The Portland daily press., 1868-03-02

pie In Its policy of reconstruction that the only way
by which either new civil war which would ex-
pose the national credit to s ok too great to be
wthstood, or a long and gloomy season OF doub and
anxiety, In which industry would anguish and bust
ness be DESTROYED. can be ayertei i by standing
ony power which save tho country trom the
perls which g compass it.
Re ,oived That in a crisis like that which is now
upon u.s. every true Republican and every loyal cit-
zen, aci hos distinction # party, VIII rally around
the standar of his cou TRY, amt Will sustain ,hose
who have been DESIGNATED to uphold II ana tIat
subordinatng all local and eXiranetus issues, we,
tn pabcansand U lion men OF POI tand, VIII WIN
one heart and one mind support the. nomination OF
iioN. JACOB Nc LELLAN Tor Mayor of this CT V, anu
the several Warl Office PIE ented by the Rebuhi-
can CaucuseS, and Will trumlhantly elect them, sim
csreiy believing that thu rely we do the be thing
possible under oh at this cleo ion IOr
the welfare Of our country.
COL. EUGENE HALE
was introduced as a man who had not been
fighting with beasts at Ephesus," but with
Copperheads at Augusta, and had given them
Hail Columbian Before he had finished his
speech, which was listened to with the closest
attention, the testimony of the chairman as to
his prowess was felt by the audience to be
unnecessa y, for he gave them "Hail Co.
lumbia' over again. The term "grease-
spot, as synonym for very small residu-
um of anything, will hardly express the
exceeding fineness to which the Copperhead
party was ground by Col. Hale's arguments.
They were not full of sound and fury. signi-
tying nothing" but calm, statesmanlike aud
cogent. He demonstrated the shallowness of
the pretense that the Democratic party is in
favor of reconstruction, by showing that it
has opposed tn 1t movement at every ste sc Of
its progress. For instance, putting down the
rebellion was thu reconstruction measure of
1864; but the Democratic party went into
Presidential campaign presenting the issue
that the ,Oar ,cas a failure. In like eff ctive
manner the mask was torn off aud Dam >orat-
ic hate Of the Union soldier AMI the Union
cause exhibited. The speech was an elal-
crate one, and such an abstract as our
space would permit us to print, would
give but an imperfect idea of its cogency
and eloquence. Perhaps its strongest point
was the proof adduced of the fact that Northern
Democrats are jointly responsible with South
ern Rebels for the national debt. In conclusion,
Colonel Hale ex2-e ;sed his confidence arts
ing ftom his knowledge Of the past history
of Portland politics that Monday would bring
to the Democrats another defeat.
HON. 4. A D. FEssENDEN.
was the colleague Of Col Hale in the fight at
Augusta, and considering his ability in polti-
cal diminishing, it is no wonder that the two
together drove the enemy to an unconditional
surrender. Mr.. Fessenden's speech Saturday
evening was indislribable fac atious, and kept
the audience constantly in good humor. The
lateness OF the hour compelled him to be brief
but he made the best possible use of his time
and excited the interest of his hearers n the
highest possible degree.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
II any Democrat happened to stray from the
bonfres and other paerils attractions of the
Deering Hall meeting ami dropps I'd into the
Republican meeting, he probably had his sp;r
its somewhat dashed. The Gnbounded enthu
siasm of the crowded assemblage was ct al
times manifest. Gov. Washburn after allud
ing to impeachment was compelled to pause
for considerable length of time in consa
quence of the wild and long continued ap
plause which was excited by that word. Again
when Gen. Dow deca, ed his fealty to the lie
publican party, the same scene was repeated
The meeting broke up with cheers for Captain
Mcclellan, Congress, Grant and the orators o
the evening. As flushing touch Gov. Wash
burn propounded this conundrum, "Why d,
the Democrats build bonfires tonight? Be
cause then can't do ii M1nddu niqht'