The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-08-07
DAILY PRESS,
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1871.

PORTLAND.

It's all up with the Presidents dctuW eS6
de Grant He has calmly endured and cheer
fully survived the ISLANDERS that were riie
about him after Pittsburg Landing, at Vicks-
burg and in Virginia. He came out OF the
contest with Andrew johnson fresh anu
smiling, and was more popular than ever no'
withstanding "the question OF Veraeny '
was raised. His manliness and straishlioi-
wardness in supporting the oah Doi''hso
scheme. and afterwards frankly ana Hnaliy |
renoun,inp il. in accordance with his settled |
DISCRIMINATION "to have no policy TO enforce |
contrary to the will OF the people," made
pleasant contrast between him and his assal-
ants, and though his popularity was for the
time eclirsed, he escaped from that trouble
safe and soand.
But now the Democracy have him on tb G
hip. The enthusiasm with which the Boston
Post calls upon the citizens of Maine TO re-
Duke the administration of President Grant
anu Secretary Boutwell,, because the latter
TRES TO collect the taxes and pay the debt, is
nothing to the frenzy of joyous excitement
With whah the Argus quotes the following
testimony OF "a Republican Congressman" as
10 Gen. Grants way of doing business at
Long Branch
"Why, damn it," said the Congressman,
who is good Republican and strong man,
81 was there three days before l caught a
glimpse of the President. Soon after L ar
lived drove out to his cottage (which is a
tlevilish fine cottage by the way) with a
friend, and left my card. The next day /
called, and the next. The answer was, 'The
President Iriu A..
not in to-day Well, on the third OF fourth
day Dund him at home. Well, I'll be id
1.-THE M. Z. is too profane for your columns If
he didn't act as though he wanted to go to
sleep. de didn't seem to understand what
l wa&talking about and gave me the impress
Ii n tpat he didn't like to be bored in his own
cottage. It's all right, of course. l appreciate
his feelings, but don't understand the princi
pie. Now L wanted to see him on important
party business. 1 also had public business
connected with my district. He didn't seem
to be interested in either. Well, it's all right,
but I'll be id if l wouldn't like to know
what be is paid two thousand dollars a month
for unless it is to attend to the public business,
Now | get about four hundred dollars a
month, but am always ready to attend to
public business No man in my district ever
asked nae to do anything within reason that
L did not do. l have come to Washington
again and again at my own expense, in the
heat OF summer, TO attend to public business
Why should not the President devote little
time to business, as well, during the six
months of summer? Well. don't know how
it seems to you, but I'll be id if like it,"
Now, Messrs. Republicans, what say you
to your President-to your peerless Grant
Shame on him! Not content with taking al
most as long a summer vacation as that stout
old Democrat Andraw Iaoly- Or, l,o ,,oe,.os
In the elegant retirement of his 1uscuan
villa cdevish fine cottage') the society and
counsel of SO eminent, so patriotic and re-
fined citizen of the Republic as this Con-
gresham. Recreant that he is, he declines
to disturb his holiday repose by communing
with this Western patriot, whose every SEN
tence and every word breathes the spirit of
exalted feeling and statesmanlike thought, on
the subject of the appointment of Jones to
the post-office of the Congressman's native
village! 1t is evident that the Republican
Congressman" wouldn't have required very
much of the Presidents time. If the latter
would only say the right word promptly
about Jones, he isn't the man 10 bore the
Chief Magistrate about the tariff. or shin
building, or specie payments, or the civil SER
vice reform. He never would wedFy Gen.
Grant with commentators of the Indian
Peace Policy OF the Treaty of Washington.
Just one little civil word about Jones. and
the President would have been left to enjoy
MS nap in peace-unless, percbance, the Re-
publican Congressman who favors Smith,
Jones's rival and bitter enemy, was lying in
walt for the first Congressman's departure.
If the Republican party is going to succeed
in 1872 this sort of thing must stop short
We cannot afford to have miscellaneous Re-
publican Congressman "damnedn-for the
gentleman who gives an account of his Long
Branch experiences has no more hesitation
than Scrooge in going the whole length OF
the expression-for the sake of INDUCING
Ulysses s. Grant in his lazy midsummer
moods. We object to having even my thical
Congressman, like the one in question, so
treated. 4 bas Gyrnti
ELSEWHERE will be found the verdict of
the inquest held by Coroner Goddard over the
body of David Robbins, killed on the morning
of August 1st, by being run over by an ex-
cursion or special train. The Coroner when
he first visited the scene of the accident
thought that no inquest was demanded; and
if he then apprehended what the verdict
would be, his opinion showed his sound
judgement and would have saved the county
of Oxford bill, that in view of the verdict,
is money thrown away.
striking and running over the said David
Robbins accidentally, thereby causing DEATH"
The public knew this much long before and
needed no inquest to make it emphatic.
Should not the jury have ascertaned some
thing Of the responsibility OF the accident?
No one believed it was done by design on the
part OF the victim. Corporations are some
times called souuess-and once in great
while they may show themselves so,-but
even the Grand Trunk Railroad Company
does not kill its employees or passengers by
design. Could not the jury have inquired
into the matter and told who was responsible
for the accident, whose carelessness or for
getfulness, if that of any party, caused it?
If it was not the blunder of any party, why
did they not exonerate the company?
The public that daily puts its lie i'm the
hands of railroads have right to know the
real facts in these cases, and it is time that
the verdict of a coroner's jury should 60 to
the bottom of the matter and faithfully de-
clare where the criminal responsibility belongs
and not attempt to shift it upon fate or provi-
dence.