The Portland daily press., 1868-01-07
Fiction.
Dare to be true; nothing can reed lie;
A fault which needs it most grows two thereb,

Dare to be true; nothing can reed lie;
fault which needs it most grows two thereby.
But is it not little singular that Governor
Chamberlain, in noticing the neglect of agri-
cultural pursuits in Maine and the PROSTATE
condition of shpbuilding. makes no reference
to the principal cause of this lamentable state
of affairs-the unwise legislation of Con-
gress?-Edstern argus.
Not at all. The principal cause OF this
lamentable state of affairs is the waste and
ruin occasioned by Democratic rebellion.
The letter which was sent by the great ma
tional cgar-smoking hUmbug to the President,
and is not of the slightest consequence to any
one excepting Stanton and Sheridan, is pub
lished The letter, although signed by Grant,
was written by his keeper, E. b. Washburne,
of Illinois, and while we are not surprised
that Grants n Ime should be attached to the
epistle, We are somewhat surprised that WASH
burne should have written SO toolishly. If it
was his intention to bring his intellect down
to a level with that of the military sno5, he
has succeeded admirably. We could hardly
have believed this the work of Washburne
were it not for our positive knowledge of the
fact-the original draft Of the letter being in
the hands of gentleman in Chicago.-Ld
Crosse Democrat.
Does any human being of mature years
and sound mind suppose that the Original
draft" of such letter-supposing there was
one-could by any possibility come under the
the observation of Brick" Pomeroy?
ANOTHER CoPPERHEAD.-A dispatch states
that Hon. +. A. Pike, of the 5th district i'll
this State has made speech in Congress
against the payment of bonds in specie, and
against the exemption of government securi-
ties from taxation. He hears the tramp of
the people. How are you Mr.. Bainc?-An-
son ADVOCATE.
This is half true. Mr. Pike did make a
speech against the exemption Of government
securities from taxation, and did not make
speech against the payment of bonds in
specie.
There are, we think, good and sound reasons
for the prop ,sed purchase of the island OF ST.
Thomas. 1t will afford us a secure naval sta
ton at the very point where one is needed, at
which naval vessels may recruit and reft--
Belfast Journal.
Five steamers and sixty vessels were wreck
ed at this secure naval station" by the hurri-
cane of the Goth October. The English mail
station has since been transferred from st.
Thomas to Jamaica.
Radical Rnmp Congress insists upon
maintaining throughout the South an army Of
thieves and plunderers, Swindlers and snug
glers, called Bureau officers. who make 1t an
especial point to steal the nicgers blind" I'M
der the cloak of philanthropy. These infa-
nous pap-suckers are all getting large saar-
les, and for them and the lazy, dirty impu-
dent niggers, the government annually pays
more than one hundred Qld thirty millions of
money collected by the revenue bloodsuckers
from the hard earnings OF an honest people!
La Crosse Democrat.
General Grant reports the total expendi-
lures of the Freedmens Bureau from Oct. l.,
1866 to Aug. 81, 1867 eleven months) at
1857 1884, The expenditures for the year were
estimated at $3.50, 800, and have fallen below
the estimates. The Democrats error amounts
to the respectable sum OF $126, 1853, 200 for one
year!