The Portland daily press., 1872-06-19
Political Mates.

Jonas III. Townsend, colored gentleman
educated at Waterville College, now the prin-
cipal of an academy in Waco, Texas, is cleo
tor-at-large in that State on the Grant and
| Wilson ticket. In letter to a New York
| gentleman he says that some of Mr.. Greeley's
new friends in that locality have already
burned a number of school houses, scourged
the teachers and driven them out of the
neighborhoods because they teach 'niggers to
read and write who ought to make crops"
The Tribune has been parading Mr.. John
U. Andrews as "Virginian'' who had come
out for Mr.. Greeley. 1t appears that Mr.
Andrews is the same individual who led the
New York rioters in 1868, and who was con-
victed and sent to State Prison. Of course
this fellow is for Greeley, end so are all the
rioters who then burned down orphan asy-
lums and strung up the blacks to the lamp
| posts.
The Greeley press are trying to persuade
the people that General Logan is not to be
trusted because he was aDemocrat before the
war. But ninety-nine hundredths of Greeley's
supporters were not only Democrats before
the war, but Copperheads during the war
and are Copperhead Democrats now. Logan
fought the Rebels for four years and don't in
tend that they shall just yet become masters
of the Republic.
The Savannah Ne,cs, leading Georgia pa
per, is sure it would be disastrous for the
Baltimore Convention to nominate Mr.. Gree
ley. 1t says:
If Horace Greeley is endorsed by the Bal
timore Convention, the campaign in Georgia
will be disastrous to the Democracy; will re-
suit in division and bitterness; will bring
about discord and dissension, and will carry
the State back to the days of carpet-bag rule.
The decentralization will be complete, and we
fear final. But we warn the politicians now
that the Endorsement of Greeley By the Balti-
more Convention will collapse the Democratic
party, not only in this State but throughout
the South. In the event Of such nomination
the State of Georgia ,1iU go for Grant By 90,
600 majority.
VOORHEES, says he will run again for Con-
gress ito vindicate his course"
An Irish Republican Club was organized in
Richmond, Va, last week.
The Reading Eagle says Greeley's nomina-
ton was an insult to the Democracy.
Senator Thurman has been very i'll at his
residence in Washington since the adjourn
ment of Congress.
Charles Levi Woodbury. was defeated as
candidate for delegate from Boston to the
Baltimore Convention.
The Democrats of Indiana threw the tub
to the whale and scooped out its contents for
themselves; they adopted platform to suit
the liberal Republicans, and denied them a
single candidate on the state ticket Whereat
the ''liberals," of course, growled; for what
is the use of their boiling the Republican
party if they cannot get Office by it?
PRESIDENT GRANT is thus sketched by the
Christian Union, Henry Ward Beecher's paper:
He is not an orator, nor an enthusiast, nor
snowy man. He has no tricks to catch ap-
plause. He is helplessy silent, unimpassioned,
simple; liking neither public show nor "taking
appearances" of any kind. Considered as the
bait of political fishermen, there was never a
less tempting fly thrown upon the wrinkIed
speeches, for he makes none; they do not men
ton any brilliant political generalship-he has
shown none. But he is steady, patient, honest
minded and safe
.rvn, r Al. l.