The Portland daily press., 1872-04-23


The more sagacious of the Cincinnati man
ayers favor putting the name OF the grandson
oS tho SECOND and the son of the sixth Pres
;dent of the United States at the head of
their ticket 1t appear sto many Republic
ans that the nomination of either Gov. Brown
of Missouri or Mr.. Adams would be the most
dangerous of all the results that could posi-
bly, follow from the so-called Liberal Repub-
hcan movement. Mr.. Adams, particularly
would come as near uniting all shades OF OPP
position to Gen. Grant as any man IN the
country. We may safely say, then, that in
nominating Charles Francis Adams Tor Pres
ident the prospects of the Democratic party,
operating through the faction organized by
boiling of ofice-seekers, would be brighter
than under any other circumstances. But
when we consider the difficulties and embar-
easements from which, even with such candi-
date, the Democracy would suffer, itbecomes
matter of wonder that anybody can be so
sanguine as to anticipate success from the
new coalition. .fG- ...
The name of Adams is no talisman to
scare away defeat. No member of that fam
lily ever lived whose personal popularity was
sufficient to obtain for him a particle of sue
cess beyond what came to him as the repre-
sentative of prevailing opinions. Very able,
honorable and eminent public men they have
always been, but they have quite uniformly
lacked the quality of personal magnetism
which is so necessary to obtain success in
ri xlxr And
that both John and John Quincy Adams
failed of reelection at time when that hon
or was bestowed as matter of course, and
when it had been denied to no one else who
had attained the Presidency. The fate of
John Quincy Adams, son of Charles Fran
els, in his oft-repeated attempts to be-
come Governor of Massachusetts is a matter
of recent history. With Gen. Butler and all
the odds and ends of Massachusetts politics
and they are many-to help him he failed
more ANONYMOUSLY than ever last fall, and
was even defeated as candidate to the Legis-
lature from the family peterborough of
Quincy. More wonderful than all, they do
not hesitate in Massachusetts, to call this scion
of noble house-this American heir-ap-
parent, dauphin, prnce-imperial, or czaro-
witt, as we might say-"Jack'' Adams
This familiar form of address speaks loudly
of the inutility of hereditary distinction in
this country as means of commanding re-
spect or the support of ones neighbors.
And there can be no mistake greater than
to suppose that Charles Francis Adams
would secure the support of large number
of Republican voters. No one would think
of suggesting Mr.. Doolittle or Mr. Randall or
even Mr.. Seward as proper candidate to
draw off Republican support from the support
OF Grant. But the estrangement of the gen.
tlemen last named from their old party asso-
Citations has hardly been more obvious than
that of Mr.. Adams. What act or word of his
since the close of the Rebellion has shown
him to be in sympathy with the party that is
now securing for posterity the fruits of that
struggle? What aid or encouragement did
he give to the friends of equal rights when
there was great danger that Andrew johnson
would surrender all that had been gained?
His known political action since his return
from what was really an illustrious career in
England, has been confined to dropping re-
ceipted gas bill into the ballot box, instead of
vote at late election. His eldest son is
supposed to have the sympathy of his father
in trying to turn Massachusetts, over to the
enemy. No, Mr.. Adams would be decidedly
failure as Republican candidate.
And would his name excite the enthusiasm
of the Democratic masses? To say nothing
of the traditional hostility of his family to the
Democratic party, it is evident that there are
feuds to which he is himself party, that
would greatly weaken him as its candidate
For instance, the Irish vote could with great
difficulty be made serviceable to him. Even
now, when his name is only mentioned, as
possible candidate the Fenians most bitterly
denounce his alleged indifference and covert
hostility to their comrades who were shut up
in English prisons. The famous Fenian,
Col. Warren, whose trial and condemnation
to penal servitude excited so much indigna-
ton in this country, is writing series of flu
rious letters to the New York World, in
which he accuses the American minister of
toadying in most unmanly fashion to the
British government in the matter of impris-
oned American citizens. In reply to a note
from Col. Warren asking his kind offices in
procuring for him the means of communicate
ing more frequently with his family, Mr..
Adams refused to interfere, and only wrote
to the prisoner to tell him in effect that the
treatment he received was good enough for
him. When our Minister received from this
government instructions to apply for :, 40 re-
lease OF the prisoners, he per- ,r,od tbot d,t,,
IN SO perfunctory manner as to give Col.
""f.'A lair chance to say of Mr. Adams's
application to Lord Stanley that che ap-
preached his lordship as if he was short of his
half years rent" 1t may be put down as
certain that Mr.. Adams is not ''the man for
Galway -s
Finally, how could Massachusetts, protec-
ZIONIST be made acceptable to Col Grosvenor,
Carl Schurz, Gratz Brown, and the other
Western free-traders who started the Cincin-
natl movement? Would not Horace Greeley
do as well? His nomination would complete
ly destroy the enthusiasm of those who are
most eager to compass the destruction of Gen.
Grant and the Republican party.
These reasons seem more than sufficient to
preclude the possibility of Mr.. Adams's nom
nation. But are there not more and weight
Ter reasons against the nomination of any
other candidate that can be named?
OUR little neighbor the Biddeford Times
INDUCES itself in no end of self laudation
about the bit of Ogdensburg news, which we
quote for the sake of correcting its errors. 1t
is really too bad that the Times couldn't have
got some facts to report, it would have 80 de-
lighted its righteous soul. We must give our
aspiring friend some good counsel, as it
is SO very young in the ways of daily
journalism, and that is to base itself on the
example of the late G. Washington in its
statement of facts, or better still, not to try to
give anything bran new, but, in the future as
in the past, to take its news matter from the
Portland morning papers-without credit
and to make its Geographic reports in its own
little back office, armed only with scissors,
paste brush and New York Herald. By OBJ
serving our precepts closely and following our
example carefully, it may in time become a |
great and good journal and have accurate
news of its own.
MISS MARY G. Low, the brilliant young
"woman who dared" to enter Colby Univer-