The Portland daily press., 1869-06-29

cduHOt aiu you. Auu tne question ls very
properly asked: ''But if England herself re-
nounce her authority, are we, after swallow
ing her insults, to get killed to perpetuate au-
thority which she cannot uphold"
The Pays continues to say that there can be
no possible fear of conflict with the United
States except on account of England and to
deny that they are self-governing colonies.
The conclusion of the article is in the following
sharp words: at
Let us hope, therefore, that, as honor, pow
er. and prosperity are on our side, and insult,
ruin, and nullty on the other, that the blind
ness we are in will cease, and that we will
obey the great voice which calls to US from all
directions. Awake the people! Shake off the
colonial attire, and take place among the
sovereign and independent nations~
Bnnquet to General SicIxies
A very large number Of distinguished gen.
tlemen, irrespective of party, have invited
General Sickles to a farewell banquet previous
to his departure for Madrid as our Minister to
Spain. The General has accepted and the So
cial gathering will take place at the Everett
House tomorrow evening" The gentlemen in
viting him to this party say they mean this
simply as a tribute of personal respect. esteem
and friendship for one whom they regard as
worthy of them al, and well entitled to this
testimonial from friends, some recent and
many of long standing. They do not propose
feastiug, toasts or speeches; these being every
day affairs, but social gathering fraught with
pleasure to them all. We wonder what the
Argus will say to such q demonstration from
such a source, including many distinguished
Democrats as well as Republicans. This jour-
nal has often sneered and made up faces at the
General. And why? We can see no earthly
reason for such sneers and wry faces unless it
is because he promptly left the Copperhead
ranks and ranged himself with the defenders
of his country in time of its danger from
Southern rebels. Gen. Sickles fought bravely
for the old flag and now has the pleasure of
seeing it wave over every inch of our great
country. Honor to whom honor is due.
The IRISH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CoNvEN-
TIoN.-The movement for national conven-
ton of Irish Republicans to be held at Chica-
go on thu 9th of July, promises to be success
full Delegates have already been appointed
from the majority of the States and districts.
OF the probable results of the convention the
Irish Republican says:
We are sure that this Convention will aston
ish this whole nation. From it will spring the
best results. In less than two years every in
telligent Irishman in America will be in the
ranks OF Republicanism. Henceforth we shall
take part in the formation of the p ,litics of
the nation. We shall vote, but shall previous
ly pass on the issues. Too long have we al
lowed manipulators to print the straight tick
ct" and then order us to vote it without criti-
csn.
The Irish Republican has done good service
in the Republican cause thus far. Perhaps
this journal may be little too enthusiastic,
but it is evident that there is change of GEN.
timent among the Irish population. And we
should think there would come change in
the spirit of their political dreams all over the
country. They have no reason to place any
confidence the Democratic party. From year
to year they have been most outrageously de-
ceived in regard to Democratic prophesies and
elections. They have been told over and over
again that the Democratic party would be tri-
umphant, and at every election they have
been disappointed. There is something in the
Celtic blood that loves to be on the strongest
side. 1t doesn't like to be beat. And our
Irish citizens begin to feel that the leaders of
the Democratic party have purposely deceiv-
ed them. In our city we have often heard
complaints of this kind
HOLDERS OF CONFEDERATE BoNDs.-These
gentlemen recently held meeting in London
for the purpose of mingling their tears togeth-
er over the great losses they have suffered and
of utteripg their protest against Mr.. Summers
speech which denounced, as every body knows,
the Anglo-slayery and Anglo-rebel character
of British sympathy which befooled itself with
these. The Tribune cannot see what comfort
the bond holders are going to get by attacking
the distinguished Senator. Such denuncia-
tions will not improve the value of a single
bond, nor make their ruinous folly whit
wiser. By pursuing such course they only
show their impertinence to be quite as extreme
as their absurdity. 1t is the protest, in fact, of
a dead Rebellion against United States claims
of handful of Confederate bonds against
whole circulation of greenbacks, and in COM
mercial point of view, the bank of Eng land be-
Sides" No doubt these bondholders would be
glad to see the Rebellion rise again and rejoice
in its success of overthrowing our government.
But their eyes will never see that sight, and SO
sound philosophy would seem to dictate a
quiet state of mind and the burning of these
rays 1t is of no use to fret. nor to cry for
split milk. Let them pocket their losses and
never again suffer their sympathies for bad
cause to run away with their better judgment
They made a tremendous blunder and are now
suffering the consequences oft
Potato BUGS. These bugs are so trouble
some to Wisconsin farmers that sermon on
their wickedness is inserted in one of the pa
pers of that State. The writer censures Noah
for having preserved a pair of potato bugs and
a pair of fleas in the ark, and thinks it was a
mighty small piece Of business" It thus re-
lates the result of an effort to utilize these in
sects: "a year or two since, an enterprising
manufacturer of liquor tried crushed potato
bugs to color wine. He gave them fair trial,
put at the end of six months found that they
did mt color the wine particle better than the
juice OF Dedbngs does, and that the flavor Civ
en- the wine was not as good as that given by
the bed bug juice There was one more OBJ
lection. He could catch bed bugs at all sea-
sons of the year, but could not find potato
bugs only about six or eight months of the
year. He has pronounced curses upon potato
bugs, and declared them good for nothing.
WHO Is TO SUCCEED Mr.. RAYMOND ON THE
TMEs?-There seems to be quite sharp con-
test going on for Mr.. Raymond's successor in
the Times. The principal stockholders are
George Jones, the publisher and business man
ager, who owns thirty shares, Mr.. Raymond's
estate, thirty-four, James b. Taylor, fourteen,
E. B. Morgan, ten, A. B. Strout, ten. One
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