Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-10-14
Leaving the Sinking Ship.

er, of Ashtabula Co., O., has declared
himself in favor of SCOTS election.-Oth-
er Opposition politicians in that County
will do likewise.
Junius w Nichols formerly leading
Cass politician in Michigan; now in Cali
| fornia, goes for Scott. - '-
James Henderson, an influential adop-
ted citizen in Allegan Co., Mich, hereto
fore democrat, not being satisfied with
the nominee of his party, goes for Scott
and Graham With thousands of those
who made Michigan their home while it
was yet territory, he is convinced that
the best interests of the North West will
be promoted by a triumph of the Wing
party at this Presidential campaign.-
This feeling is not confined to Cass men
alone, but exists among many who sup
ported Van Buren in lS4S in good faith.
The Whitehall On. " Chronicle says,
that Dennis Jones, james Roberts, Elijah
Shepardson, B. Benjamin, A Benjamin,
and Seymour Shepardson, of the town of
Dresden in that County, heretofore lead
. ers in the Loco Foco party in that town,
have renounced their allegiance to that
party, and come out openly for Scott and
Graham. This is good news, Dresden
will be redeemed. THE Chronicle also
says it can name some twenty other gen.
tleman in its immediate vicinity who have
also renounced the Loco Foco party and
now support the Wing candidates with a
hearty good will. Better and better.
| G. w. Baird, of Plainfeld, O., who has
always gone for the Democratic nominees
for all Offices previously, cannot 60 for
Franklin Pierce, the British candidate
for the Presidency" as he styles the OPP
position nominee, and in a letter to The
Goshocton Republican announces his in
tention to support seen. Scott, the friend
of tariff, and the friend of America.
John j. Craig, leading Irish Demo
crat of Jefferson Co., Ind, has signifed
his intention of supporting Gen. Scott on
account of the intolerance of Democratic
journalists toward influential adopted cit
izens who are advocating SCOTS election
in preference to Gen. Pierce, whom Mr..
Craig calls an unknown and doubtful
man."
William S. Wait, Justice of the Peace
of Wayne township, Ohio, an ardent Dem
ocrat heretofore now goes for Scott.
The last Quincy Wing says that about
one hundred German Democratic citizens
of that place are members of the Scott
Club and in "sincerely believes that
large majority of the German citizens of
that place will vote for Scott" Cass
County, in this State, contains large
Germ an population. We are assured that
three -fourths of them are for Scott and
Graham.
The last number of The Plymouth Ban
uer says that Gen. William Bally, of Mar
shall County, who has always supported
the Democratic ticket, has declared his
determination to vote for Scott and Gra-
ham. Gen. B. was in the battle of Lun-
dy's Lane.
Mr.. Jacob Langenbaugh, German
citizen of Elkhart County, has written a
letter to the editor of THE Indiana Jour-
nal, in which he says he has always vo-
ted the Democratic ticket, but says he is
now going to vote for Scott and Graham
and the rest of the Wing ticket
Eli Nichols, one of the oldest and most
prominent Liberty men of Ohio, is out for
Gen. Scott in a letter addressed to Mr..
Tilden.
The Green Bay Spectator says, that it
has list of 81 Democrats of that sparse
ly settled county, Brown Co., Wisconsin,)
who declare themselves for Scott, ma lor
ity of whom are adopted citizens.
Hon. B. S. Cowen, of Belmount Co., o.,
who was an active stumper in lS4S for
Van Buren, has commenced vigorous
canvass for Scott. He is capital and
effective speaker.
James s. Carpenter, Harvey Whedon,
Mills Thompson, Edwin Wetmore and W.
H. Upson, all stump Speakers for Van
Buren, in Summit Co., o., in l848 are now
decided active supporters of Scott, and
say that hundreds of others who with
them four years ago are with them now.
The Piquo Register states that they are
reliably informed that one hundred voters
in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, who have
heretofore been Democrats, are now en-
listed for Scott.
A G. Butler, of Wayne Co., Ohio, a
soldier of 1912, and strong Democrat,
declares for Scott and says he will stick
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He promises 40 gain from the Democrats
in his neighborhood.
The Kauaac1ta (Va) Republican pub
fishes letters from four active Democrats
in the Hanford Districts who desire their
name expunged from the Democratic Vi
gilence Committee, of which they had
been appointed members, declaring they
intend in this campaign to 60 for no one
else but Winfield Scott.