The Portland daily press., 1867-06-24

The Evansville Sentinel, forcible-feeble
sheet, published so near the Kentucky line
that any degree OF mental alteration on the
part of its editor can create no surprise, has
the following: .-.. .....
Gen. Robert Il. Lee is the first choice (f"r
President in 1889 OF a grand army of Demo
Gratis in the North, who are not afraid to urge
his claim before the country for that position
for which God especially endowed him. The
timid men of the party may tremble when his
name is spoken, but the brave applaud.
The amiable lunatic who originated this
harmless bit of pleasantly meant to say some
thing very shocking and wicked. Like an an
cry child who wants whipping, he has said
the naughtiest thing that The inbecility OF an
immature intellect enabled him to conceive
He thought to bring soOwling universe about
his sanctum, perhaps he even hoped to ex-
cite anew the tintinnabulations of Mr. Sow
ards little bell, the ,nenacing tones of which
were hushsd at the advent of happy peace
But his dream of trial by military COM
mission of savage and od-thirsty chieftains
will come to naught; Nasby will not consign
him to geographical immortality; his three
penny thunderholt will hardly ruffle the tom
per Of those who wero expected to exhibit the
most frantic rage. These satanic crudities
seem puerile here, however they may accord
with the imperfect civilization of the West
In Maine We are sophisticated. When Dem
oeratic paper in the latitude of Portland de-
lberately undertakes to be reckless it can pro-
duce off-hand paragraphs which preclude all
doubt of the existence of inspired penmsn, =
though we decline indicating the direction
from which, in our opinion, the Inspiration
comes. Nay, the sentiments of cultivated
Democratic intellects are often SO sulphurous
tnat the question may properly arise whether
the popular limitation OF singular diabolic
parsonage to printing offices is not fallacy.
and whether that grand combination Of evil
spirits, designated as Legion, may not some
times assist in the editorial labors.
Let the frank, outspoken Evansville journal
ist make pilgrimage to New England, if he
would learn the elements of the current Dem
ocratic philosophy. His utmost endeavors
have not enabled him to name a candidate for
the presidency who is sufficiently disloyal to
secure the support of such representatives OF
the conservative party as the Argus. If the
reliable gentle mem of the press are to be
credited, Gen. Lee, Us well as Lohgstreet, For
lcst, anu AlSmPeohs laS Icdilzcu tue prOpri6ty
OF supporting tine reconstruct tion measures oil
Congress, and is therefore not in sympathy
with the sectional party which opposes them
The Argus may with perfect consistency place
the name OF Pendletoh or Seymour at the
head Of it's columns. but not that OF Robert L.
Lee. In his digniied retirement at Lexington
the rebel leader lnanifests q very crUaiiab,e do
gree of reserve; but those to whom he reveals
his feelings with the most freedom declare that
he has abandoned "the lost cause" But the
Democracy ofthe North would still prolong
the war. The Republicans with disinterest-
edness not often displayed by political par
ty, have provided means whereby the States
lately in rebellion may secure admission to
Congress, and may participate in the next pres
idential election, upon the most generous
terms. But the President, aided and abetted
by his College of Jesuits and by Northern mar
contents is still the great disturber of the har-
mony of the Republic. The fiercest opposition
to Congress comes not from Gen. Lee, or from
the South, but from such restless spirits as
Pendleton, who has recently declared that "the
contest moy yet become one Of the spord
In order to show conclusively to the wonld-
be Boanerges of remote Evansville that he is
absurdly moderate and guarded in his state
ments even when he declares that God espec-
tally endowed the Virginian warrior for the
presidency, we cite single instance of the
perfection to which reckless Misrepresentation
has been brought in Maine. A few days ago
we spoke incidentally Of the devotion shown
by the Republican party to the Union and the
Constitutions historical fact as well estab
lished as the existence of that party. So ap-
parent has it been to all disinterested friends
OF liberty everywhere, that those whose re-
mOteness from the scene of our conflicts has
enabled them to judge impartially, have uni
formly attested it. Victor Hugo, Kossuyh,
Garibaldi. Mazzini, Bright and a host of Euro
can Liberals, have been enthuiastic in their ad-
miratiOn and respect for the party to whose
hands the destiny of this country is now COM
mitted. Ali this the Argus would refute by
quoting the famous declaration of Wendell
Phillips that the Constitution is"a covenant
with death and league with hell" Phillips
is spoken of as one of the Republic an lead
ersl This particular misrepresentation has
been refutsd several thousand times within q
few years, yet tits constantly recurring Why
not say that Phillips is the leader of the Gre
tan insurgents?-or the Jaffa oolonists?