The Portland daily press., 1875-04-13

ectons nv the readiness with which they |
ocoent them. Their intentions are good, but |
their actions are inexcusably bad.
Mr. Greene is evidently man of different
stamp. Nobody doubts his honesty. That
has not been impeached. But it seems he
thinks there are other honest people in the
world beside hmself-in fact that he does not
REGARD uprightness as rare or exceptional
quality at ALL And because he is gentleman
of integrity and frankness and fair dealing he
is hearty and sincere in his attachment to his
party, and believes it will be right and do
right That sort of fidelity is in the highest
degree commendable and worthy of imitation
The defeat of Gen. Hawley was thlns
which everybody would have anticipated I,
the wish had not been "father to the thousn'
that he would win. He made a supeio
and there are no circumstances Oh ihoi' 80
ton or personal disappointment III MS -
to overcome so large Democratio piop
ance. The General is another OF tnose li"nn'
manly outsnolxen men who does not thlhA IL
necass.rv IN apologize for being hepuDllcan'
ord who ;s not in the least ashamed OF having
or, Sbonlder straps. His absence from the
uonse will he matter of less regret because
ba will sneak more frequently, more .deliber-
ateIv and with equal efficien cy through his
newspaper. The CouranJ is one of the few
journals which never wilfully misrepresents an
opponent. never publishes what it knows to be
false. never vents private spleen by INDUCING in
public detraction. The position of editor OF
such paper is preferable to that of minority
representative in Congress. AS the business
is now conducted he is in precious little
danger of competition. If we are to judge by
the statistics of our own city, it will not long
nav expenses to print truthful and decorous
sheet. Those that are the most oftensiveLy
coarse. brutal and calumuious are altogether
the most prosperous, and the more Hoeilous
they grow the better they thrive.
The SOLDERING nonsense about third term
was put on the bills in Connecticut very
much to the same purpose that somebody Is
sent on the stage in the theatre to sing a coinic
song to allay the impatience OF the audlence
while the carpenters are setting the scene Tor
the next niece Ii wants the pen OF Swift 10
satirize this ridiculous phantasm. The dIscus-
sion of IL is far better adapted to the IDEAL
realm of Lillput than to the actual Repu oilc
of America Life is entirely too serious mat
tar TO he trfled away upon such trivolities. The
oninion is held by some, that the people have
really suffered themselves to be exercised IN
resnect to this airy speculation but L have re-
fpsed TO believe it because L am unwilling to
think so contemptuously of my species. Ii IL
be really true there is no possible remedy 10
such disease, but time. 1t presupposes tenn
porary alteration of mind which only patience
and reflection can alleviate. In its INCEPTION
in the kind of promoters it has found, and in
its inherent absurdity, it is the most immitlga'
BILE bosh that ever Tapped up printers ink
The debate in Judge Nelson's court in
Brooklyn was pursued during four the
pass week. Mr. Beecher sat in an arm chair be-
side the bench and was occasionally asked
question, but generally interrupted before he
could answer it. Numerous and elaborate
speeches were made by six Of the counsel en-
gagged day after day, and the part borne by tue
nominal witness was comparatively rlhlng
He had the least to say of any of the parties
who addressed the court. The trial, in conse-
ouence of this excessive verbosity. is likely to
continue into summer. The delay will greatly
detract from the moral effect of any verdict
that NAV be rendered. Indeed the whole case
will be concluded and judglnen made up in the
public mind long before its submission to the
$1,000
an adjournment and send home great num-
Der of witnesses, and spectators, after they
have been sitting the best part of the morning
waiting for the hour of opening the proceed
ipgs One of the counsel caught cold and
could not attend on Friday That carried the
trial over to next week. One would have sup
posed there were counsel enough to admit Of
either side sparng two or three any day. Bu
it seems not. So every thing must halt till Mr.
Beach comes back, and then he will occupy so
much of the time in Directing and explaining
his objections, that beyond interfering brok-
en- sentence at intervals, Mr.. Beecher will have
nothing to do. All which is the more aggra
waiting because he is the only person that any
body cares to hear from IN this matter. Read
ing the verbatim reports is like trying to eat
hickory nuts without nut-pick. You get
great deal of nut shell to very lit tie kernel ano
it is hard to separate the one from the other.
YARMOUTH.