The Portland daily press., 1868-09-10
Political Ssses.

why do the Republicans fnd IL so difsehlt to
6ust President johnson from the Presiden-
tial char? Because he went into It so tight.
&Ex-Goy. Bramlette, of Kentucky, went over
into Indiana to help out the Democrats in
their distress, but his first speech closed bis
engagement The Kentucky style was not
agreeable to the loyal men of Indiana
aDown with Taxation" is the motto that is
bo;sted over a Democratic headquarters in
Boston. eNAF~}A y
Mr.. Samuel w. Lefingwell, editor of the
Lebanon. Ohio, Patriot. is another gentleman
whom the nomination of Mr.. Vallandigham
has caused to leave the Democratic party. "a
The following are the supervisors of internal
revenue, as far as nominated, for the eastern
es:-Massachusetts. Charles Hudson; Con-
| neciicut, Henry G. Hoyt: Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont, John Legro.
Letters favorable to Grant aud expressing
| an earnest desire for his election have been re-
ceived in Washington from the following for
| egu ministers and consuls:-Cassius M. Clay
and his Secretary of legation; Mr. Curtin, at
| st. Petersburg; John P. Hale, at Madrid; Gen
eral John A. Dix and his Secretary, Mr.. Hoff-
man, at Paris; Mr.. Watts, the new Minister to
Austria; Mr.. Morris, at Constantinople; Mr..
Marsh, at Florence; DR.. Harrington, at Switzer-
land; Consuls Nicolay at Paris and Hay at
Vienna; Consul Murphy, at Frankfort; Mr..
Moran, Secretary of Legation at London; and
also over two thirds of all the other Consuls it
has been possible to reach by mail within the
last six weeks.
The conference at White Sulphur Springs
| 70, h,, tba TO hov baa IN
"mainly accidental, }" most of the participators
being drawn there for business purposes. The
general opinion of the Southern representa-
tives, says the New York Herald. was that
Seymour would certainly be elected. and they
anticipate from this result "a new era of peace
and prosperity for their country, good rela-
tiOns with the freedmen, the resumption OF
local political power and control of taxation
by the white race, and an influx of Northern
capital and emigration into the South which
shall assure striking development of the now
dormant industrial resources of the South" p
We should say that to expect "an influx Of
Northern capital and emigration" to follow on
the resumption of local political power by such
fellows as Forrest and his Ku-Klux must re.
quire very sanguine temper! -i4 2
| Line OlQ NOftn SGabe DeinOcrdb tue ioduiu (
organ of Democracy in North Carolina. says
now that Nathaniel BOyden has deserted the
party it is certain the Republicans will carry
every congressional district, and the State
give Grant and Colfax from 10000 to 40 ,OO(
majority. They give up the field for lost. = {
Ben Hill said to the Georgia negroes the
other day: 81 have studied the history OF
your race for four Thousand years. He must
be rather advanced; the question naturally
arises, is he one of the aeternal hills?" .s 3
The Carlinville Qll.) Democrat says that al
a late Democratic rally in that neighborhood
just three hundred banners were carried, each
one of which bore the inscription, do you
want to marry a nigger?" The procession was
twelve hours passing given point, said point
being grocery,
Senator Fessenden, in letter written from
Maine to friend in Washington, speaks with
great confidence Of the success of the Repub.
licans in the approaching election in this
State.