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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17
sta,e Temperance Couveu,,ou.

The temperance men and women of Maine, of all
religious political and temperance organizations and
those not connected with either are invited to meet
at Meonian Hail. in Augusta on Wednesday, Janu-
airy 10th, 1876 at II o'clock A. NJ for the purpose of
holding Mass Temperance Convention
This being the centennial year of national ex-
lstence, it is highly important and fitting that
should meet in convention and declare ourselves free
and independent of King Alcohol, and take every
means in our power to declare against him war of
utter determination.
Among the many questions that 1t NAV be proper
to consider, the following are important: :-''What
can be done to aid the reform clubs In their noble
work?" "How can we encourage and help those no.
BILE women who are organizing crusade movements
and women christian temperance societies?" SIS
there not necessity that something should be done
to more efectualy suppress the sale Of Intoxicating
GUS religious denominations of the State take more
decided and active measures in this great cause?"
Ought not the legislative, judicial, executive and
MUNICIPAL bodies of our state to take stronger and
more decisive measures for the suppression of the
great evil of intemperauce?" ''Should not the vari-
GUS temperance organizations of the state receive the
1t seems to that there has not been for several
years more favorable crisis in the temperance
movement in this state than the present. The work
done by the several temperance organizations, to-
gether with the cooperation of the faithful women
engaged in this work, should encourage every friend
of the cause and prompt to renewed diligence.
The convention will probably be continued through
Thursday. While we cannot promise free accommo-
daton to those attending the convention yet we will
make an effort to secure board at reduced rates. The
usual reduction of fare may be expected the sew
eral railroads and steamboats,,
Come one, come all.
JOSHUA NYE, HENRY TALLMAN,
d. B. RANDALL, l.. r. CALL
G. o. PAYSON, H. NJ. BRYANT,
F. E. SHAW, HENRY HARRINGTON,
DANIEL ALLEN, GEO. W. HILTON,
M. w. HALL, j. M. HUTCHINS,
JOHN S. KIMBALL, JOHN ALLEN.
ABNER TOWNSEND, GEO. e. BRACKETT,
State Temperance Committee.
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then let the North look out for breakers If
the Democratic party succeed in the coming
Presidential Observation-Disclosures Journal,
While ordinarily the American people are
disposed to let Davis and his atrocities and
the Rebellion pass into oblivion, this bill is
framed and pressed so ostentatiously to make
Davis eligible to the Presidency and to the
Senate that it becomes practically bill for
that purpose, and, in resisting such bill for
such direct purpose, Mr.. Blaine but repre-
sents the public sentiment of the great body
OF the American people. The Democrats in
Congress-and the ex-Confederates are ma
jority of the Democrats in the house-have
made the possible elevation of JEFF. Davis to
the presidency party issue. They have re-
jected the old policy of restoring political
rights to whoever would ask for them, and
now insist that Davis, who is exceptionally
obnoxious to the American people, Is no ex-
ception, and, without requiring him 10 ask for
restoration, propose to grant to him, as to
national benefactor, the privileges which he
infamously forfeited, and which he holds in
too great contempt to ask to have restored.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

HILLS SPEECH.-The Washington cores
pordent of the Boston Advertiser says the fact
ought to be fully understood wherever the
speech of Mr. Hill ON the amnesty question may
be sent, that the report printed in the Con-
gressional Record, and also in pamphlet form
for general distribution, is by no means a cor
rect chronicle of what he said on the floor Of
the house. A comparison of the Record report
with that of the Associated Press shows that
Hill has so revised his speech, both by emitting
important sentences which he did say and in
sertipg others which he did BOT, as to affect
materially its general tone. 1t appears by the
Record that after giving the statistics of the
comparative mortality in Federal and Confed-
crate military prisons, Hill said: 81 scorn to
charge murder upon the officials of Northern
prisons, as the gentleman has done upon Con-
federate prison officials. 1 labor to demon
strate that such miseries inevitable in prison
life, no matter how humane the regulations"
The fact is, that at this point he turned
toward Mr.. Blaine and exclaimed with great
emphasis: "Ah, my friends, in view of these
figures who are the murderers?' After quoting
Biaine's solemn declaration that neither the
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17
Current Notes,


