Year: 1874

naI tne lfSt important political act OF the
senate will be the passage ci the house
bills providing for the admission of New
Mexico and Colorado. The motive, too
obviously is that both these territories
have large republican prcpondcrance
and their admission would add four re-
publican votes to the senate and two to
the house OF representatives Colorado,
according to the last census, had in 1870
Il population OF less than forty thousand
while the state OF New York had nearly
four million, four thousand. Thus it is
proposed to give every man in Colorado
as much power in the United States SEN
ate as hundred and ten men in New York.
The other large states of the Union will
be deprived of their Just influence ia a
similar manner.


New Mexico had in 1870 population
of less than ninety-two thousand, but al
though larger than Colorado, is tar inferi.
or in the characteristics which make in
telligent and honest voters By the pro-
posed republican legislation, every igno-
rant, hall, civilized person in New Mexico
would have torty-elght times as large a
representation in the national senate as
every citizen of New York Thus. as tar
as they dare and can, the republican ma
iority in the house of representatives dis
franchise the Intelligent people of the
most powerful states in order that they
may rule through the few who are igno-
rant. The irresistible inference is that
they would disflanchiSe the people alto
gether if they could


The Bangor Daily Wing announces that
il will enter upon the new year with i'm
proved facilities for giving as late and re-
liable news as can be furnished by any
morning daily in Maine For this section
the Wing has long been the paper first re-
ceived with the morning news, and to that
source our people still look, 1t is an in
dustrious collector of the local news OF
interest.to the Penobscot region its tele-
graph columns are very fun We are
sorry to say that the politics of the Whig
are unsound, rs they have been for long
time, and that it exhibits 4 purpose to op-
pose the onward march Of the democracy
to power in the nation This we regret ::
but We have long since learned the neces-
sity that things must be taken as they ere,
and not as we would have them.


The failure Of the Frecdman's Bank.
the report on which has been submitted to
Congress, shows state Of terrible rotten
ness. 1t has gone the same way with
most of the schemes initiated for his bene-
fit by the peculiar friends Of the colored
man Roguery and robbery constitute
the burden of the song. Suffice it to say
that by violations OF the charter, misman-
agement, accommodations to the taithess.
and bad debts, the concern is hopelessly
ruined. The trusting -colored man will
have to hunt with great diligence and
marvellous luck to find his lost pennies.


Clinton Niles, Esq, one Of our long
time Boston subscribers, has been elected
an Alderman of that city. We have very
pleasant recollections OF the new city dig
nitary, who is a very worthy and pleasant
gentleman. During the war, when cur
rency was worth about fifty cents on the
dollar, he used TO pay for his paper in sill
yer half dollars, the currency of that Ster-
ling old Democrat, Andrew jackson.


A THOUSAND DOLLAR Doc \ case
has this week been tried in Portland which
settles the value Of a dog hiau"~~',Ir
Smith owned dog; the dog came upon
the farm of George W. johnson and wor-
ried his geese. johnson went Tor his gun
and slew the dog Then Smith went 1or
johnson and gave him first class thrash
ing. johnson sued for damages, and tie
jury gave him $1,000 50 that he considers
himself sound on the goose


The Journal is sent TO all parts of the
world, whittier the sons Of Maine have
strayed, but we We're surprised the other
day by an order to send the paper to Ii
IBERIA on the coast of Africa 1t will doubt
less be appreciated


Where Afrc's sunny fountains


Roll down 4 cir golden sands.'