, 1866-08-24
THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
Cheering News from all Quarters.
\ Review of tho Situation.

INDIANAPOLIS. August 2, lS10.
The crisis Of our political campaign is upon
us. For SIX weeks the battle las ragged, tho
advanced skirmistcrs having fallen back
upon the main force, and the conflict is now
general along the whole line. No waycrlnG
will do now, our legions must stnnd like a
rock. The line Of the Ohio River is the
point Of fierccst tight, aud tue hearts Of our
loyal leaders are daily encouraged by the re-
ports which come Up to headquarters telling
Us how firmly the gallant Gresham and Gro
yer and Harrow are holding their ground.
In the First District Niblack has declined to
meet General Harrow In joint canvass, and
there Is evidently q quakiuC among the
Copperjohnson hosts.
Ii tie Second District, General Gresham
flas SO thoroughly pushed Ills opponent,
Kerr, to the wall TINT the graybacks arc
talking Of withdrawing Him from the. fight.
physical health Of our candidate. His old
wouni Is still griesous, and the campaign
may cost him his life. But though his body
IL weak, Ills great strong heart bears him up
wonderfully. That never tails for momcnt. ,1!3;,
son and General Nate Kimball aro bearing
down to his relief, and tie OLD strongholds
Of the Democracy will take on an extremely
loyal look IN October.
IN the Third District, General Hunter has
is disabled By m attack Of cholcrine, but is .
q General G1osser, IN The Fonrth District,
commences joint canvass with his oppo-
ncnt, Holman, today. General Wtll!eh
speakers arc on the way. It is safe to say
that the first four districts are being fonght
on the Congressional Issue as they have never
II. ths Fifih District, Julian. the 81 loyal p Il
Understood that Meredith, ilis I'D opponent
| for tho nomination, Is to make the race
against him on the Philadelphia platform.
It has been 50 determined within tlc past
| few DAYS in EIttHti,t cancus at Washington.
General Meredith will miss all calculations
friends, however They might have been
| counted f,y thousands aix months ago, but as
Ia Coppcrohuson candidate the number will
be reduced to the second place Of decin1als,
unconditional Union man, and they will re-
pudiatc hin. MS anything else: The old IN
dcreround railroad station will not furnish
dtsloyal votes. and the consequence Will nc
thnt while Julian will to Congress, Meredith
will 20 down in: the depths Of political dis.
THIS district, the Sixth, Is nll right, and
General Cobur.l will be returned by 1--WE
thousand majority. Hancock County, the
home Of Dave Gooling. wont give the Hut-
/
has been tampering with tho Union men
there ever since he received hint Of John
sonfs treachery, and has succeeded In tenn
pornri1y dcmo1alizlng few, but the mass Of
the people rcpndiate him, and his master
to be held nj Greenfield, tho county seat,
next Saturday, and Governor Morton is going
!; over there to riddle the Brcad.and+ Butter
platfnrm. He YIN do il without
%e,sy TT. ana ,ccnas @n'sss ,neeeb ea a be ms
: greater one, and command more universal
. Circulation than his terrible arratgnmcnt mt
! conviction OF the Copnerhead party made a
Indianapolis on the 18th Of June last. Thu
Inter speech has had circulation Of ncarl,
100, COO, and 80 truly has it hit the mark ain
cd at, and so disastrous has been Its effect,
that the gEnybacks everywhere have heen IN
q structcd 10 burn and destroy every copy thu
!. falls into their bands.
! General Washburn and Claypool arc max
:. Ing Joint canvass in the Seventh District
i and the gallant soldier !. yenti!ating his So
+ Of Liberty opponent with good etlect. Oh
: Parkc County promises twelve hundred r1a
), iorfty, aud others promise to gain propol
tionatcly, and have no doubt Of Washburn'
= election By Mt 1east hre hnndre.a votes.
n Osth In the Eighth District has for au 81
I poncnt Alr. John Pcrdue, Of Lafayette, m II
- dependent candidate, whose fntlfnEs lean 8
= fur towards johnson that he has almost til
:. ped over into the tailor's lap. Ills virtue
). seem to be single blcsse4ncss nnd plenty {
= | money. He can't come within fifteen AundFe
!. votes Of the distinguished Radical.
= Mr.. Co1fax llas been generously helping q
y in Southern Indiana, during the past t.
!, days, but hns now gons back 20 work In ht
own distriet1 the Sinth: me @ toia ne 4n =
= Capital with two thousand majority for %
:, Slate ticket. and aSchuyler +" Is n man OF II
= word. need sny pothlng nbout his opp
4 pent, Turrse. Your art!cle In the THtnuS'
ether az sh9Ms i9at Sg knST a aaco
"a lent. Tho Joint discussions between Low
:. and Williams, and tho complete sk!nninE
cclred by the former, hayc acon lurntshe
O. you hy faithful correspondents, and no Wo'
~ IN The Eleventh District Gcncra! shanks
~ ~ hard ut work. The friends Of Colonel To
IN stlllwell, who was defeated for re.nomin
IL tion, aro generally coming, up like true M
ths q Mo, xxi is,t III bnt ~ lie
n will come round right aflcr ting. onc
IA them. Phillips, Of tho kokomo Irlonne. We
i, on to Philadelphia As q locker OH, ana e
al lsas become denoraiized' 10 Ero,lseii mh
~ ~ ti,st he lns received llfs slice Of breal ri
NJ butter from tho Presidents bati1s. No
n. been made special mali aEens for Indian
a vste James n. ,Tsner, Of Miami, fon,ove n,.
1iv; IL; veRctates down in the u Lou1olly sloshe
~ ~. or Adams County. lie made speech on I
q. e. suffrage question Thy other asy, nt'l ta'a
nj IMAM SHOULD be allowed to rosa unless,
10. was MI "1tngo'a SAXON" 1le Is aorcc i,'r G
70. gross. ho#efes4 nnu NAe teta1sH ~ " 81 -.
I'M al tho point ol toltpcfhcnu eane"s' ~ Ely ..,
lho such action on lis part, however, for It :
,cn f,xcd np at Washington . faw days ago y
II. IL. s" maXo tho T ts,co on Ito jol,nsan platfo
'ho Snow won't yiela II 10 can holp u, a:'1 10
ro. shnttks i,nvu h1rcn,iy cotlnonee,l joint
III. vass which embraces forsy.swo ,,ppppo! ,n,pppo
ind snstts. Ut. DESll