Year: 1868

CONCORD, July 20, 1863


POLITICAL MArTERs


To the Editor Of the Press:


As all sons of the Granite State feel An in
terest in her welfare, generally, and in he- po-
litical tendency il particular, especially when
Presidential election is approaching and is
becoming warm contest, and as q multitude
Of her sons are residents of your State and de-
pend upon Maine papers for information,
trust you will allow me, through the columns
OF the Press, to assure them that all is well in
the Granite State. Our great battle was
fought little more than three months ago, as
you and they know, and right triumphed over
tcrong; and to-day the Republican party il en-
tirely united party, while there is q want Of
unity and confidence in the Democratic party.
As Chief Justice Chase is native of this State
and has many Republican relatives residing
in it, our opponents, at one time, hoped he
could do them some service here, but they
have no such hopes now; nor could he have
secured them seventy five Republican votes in
the whole State, had they put him in nomina-
tion for the Presidency at their late national
convention. Grants majority, on the Sd of
November next in this State, will be very
nearly 5000.


Vermont will vote, at her State election, in
six weeks from tomorrow. But little interest
is felt in the result thereof, as the sympathixers
with the rebels of the South are few in that
State; but here, and all over the country, an
unusual interest is felt in what shall be the re-
suit OF your election, eight weeks from to-day
yours is the opening of the campaign in
Sfataa xuhara ha ia IN ha har -fnnOht
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and other closely
balanced States vote, at their annual elections,
in thirty days after you vote, and not little
will be the influence of Maine, in the far East,
upon States in the Central and Western por-
tions of the Union. We did our duty well in
opening the campaign of 1858, in March last,
and We trust Maine will open the fall cam
paign OF the Presidential contest as gloriously
as we did that of State elections in 1868. We
hear it said the defeated candidate for Gov
ernor of this State is to labor three or four
weeks in your State, the last of August and
the first of September, and if so, then his sue
cessful competitor should leave the Chair of
State here, few days, and take the stump in
the Pine Tree State, and do your State an ac-
ceptable service, as be is capable of doing in
many States at any and at all times. The
young men in this State are going almost UNI
tedly for Grant, as the young men went fof
for General jackson forty years ago. In
Grants case the Office has been made to seek
the man, and not the man the Office think
the same policy should everywhere prevail in
the ~nation-in States, counties, cities, and
towns We should then have honest men in
Office everywhere, or nearly everywhere.


RAILROADS


There is much interest felt here in the move
ments of your people in favor of a railroad
from Portland to Rochester, N. H., and soon
you will learn that we are wide-awake in be-
half of railroad from Rochester to Concord
via Pittsfeld; and when this road shall be
completed, then a road to the Connecticut riv-
er at Claremont will follow, and then the way
will be open from Portland to the far West in
almost direct line. There is now good rail-
road half way from this city to Clsremont.
Concord will do its part to secure so important
railroad route through the heart of New
Eugland and New York and all the way from
Portland to Chicago, without running round
by.Boston or going up into Canada.