The Republican journal., 1870-08-11

The correspondent of the Argus Free
Lance" (whose signature, funnily enough,
was printed Free Dance in his first commune
cation) has another article in the Argus of
Tuesday. We do not deem it profitable to
keep up this discussion The Convention
will authoritatively settle the whole question
next Tuesday; and we shall be 10th, under
any circumstances, to say or do aught to
ALLEVIATE Democrats and those who should be
personal rs well as political friends But
certain things in the recent article in the
Argus call for brief notice.
First let us say that the remark concerning
the contemplated leadership in the new move
ment as "a defeated candidate for the office
of Governor of Maine,7 had no alluson to
any Democrat, nor was il intended as a sneer
on any one. The proposition was to make
Governor Chamberlain that leader. and he
is a defeated candidate in his party con-
veniion. The article was hastily written
and was perhaps not so precise as a careful
scanning would have made it.
The writer in the Argus thinks he dis
covers in certain persons in the Democratic
party preference for a policy like this
Recruits are to be refused enlistments dseon-
tinued, and even the men also who willing to
serve without pay are subjected to such rigid scrll-
tiny of their preced ents that they retire in dismay
before an unwarranted and mpertinent inquisiton
into the history of their past political lives.
This is not true, so far as this paper is con
cerned, and we don't believe it Justly applies
to any men or any organ in Maine As long
ago as last April, in view Of the encouraging
state Of things in that state, we wrote as fol
lows
Preparatory to such Il consummaion, political
bgotry should be discarded. dead issues forgotten
Old animositeS buried out OF sight There should
be recognized all hands the facts that we have
entered on new era. and that the first endeavorS
should be to restore our material prosperity, and
to secure honesty. efficiency and economy in the
administration OF state and national governments.
We have expressed those sentiments since
But the men who sought TO escape from the
radical party were met at Portland by pro-
position to put in nomination the man who
had been for four years tie radical governor
Of Maine, in full accord with the administra-
ton at Washington, They saw the party
that they We're expecting to Join, rent asun-
der by Il foolish and impracticable scheme,
1T the time when of AL others it should have
| been united The scheme has already mis-
| erably failed, by the confession of those who
| engineered it.
| Now few words personal and we are
done. The writer in the Argus SAYS
| We are sorry that the editor of the journal suf-
tered during the war; we nave ALWAYS been indig
nant at the unmerited caltlmny and abuse which
We're heaped upon him during that eyentful period
| nut we don't care about ieyOing all the energies
Of the Democratic party At this time discuss ion
of his grieS ance or of the causes Of the of
the manner in which il Mas conducted. We are
looking for honorable success. and will not for
go it t" suit the antiquated opinions of anybody
| The essence Of this extract is an untruth,
and its anlmuS more han contemplate The
editor of this paper vas arrested on q false
charge during the war. But beyond a few
numbers of the paper succeeding the event
in which the authors of the act were dashed
and delied, there has been no aliusion to it
We appeal to the readers of the paper if this
be not the fact Tao extract which we copy
from onr columns ahoye, stamps the falsifica-
ton. We have no grievances to discuss
save those which pertain to all the people
We can only attribute the Juggling in of this
matter nj this time 10 a feeling on the part of
the Argus write that some dust must be
raised to cover he failure OF the Portland
Scbeme-the most ignominious collapse of
the most foolish project recorded in the an
nails Of political manmnverin@
| If il We're not ungracious to do so, we
might inquire if the converse Of the PROPOSE
ton, that we are nursing revenges. mig ht
not be true, and whether while we were per
| secuted, there W IS not a certain Portland civ
| ilian who had much cause for gratitude
towards radicals during the war If that
gentleman was graciously permitted to re-
volve around Gen. Shepley, at New Orleans
While the General was a SATELLITE to that great
| luminary, Ben. Butler, ii was very nice, nc
| doubt. But We don't care about devotino
| all the energies OF the democratic party At
this time" to the purpose Of making his graf
itude take a practical form. Free Lance will
thus see how readily his thrusts might be re
| turned, if we were disposed to do 50 But,
rs we said it might be ungrariou5, and we
| don't propose to do it.