The Portland daily press., 1876-01-13
Current Notes.

The only justification that Mr.. Blaine re-
quires for his amendment is the monstrous
anomaly of rendering the Confederate presi-
dent eligible to the presidency of the United
States.-BoSton Transcript.
On this subject he Mr.. Blaine )unrolls that
fearful record which is the hardest thing in
all the war for Northern people to forget, and
which they find it impossible to forgive. 1t
is the most dsgracefal leaf in modern history
and since such things can occur, it is the du-
ty of this government to stamp it with some
mark of its adherence which shall, if posi-
Bile, tend to prevent its repetition in the ages
to come. The question then is, just here
can JEFF Davis be proved to have ordered and
kept up that monstrous iniquity? The time
to consider that is when it is proposed to alb
solve him from all the political consequences
of the rebellion and to restore him to the full
enjoyment of citizenship on the same level
with his surviving victims of Andersonville.
Mr., Blaine shows courage and justice and
sound judgment in bringing up this question
at the right moment and having it settled
No haste or sneers on the other side, no CEN
tennal gush or hurrahings for merely polti-
cal reconciliation" will prevent the country
from carefully considering his facts and argu-
ments. Those which he produced on Mon
day must be answered from the record, or the
verdict of the fair-minded men, who have the
ordinary feelings of humanity, or the proper
anxiety for our national future, will be in fa-
vor of Mr.. Blaine's amendment.-BOston
Journal
1 We see no reason why so much fuss should
be made about Jefferson Davis; but the
country has made up its mind not to forgive
him yet. Mr.. Blaine knows it, and as a mat
ter or po'ltIcai strategy he has CfraTfy got
the better OF his opponents. 1t is fashion
he seems to have acquired.-New York
Tribune.
Their action is very much as if the ex-
residents of the institution at Wethersfeld
should meet in convention and pass resolu-
ton to commemorate the centennial year by
the pardon of all their former companions,
and should refuse some honest fellow chance
to move an exception in the case of Mrs.
Sherman. They have been badly beaten, the
honors of the day belong with the Republican
minority, aud especially with Speaker Blaine,
whose speech is splendid vindication of the
party from the unjust charge OF unfriendli-
ness to the South.-Hdrtord Courant.
Mr.. Cox is said to have drought down the
house" Monday by his sarcastic and witty
illusions to Mr.. Blaine's aspirations to the
Presidency. He certainly made the most of
his opportunity to break tie force of Mr..
Blaine's speech, by giving personal turn to
the debate, and supplying the place of argu-
ment by an abundance of smart satire. Mr.
Blaine is not the man to be answered in that
way. His position is an exposed one whether
he speaks or is silent, his action is certain to
be attributed to some motive connected with
his supposed prominence as a candidate. But
MI Blaine has shown abundance of capacity
in turning attacks OF that kind, and is much
more likely to be helped than hurt by them n
n As to the merits OF the question on which
this exciting debate turned,-it must be ad-
mitted that Mr.. Blaine's Indictment, terrible
as it was, was in the main just. There is the
record. 1t cannot be blotted out. The facts
have been burned by terrible experience
deep in the memory and the souls of this
generation. Mr. Cox's jokes will have no
effect upon them. Nothing but death will
effect then.-BOSton Advertiser.