The Portland daily press., 1867-10-28

an Reed; Mr.. Nasbys History the Kittery
Court Naval
.,.t . Lac New British Minister, Edward Thorn
..5il tom Is not noblsman This fact is disgusting
u f.Iff.to many Americans and strangely enough 10
10 { some Eaglishmen., The London Times reflects
fsI r ii.-aaturelly upon th, British government for
t- s.nliug to us a nilu who will have little social
iotlaeuea ON account OF his lack OF title
.r This is not at ali fattering Hin the course of
- a eantury the influence Of republican institu-
tions hasnot enabled the American public to
discriminate between the consideration due to
~ mans coronet his arms, his stars his orders
ri, his ribbons and his titles, on the one hand, and
m his brains on the other, it is time to import one
s4 of Queen Victosa's boys and begin life over
= ss again as monarchy with noble idiot at the
.sl Us head of affairs The English government can
pay the American people no greater comph-
. 80 hent than to send as their representative d
sg4i,s man. How little influence even the hghestu-
sa ties have in constituting is fully iliustrat
AL Blg ed the of the heir apparent TO the throne
,f.fs. of a nation upon which the sun never sets.
.rss. The highest achievements of tins young gen
tleman with which the public has any ac
r ouaintance has been in series ofamours with
~ a,retty waiter girls" and appearing in public
- on recent occasion clad from head to foot, i'll
.tt pursuance of a divinely original idea, in
fs..4 o. white. ID laaa Be- ID % biF4ttula 's--e
-'E a JAMES w. WALL writes to the papers pro-
l9 posing that on the 22l OF February society
be organized to be called the @Confraternity
q, foe1pof State Prsoners from the Lincoln Bastles
af s As might be expected from the dignfying pre-.
hsa fix which is forced into an unnatural compan-
.A ionship with the time-honored designation OF
all sorts of organizations the object of this so,
& ciety is something absolutely appalling. Ia
ts1 the words of the gifted WI tier of the commun-
that h.
of the man who in his high place of power
could forget the obligations of his oath OF Office
- and insult the memories of the fathers of the
republic by trampling upon the constitutional
. liberties of American citizens to subserve the
base purposes of paltry partisan malignity and
-, revenge. In other words he says "lhs con-
-. fraternity must year by year devote its time
, and energies to the collection OF all the facts
49,. connected with the illegal arrests and the
treatment of the prisoners, that the future his
80 torian may be thoroughly and correctly inform
go ed Of the true character OF the much laudeJ
80 administration, OF Abraham Lincoln" = He
furthermore prates of "the infamous crimes
l8e I .foperpetrated by Abraham Lincoln, Simon
absy Cameron, Joseph Holt and +. Al. Stanton in
dJr0was the name of American liberiy.,y Perhaps
s. sasssa some OF our readers. may have forgotten
-g55 sai who this Wall is. He was, in his day. 9
agf1l member OF Congress from New jersey
aa i7 While our soldiers trying to restrain tho
gasIf Rebel foe from invading the homes and fl re
sides OF the North this Wall was, ieuratiyely
Il s-,oa speaking, engaged in stabbng them in the
back. He cheered the traitors with voice and
ssyy5 PEN very properly the government in self
aL3nl defence, shut him up in Fort Lafayette but
30 5oi let him loose again after few weeks. This
brief biography explains the tone of his let
a4i.si tef. He and his. compeers need no "confra
lauS tarnityP to perpetuate their nfamy Histor,
asgs4 WILDE as hot place for them as it is for Juda
t,itI 81 % I scariot. ~ n, 81 ..ii Id rt.i st 70.