The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-24
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Holding Fast that which is Good.

Mr.. Stanley Mathews, of Cincinnati, has
written letter under date of August II,
which ought to and will have great weight
with those honest Relormers who, like him,
thought thu in the Cincinnati movement
was safety to the country, and who, unlike
him, have chung to that deluson even after
being so shamefully betrayed. He says :
"My only anxiety is so to vote as to Sc
cure to the country at large the best attaina-
BILE administration of affairs. 1t is neces-
sary condition to the successful accom-
plishment of desired political reform that
we should secure those which have been
already achieved and preserve the spirit
which has achieved them.
see no way of effecting that OBJ
ject but by maintaining the ascendancy
of the Republican party. In the event of
its overthrow by the present combination
against it, under the leadership of Mr.. Gree
ley, [ think there is reason to fear that
much of the good done by Republican in
fuence will be undone, and that the spirit
of reaction set in motion by such success
will bar the way effectually for some time
to come of any further improvement. The
great principle established by the Republi-
can party, now incorporated in our Nation
al Constitution, is that of the political and
civil equality of all men, to be enforced by
national authority. This principle is so
foreign to the history, traditions, profess
sions and practices of the Democratic party
that we may be sure that if it obtained con-
troll of the government, it would do every
thing possible to overthrow it. Ii this
could not be done by direct and express re-
versal. it would be substantially effected by
limiting its operation and by refusing to act
or legislate in its behalf when necessary,
and to reduce the constitutional provisions
in its behalf to a dead letter."
Candidates for Congress in Maine.
The nominations of both parties for Con-
gressmen are now complete in Maine, and
are as follows:
First District. John H. Burleigh, Re-
publican; VIM. H. Clifford, Democrat.
Second DtShfct.-Wm. P. Frye, Repub.
lican !; A. Garcelin, Liberal Republican,
nominated and supported by Democrats.
Third District.-James G. Blaine, Re-
publican; Thomas S. Lang, Liberal Repub-
lican, supported by the Democrats.
Fourth District. -Samuel f. Hersey, Re-
publican Marcellus Emery, Copperhead
Democrat and rebel synsathizer during the
war.
Fifth District. -Eugene Hale, Republi-
can; Frederick Pike, Liberal Republican
and sore-head, nominated and sup ported by
Democrats.
The Political Prospect.
The Philadelphia Press speculates as fol-
lows upon the national canvass: "Penn-
sylvania, it is now pretty generally admit.
ted on all hands, is certain to give its cleo
toral vote to the Republican candidates in
November, whatever may happen to part
of the ticket in October. Nei-
ther MIR. Greeley nor his friends claim
the State in their private calculations. In
deed, the indications are, owing to the very
marked disaffection of the Democracy, that
Grant and Wilson will have q larger major
ity here than did Grant and Colfax in 1868.
Indiana regularly votes with Pennsylvania
in all Presidential contests, and though it
gave small Democratic majority, amount
ing to 2,56S, at the election of 1870, it may
confidently be set down for Grant. In 1868
the electoral vote of Indiana was given to
Grant by large majority, notwithstand-
ing that it went Democratic in the prece-
ding October election.