The Portland daily press., 1875-06-21
Current Notes.

The New York Times says the Bunker
Hill centennial was the sublimaton of one
hundred Fourths of July.
California, Ohio, Pennsylvania all have
made their nominations for a Republican
Governor by acclamation. This spontaneity
OF feeling and action is indicative of the
rising tide of a movement of the people
which will sweep things in November.
How utterly dead the "third term" nom
sense is, since the Presidents letter, as a
matter of political agitation, is shown by the
fact that the Republicans of Maine entirely
ignored it. They are always alert and re-
sponsive to public feeling. They are credited
with being under the leadership of ex-Speak-
er Blaine, who is certainly an able and
shrewd politician, and who has not been
charged with favoring third term. But, In
view of the Presidents letter, which they
accept as settling the question, they did
not deem it necessary 10 make any express
sion.-Albany journal.
Public opinion was not very much startled
by the extraordinary character of Tweed
sentence, because it was obvious that its Sc
verify did not transcend the gravity of his
crimes against society. But the sober judg-
ment of the people will none the less applaud
the vigor and justice with which the Court
of Appeals has vindicated the claim of the
law to be protected against judicial straining
even in an apparently good cause. There is
no principle more necessary to maintain in
free communities than that of implicit re-
spect for the simple and literal interpreta-
ton of the law. If the law failed to provide
a penalty adequate for the offences of Tweed.
that was very good reason for amending
the law-not for twisting it to meet the de-
mands of an unprecedented case.-N. Y.
Times.
ga tramp writes to the Providence Jour
nal of his profession as composed of "men who
go from place to place, through the country,
gathering and disseminating, of course,
great amount of useful information, relying
mainly upon the public hospitality for their
temporary maintenance, never wearing out
their welcome by long sojourn in one place,
never interfering in politics, carefully and
conscentiously abstaining from all agitation
of the labor question in any OF its phases"
Already the Democrats are getting Repub-
lcan advice as to the place of their next Ma
tional Convention. The st. Louis Globe
Democrat thinks its own city the least OBJ
jectionable on account of its political associa-
tions. 1t says: "The Democratic party has
udu Uou luOh III uCaiiy SFOiJ obhOi SiSoO Niby
in the United States, and it might improve
its chances by holding council in the pare at
mosphere of the Mississippi Valley this time
Cincinnati represents Buchanan and dssolu-
ton :; Charleston is identified with the gloomi-
est of all political disasters; Baltimore has
two defeats treasured up against her, repre-
sented by Breckinridge and Greeley respec-
lively; Chicago calls to mind Mcclellan and
a defeat which was almost an annihilation;
and then comes New York and the Seymour
sacrifice. Better give the future great city
the next chance"
If Tweed succeeds in keeping out of the
penitentiary, and is elected delegate to the
next Democratic National Convention, it is
not believed he will urge the nomination of
Gov. Tiden with overwhelming enthusiasm.
Cincinnati Commercial (Ind.)
There has never been time when journal.
lists and public speakers can do more good by
plain expositions of party antecedents than
now. Events and facts which to older men
appear too familiar for notice, will surprise
and influence many young voter who fam
cies that Democracy in name is really De-
mocracy in principle. Cincinnati Gazette
A few Democratic Conventions through
out the State have adopted the Republican
uuduCidl luOCblluO-opCCiC pay HuChtrs LIS 10
the work of the Money Power. But the
voice of the party goes up for the reaffirma-
tion of the Democratic financial policy which
swept the State last year. The bondholders
haven't money enough to buy the Democra-
cy of Ohio.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The doctrine of State rights still finds favor
with the Richmond Wing, which affirms
this: 'Let it be denied and defied by the
Democratic-C Conservative party as it is by the
Radical party, and, with the last safeguard of
self-government in each Commonwealth gone,
there will be nothing left of liberty in this
country, whatever may be the name or form
surviving and entomDing it."
Scarcely less interesting than the rusty and
trusty sword of Bunker Hill of IT'S, taken
down from its honored niche in history and
IN the museum, is the olive branch of the
Bunker Hill of 1875, which passes between
the staunch men of New England and their
guests from the South. In celebrating the
most distinctive of all the battles in which
American liberty was won, the spirit OF true
national patriotism is reused, and the antag-
onsms of our civil strife are apparently
quenched. Under the shadow of Bunker
ly that they are citizens of one common
Union whose foundations were laid in the
great event which that monumental shaft
commentaries. The people Of the North
certainly cherish no bitterness or animosity.
They have cherished none since the close of
the war. They seek reconciliation and JUS
tice. And when we see the representatives
of the two sections meeting and greeting
around Bunker Hill, we may hope that the
day of better understanding is at hand
Albany Journal.
The third party is coming, and coming
from Philadelphia. They held meeting on
Tuesday, and adopted call for ''grand
mass meeting" The meeting was secret, but
the reporter of the Philadelphia Times was
admitted on condition that he should not
reveal the place or the composition of the
assemblage He says, however, that there
were present ''a well-known college professor,
wealthy publisher, an -brigadier-general,
and several widely-known business men,"
And he prints their call, which is for more
greenbacks and for 1855 bonds. This is secre-
cy indeed! ga number of banking institu-
tions'' are to lend aid to the enterprise"
and "scores of corporations, covering all de-
partments OF trade, are anxious to help push
it along" The party is to be organized in
July, and no doubt the older parties will
then have hot time of it.