The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-06
Current, NOtas.

The Springfield Republican complains that
an attempt is being made to prejudice the
public mind in regard to the Phelps libel
suit against that paper by the sending Of
various dispatches. The Republican, says
that it never knew that Mr.. Phelps refused
to sign paper asking Mr.. Bowles to be
candidate for mayor. +'0
Forney contributes to the literature of the
Carpenter scandal, as follows: OF the lady
we can freely state that we have known her
father, mother, brother and sisters for many
years, and We have never met more ire
proacha lie woman than herself, or more re-
spectacle family than that whose name she
bole before her marriage. For her sake and
theirs we have deplored the publicity that has
been given to the charge against public man
who has done so much honor to our public
councils as Senator Carpenter.
What Secretary Stanton said inst before
his death to Mr.. Forney and Gen. Sickles
We must make no mistakes about Spain. She
is one of our oldest and ablest allies, and be-
haved splendidly to us during the rebellion,
refusing to open her ports to the confederate
cruisers, and never plotting through her min
lister here, like England, against our cause.
The Spanards are proud, peculiar race, and
we cannot do any good for liberty in Cuba by
hasty action. Their prejudices must be re-
spected; their interests must not be invaded /;
their traditions must be remembered. Things
are moving in the right way in Madrid. 1
know this. gentlemen. There is a new Spain,
and you will both live to see Spanish repub
lie there il we can only restrain the politi-
clans about Cuba. That pear is rpening,
and will fall as soon as the days of the kings
are ended in Spain.
The famous sayings of great men are one by
one dropping from sight. The last to suffer is
the ''Milions for defence, but not one cent for
tribute" Nearly eighty years ago, General
'inckney, then minister to France, was in
formed that the payment of a certain sum
might settle the diplomatic dispute between
the two countries, and history says that Gen
eral Pinckney Indignantly replied: millions
for defence, but not cent for tribute" And
now comes respectable citizen of Charles
ton, S. c.. and shows by irdisputable author
ity that at meeting Of the Cossack club, of
} which General Pinckney was member, the
latter was asked by another member wheth-
er he ever made such remark, and replied !;
'.No; my answer was not flourish like that,
but simply, Not penny. not a penny" 81 2
: To what county has the New York Her.
aid editorial writer been exlled. that leads it
I to say: ''The people have not asked for the re-
peal Ot Uue luCrcdScu SdIdI uui. ACy dtC HUI
SO mean as to begrudge those who serve them
in public capacity fair and even liberal
recompense for their services The increased
salary of the President is little enough. The
law fixing the new compensation will never
be repealed .5u, eqta
I The New York Commercial tells the jour
mails which are ridculing the appointment Of
Mr.. Williams for Chief Justice. that the race
of ''great men like Hamilton, Webster, Jay,
etc. have died out, and if they have not
their social vices preclude their appointment.
"Who is to blame" it says eff we have not
the equals and superiors of Jay, Marshall,
and fancy? Is Grant responsible if mothers
do not give birth to race of men who will
take the conceit out OF Phdias, Homer, Job,
David, Isaiah, Pericles, Socrates, Bacon,
Shakespeare, Hamilton, Webster, and other
famous men we read of? These Democratic
donkeys should scold somebody else than
Grant," r3 ,t q. q -,.-s..-i+r ma -..-f am 81