Mr.. Blaine is not responsible because Rem
Hill chose to fly off the handle. If a man
cannot venture to comment with some sever
ity on JEFF. Davis in the Congress of the
United States it becomes pertinent to in.
quire what the war was all about and how it
ended. .-Sprtnafeld Union.
After L. Quintus CurLius Lamar of Mis-.
sissipi had been nominated for Senator by
the Democratic caucus, the other day, he re-
turned thanks for the nomination to an office
adorned by the craftsmanship of a Brown
and Davis" The Davis, to whose genius
and craftsmanship he thus refers, is MIR. ].
Davis of Andersonville.
In answer to the clear and forcible arraign-
ment of Jefferson Davis as one who should
be held forever unworthy of public life, be-
cause he had helped and had not averted the
horrors of Andersonville, Cox can rise to no
higher level than to accuse Mr.. Blaine of
aspiring to the Presidency, can excite no
deeper approval than the bracketed laughter
which must be to him somewhat as the sight
of his motley must be to the wearied harle-
quin. Does he not know that when the
question as to whether an amnesty shall or
shall not include JEFF Davis is before the peo-
PIE of this country, there is no man in it who
cares snap of his finger whether Mr.. Blaine
has Presidential aspirations or not ?-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
We do not regret this debate. Forgiveness.
reconciliation, and mutual good will are ad-
mirable, ifgenuine, but the pretence of them
is not admirable. Let US understand each
other; hollow truce and simulated amity
are not good materials with which to cement
the rebuilded structure of our national union.
If we have been trying to bind its stones to-
gether with such treacherous material, the
sooner we find out our mistake the better.
Ii we cannot have the good will of our South
ern brethren without forsaking our political
principles, and confessing that those prlnci-
Piles are essentially false and mischieyous. as
Mr.. Hill says, we ought to know il if they
have been led to believe that we are ready
to make that sacrifice for that object, they
ought TO learn their mistake.-Worcester
Spy.
Mr.. Hill, indeed says that the the South
will never again try secession; what it pro-
poses, then, is to gain all its ends by coalition
with the Centennial folks, now, for subsidies
all round; with the West afterwards for the
same end; and generally to do anything and
vote any money which will give further po-
litical power to the south. This is very nat
ural. What the South lost in an appeal to
arms it is attempting to regain by diplomacy
and bargaining. All that we propose is to
keep In view the game as it progresses, so
that whether the secession which failed in
the field shall or shall not succeed in the
forum. we shall know what is going on before
it is too late to offer protest. II the speech
OF Mr.. Hill is as he says, q conciliatory one,
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Mr.. HIPS War;

The following are the extracts from the ut
terances of Mr.. Hill, quoted by Mr. Blaine
Thursday for the refreshing of that gentle
mans memory. Mr.. Blaine said:
have here the Atlanta Constitution of Jan.
"a, 1873, IN which there is reported speech
made by Hon. Benjamin 81. Hill, and the pa
per says it is the grandest speech he ever de-
lived. -.
Mr.. Hill Gestingly THAT is mistake.
Mr.. Blaine-I know it is mistake. know
that the gentleman has delivered many grand
speeches. but the editor of this paper says it
was the grandest of ALL Let me quote from it:
"Fellow citizens, look to the contest of 1876
not only as the most important that has ever
occurred in American history, but as the most
important that has occurred in the history of
the world; for if the people of this country can
not be reused to give unanimous vote against
the Republican party, it will put itself in power
by precisely the same means that the President
has taken in Louisiana, and the people are
powerless to prevent it unless they go to war;
(Great applause) If we fail with the ballot
box in 1876 by reason of force a startling propo-
sition will present itself to the American peo
ple The Northern people have had sufficient
subsistence OF passion to settle the question
falrly, but II We must have war"-you see bis
voice is settled for war
Mr.. Hill-Never.
Mr.. Blaine-(continuing to quote)-If we
must have war, if we cannot preserve this con-
otIlutlOudi SOfeIuutuL through the DAlOt, IL
force is to defeat the ballot, and if war must
come-God forbid that it shall come-but if
folly and wickedness and the inordinate love of
power should decree that America must save
the constitution by blood, let it come. 1 am
ready
Mr. Hill (rIsing)-Will the gentleman allow
me one word?
Mr.. Blane-Not word
Mr.. Hill-(sneeringly)-
Mr.. Blaine-In another speech made by that
gentleman on the 18th of May, he impressed on
the colored men of the country the truth--that
it the folly and wickedness of the Republican
party was to result in war, they, the colored
people, would be the greatest sufferers That if
peace was preserved, sthey were safe; but, that
as sure as one war had freed them, just SO sure
another would enslave them. That, said, Mr..
Blaine, was precisely the talk we had here by
the folio and ream before the other rebellion.
Oh,yes you were for war then. The gentleman
IN his speech the other day said: 'HThe Union
is an unmixed blessing" That is, provided the
Democratic party rule it.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

