The Portland daily press., 1872-02-27
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is believed On this point that paper says:
To the people of the United States the Presi-
dent is the hero of the war of the rebellion,
and plain, honest man seeking to do his duty.
We do not believe that they suppose MN 10
have made money by the general order system
nor nv selling arms to France to defeat Ger
mauy. Nor do we believe that they hold him
nersonally responsible for the knayish tricks of
those who hold positions in the Government.
They see what one journal declares to be Incon-
testablv proved another journal insists not to be
proved at all. In a word, they see that in the
passionate tumult of assertion and denial it is
not easy to discover the truth, and they rest
upon the one thing which remains, and that is
the general results of the administration and
their faith in the personal purity of the Presi-
dent.
If the administration were the seething mass
of corruption which it is sometimes alleged to
be, would the Democratic party be in the mort
bund condition which the action of its Connec-
tcut Convention reveals? Could that party ask
anything more favorable to its hopes than a
dominant opposition dissolving in its own cor
ruption? What does the situation show but
/ that the Republican hold upon the heart of the
country is very sure? Yet what has so con-
frmed that hold but the general confidence in
the character and purpose of the administra-
ton? 1t is true that certain gentlemen who are
called the Presidents friends oppose measures
which he has recommended such as the reform
of the civil service and amnesty. But the gem
tlemen have always opposed them, and have OPP
posed them openly, and despite their opposition
the President urges Them 1t is alleged that
this shows the Presidents interest in them to
be shallow pretence. Indeed! and when was
it shown that the will and tenacity of Gen.
Grant were less than those of the gentlemen
who are called his frends2 And what events
in his career justify the theory that his action is
mingled of folly and Implicitly?
Z From this time to the assembling of the Re-
publican Convention the attempt to stain the
character of the President, and to stigmatize
him to the country as unfit for another term,
will be incessant and malevolent. But he has
been in the Wilderness beforehand he came
out of it, They mistake profoundly and per-
ilously who suppose that the people forget, or
that the mists of ca1umny that gather about
every administration have obscured the remem-
brance of the days when General Grant was the
hope of America and of liberty, Coming fresh
from the camp to the cabinet, has he betrayed
one of the great principles of the party which
lifted him to power? Differing from many hon
ored leaders, as they differ among themselves,
has he forgotten the emancipated race, or the
honor of the nation, or the welfare of the peo-
ple2 Silent by nature and by the conditions of
his position, has he to one honest mind seemed
guilty of amy of the foul charges that have been
Numbered against him? There will certainly
be an indignant reaction in the mind and heart
of the American people against the relentless
effort to injure the good name of the President
of the United States-a reaction which will
surely and triumphantly re-elect him, as man
who, in the fierce light of the intensest party
animosity, as in the long doubt of the war, has
shown himself a modest and faithful servant of
his country. ~ fy5 sf3t5
The NASHUA AND ROCHESTER, RAILROAD
Col G. w Lane of Derry appeared before
joint convention of the City Government of
Nashua Friday evening, for the purpose of
making some statements relative to the middle
route of the Nashua and Rochester railroad.
The city voted, some years ago, to take stock in
the enterprise to the amount of $500, 900. Three
routes were surveyed. The northern route has
been abandoned, and the question now is,
which of the two remaining routes will best
subserve the interests of Nashua The middle
route is surveyed through the towns of London
derry, Derry, Chester, Raymond, Nottingham,
Deerfield and Northwood, the total valua-
ton of which is S., 1861, 1877. The southern route
through Windham, Hampstead, Sandown, Dam
vile and Fremont, the total valuation of which
is 81 ,308, 374; showing balance in favor of
the middle route of So, 518, 813. The speaker
claimed that the middle route would bring
more trade to this city, and also furnish the
road with more local business. II
Ex-Mayor Otterson said that Col. Lane had
omitted the fact that the estimated cost of the
southern route is $4,000 less than the middle
route. sa,Tes la
Mr.. Lane responded that the southern route
had been mended, and that it was probable that
the middle route could be improved by a new !
survey. ri
Mr.. Kinnicutt of the Nashua and Worcester
road, to to which the Nashua and Rochester
road is to be leased when completed, will re-ex-
ahmed the middle route next week. 1t is
thought that the question will be settled at an |
early day, and the road put under contract this
spring. il.J47a adt
THE REV. ROBERT COLLIER MISTAKEN FOR
,TIrDCF CARpENTEp or Sorrrxr
The Rev. Robert Collyer lectured in Music !
Hall, Manchester, N. H., on Friday evening |
He came in late to the hall with broad smile
on his face, and when he explained the audi
ence smiled also. He said he had met with
difficulties since, his arrival in Manchester
When he reached the Manchester House he
found no lecture committee but learned that
the chairman had been there in search of him. |
So he directed the hackman to drive him to the
lecture hall Arriving at the hall he found no |
committee there to greet him, but an immense
audience; even the aisles were packed. But he
had never before had an audience who kept |
their hats on He made his way to the plat
form, and the audience looked at him. evident
ly thinking he was somebody. He looked at
them, and thought it was the most remarkable |
lyceum audience he ever saw The female por
ton looked as if they were natives of Ireland |
and the men looked as if they came from the |
same country, too. Presently several gentle
men came and took seats on the platform, one |
or two nodding to him. Then one got up to in
treduce the speaker, but did not mention his
name. He said he was resident of South
Carolina and Mr., Collyer began to think he
did not mean him; but when he said he would |
address them upon the unadvisability of re-
electing President Grant he was sure of it. He
then made his escape as soon as possible, was
met by the lecture committee and escorted to
the right hall. s.., f.. .r.r r--
A New WAY OF Extending SHAKESPEARE.
"A novel mode of emending the text of our
English classics with special reference to
text, is described in the Athene-
UNI of January 9th, by Mr. William Blades.
That large proportion of the obscure passages
are attributable to printers blunders there can |
be no doubt; but Mr.. Blades confines himself
chiefly to such as naturally arose from what
the printers call "a foul case'-the case being
the set of boxes from which the types are pick
ed, and into which they are distributed Care
less distributing is the principal cause of foul
ng, but this may also arise, since the case is
lanted, from the slipping down of type from
IN oyer-heaped box above to the next lower.
This contingency is the one relied on by Mr..
Blades, who, after explaining it, shows by
iiagram the arrangement of upper case'' and
lower case" respectively in Shakespeare's
time, indeed, down to the commencement of
5he present century. Double letters (or logo
types) prevailed much more extensively than at
present, and affected the arrangement consid-
srably. The scientific order now employed,
for instance, places thee at the bottom of the
case instead of at the top, as being the letter
most used but the positions formerly assigned
to and'd correspond with their Importance as
the second and third letters of the alphabet.
We shall give but single illustration of Mr..
Blades hypothesis. Promising that, in the
lower case, the box for ranged above the a,
we have only to suppose an to have slipped
down among the as to arrive at the change
proposed Macbeth V. 81: ..
Were they not orcd with those that should be ours
We might have met them darefull, beard to beard"
THE word forced said Mr. Blades, should
be read farced. The enemy's ranks were not
forced with Macbeth, s lnaturaD followers, but
farced or filled up This, perhaps, is not fa-
vorite specimen of emendation inasmuch as
forced for enforced seems no great stretch of
meaning; but it exhibits well enough Mr..
Blades ingenious naodus operaradi.
THE figures given relative to the cost of es-
the Swedish colony in Aroostook in
our legislative proceedings are calculated to
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