The Portland daily press., 1869-08-30
Political Items.


IT IS SAID that Governor Senter intends to
call together, early in September, the old le-
glslature (which is Republican, to ratify the
fifteenth amendment.
GEORGE Fl. PENDLEToN thinks Chief Justice
Chase lost "a golden opportunity to seal his
popularity in the South by deferring his de-
cison in the case of the Mississippi murderer
Yerger.
THE Boston Transcript says that the Presl-
dent ooes about quietly and the machinery OF
Government runs so smoothly, that, were it
not for the opposition papers and the New
York Sun, the people would be satisfied that
we are beginning to have the longed-for peace.
The Republicans are entering actively up
on the campaign in Pennsylvania. Senator
Morton of Indiana is announced to speak in
Pittsburg on the I'd of September, and Gov
ernor Geary is to address several meetings in
the northern part of the State.
"VERArICULATIoN" is the suggestive title of
leading article in the Philadelphia Press,
which commences: /" In its fruitless endeavors
to rid itself of old dogmas and regain a plausi-
bic position, the Democratic party initiates
nothing so much as the writhing and twisting
of suspended worm"
The conservative Republicans throughout
! the State have become thoroughly convinced
that the legislature recently elected would re-
ject the amendment, instead of Gratifying it, and
have therefore appealed to Governor Senter to
convene the Legislature, and thus defeat the
object of Andrew johnson, Bailey Peyton and
others, who expect to control the new members
and have them defeat the ratification.
THE Mauch Chunk Gazette, published at the
home of Mr.. Packer, says he is very unpop-
ular there, even among his own party, and
"from present appearances he will not carry
half his party vote in the coal mines. His
pettish conduct and niggardly want of liber-
ality toward his own country and town, have
alienated very many of our citizens who have
known him longest and best"
In letter to Mr.. Cory, of the Cincinnati
Commoner, Hon. George e. Pugh says: Mr..
Vailandigham, as you say, wishes quiet
canvass. Is he the same quiet man who sent
for me at II o'clock at night, and required of
me, as friend, upon personal adjuration, to
make the application (Which did make) the
next morning for writ of habeas co1pus9 1
have read of many singular changes; but, of
all, those of Mr.. Vallandigham and yourself
fill me with most amazement. ..-aalra
1t appears that the ratification of the Eff
teeuth Amendment by the New York Legis-
lature has never been officially communicated
to the Department of State at Washington
AS the Legislature did not formally request
70 lie,
lected to do it. A duly certified COPY of the
concurrent resolution can be taken from the
Secretary of States Office at Albany and for
warded to Washington and thus repair the
mistake. ,.
Col. w. STOKES Authorizes a denial of the
statement that he is in Washington for the
purpose of procuring the removal of certain
Office holders who supported Senter in the re-
cent election in Tennessee. He is there to take
counsel with his friends in regard to the alarm
ing condition of Tennessee, soon to revert by
system of unparalleled frauds into the control
of the rebel Democracy, and especially in re-
gard to the new perils surrounding the Union
men of the State. He will lay the facts in his
possession before the Executive, and then let
the Administration act as it seems best
WENDELL PHILLIPS in the course of an ed
itorial in the Anti Slavery Standard says =
1--WE pointed out, two years. aso, that the first
word the South would utter,-ence again, on
her feet,-would be tRepndiation.' Not that
she really intends to urge us to repudiate no
-hersthreat will be PAY THE SOUTHERN DEBT
OR WILL NEVER VOTE, ONE DOLLAR TO PAY
TTSe~Bss5S-ackaaaozedgets Of the Southern debt
or Population of the National debt. This is to
be the policy. Thisis the power that lifts John
son again into Office. Representing such a
power, JohnsoEis too strong man to be safe
ly cheated. Hence we think the infamous bar
gain will be fulfilled. The Bankrupt South
disdains to earn her bread by h onest labor.
She plans to fitch it out of the Northern pock-
cts. The claim to have her war debt paid is
the means Our children's children will sit in
those Senate chairs before the effort to force
its payment will be abandoned. Only bull
dogs unrelaxing grip can fifty image pauper
scoundrers longing for what never was his.'