The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-10
The Fall Campaign.
Notes from All Along the Line.

Notes from All Along the Line.
Voorhees, is still followed up by merciless
persecution in Ohio. He has more troubl g
every day with his claim to be friend of the
soldier. He denied with his customary vehe-
mence that he had ever recommended placing
upon the neck of each Union soldier collar
marked "My dog: A. Lincoln" but the denial
brought out card signed by twenty ladies
and gentlemen who declared they had heard
him say it, Then a letter which he thought
was dead was brought to life showing that he
had written himself down a thorough South
ern sympathizer at the beginning of the war;
and finally an old speech made by him in 1861
has been dug up in which he declared that as
Representative of Indiana in Congress, he
would ''never vote one man, one dollar, one
gun to the administration of Abraham Lincoln
to make war upon the South" Good-by,
Voorhees,. 1t can't even be said OF you that
you meant well.
The Butler boom in Boston began in
earnest Wednesday evening, i'll the
shape of two monster meetings, at
which the candidate made his first appear
ance in this campaign, speaking first before an
audience Of Butler Democrats in Faneuil hall
and then to q meeting called by the leaders OF
the disaffected Republicans in Music Hall.
The policy of keeping the candidate out OF
sight for so long seems to have produced its
desired effect of creating an intense popular
curiosity to see and hear him, and to again en-
joy the spice and snap os his peculiar humor as
stump speaker. The result was perfect
jam of people at both halls At Music hall
the crowd was so great that for a time the
doors were closed, and many who had left
Faneuil hall at General Buffers departure,
with the he pc of an opportunity to see how his
Music Hall speech would compare with the
other were turned away disappointed. The
crowd at Faneuil hall was manifestly what 1t
was presumed to be, an assemblage of Butler
Democrats, and nothing in General Buffers
speech so called out their enthusiasm as his
hall the crowd was of more mixed character.
made up largely of those who had come to be
amused, and were determined to make the
most of the opportunity, though 1t cannot be
denied that the General had many sympathiz-
ers TO listen to him who lent zest and enthusi-
asm to the applause. The two speeches were
not so much at variance as might have been
anticipated In both his appeal was mainly to
the laboring men, who, he declared, were IN
danger of losing their liberties by the growth
of a ruling aristocracy. In Faneuil hall he
boasted of his Democratic record, declared his
followers to be the true Democracy, and the
regulars to be the wanderers, and intimated
that the coalition was for his and their benefit
and that he should control his Republican fol-
lowing rather than be controlled by it. AT
Music hall he pursued mainly his line of argu-
ment adopted last year, attacking the Repub-
lican State administration, charging it with
wasting the peoples money, and concluding
by promising to ''change all that if elected.
One or two attempts on the part of persons in
the audience to draw him into an expression of
his views on National questions utterly failed
the General declaring that they had no place
in this campaign. His speech at Faneuil hall
was about an hour in length and at Music hall
he spoke something over an hour, and at the
close looked considerably fatigued by his effort
Whatever may be said against the negroes
in the South as citizens, it cannot be denied
that they are devoted to their public schools
Among the causes most frequently cited for
their recent migration is the hostility of the
whites to these schools. 1t is safe to say that,
if the "native and best were as firmly attached
to the cause of education as the blacks are, an
other generation would see vast improve
ment in the South. In Virginia the curious
spectacle is presented of a party, organized by
white Democrats, led by native white politi-
clans, appealing for negro votes to help them
in repudiating the State debt, and likely to
fail because they have attacked the school sys-
tenn This bunder on the part of the repudia-
tionists is likely to consolidate the Republican
party in Virginia
In answer to inquiries made regarding the
many conflicting stories of Grants so-callcd
''third-term interview" Judge Settle, recently
OF North Carolina now of Florida, has furnished
representative of the New York Times with
the following authorized statement. Some
months before TIE meeting of the last Republi-
can National Convention 1 called upon Presi-
dent Grant, and said to him that had seen a
great deal in the papers about his being a can
didate for reelection, and 1 desired to know if
he intended to permit his friends to bring his
name before the convention. / assured him
that idle curiosity did not prompt my question,
but that 1 was anxious to know his purposes in
order to shape my own course. | was at that
time ON the Supreme Court Bench of North
Carolina. l told President Grant that L had
never participated in political meeting while
judicial robes were around me, but that l had
occupied seat on the bench as long as L de-
sired to do so, and it would be no sacrifice on
my part to resign the Judgeship, and that, if
he would permit his name to be brought before
the convention, 1 would Immediately resign,
and with other friends from different Southern
States, with whom was already in confidence,
would organize q movement which l thought
would give him every Southern vote in the
convention. l urged him to be a candidate.
He heard me through without interrupting me
once, and then replied: 81 would not have
you think of doing So For 16 years L have
been under strain which do not sec how L,
or any other man could end are, and L am de-
termined at the end of my term to have some
rest and recreation He said he did not feel
called upon to notice the reports in the papers.
did not feel at liberty to announce his pur-
poses to the country, but quietly said to the
friends who were cooperating with me that we
would drop the matter, as | was satisfied the
President would not accept a nomination, and
the matter was dropped. was not a member
of the convention. But, continued Judge Set
tie, Cen. Grant has now had his rest and recre-
alton, and every citizen of the Republic what
ever may be his political sentiments ought TO
be proud of the honors that have been conferred
upon him by all the great powers of the earth.
The reasons which might have been urged
against his candidature for third term no
longer exist. He cannot use the patronage of
the Government to further his own purposes.
In fact the patronage Of the Government has
been used since the Inauguration of the present
Administration, and is now being used against
him and against all who are known to be his
friends. But that will make no difference.
There is ground-swell in his favor, and you
might as well attempt to stay the rush oil a tld-
al wave as to prevent his nominatlon-uhIess
he does it himself.
This is the last week of the political cam