The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-17
PoLIrICAL.

prositutins the p.rdoains power 10 save hs
ambition for renomination- No one den,ss
TIA. Tie amnesty proclamation vas Inspired o'
desire to make favorable impression on the
New York convention. and NOT BY pafroao
impulse 70 accomplish viss measure Of public
policy. Ths Wholesale pardonips Of counter
fsiters and svindlers b bad enough but this last
proclamation Of amnesty brings more dissrsos
upon the President than al his vetoes and circle
speeches combined. In fact Il leaves only. one
more degraded politician In the country and
that Is Salmon P. Chass
The New York republicans have done wisely
In presenting the Hon. John A. Griswold -
their candidate for governor. Mr.. ariswold d
popular man, well qualified for the position,
!. and thoroughly Trustworthy. He l. forty-six
years Of age, and l. now nearly At the end Of
his third term Of service In Congress. In 1862
be was elected - Q democrat from the Troy dis
trict, but was never one Of the violent kind. and
very soon began 10 be Disguised with his copper
head associates and TO oct with the union party.
His conversion was % decided that In 1854 his
old Republican opponents Of the district nomin-
aied and elected him, and In 1855 he wss ehosen
for his third term.
The National Republican committee propose
to have the Northern States canvassed BY some
Of the moro prominent Southern friends Of TO
constr ction. Among others It Is expected that
Gen. Longstrect will take part In the pending
strife. Ex-Gov. Jos Brown, J. II. Caldwell. and
Col. Farrow Of Georgia, Senator Aloorn o. Mis-
sissippi, Gov. Holden and Benjamin Beninger Of
North Carolina, Gov. Smith Of Alabama, and
number Of others are named. Most Of these
were In the rebellion In some shape, and all
have been most active In working for recon-
structiou.
Grant smokes, and the Anti-Tobaooo League,
selecting the sscetic World - their organ, have
issued funny address against him. II can moi
be deniei that Grant arrested the eye Of the na-
ton by his proclivity to smoke. He smoked a
Belmont, at Donelson, and at Pittsburg Land
ing. Hc smoked furiously at Vicksburg, 81
Chattanooga, at the Wilderness, and at Spott-
sylvanis, and kept Il up all summer till he
reached Petersburg. He smoked around Pc
tcrsburg and Richmond for nine months, and
took final smoke with General Leo under The
famous AppomattoI apple tree. The old adass
assures us that good deal Of smoke must nee
essarily DO accompanied BY some Are; and II
must be admitted that on all these occasions
Grant did much Of his smoking under 6rs.
1t. Gen. Sherman being INTERCEPTED In 70.
gard to the Seymour and Blair nominations,
said, "They are bad nominations, and will b
beaten oil to pieces. Grant will be elected"
go says tho Chicago TINES (Democratic.)
Hon. VIM. Pinckney White has been appoint
ed by Gov. Swami, U. 8. Senator to al the un-
expired term Of Rsverdy johnson.
The New York World says that certain pho
tograph gallery "has received an sddendum In
the photographs Of the Hon. Horato Seymour
and General Francis p. Blair, tho Presidential
candidates Of the democratic party" Thess
photographs have each been taken In fifteen po-
sitions, % that those desirousUf becoming inti
mately acquainted with these gentlemen's fAce'
have every opportunity Of 20 doing" Fiftecr
different positions Is II not almost too much
Three or four different positions might have beer
expected, and indeed were necessary. But ar
teen different positions
Tho Portland Press forcibly remarks that this
Is the nineteenth century. The fact Is pretty
obvious, but the Democracy have forgotten It.
On the issues presented by the party, the people
have expressed an opinion again and again.
They have trodden them under foot, spurned
them, spit upon them and treated them with
every imaginable species Of contumdy, - often
as they have had o chance to get at them. Al
well submit to them Drsco's "Bloody Code, J" or
the barbarous laws Of Lycurgus for endorse
ment, o. tho white mans government, the rev.
olutionary opinions and the liquidation Of the
Democratic platform.
One Of the last democratic victories reported
was In Racine, Wisconsin, and great gain was
loudly trumpeted. It turns out that there wn
but one candidate, and he, republican, was
unanimously elected.
A disgustsd democratic publisher makes him
self unhappy because white girls work for .
oolored dressmaker In his town. The best Of
10 that he worked for the same woman himself,