THERE seems to be no danger that Mr..
Pixies bill will pass, but the very fact that
such a bill can be introduced is justification
for quoting few sentences from an essay by
Noah Webster, who has since been made so
famous by his dictionary. We give them in
his own spelling, as published in 1889: 'The
restraint IL no remedy for the evil, on the
other hand il generally increases the evil"
'Such laws are absurd and impolitic because
they actually and always produce and multi
ply the distresses they are designed 10 rem
edy," ''[Theyl drive cash from a country.
They really and continually create scarcity
of [msoneyl, and then restrain men from rails
ing the price in proportion to the scarcity
They create distress among the poor, and at
the same time, create an impossibility of re-
leef." They o''increase the distresses of the
needy by enhancing the risk, and conse-
quently the insurance on loans" Tbev
"tend to make men dishonest in 'eyading
such laws;'' and by encouraging informa-
tions' give man "the strongest temptation
to be a treecherous rascal, by inducing hiz
friend to loan him money, on illegal interest
and then betraying him." 81 venture to pre-
dict, the opinions of men will be changed in
less than half century, and posterity will
wonder their forefathers could think of
making claws" so absurd and contradictory.
In paper of miscellaneous remarks pub.
lished in the succeeding year he says: "But
when two men can make voluntary con-
tract for eight per cent. interest, contract
which eeeh deems favorable for himself, tha
lionel should he punishable with hevvy for
future, IL curiosity in legislation, which
ought to be placed on the catalog with pa.
pal bulls" The "curosity'' of M. Web
ster's 'crthography" does not detract from
the soundness of his political and social
''vews."
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

THE Advertiser is not correctly informed
about the action ofMessenger Walker respect
ing the distribution of circulars issued by the
late clerks in the Office of Secretary of State
The circulars, which were printed sheets
OF errors said to be found in Mr.. Chad
bourne's House journals, which are said
to be largely fabrications, came into Mr..
Walkers hands after five in the afternoon.
He could not put them on the seats of men,
bers, for he did not know where they were.
In fact, no mail is ever laid upon the seats of
members at night Mr.. Walker had no idea
of the contents ofthe circulars until the next
morning, when they were placed on the desk
where one cent circulars are usually deposited
in order that members may help themselves.
1t may be added. since these parties censure
Mr.. Walker, that if they had as faithfully
and constantly attended to their legitimate
business when in the employ of the state.
they would have found no time to make nm
and distribute the circular referred to. and
would not have turned over the work which
they were paid for doing to their successors.
In the House Mr.. Walker is too well known
and too universally respected as an officer to
be injured by the authors of the ''strictly con-
fidentiap' circular of Mr.. Joseph Timothy
Woodward & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17
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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

