The Portland daily press., 1868-08-20
Republican Meetings.
HON. e. A. STORRS, of Illinois, will speak a. fol-


Three weeks from next Monday is the day.
The man who believes the Democracy will win
in Maine on the 14th of September left the
State several weeks ago, and has taken up his
residence in Kentucky, that ''sure" State
where Union men are either DISTINGUISHED or
intimidated so that they have no chance t.
vote. The man who believes that the Repu5
lican majority will be as small as that of last
year is believed to be lurking somewhere in
the interior. probably in Freedom or Waldo
boro, and has not been heard from since the
nomination of Pillsbury and Shaw. The De-
mocracy will be buried deep; that is conceded
by honest Democrats as we'll as by Repub-
-icsus. .a..-4 .t ea aeas5e<5s5 a.s
But that Is not enough. Letth be buried
Uery deep. They deserve it. What! come be-
fore the people of Name asking them to en-
dorse candidates whose election is sure to occa
sion rebellion in the Soutb-the disfranchise-
m"nt of the Union men and the driving out OF
all the Northerners who have settled in thu
late Confederate States? Will the people OF
Maine consent to Albert Pixies proposition to
make the Susquehanna and Onio "rivers OF
fire" which no Northern man can cross and
live? Will they consent to anything short Of
$4,000 majority against that notorious dem
ayogue, Pillsbury, who regretted that the mar
tyr Lincoln was no. "copsigned to iufamy and
forgetfulness?" Will they allow mercantile
quack, like Shaw, to boast of even a respecta-
Bile minority? The Democracy of Maine is
losing every day prominent leaders from its
ranks. 1t mourns already for Weston, Tor
Sewall, for Talman and scores of others. The
"War Democrats" following the same wing Of
the party in New York, Maryland and other
States will not follow the Stars and Bars, aft
or following "Old Glory" so many times to vic
tory. a-r'r.a. --" g. tHa ~
The Democracy of Maine are committed to
80 many nominations, the rags and tatters of
so many obsolete barbarisms, that if mankind
were twice as selfish and ten times as heartless
~ now, there would be no hope for them. The
Democracy of Maine are committed to
LIST, a white mans government. That means,
in the South, the elevation to place and power
Of Wise and Vance and Hampton and Semmes
and Forrest and Toombs, and the reconsgn-
ment to vassalage of majority of the Union
men Of those States. faa .-.t1s .f tfu-
ID, to the taxation of the poor of the North
for the benefit of the Southern Rebels. The
letter of wounded soldier" has set the mat
ter in SO clear light that no further reference
to it is necessary. ba-1 ri = a7.aa'gF" bsi-
ID, to virtual repudistiOn. All the Demo.
cratic papers endorse the New York platform
and Pendeton.- The issue of two billion dol
lars in greenbacks would result in the immed
ate depreciation of paper currency to twenty
cents and corresponding rise in gold. send
mo N tha Dr;ao nfo <ho%
and leaving the price of his labor to follow at
. snail's pace. :-aef III 6a.L
4th, to equal taxation" Consider what
this means. The United States does not
touch the poor man by way of taxes now. The
farmer and the mechanic, unless they have an
income Of over $1,000, pay only local and State
taxes. III United States taxes are to he lev
'ed equally on all species of property instead
OF on the earnings eff business men and cant
Ealists, banks, insurance companies, &C., the
farmer must pay tax to the United States on
his farm and the mechanic on his homestead
How much better will that be than the present
plan? raEr a- % 5f.,a d ~ -l'F
9th, to free rum. There is nothing in the
Democratic platform to this effect, but the
of the party and tt cir uniform prac-
nee whenever they are in power warrant our
assertion. Who has heard of Democratic
State where there are restrictions upon the |
ale Of Intoxicating beverages?a aas haA7s
7th, to the assumption of the Rebel debt. |
They declare the reconstruction acts "revolu- |
ionary, unconstitutional and void" 1t is on 4
through the instrumentality of the recon |
truction acts that the ratification of an
amendment to the constitution was obtained
hat provides against the assumption of that
lsot. DO the people of Maine desire to see |
TWO billions more added to the national debt? |
ooes the poor man desire this? I'D I'LL
pnry them deep! It's time that loyalty and
.,en' snould have final triumph over treason.
Maine speaks first and will give her voice for
Grant, Colfax and Peace. = wv W
FRANK BLArR's' FEN1As Sppvcr
summer of 1866, Frank P. Blair, now a Dems
'"ratic candidate for Vice President. made
'pe' oh at st. Louis, in response to serenade