Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-19
POLITICAL ITEMS.


A sTtr from the sublime TO the ridiculous
tho arislocratlc Honorable Robert G. Winthrop
on the stage of Tamnany Hall, between Isaiah
RyDders and Fernando Wood!
FoR LINCOLN AND JOHNSON. Germans
arc dcsCrting tho Fremont enterprise and raj
lying arounl tho true standard. The Iowa
Tribune, the leading paper Of Southern Iowa,
has put up tho Lincoln and johnson flag, and
hauled down that of Fremont and Cochrano.
GERRITT SMITH has becu speaking for the
Union cause in Central Now York.
The UNroEIsTs of Michigan arc prosecuting
tho Presidential canvass with great yigor.
EK.Gov. HorrIN, of Rhode Island, is on the
stump in that State, for Lincoln and johnson.
HUN. JouE NJ. BRooMAIL, Of Pennsylvania,
aud Green Clay Smith arc soon 10 take tho
stump In New Jersey.
Hos. huGusTus FRANK is III aking elective
speeches in Western New York.
Gov. ANDREW JOHNSON has been actively
and effectively al work in Indiana.
SENATOR TnUMDuLL, OF Illinois, has lately
taken the stump for Lincoln and johnson.
Col. LATHAM (unlon) is a candidate for
election to Congress from the : ! district Of West
Virginia.
THE ARMY is all for Mcclellan, shout the
Democratic s-mcanlng, doubtless, the
rebel army, as the Union soldiers vote the other
way with remarkable unauimity. TrGH-
Scrip.
THE UNION MEN or Boston and vicinity are
to have two grand meetings next week in
FaueuiI Hall. One will be on Wednesday, nt
= j p. m., at which lion. Edward Everett will
make an address, and give his views upon the
questions before the country as Involved In tho
present campaign.
Hon. \. IL. BULLOCK, of Worcester, has &C
cepted an Invitation of large number of prom
| inent citIz .us of Boston, and OF IT, Republican
! Ward aud City Committee, 10 speak in Faneul
/ Hall on Saturday evening. 1t Is expected that
Il. II Dana, Jr., will also speak al Fancuil
| Hall the same evening.
A LETTER from Senator Conness, published
in California papers, puts an end to the calumnJ
that this iii successor of the lioblc BroderIcb
was going 10 vote for Mcclellan. He says
''lt Is not necessary for me to state now that
feel the deepest interest IN the approaching
contest. with some opportunities for formin.
correct Judgment, declare 1t to be my con
ylction and belief that the issuc of united o
a divided country, with all the blessings OF th
f one and all the horrors OF the other, arc in
volved. believe that the election of Mr.. Lin
, coin will secure tho former, and that the cleo
tion of George B. Mcclellan will result In tn
latter. Union, freedom, liberty, and nationa
glory on the one hand; dlsunion, continued
war, slavery, and wretchcdness, make tn
dreadful abyss OF the other"
Gov. PIERroINT, OF Virginia, and Col. II
Clay Crawford, U. 8. A., member of staG q
Gov. Andrew johnson, of Tennessee, will al
dress meeting at Railway, n. D., on Frida
s afternoon and evening next.
. CAN of 7,25S votes in the home of III
: Copperhcad candidate for Vice President wi
d answer the present purpose tolerably wei
6 "Mr Chairman, ;" said George H., "I say agai
that my constituents arc in favor of concili'
tlon; they are IN favor of pcacc!"
5 TIE PLATFORM. I'm the Chicago ConyonLio
u the leader Of the Iowa delegation, Malone!
said: "Wo must elect our candidate, and thei
a holding out our hands to the South, invlt
o ihum to come aud SIT again In the Union cl
l. a" A yoice-"Supposc they won't comcH
~TMey dpnt come 10 rs an III Jdpor q HoM
C n McInI' Loud cheers welcomed this undl
Suised sentiment.
THE following named sIaunch Union mt
J. are at present stumping the State of lllinoi
! The State is at present in perfect .JtrOrc I
II Union excitoment: Maj. Gen. John A. Logan
Gen. j. \. Haynic, Gov. Yates, Judge Wu
Pitt Kellogg, Mel. Gen. John VI. Palmer, Hor
,t Wm. Bross, Union candidate for lieutcnaI
governor, and Hon. Lawrence Weldon.
~ HARRISON B. BRANCH, a broken down poll
~ ical hack, is running as an independent cand
IL date for Congress against General Loan, in Il
Seventh District of Missouri. He will prob
bly, get few hundred Copperhcad votes.
6 IAN ARMIsrICE, Ell :" said an officer vii
e, two crutghcs and one leg. "Ccrtainly, | {
~ for Oh armistlcc c-GJter Rlchmond and Peter
4, burg and Charleston have fallen, GIter hobl
III and Wilmington are ours, GJtcr the last arm.
rebel has kecled up In tue last robel ditch. y
love aTmistiCGs but | want them TO con
Il from the rebel side, and not from our sidc.'
The DEMOCRATS of the Fourth congrcssion
-, district of Massachusetts have nominate
Judge Abbott for Congress and Abraha
ia Jackson for Senator.
IT is NOW probable that the Democrats ha'
= elected three out of the eleven Congressman
n n Indiana, including Voorhees,. We undcrstan
~, however, that WGshburn will contest the elC
III ton of the latter, on the ground OF irau
". praCLiccd In Sullivan county.
y, ~ The TORONTO Globe, in au article on the la
de Mon victories at the ballot-box, says! "Gc
Mcclellan nGVer had any reasonable prospc
f. f. Of being elected, but present appearances Ind
w cate that he has as good chance Of getting
Al, be Emperor Of japan as he has of becOnlir
u. President of the United States"
A SHE CoprERHEAD near Sing Sing went
-, the green house Of a Unionist to purchase
An wreath for q plaster bust of Mcclellan (u
70 modelled by the people-thelr's wont be do
he till Noyember.) "What kind will be most q
II. propriatel" says she. "Wreaths for the de
ID, are usnally made of immortelles, Madam
+, That woman stayed MI r7nr tbn orirr off
ronR, Shc vent,