the dust" That was the way in
which Mr.. Sinclair "stood by the flag" during
the war. The Day-Book itself might unite
with him in this eloquent tribute. d8
The discussion between Mr.. Sinclair and
Gen Hartman does not appear to have in
spired the Democratic candidate with apy nm
due confidence as to the result on the second
Tuesday OF March. Indeed, at Littleton last
week Mr.. Sinclair publicly intimated that he
might decline the nomination In favor of Gen.
Beiel of Bath. Bath is little town on the
Ammonoosuc river. Gen. Bedel we never
had the pleasure of knowing by reputation or
otherwise. But we sincerely hope the honor
of furnishing a Democratic candidate to be
beaten and badly beaten will be left to Beth
lehem. Mr.. Sinclair is an admirable candi-
date for the purpose-a capital tail to Gen.
Haniman's kite, to use the picturesque lam
guage of the Day-BoOk. Besides the party
won't vote for man who writes "Gep.n to
his name. Mr.. Sinclair has no right to with
draw in this abrupt manner, merely because
he doesn't get on well in his discussion with
our hard-headed friend, Gen. Hartman. It
is understood that the orderly management of
these festive exhibitions is highly praise
worthy. A correspondent of the Boston
Journal describes The meetings as perfectly
harmonious" explaining that whenever one
side inadvertently begins to applaud it is in
stantly checked by kissing from the other!