The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-21
Our Michigan Correspondence.

JACKSON, Sept. ~, 1907
Large Democratic Mecting-Inauenee Of Gen. Cass
Michigan Democratic Statc-Horace Greeley
The Elections for Congress in FAVOR Of the De-
mocrats-IAs Whigs of Michigan in Fauor of
General Scott, but Opposed to the Baltimore Plat
forn,-FaporaHe State of the Crops The State
Prison, &c.
The democrats had large and spirited mass
meeting here yesterday, which, in the afternoon,
was addressed by Gen. Cass and Gov. McClelland,
and in the evening by Senator Felcb, and Messrs
S. N. johnson, editor Of the Free Prcss,) and G.
OFlynn, Of Detroit The meeting was one of series
which are being held through the State Gen. Cass
is enlisted for the campaign, and the effect of his
talks with the people will be when the votes
counted in November. The old Generals influence
is very great in this State, and throughout the
northwest-and, may not say in the Union! His
coat is of. He took it off in New York, and I
think he will not put it again until the election
day. Then he will 60 to the polls and vote for
Pierce and King, as will large majority Of the
people of Michigan.
The meeting yesterday was the largest that has
yet been held in the State. A little of the enthu-
siasm Of 1913 was dscernible; and although the
people have as yet been very quiet, We expect to
have considerable fun before election. The can
county Offices, will quietly, thoroughly; and
as soon as the farmers get through with their fall
work. they intend to come out and take hand in the
battle But set down Michigan as democratic, all
round. The philosopher of the Iri6uWe must have
been cogitating upon Fourrierism when he set down
the Peninsular State as doubtful.
There will be three, certainly | think
our-democrats elected to Congress from this
State. In the First district Stuart will beat
Howard at least one thousand votes Howard is
of the Seward variety, and was nominated
with view of catching certain " anti-railroad"
votes; that is, votes Of men along the line
of the Central Railroad who are dissatisfied with
the result Of the celebrated railroad trials last
summer. Seward, you will remember, defended
those men, and went home with flea in ghis
ear. Howard was his associate counsel; and they
are now trying to turn the thing to political
account 1t will utterly fail In the Second
district David A. Noble will be chosen, netwith-
standing the wings and free sellers have combined
against him. In the Third district Samuel Clark
test will be close, the wings having gotten up q
Methodist preacher, with view Of gathering in the
tribes Of Israel to their support.
stated as fact, showing how WV faithfully the
Northern wings intend to spit upon their
Baltimore platform, that in the First district Wing
Congressional Convention, Olney Hawkins, Esq of
Ann Arbor, introduced q resolution endorsing and
re affirming the Baltimore platform, which was
promptly voted down, and all mention Of it sup.
in the published proceedings of the
ton. The wings of Michigan 60 for Scott but
repudiate the platform
The wheat crop is large and very fine, but corn,
oats, and potat oes arc very light throughout the
state. Thisis occasioned by tho severe drought Of
July and August,
This is thriving village Of three thousand In.
habitants, surrounded by rich and highly cult
waited country. The county (Jackson) 10 fourth in
the State In wealth and population, and Is rapidly
improving. The State prison is located here, and
contains now about two hundred convicts. The
principal business carried within tho walls Is the
manufacture Of farming tools, wagons, and boss and
have been eight ten muderers sentenced TO
litary confinement, at hard labor, for lc but there
being no suitable cells for purposes Of solitary con-
fnement, these life convicts kept ut labor In the
shops, in the same manner other prisoners, save
that they wear shackles upon their ankles. The
Isw works well, and never will he repealed. The
last man has been gbbe,td within the boundaries
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