The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-07
Current Notes.

Says an exchange: 'If you want TO make
Democrat as mad as March hare, ask
MIN what is the financial policy Of his party"
The more the Boston, Journal sees of
Democratic oratory the more it admlres Mr..
Morrison for silence.
An exchange pointedly remarks that IL the
democrats keep on at their present rate,
everybody will be Republicans by next fall.
A Democratic member of Mr.. Morrison's
Ways and Means Committee says there are
many Democrats who are opposed to touch
ing the tariff question until after the Pres-
Dental election. They seem TO be opposed
to touching anything else.
II the Democrats had party they might
have the same difficulty which occurred to
the goodish sort OF man Down East, when
he was asked to subscribe for a chandelier for
the church: 'Now, what's the use?" said
he; when you have got it nobody can play
on it.
The Democracy wish TO include West
Point in their programme of economy.
Most OF the graduates of that institution re-
mained true to the Union. This, in the
opinion of the leaders of the Democracy, is
an objectionable sin, and they would be glad
to place the Cadets on Andersonville rations.
One OF the New York legislative cores
pondents tells an amusing story about Lieu
tenant Governor Dorshelmer looking care
fully through the book of Matthew several
times to find the ten commandments. He
insisted that they were there somewhere,
and that they formed part of the sermon on
the mount, until. at the suggestion of page,
he tUrnpd to Eyodua and found thar, tl,n.a
1t was great relief to the Democratic sena-
tors who are anxiously awaiting the result of
this investigation to know just where to look
for them.
The editor of the Southern A'gis, an Ala
bama publication, says of the defender of An
dersonville: Chill has dared to open his
mouth in Congress to hurl back the lies, SLAM
ders, and insults offered to the South; and
the weaklings who, like so many pardoned
convicts, have sat under the sound Of Radi-
cal Misrepresentation and personal vindic-
tiveness. which are intended 10 keep alive the
fires of prejudice in the North in behalf of o
vile, thieving party, would strive to bolster
their own imbecility by dsparaging the effect
OF the great speech and truthful utterances of
the great Georgia statesman. We are proud
OF Ben. Hill; long may he live to speak for
OuA OPPiOoou iduu, duu W up pdLTl-
otic hearts of our noble sons, discouraged by
the caamities and injuries Of reconstruc-
tiOn."
There are a good many complaints now
iiom Democratic journals that the independ-
ent press is not friendly toward their party as
it might be. Such comments as the following
from the Cincinnati Commercial will not re-
lieve this anxiety any: ''It is all mistake to
suppose that there is any necessity TO gather
together an assortment of Democratic prln-
ciples The question is whether the Demo-
cratic party is TO be put into possession of the
Government. There is no principle involved
The old party is not reformed in any particu-
lar. 1t has all the old vices. The party pos
sesses vitality, irrespective of its PRINCIPLES.
That is what is the matter with it. That is
the reason why it ought to die and doesn't.
The Democratic party is again submitted to
OF the present House. They show where the
potentiality of the party is lodged. Just now
the party is under bonds to behave beauti-
fully, that it may win the Presidency and the
Senate. With the complete possession of
power, the mask would be thrown off. We
need no Blaine or Morton to tell US this.
The fact is manifest. The leading policy, if
not principle, OF the Democratic party COM
ing into power with the present feeling,
would be to avenge the humiliatous of the
Southern Confederacy. Can the nation af.
,ord itP"