The Portland daily press., 1868-07-17
Political Nafea

Inc w ashlngt0n lntell'gencer has given up
its abuse of Secretary McCulloch, and now
pours its datribes against the Freedmen's
Bureau and its honored head efsd Eaf
Gen. Netherlands friends claim that he
furnished the brains" for the capture of
Vicksburg fact, which though not under
stood by the country at large, still readily ac-
counts for his present lack of them
In 1862 when Seymour was elected governor
of New York, Stonewali jackson, riding by
rail from Fredericksburg to Richmond, called
upon the people at every station for cheers for
the triumph of their friends in New York.
Let no friends" cheer him in November.
We advise those Republicans aud Demo-
Gratis, " no voted practically to repudiate one
tenth Of the national debt, to go home, and
learn lessons in honesty from their constitu-
ents. The bond is good for nothing except for
the interest it brings. Reduce the interest,
and the value o! the bond is diminished in the
same proportion sal ic 800 -ed Is.iaE a-5dN
Ex-Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, in his speech
at the inauguration of his successor says: i1i'
1t is idle TO expect any Keller in regard to
universal suffrage from the Democratic party
II the southern governments in 1870 are de-
clared void, the States will be left in a condi-
ton of anarchy. If the Supreme Court de-
clares them to be unconstitutional, he asks
what constitution will be in force, and what
officers reinstated.
During a debate in the House of Represent
atives on the 11th inst. Mr.. Munger Demo
craft of Ohio, asked Mr.. Boutwell,, where he
was, when Frank P. Blair was fighting the
battles of his country. Mr.. Boutwell, replied :
was in the service of my country. But
one thing ! never did, I never protested to
serve under commission as general in the ar
my and take pay for that service and serve iii
the House as a member of Congress, exercis-,
ing civil functions and military authority at
the same time in violation of the Constitution
and of the entire theory of the government a'
In alludiDg to August Belmont's re election
as Chairman of the National Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, the Philadelphia Press
says: lo nsis 9d Aeziee -sa -,si.g -..,.sr
This selection secures for another term to
the Rothschilds the manipulation of the Dem
cratic party. This does not concern us par
ticularly, but it must be a humilating refiec-
ton to Democrats who once voted under the
leadership of Jackson, and Benton and Doug
las, to know that their whole political organ
ization is now the puppet Of a banking house
AN outside speculation of the great house of
the Rothschilds, held in the pocket of and
managed by their New York correspondent,
August Belmont, formerly of Europe, and now
resident in the United States.
Brick Pomeroy is going to start daily pa
per called the New York Democrat His De-
mocracy is certainly of the pure New York
sixth ward stamp. -' @'i''''.. 7t"
report from the State Department shows
that twenty-six States, including Arkansas
Florida and North Carolina, have filed rati.
fication of the pending fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution. 1t has also been ratified
by Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina,
but the papers have not come to hand This
m ikes more than enough, and the amendme mt
therefore becomes part of the Constitution
as soon as the needful forms can be carried
out. Congress may pass declaratory act to
this effect. ~ '' H'l'
The Massachusetts Republican Committee
has called the State Convention to meet at
Worcester on the 9th of September. 1905 10
The vote by which Mr.. Evarts was confirm
ed Attorney General was % to 5.
The Cleveland Leader says: eff you want to
make an Ohio Democrat mad say Blair to
him. 1t is worse than red rag to a turkey
rooster" 49, r'9 ia8
Daniel ). Dickerson used to say that he
knew when Horatio Seymour most desired to
De q candidate for office, by the pertinacity
with which he declined it, When Seymour
received complimentary denomination in
1854, and was expected to adhere to his declar-
ed purpose not to accept, he disappointed and
disgusted the wiser members of the party. and
was defeated at the polls, as they knew he
would BE- The late Dean Richmond was in
the lobby of Tweedle Hall at the time, and
some one informed him that sevmour was
making speech accepting the nomination ba
turned on his heel in anger, saying. az aI1ro,,s
knew he was - fool; and row he mas nrov-
ed it," io -st...f fI
A registration law is pending before the
Connecticut legislature. True to their uni
versal practice the Democrats oppose it.
Why? s1 s.s .,sE..,........- y
Our California exchanges speak in the most
confident way of carrying that State for Grant
and Colfax by twelve or fifteen thousand ma
jority.s rrr a.-5 a.Haf .f s.s-.-..- ~. 49,.
The Upton Times, the most influential Dem
ocratic paper in the Eighth Indiana District,
throws overheard Seymour and Blair.