The Portland daily press., 1867-11-02
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Saturday norpipr sEsues,s sss1.
Baf~First Page tO-ddy-Ratonae of the
Congressional Policy; Temperance and Pol
tics; Varieties.
FotpM Pdge.-Tlie Hidden Despotism, a
s-s-s-taa Oh domestic tyranny, from Harper's Ba-
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ua1a~taie Oh domestic tyranny, from Harper Ba-
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nhasus GENERAL SHERlDASs yIsrr 10 the STATE
issd twas very brief. 1t became NECESSARY 70 nisp
aihoui point somebody, aud our friends IN 'iie
,tats, ,s,. bee valley We're Disappointed we nv
see that Instead of accepting their disiPpoii'
4, Mani u navt,ble some of them are disposed
f4hia8s 4 ,lfibute the result to a dark design ON the
yqz3 ga,r,of Portland to injure, insult, abuse and
,hsr,vise p,altreat and eontemn the State Of
lh5t sNJaine its capital city and constituted authori-
sd 81 = ties This is really unbeconing and--we beg
gi DOL everybody's pardon, but we are compelled to
44ni, say childish controversy. The Kennebec
asa saG journal makes no complaint The Gosnel
ih IS Banner does not assume to decide whether the
i0ftaa disappointment was due to 'some nisunder-
is 49,. standing" or undue influence" The Stand
ard "does not know where the responsibility
49,. rests" but has heard that "the Spring faction
IN Portland occasioned the trouble for the pur-
pose of injuring Governor Chamberlain The
~ ie warmth OF these newspaper comments in
9 creases in exact proportion to the distance of
sal their authors from the sources OF exact nor-
tW SEA nation The Gardiner, Bath and Brunswick
, x s|t papers are in high state OF excitement, and
adj r a the Bath Times particularly takes its revenge
,,a by declaring that reception one ''of
which many country towns on the Kennebec
would be heartily ashamed We congrat,-
late these country towns On their superior
taste and ability, which we do not for a mo-
ment think OF disputing; bot we beg to say,
2 for the instruction of the Times that we really
e did oarvery hest and ought not to be, too Sc
y ~ - verely blamed because we could not do more
,5bs sa General Sheridan and his party seemed to
think the collection Of 10000 people under his
30 windows at the serenadea very handsome pop
q uar demonstration, and regarded the ball in
d 81 the evening rather brilliant affair. If he
he Rat
~. t Times should be particularly disturbed
~. The truth is that in August Gen. Sheridan
received dispatch from Gov. Chamberlain
asking him to visit the State sometime, and
:" replied that he would. When Sheritan's visit
''''t to Boston was announced, che City Govern
8 oAe ment of Portland knowing nothing of the
ou1b aa Governors arraneement sent 4 committee to
asi{a invite the GeEaral hero. He had visited New
m q aaYork without going first to Albany and there
sgsae apparent breach of etiquette in invit
- 5sa ing him to visit Portland without waiting for
f 8 an Invitation TO proceed from the capital. The
f,sf committee met the General before he reached
Boston, and be agreed to visit Portland some
time after the 24th October In the afternoon
Of the same day two Of the Governors aids
~ saw General Sheridan in Boston, and extend
cd to him formal invitation to visit the Stale
= Ae94 which was accepted under the impression tha
zee the two invitations for visit to only one
~ eiplace and that place Portland. UnderIthis i'm
vsg preston the General subsequently arranged to
t5 iam come to Portland on the 18th and return to
: Las Concord ON the Goth October After the date
y s 4 of his visit here had been announced Adjutant
~. General Caldwell called upon Sheridan in
Hartford to ascertain when he was coming to
Augusta General Sheridan then explained
the inisapprehension under which he had pre-
yiously labored, but said he would 60 to Au
gusta if it could be arranged so as not to inter
for rvifb iSx-;c;t 10 al -.
49, Portland committee received no message from
Augusta and proceeded with their arrange
ments., No proposition was ever made to the
Portland committee to waive their prior claim
. -. until Sunday afternoon 9th, and at that time
the arrangements for the reception ON the fol
49, III lowing day had been completed and it was toe
~ ~ late to change them The first formal invita-
go ton came from Portland. The prog anime
was arranged with thought of interfering
=. - with Augusta. The request to give way to
- Augusta came TO the Portland committee toe
late to be considered. These are the facts and
we submit that they do not justify the bad
t feeling which has been exhibited by several
~ outside newspapers but which does not appear
~, in the columns of our Augusta exchanges.