The Portland daily press., 1876-11-02
Campaign Notes.

The New Brunswick Fredonidn claims that
New Jersey can be carried for Hayes and
Wheeler by at least 5000 majority.
The Boston Transcript notes that barrels
figure largely in the Tilden canvass-money-
barrels in the North and rife-barrels in the
South
The Indianapolis Journal has cheering in
telligence from all parts of the state, and firm
ly believes the electoral vote of Indiana will
be cast for Hayes and Wheeler.
A Georgia exchange says that the seventh
of November is the hour in the life of the
South for which all have waited. And yet
that date may be anything but Confederate
jubilee.
The Concord Monitor asserts that New
Hampshire will give 1000 Republican ma
jor;ty on the 7th of November, the prelimin-
ary work having been already performed to
secure this gratifying result.
DR.. Woolsey during his 45 years. residence
in New Haven never until this fall took part
in political canvass. Confederate boldness
in aspiring to capture the Government calls
him from his retirement.
Tilden manages his own canvass. He has
had hand in the business before. He and
the Tammany fellows managed those enor-
nous frauds in New York city in 1868, and
Horace Greeley read him lecture.
Ben Hill made speech ON the 23d at
Columbus, Ca, in which he declared that
"the North has always been on the offensive
and the South defensive under the Constitu-
tion." He said the South is now solid and
she hoped it eper acould be.''
Since going under Democratic control the
reconstructed states of Alabama, Arkansas.
Missouri and Texas have stricken from their
constitutions the requirement of paramount
allegiance to the Union. And yet there are
those who think there is no danger of a re-
vival of the old estate rights" hereses.
The best John Bigelow, Tilden's Secretary
of State in New York, can say for his war
record is, that "when the war broke out he
associated himself publicly with the party
which he thought had unwisely precipitated
it, because he could not entirely approve of
the methods by which they were conducting
it." The method which Tilden approved
was to sue the federal soldiers for ''trespass."
The argument used by the supporters of
Tilden in South Carolina is the rife; in Mas
sachusetts, reform. To convince the voter in
Ohio the Democracy use documents; in Mis-
sissippi, derringers. In Indiana the cry is
for Hendricks and more money; in Moth
Carolina, for Vance and more shot guns. In
Illinois doubtful suppOrters are sent newspa-
pers. In Louisiana if colored man does
gla If poor man does not agree to vote as
the chiyalrous rebels want him, they starve
him to death.-N. Y. Times.
The comments of the Southern press upon
Gov. Tilden's letter on rebel claims are pretty
good evidence that the charges are not so
groundless as they might be. Here is the
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Messenger dis
tinctly announcing the purpose of the South
to seek the refunding OF the cotton tax, 1t
says: 'Tden comes out with a sweeping
declaration against all Southern war claims,
including even the refunding of the unconsti-
tutional and oppressive cotton tax. We
think Tilden has gone too far in this matter.
The cotton tax, which was a punitive tax
and wholly unconstitutional, ought to be re-
funded after the question has passed the Or
deal of the courts and Of Congress, and no
President ought to oppose an executive veto
to clear measure Of justice and rectitude, so
decided, simply because that measure inures
to the benefit of quondam rebels and insur-
rectionists, so called.''