The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29


Glorious Republican Tr!amph In Ohis.
A Cincinnati dispatch of Monday gives the
following account of the election of a mem
Der of Congress from the 9th Ohio district on
that day
The special election to-day for Congressman
in the eighth Ohio district, to I'LL the vacancy
occasioned BY the death of Mr.. Hamilton, has
resulted in the choice of the Republican cam
didate, Gen. Beatty, by large gain over the
gubernatorial vote OF last fall
The Democratic candidate was Barnal as
Burns, OF the Pendleton school, with an in
famous war record. Governor Hayes, Re-
publican, last year, had about 500 majority it
the same district, which has been lately thor
oughly stumped by both parties. The resuln
is a perfect defeat of the Pendlet0n platform
and candidate by about 1000 majority.
Private dispatches received tonight from
S lnduslSy represent the Union men confidt mt
of greater success than they had been led to
expect; Marion County gives Union gain OF
30.
This result is but another proof of what all
along has been sufficiently plain that there is
absolutely no reaction in favor of Democracy
ON national questions. Where the choice Oh
member of Congress is involved, the Veruict
of 1866 is reafirmed again and again. III was
so in the Pennsylvania district where Judge
Woodward came so near defeat last fall though
IL is one of the Democratic stronghOlds, and it
is 90 in the district which held its election
Monday.
DULcET STRAINS FROM DEMOCRATIC Or
CAUSE.-THE Louisville Sentinel does not like
Sherman. Even Hancock is not conservative
enough. 1t says of those Democrats who would
nominate either of these men for the Presi-
dency, "These policy Democrats are the crazi-
est fellows in the land. They would run the
devil if he could get vote from Plutonians,
never calculating the number he would lose
on this side! But, like all the military materi-
al that has been brought out from time to time,
Hancock is disappearing from public view.
He is obscured by the ghost of murdered
woman! The hangman of Mrs. Surratt won't
do for the candidate of Democrats any more
than the hummer Chief will do" Sher-
man, of course, is the Drummer Chief" But
Brick Pomeroy always comes in to clap the
climax. Here is what he says of Grant: "The
Radicals tell us that they intend sending
Grant to the South as new Caesar. Having
crossed the Rubicon, the Radicals should not
forget to remind their Cesar that he may find
in the South Pompey's pillar, at whose base
his blood may gurgle out as he cries, ct tn
Brutel"
These brief extracts, taken in connection
with the late order of the Secretary of the Ma
w directing that soldiers shall no longer have
the preference for employment on public
works, show the sincere regard entertained by
the party for Union soldiers.
GEN. JACKSON ON THE SUPREME COURT
The following is from Gen. Jackson's veto
message accompanying the bill TO incorporate
the Bank of the United States, which was re-
turned to Congress without his approval, July
| 10, 1882:
If the opinion of the Supreme Court cover
ed the whole ground of this act it ought not
| to control the coordinate authorities of this
| government The Congress, the Executive
| and the Court, must each for itself be guided
| by its opinion of the Constitution. Each pub
| ic official land the same must be true of each
! Individually tchO takes an oath to support the
Constitution, Sacedrs that he GcH support at as he
understands it and not as ID is understood 6y
others 1t is as much the duty of the House
of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the
President, to decide upon the constitutional
ty of any bill or resolution which may be pre-
sented to them for passage or approval, as it is
| of the Supreme Judges when it may be
| brought before them for judicial decision. The
opinion of the Judges has no more authority
over Congress than the opinion of Congress
| has over the judges, and, on that point, the
| President is independent of BOTH The au-
thority of the Supreme Court must not, there
| FORE be permitted to control Congress or the
| Executive, Tor the State Legisatures) when
acting in their legislative capacity, but to have
only such influence as the force of their rea-
soning may deserve.
The Democratic politicians, including the
President, believe, or profess to believe in the
constitution according to Jackson, and cannot
refuse to accept this doctrine. After the Sth
of January banquet especially, they are bound
to stand by their patron saint. 9
DANGER OF WITHDRAWING THE FREED
MEMS BUREAU.-A special Washington dis
patch to the Boston Advertiser contains some
very cogent reasons why the Freedmen's Blu
reau should not be withdrawn from Kentucky
on the 18th of next month:
Brigadier-G Burbank has sent q long
letter to General Howard, giving the reasons
why in his view, the Freedmen's Bureau
should not be withdrawn from Kentucky on
the 18th of next month, as proposed in Gener-
al Howards circular letter, approved be Gen.
Grant. General Burbank says that prior to
| the issuance of this circular the condition of
thugs in that State of which he is the assist
| ant commissioner, was eminently satisfactory.
All this he says is now changed; the circular
order for withdrawing the Bureau has en-
boldened the rebel element and led them into
a renewal of the prosecutions of the freedmen;
it is pronounced victory over the general
government, and the end of the efforts of
Congress to give the freedmen any protection
Or right other than that conferred by State
laws. In many parts of the State it is openly
declared that as soon as the Bureau is removed
the freedmen will not be allowed to go before
the courts to make complaints, and will be
punished for such complaints as they have al
ready made. The general also says that the
withdrawal of the Bureau now will be most
disastrous to the work of establishing and
maintaining the schools in the State; new
schools cannot he nnened and many of thnSa