The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-08-05
POLITICAL.

The friends of Montgomery Blair are
urging his electionto Congress from the
Fifth Maryland District. Ho Is anxious
to 20 to Congress, it is said. in order to
have better opportunity to teach his
Democratic friends little wisdom. so that
they may have chance to succeed In tho
Presidential race Of 1872.
The Republicans hope to carry two
Congressional districts in Maryland-those
formerly represented by Gov. Frank
Thomas and Henry Winter Davis.
Senator Harlan. in private letter, nd
hitting some mistakes In President Grants
administration, well says: II have felt
such sense of safety and security for all
our free institutions since he came to the
Presidential oilice-such freedom from
solicitude and anxiety, which pursued mo
day and night for two years preceding,
like IN omen of evil-that feel like pro-
testing against change. unless for the
gravest reasons"
F.P. Blair, Senior, has been interview.
cd. He thinks II Chase had been nomi.
mated in place Of Seymour. Democratic
success would have been probable. He
says nothing about his son Franks effec;
upc the fate of the Democratic ticket.
The Indianapolis Journal has en-
couraging Republican news from all parts
of Indiana.
Attorney General Akernan will soon
issue circular to the District Attorneys
Marshals. &c.. calling their attention to
the law for the enforcement of tho Fiji
tcenth Amendment, and saying: "You
will therefore, whenever you receive from
any source, credible information that THU
law has been violated, take prompt meas
ures for tho arrest and ctfectual prosecu
ton of tho guilty party"
Andrew johnson Is to resume STUMP
speaking at Rogersville. Tenn. mex
Thursday.
The scheme to get Gov. Chamberlain
of Maine TO head fusion movement hn'
been abandoned, In consequence of the
letter which was to be addressed to hin
failing to get respectable number Of sig
natures.
General Cassius NJ. Clay will speak n
the prominent places In Colora'o Terrific.
ry in behalf of tho Republican party.
The National Executive Committee o.
the Union League had meeting at Long
Branch last Friday. The reports from
Florida showed that thorough reorgani
zation Of the Stato was necessary. where
rs in Texas the organization seemed to bt
most efficient, and It Is expected that the
new militia bill will put an end to the
lawncssncss and robbery existing at pres
ent. General Littlefeld of Florida illus.
trated the condition of tho Republican
party In that State and demanded the no.
tive sympathy Of the Union men Of the
North. He said that the Union men
white and bl ,ck. were scarcely permitted
to live In peace.
Secretary Cox orders that hereafter oil
promotions In the Interior Department
shall be based upon merit, and that can
didates must submit to competition
This Is n good stop.
This fall the Republican party OF Now
Jersey goes into the campaign with Id
ranks augmented by fully five thousand
yoters-a number sufficiently large te
have overcome the Democratic majority
Mt any time within the last five years.
Tho continuance of tho steady Repub
lican gains shown in the recent elections
of Oregon will give tho State to the Re
publicans by 1872.
The Raleigh Standard publishes the publi'
confession Of sixteen citizens Of Alabama ooun
ty, North Carolina. to the effect that they hav'
been members Of secret organization, STYLED
the White Brotherhood. or constitutional Unior
Guard. and that they have Withdrawn from 1t
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