The Portland daily press., 1868-08-29
state Politics.

8. S. Cox is coming to Maine. He will help
the Republican cause more than Pendleton
himself
The Belfast Age says that Waldo county is
waking up. 1t gives accounts of large Repub.
lican meetings in Liberty, Winterport, Lin
colnvlle, Searsport, Stockton. .-r
There is flag in the village of Stroudwater,
in the town of Westbrook, lately "fung to the
breeze" with the names of Seymour and Blair,
which never saw the light during the whole
war; though 1t has been in the possession of a
Democratic family for elecen years. The Re-
pubicans repeatedly tried to borrow 1t for use
in celebrating Union victories, but 1t was not
to be had for that purpose. Does this not JUS
tify US in asserting that the Stars and Bars
and the Stars and Stripes With Seymour and
Blair thereon are political equivalents2
Stillman Tarbox, last year Representative to
the Legislature from Pennington, declines a
reelection.
John NJ Todd, of this city, will address the
citizens Of York county at various times and
places to be hereafter announced.
The Biddeford Union and Journal publishes
letter from North Berwick soldier who has
hitherto been a Democrat, in which the writer
declares that he connot longer support that
disloyal faction. The letter is long and full Of
good points, and want of space alone deters us
from publishing it.
Smart says he is going to kill his rooster af-
ter the campaign. Of course; we never knew
one of Smart's chickens to survive an election.
Col. Smith of the Somerset Reporter and
Hon. S. D. Lindsey are on the stump in Som
erset county. tt3t 1888 ttft
The Oxford Democrat says 1.-THE Democracy
in its low state of health, and suffering consti-
tuition, have nominated doctors in two of their
Congressional Districts-Dr. Garcelon and
Ladd." .t
The Republicans Of Winthrop and adjoining
towns held very large ratification meeting
Thursday night, and were addressed by Hon.
James G. Blaine.
Political Notes.
The Montgomery Journal published at
Charlottesville, Ind, says: @Mr. Galloway
Nosier, heretofore an influential Democrat Of
this county. has renowned the corruptions o.
that party, and declared his intention to sup
port Grant and Colfax."
At Greensburg, Indiana a regiment of 12Ot
Fighting Boys in Blue was organised on the
21st, and at Bedford, Lawrence County, one o
600, There will be at least 10000 Fighting
Bows assembled at Indianapolis on the I'd o
September.
The Conservative Army and Navy Union
of Washington, d. c., is dying out
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, met Hon. T.
D. Rand, of Lisbon, in joint debate at New
port, VT, on Thursday.
In 1864, the Democracy of Chicago resolved
that the then existing war was a failure. II
1868, at New York, they declared the presen
existing peace to be failure, and seem anx
ious to have another fight.
| General SOL Meredith, of Indiana, famou
| as commander of the "Iron Brigade" last year
inclined to Johnsonism, has come out like q
| true soldier, and taken the stump for Genera
| Grant.
| Another prominent citizen of Boston who
| has been identified with the Democratic party
has recently announced his intention to vot
for Grant and Colfax, and will soon take tn,
! stump and give his reasons for changing
front. 5'-ts AZ ~ = - Z = : p 90 4
Cincinnati papers report that the whols
johnson party in that city and county hav
gone over to Grant and Colfax, its organ an
nounces itself as Republican, and the leader
| do the same.
| Gen. Schenck, of Ohio, has been unanimous
| y re-nominated for Congress.
/