The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-03-27
Stats. can sc.rpsly ail 70 execute tho alrs.d,
declared verdict Of the people.

election, may be rather scarce hereafter, We
publish It as follows:
John @. Sinclair, 81, 1856; Walter Hartman,
80. 200; doubtful, 2,5O6. Dividing the doubt
full equally, SinclAir's majority, 1854.
Gen. Butler win open the impeachment trial
in behalf Of the House managers.
The House Committee on Elections have de-
cided to report in favor Of the right Of Columbus
Delano rsrsw Gen. Morgan (Dem.) to o seat In
tho House from Ohio.
NJ. A. Blanchard, Chairman Rep. Dist. Com
mittee in this First District, has been appointed
and confirmed as Pension Agent at Portland.
The impeachment managers look upon the
Presidents answer as q confession Of judgment.
They had anticipated all the points and had
their replication ready in advance.
A Washington despatch says the statement
that Gen. Grant has received information Of the
defeat Of the constitution in Arkansas Is In
correct. lie has received no official advices from
that source whatever, and the election Is still
proceeding, rs the time has been extended on
account Of the foods until the 9th inst.
The Posts Washington correspondent says it
has been ascertained from an UNREASONABLE
source that the Supreme Court will decline to
decide the McOardle case In view Of the act Of
Congress relating to its jurisdiction, which Is now
awaiting the Presidents approval or disapprov-
oil. nd,
Southern papers have been completely nom
plusscd by the report that Chief Justice Chase
might be the Democratic nominee for President
They took the remarkable rumor as undoubted
fact. ...... ....
II Colorado shall be admitted into the Union
previous to the election, the aggregate number
Of electors will be increased to three hundred
and twenty. 1t will then require one hundred
and sixty-one to elect President.
Some one sent Connecticut Democrat . Re
publican paper, which he ordered discontinued.
It still kept coming, however, and on stating
his grievances to some friends one remarked :
"Thcy think they ~ make Republican Of
YOU" "Not by a COMPOUNDED sight," replied
he; ''thcy'll find out they arc casting pearls
before swine"
Western Texas papers say that there is scarce
ly trace Of the rebellion In that part Of the
State, and that the people are demanding to be
set apart from the old State, 80 as to make one
thoroughly loyal government In the Southwest.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: "It Is said that
the'impcachmcnt Of johnson has no more ear
nest friend than Vallandigham."
The Nashville Press and Times, March IA,
says: 1--WE have received from irreproachAble
authority, information of the fact that in WILL
hanson and Maury counties the teachers Of col
orsi schools are being constantly threatened
with violence by members Of the Kuklux Khan,
II they do not break up their schools and leave
the country"
Mr.. johnson is waking up now to the truth,
to find that tho House dare to impeach him,
that the Senate will try him, and that he cannot
manage the court 50 as to delay much, the final
result of the trial. He has yet to find out, as
many others have in sympathy with him, that
Congress represents the will of the people, and
that in all essential particulars Its policy Of re-
construction will be adhered to and sustained,
until the Union Is restored. All that the Presi-
dent has been able to accomplish has been to
delay the settlement Of the questions at issue.
But this game Is about over.
The Cleveland Herald says that city Is IA
nous as Presidential slaughter house. The
first victim was Gen. Cas-, who, In answer to
Governor Woods question as to his views on
river and harbor Improvements, replied that the
'noise and confusion Of the occasion would pre-
vent his giving them" Next Gen. Scott utter
cd to crowd his memorable tribute to the
erich Irish brosue and sweet German accent"
Third, Andrew johnson there reached the low
est depth Of his disgusting tour in 1866.
The "Rev." c. Chaunccy Burr, editor Of the
old Guard, appears to advocate in that maya
zine the assassination Of the Radical members
of Congress as the readicst way Of solving the
problem Of reconstruction. "a hundred men,"
he says, "of the pluck and patriotism Of Wilkes
Booth, at the start Of these terrible dcspotisms,
would have saved our country" SC. But It Is
not yet too late, IL tho Democratic party have
"thc sagacity and pluck to call upon the people
to arm aud muster for the salvation Of the
country"
The GAINESVILLE (Ala.) Standard says that
Union men in that place are not safe, and gives
the following instances Of threatened violence:
zone of the leaders Of the opposing party
boastcd not long since in our hotel, that sin five
years not one member Of the Constitutional Con-
ycntion would be living II Is well understood
what he meant by such language. 1t Is only
day or two since one Of the reconstruction OPP
posers attempted to get up fight with the
Sheriff Of the County for allowing uncle Sans
Boys to sleep in the Court House."
The democrats have large stock Of powder
on hand purchased to salute New Hampshire
victory. They may as well sell out and not
wait for Connecticut.
President johnson is probably indulging, for
the last time, in the luxury Of writing veto
on the bill to take away the right Of appeal to
the Supreme Court in cases Of habeas corpus.
Judge Black has notified the President that
he withdraws Us his counsel in the impeAch-
ment trial. The reason for this Is well under
stood to be that he cannot agree with Mr..
johnson on questions Of law and fAct.
Justices Field and Grcr, of the Supreme
Court, are said to have signed protest against
the postponcment Of decision in the McCardle
case, which they will ask to have placed on the
record Of Court when the case Is reached.
The Tribune's correspondent says that there
is in Washington lady aspirant for the Eng
lish mission. Mrs. Frances Lord Bond Is her
name, and she has q long catalogue Of sup