The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-02-28
POLITICAL.

onclesccd soldier. It b nct the Ar,t CIT tn
Post has given the heroes.
The Reading (Pa.) Eagle calls on all Demo
cratic soldiers TO withdraw from tho Grant
Army Of the Republic.
The Dayton Ledger, which ought to know u
Copperhcad family Affairs, says Brick POmsroy
will soon remove his paper from La Cruse
Wis, to Cincinnati.
The alacrity Of old wcilss. the Secretary Of
the Navy, in endorsing Mr. Johnson's account
Of his conversation Of Jan. IA with Gen. Grant
reminds us Of . saying of Mr.. Lincoln. Ell
there Is ever any difference in the Cabinet, q
said Mr.. L., with q twinkle In his eye, "ther,
Is one thing ! am always certain Of The mem
Der from Connecticut Is sure to Be on my side. u
The Nashville Gazette ragcs because tho lead
or Of the Radical party in the Arkansas Cenvcn'
ton announced that he wanted no Constitutions
provision to prevent negro marrying into hi.
family. whereupou the Memphis Post says
"This Radical leader evidently can trust the incl
nation Of his family, while the Gdzats cannot
The former needs no prohibition, but the latte,
does' ''.'
Tho Congregational Directory contains thi,
paragraph: "John Morrisscy, New York, born
in Tippcrary County, ireland, Feb. 10, 1881
came to this country in 1888 ; WORKED as Q
moulder was elected to the Fortisth Congress.
as Democrat, receiving s,l62 votes against
6,603 votes for Taylor, independent Democrat,
and 1908 votes for Elliott, Republican," II
strikes us that there Is an item or two In Johns
life omitted. n.... -
The Columbus (ohio) Crisis, an organ Of
the vallandigham Democracy, has taken hand
in tho war between tho New York World and
vallandigham. and denounoes the World as a
Journal conducted on the Iscariot principle"
Is paper "crcated to advance the interests Of
an army thief" as paper "run upon On ano-
malous combination Of blood money and Puri-
tan IDEAS" as paper whose "owners were con-
victed of swindling in Government contracts, -
as "mercenary sheet, unworthy tho confidence
or respect Of anybody but suffers and camp
followers" These representative sheets ought
to know each other.
The leading rebel organ Of Alabama, the
Montgomery Mail, has the following significant
paragraph:
"DIsCIIARaEp. Within the past few days a
large number Of negro employees have been dis
charged In this city, who, by voting for tho me-
gro constitution directly arrayed themselves
against the whites and their business interests.
Served them right. The negroes were warned
Of this in time, but many of them preferred to
60 with the scallawags and carpet-baggers, and
against their true friends, and hence many of
them are now out Of employment. We are glad
to see that this plan has been generally adopted
in nearly all parts Of the State.
Senator Morton has received six hundred
congratulatory letters since he made his great
speech on reconstruction.
The Common Council Of New York has appro-
priated the sum Of $4,000 for the portraits Of
Mayor Hoffman and e1-Mayor Gunthcr. The
World says that there arc over hundred
thousand people out Of employment in that city
and gives detailed accounts Of the restitution
among the laboring classes. Yet Democrats
will "rctrcnch" in the manner above stated.
The Good Templars Of Connecticut have de-
cided not to make prohibitory sentiments po-
litical test.
A despatch to tho Boston Journal speaks Of
an unpleasant incident WHICH latel y Hppensd to
Rsp. II. Clay Dean at Sandwich, N. H., where
he was speaking. A Democrat in the audience
had the bad taste to call tho speaker a liar. Mr..
Dean then asked some one to put the pugnacious
individual out. No one volunteering in this
work, the reverend gentleman essayed to resort
to carnal weapons and advanced upon his an
tagonist with cane. But the other promptly
drew of his coat and threatened to make "becf
steak" of the great Iowa apostle Of grccnbacks.
This ended the skirmish, and Dean resumed his
speech, evidently not rclishing the idea Of being
converted into the f,voritc article Of New Eng
land dict mentioned by his opponent.
Gov R,,locr In, vetocl The bill rcpealinp tho
State Constabulary law, summing up his rca-
.an. ,hu.. po.,usc am convinced that the
great body of the people Of Massachusetts, have
indicated no desrc for the abolition Of the Con-
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