THE MUTUAL COUNCIL ABANDoNED.-T
proposed mutual council for the settlement of
the matter at issue between Plymouth church
and Mrs. MOulton has fallen through. In ar
ranging the list for the council the names of
DR.. Storrs and DR. Buddington were included.
After they had announced that they would
probably accept the invitation, the committee of
Plymouth Church entered a protest against
their serving, or the ground that they
were partial and had emnity against the
church. When some of the other churches
heard that DR.. Storrs' and DIR. Buddington's
churches would be- left out they also declined
to serve, and the council was therefore upset.
Mrs. Mouton was apprised of the fact of the
withdrawal of the churches and the disarrange-
ment of the list, and her counsel, Mr.. Van
Cott, Friday, sent long letter to the Ply
mouth Church committee refusing to treat with
them any further in relation to the mutual
council, and sharply reprehending the course
they had pursued in rejecting the churches Sc
lected. He thought the action of the church
would be considered by all just men deliber.
ate attempt TO avoid investigation. Letters of
Drs. Storrs and Buddington were enclosed with
Van Colts communication to the com mittee.
After the prayer meeting at Plymouth church
Friday night Mr.. Beecher addressed the aud
fence in relation to the mutual council He
was glad, he said, to inform them that the 9TH
er side had withdrawn and had thrown up the
mutual council The announcement was
greeted with loud applause, and the speaker
continued, telling them they knew nothing
of the affair, and should not express even o
pedal opinion in relation to the matter. They
desired to put all the trouble possible on the
back of Plymouth church, that poor camel of
Congregatioualism. We simply said that these
charges should be examined and they have now
backed down from that examination because
we object to some of their churches. The
speaker never believed the council was asked
for by Mrs. .Moulton with any degree of sim
cerity, and it was never declined by the church.
This declination on their part to go on, madeft
imperative to invoke the advisory council,
which the church had adjourned, to investigate
the matter and determine whether or not the
church had acted properly. They should issue
at the earliest possible moment the letter mis-
sive calling it. If he was to consult his own
temperament he would open a church and
preach in an entirely different way to that
which he was now pursuing. The church was
willing to accept suggestions from wise men of
the Brotherhood about, and would only ask that
those who gave such advice would do so as
friends and with the proper spirit. This was
followed by applause, and Brother Edgarton
took the chair, and Mr.. Shearman read the re-
port of the committee
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THE Italians think it will cost too much to
carry into effect Garibaldi's plan for opening
the Tiber to the sea, but they purpose 10
make some Improvements" in the historic
river. The riveris to be cleared of ancient
ruins, several quays are to be constructed. the
bridge of st. Angelo is to be enlarged by new
arcades, and the right arm of the river around
the island of the Tiber is to be deepened.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

ICELAND has just unveiled bronze statue
of Albert Thorvaldsen, the first public statue
it has ever possessed. The ceremony took
place on the 10th of November, and poems
were read and odes were sung. The statue
is of gilt bronze, reproduction of Thorvald-
sens statue of himself in the Glyptothek at
Munich. Thorwaldsen's father was an Ice
lander of ancient lineage, and migrated to
Denmark with Lis family but two months
before the sculptor's birth.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

THAT "speakin' out in meetin'" would
not have occurred had King Lamar been in
Washington instead of looking after his Sena-
torial chances down South. ''Hs majesty of
Mississippi" to parody Mr.. Cox's sneer would
have kept his men muzzled and not permitted
them to proclaim their real sentiments,
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

The amnesty debate has served to show
that there is bitter feeling yet in the North
against Jefferson Davis because of the An
dersonviile atrocity. There are many who
still regret that his name does not appear in
the list of the American dead with sus. per
coll. 1865, written after it.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

FRANCE appears TO be fast getting back
the indemnity fund. The market for French
productions has immensely increased in Ger
many, and the skilled workmen of France
are finding employment over the line. For
example: before the war there were in Ber.
lin only 200 French artisans; there are now
0d0O
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17

EVERY regular attaehe of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley 7.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
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The PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. IL. 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
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Mr.. Cox has now an excuse for writ
ing another paper on American humor, TAX
ing for his text the amnesty debate. Mr..
Blaine's query as to the mule will serve as
pertinent illustration.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-17
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Portland Railroad Co.

The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
Portland Railroad Co. will be held in Reception Room
1876 at O'Clock P. M, for the choice of Directors
and the transaction of apy other business that may
legally come before them.
f. A. NEWMAN, Sec'y.
January 9Th. 1876. ianstd
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