The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-17
Political Notes.

Hon. f. A. Pike has become SO Democrat,
ic already that he is really anxious for the
nomination of that party in the Fifth Dis
trict. ''Percie" says he will get it; but how
about bleeding Waldo? ~ Il
Distance lends enchantment. A leading
liberal counts up seven men i'm Maine city
who will vote for Greeley, but when he gets
into conference in Portland there are GER
tainly hundred.
The Charleston s. C. Ne,cs looks uponthe
nomination of Greeley as the dawning of the
day when ''the North and the South shall
alike respect the Stars and Bars as the flag
under which dauntless Americans bled and
died." and says that when that day comes
the South and the North twill love the Stars
and Stripes as the flag of their common coun-
try"
Gov. Oglesby is holding large and enthusi
astic meetings in various parts of Illinois.
Washington Depaw, the millionaire Meth
odist, whom the Democrats of Indiana NOM
mated for Lieutenant Governor, peremptorily
declines in a card sent to the Journal, the
Republican paper of indianapolis.
The argus of September LIST, 1868, speaks
of George Wilkes who CANDLES on the floor of
Congress and Theodore Tilton who holds
stakes,as samplerepublicans. How now that
both are fellow Democrats?
August Sd, 1858 the argus declared that
'Maine will lead the column to victory"
The victory so far as it affected the Demo-
| cratic party, was something akin to the vic
tory of that other Democrat, jeff Davis at
Appomattox. "a. ...... ........,..i.
| MIR. Greeley as Democratic Tammany
| candidate is too much ''crow'' for the milder
Liberals and they are leaving since the Balti-
more Convention. Gen. Fred. Hecker of
| Illinois who was staunch supporter of tie
movement until that time, now comes out
and advises all his friends to stand aloof
The Richmond State Journal speaks a
| good word for Ex-Gov. Henry A. WISE 1t
says: "His whole influence since the war has
been notably in favor of loyal acquiescence
in its results, No man in all the country
cares less for notoriety," .iItr. 4
| The address of the Louisiana Reform Par
| ty speaks of Gov. Warmoth as the worst
enemy the people of Louisiana have ever
had. Warmoth is the leader of the Greeley
party in the State. si r0tlas zc
The account of Greeleys corrupt bargain
with the Democrats, begun last October, ex-
plains to the Ogdensburg IN. ~ Journal
several things which till now have been great
mysteries to it. 1t says: SIT would explain
his trip to Texas, his speech at Memphis, his
eulogy of the Southern Confederate soldiers,
his pilgrimage to Atlanta; his letter to the
editor of the Caucasian, in which he says
the mistake of the Democratic party in 1868
was in not nominating Salmon P. Chase; his
intimation that Mr.. Chase would not do in
1872, and his conduct in constantly holding
up Gen. Grant as terror to be repeated if
The Democratic party dared to make straight
nomination in 1872" y V 1Ft
Hon. James Brooks, M. G.. of New York,
| hvs been all the way round the world. He
arrived at home just in time to do two
things, viz: l. Draw his pay for the time he
| was absent. 2. Denounce General Grant for
absenting himself from Washington.-Toledo
Blade. --. .,.-..t.. ...t, ,... -
AT Republican mass meeting out in Min
nesota the other day, while the Hon. Mark
Il. Dunnell was speaking of Greeley's course
in bailing JEFF. Davis, Democrat present
called out, ''What about Longstreet ?'' Quick
as flash came this reply: ''What does
Longstreet do? Like man who accepts the
situation, he sustains the man who saved the
Union; and like to see a rebel who knows
when he's whipped, and I'd vote for him, too,
before would for the man who supported
the rebels at home" e13W sad4o'"