The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-14
still 1'hey Come /,

We have from time to time given the names
OF prominent Democrats in this State who have
repudiated the revolutionary ticket. We have
several others in reserve, but shall at this time
add to the list only the name of Hon. Isaac
Reed of Waldoboro who, rumor says, is not
satisfied with the New York nominations and
gate to the New York Convention. sg
It is unquestionably true that since the
wholesale assertions from the Democratic
ranks in the spring of 1861, nothing like the
present movement from the same quarter has
been seen. The first and the second rebellions
produce similar results.
In the first place all or nearly all of the Re-
publicans who from time to time have been led
by various motives to support johnson and his
policy are coming back. Seward and Randall
in the Cabinet are thought by those who are
best informed to be friendly to the Republican
rather than the Democratic ticket. Beecher
Thurlow Weed and Bryant, who have been
somewhat wavering in their allegiance to their
party, leave nothing to be desired in their en-
phatic declarations ofsympathy with the Re-
publican as distinguished from the Democrat
ic policy of 1868. Chief Justice Chase has just
NOhfCtCo anu OpluiUu III luc SOurC OF
West Virginia distinctly recognizing the valid
tyofthe reconstruction acts. This divides him
from the Democracy on vital question.
General Steedman is one Of the very few sol
diers of repute who have within a few years
acted with the Jacobite party He has left
them. He prefers to be on the side that gives
the Union cheer rather than that which gives
the rebel yell General Rousseau-and this
acquisition we do not boast OILS said also to
be wavering in his allegiance to the Democ-
racy. General Dix, our Minister to France,
is to be set down in the same list.
Among their acquisitions we notice that
Democrats have been in the habit of counting
the new Attorney General, Mr.. Evarts. The
opinion Of that gentleman on the resignation
of Mr.. Rollins, published in our dispatches
yesterday morning. dispels any hopes they
may have in that direction. .4..-
But besides the backsliding Republicans we
can already count large number of repre-
sentative Democrats in all parts of the coun-
try whom the rebel nominations at New York
have recalled to reason. Among these we
may mention Hon. l. N. Morris, late Demo-
cratic Congressman from Hin bis, Hon. T. W
Green, leading Indiana Democrat, P. n.
Sibley, a member of the California State
Committee, Hon. J. Belfoy of Minnesota,
Hon. David Kilgore of Indiana, Judge Stud
diford of Brooklyn, General Sweetzer, late
Democratic candidate for Congress in Penn
sylvania, General John L. Swift of Massachu-
sets, j. B. Webster of Pittsburg, Pennsylva-
mia, Democratic candidate 70. Congress in
1896. Caleb Gushing, for many years one of the
leading Democrats of the country, is also
thought to be leaning toward Grant and
Colfax. 'f 1913 ~-
The Democrats of Massachusetts, are in
despair about John Quincy Adams who last
year was their candidate for Governor and
this year refuses to make any declaration of
political faith. Charles Francis Adams, in his
letter recently published, indicates that resi-
dence of over seven years in England has not
changed his political opinions.
If we turn to the newspapers we find the
same gratifying state of feeling The waver-
ers, like the New York Post and Times and
the Springfield Republican are now firm in
in the Republican faith. The New York Jour-
nal of Commerce, standard Democratic au-
thority, finds nothing but reputation in the
New York platform. The New York Herald,
governed by expediency rather than principle.
joins the winning side. The Germania Ger
man paper published at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, has
repudiated the New York platform and has
brought thousands Of Western German Dem
ocrats with it into the Republican lines. The
Democratic paper at Minneapolis has also
changed its politics. The only Democrs tic
paper in Chemung county, New York, and
the Democratic indicator at st. Joseph,
Missouri, are among the converts. The list
might be indefinitely extended, but as it now
stands we challenge any Democratic paper in
the country to match" it.