The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-19
MATTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS
RESULT OF The MAINE ELECTION
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS
FoRInsN NEWS By CABLE,

ST. PET tRsBuRa, Sept. ls.-Tho Emperor
will imme' iiately reinforce the troops In Gen.
trail Asia.
The eva tuation OF the town OF Bokhara by
Russia 10 not confirmed.
LoNDo 4, Sept. ls.-Sir John Young, the
present Governor General Of New South
Wales, ind ex.senior commissioner, has been
named Tor Governor General Of Canada.
FLoRtsoE, sept. ls.-The Nasione says Prime
Minister Nenabria has not asked the French
Government for the withdrawal Of the troops
from Rome a. reported. Such demand would
be entirely unnecessary as by the provisions
OF the treaty France is bound to withdraw
the troops; besides the state OF Italy at pre-
sent does not justify the French occupation.
FLORENCE, Sept. ls-Cardinsl Reisach has
been tried by tho civil courts at Reiti, and
fined Ave hundred francs, for attempting to
take possession Of the See Of Sabins by order
Of the Pope without authorization OF the King
of Italy.
BrARRITz, Sept. ls.-The Emperor, Empress,
and Prince Imperial to-day made visit to
Queen Isabella, Of Spain, at st. Sebastian.
METZ, Sept. ls.-A terrible explosion oe.
Cured at a cartridge factory here to-day.
Thirty persons were killed outright, and
eishty-two were badly injured. The building
was blown to pieces.
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Political Matters In Massachusetts.
DosroS, Sept. ls.-John Quincy Adams has
accepted the Democr attic nomination for Gov
ernor of MassachuIetts. In a letter on ma
tional Affairs published to-day, Mr.. Adams
ssys:
81 think that Two matters Of national inter.
est are involved In this election; one OF which
10 important, and the other vital. The former,
was not tteated BY the New York National
Nnnvent1 IN m xgh aatt "A ma
judgment. BY providing for payment Of the
bonds known as Hve-twenties, by the surplus
revenue alone, and thus Ignoring what seems
to me available part Of Mr.. Pendleton's plan,
, viz: q Withdrawal OF the issues Of the Nation.
al Bsnks-the Democratic party appeared to
commit itself to an indefinite extension of the
intolerable nuisance OF an irredeemable paper
currency. am too much Democrat to re-
gard any such prospect with patience. l be:
iieye In hard money, and therein hold myself
|! to be true Jacksonian Democrat"
The reconstruction measures OF Congrt 81
I are criticised by Mr.. Adams as vital ques'
I tion. He says
81 will not argue the upconstit tionality oil
the reconstruction acts. The almost unani.
nous disinelination Of the Republicans In
of the Supreme Court would seem to confirm
'ihe reported statement of the lamented Ste.
yens, that o My two damned fools in the party
tutionAl. ITen II they were so should still
deem them nnwise. The Union they impose
10, to my eye Q, no more like the true union oil
hearts and h, ,nds than a galvanized corpse re-
sembles hea lthy man."
The letter Of oses as follows;
| 81 think mel Their the instinct nor destiny oil
| these people " i'll allow any permanent domi
nation to the A friean race in any State OF The
| Union; but the Republican party 10 irrevo.
eably pledged to this idea. They have staket
their existence asa party on is triumph tc
| tional obligations In haste, and for 1t they
must make fresh offerings. In future tn,
| blacks must have lands, arms, and q STANDING
| army to maintain them In their position
| They are clamoring for them now. The Uni
| ted States must furnish them. The path upor
which Congress has entered permits no halt
| Retreat 10 ruin in my opinion. We must
begin anew, takin 6 the Constitution for oul
guide and natural laws for our limitations
violate the pledge : Of adversely and again
| subyert the organic law.
| 1.-THE teachings a. ,d practice Of radicalisu
| have destroyed niue OF the old reverence fol
| the precious legacy II our ancestors. We may
dread lest they do Il his thing; but we do Ger
tainly know that the Republican party has al
ready done II; at last there 10 ohsnce-a las
| chance-of salvation. that fails US W,
must submit to the whims Of the majorit.
whether II rejoiees In he name Of Republican
or delights in the title OF Democrat. II apart!
| in the nation may constitute itself the sol
| arbiter of the constitu tionality OF Its owl
| measures, then secession 10 illegal only be
| cause 1t was not the act OF the majority. Ii
| the battle between Congress and the Consti
tuition, for my part, am for the Constitution
Georgia Legislature Proceedings.