The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-26
THE PR ESS.
Friday Nor ling, June rs, 1853.
The Nomination for Congress.

We congratulate our friends in the First Dis
trict upon the nomination of Hon. John Lynch
for their Representative in Congress. Mr..
Lynch does not now come before his constitu-
ents as an untried candidate for their support.
The time has passed when his personal r'ends
could add anything to the strength OF his name
by the warmth of their COMMENTATORS ror
four years he has represented the peopie Vi
this District, and his record is before them 10
approve or condemn. Their approval is regis
tered in the proceedings of the convention held
Yesterday, and finds still fuller expression in
a note from one of his constituents which APP
peared in these columns two years ago, descrlb
ing him as "a self-made man, quietly hewing
for himself full way up 20 the station he now
occupies; man OF business foresight and sa
gacity, who has now gone through his applen-
ticeship as law giver, and through all the trials
and changes Of the day, maintained his integ-
rity and proved himself 10 be what those who
knew him best have always said of him." That
is the enconium which the convention yes
terday pronounced upon Mr.. Lynch. 1t was
all true two years ago, aud time has only lent
q new emphasis to each separate word. :.
To Mr., Lynch the country owes many valu
able suggestions respecting the bankrupt law
which is now giving such general satisfaction;
the prohibition of the issue of American reg
listers to vessels which sought shelter under
foreign flags during the war; the only practi-
caal, business-like plan for a resumption of
specie payments which has yet been brought
forward; and the proposition which has been
embodied in half dozen bills now pending
before the Senate and House, TO provide q tenn
porary issue of bonds exchangeablY with green
backs at par so that the volume of currency
may to some extent regulate itself. Mr.. Lynch
opposed the withdrawal of legal-tenders from
circulation in his first speech in Congress. He
favored during the first session of the Thirty
Ninth Congress the allowance of drawback
to the cotton tax to the small farmers OF the
South. He has been indefatigable in his efforts
to secure drawback of the duties on ship
building materials. The withdrawal of legal
tenders has been stopped; the cotton tax has
been repealed; and relief for our shipbuiders,
though twice defeated, is sure to come. Mr..
Lynch's brief speech ON this subject, publish
ell in the Press of Monday, is based on a solid
array of facts, marshalled with consummate
skill and enforced by logic which is simply I'M
answerable. ,,,.., E,.s..... ,-r,.. s...rt
Such are part of the public services of our
Representative. OF the faithful performance
of his duties as the representative OF the spe-
cial interests of this District it is needless to
speak. Of his answering fidelity to the great
principles of public policy which the Republi-
can party is charged to incorporate in the leg
islation of the nation, there has never been a
whisper Of doubt. Always in his seat, his vote
is found uniformly recorded at every division
n the side of liberty and justice. Unless the
Democratic notion of selecting Representa-
tive for his residence, or for his lack of legsla
tive experience, had prevailed, there was no
occasion for dropping man who has done and
is doing so well, and we close as we began, by
congratulating our friends that these mistaken
D aud dangerous notions have been practically
g discarded by the Republicans of this District.