The Portland daily press., 1868-03-20
A Republican, City government,


Hon. Jacob Mcclellan was yesterday elected
Mayor OF Portland by the City Council with
on serious opposition. The Democrats have
expended their time and morey in vain. Ihe-r
Boston and Maryland orators have been CT no
avail. Their boastn2s and premature self
congratulations now rebound only to their dis
grace and humiliation.
There are certain facts to be learned from the
circumstances attending this election which it
will be worth the while of our political oppo-
nents to ponder deeply. The one of most i'm
portance is that the Republican majority in
Portland is so reliable that even internal dis
sensions cannot be made available by the Dem
ocracy to secure the defeat of the Rad
tcll ticket. We can divide our ranks, gem
tlemen, and still beat you every time. Few
things are more certain than that so long as the
present national questions are in issue, the
Republican party will rule the city of Port
land Therefore let our Democratic friends
submit with good grace to the inevitable 10
do otherwise, is a criminal waste oil energy
Montgomery Blair will not favor them with
his Mephistophelian eloquence without pay.
Neither will Brewster, of Boston, be so good as
to cOnsign us to guardianship without peeun-
larry recompense. Mass meetings keep the
elderly Democrat out too late o nights. and
give the younger members of that party an
opportunity TO disturb the quiet of the city
with untimely and discordant hooting Pray
let MS have no more of this, good Democrats,
II 1t be only for your own souls good.
To the friends of the Republican party in all
parts of the country who have observed with
pain the embarrassments under which we have
temporarily labOred in consequence OF differ
ences OF opinion in regard to local and second
airy matters, we have to say that they need
give themselves no more anxiety concerning
US. The unanimous vote of the Republican
members of the City Counnil for Mr. McLel-
Ian, and especially the speech of Mr.. Deerinc,
the gentleman for whom portion Of the Re-
pubicans voted without his consent which we
give IN another column, indicate the approach
OF an EZRA of good feeling" All this causes
the Democrats the most acute anguish.
IT does not now seem possible that any iurtl-
er dissensiOns can arise. We all agree on ma
tional questions. We all believe in impartial
suffrage, in equality Of civil and political rights.
in the reconstruction measures of Congress
and in Gen. Grant. We believe that Presi-
dent johnson should be removed from his Office.
All this we shall prove at the polls in Septem.
Der, and still more Enthusiastically in Novem-
Der.
Mayor Mcclellan brings to the city govern
ment larger experience in the administration
of its affairs than any other man who could
have btel selected, he having previously occu-
pied the same position for three terms He
has received larger popular vote than was
ever before thrown for Mayor in this city,
Though the contest which has ended in his
election has been one of unprecedented length,
the result must, on the whole, be gratifying to
him, to his friends and to the citizens at large.
Gov. BRowNLow of Tennecee thinks he can
manage the Rebels of his State without any
help from Gen. Thomas. The objection raised
to the employment of government troops for
the suppression of disturbances without re-
QUESTION from the Governor of the State in
which the revolt occurs is well taken. The
Democratic papers assume that Grants tele-
grams to General Thomas contemplate unau-
thorized Interference, but no such inference
can fairly be drawn from the dispatches them
selves. They merely indicate the wishes of
the Commander-in-C Chief in case his lieut. en-
ant in Tennessee should be called upon in
constitutional manner to assist the State au-
thorities.