, 1866-08-08
POLITKCAL,

Hon. John g. Purdue, OF lafayette, Indiana, lea
man Of largo wealth, las been chased a. Union
man, Of generous impulses, and has an ambition
for Congressional ,onors. lion. God1ore :. Orth.
the present Representative from That dlsutc. bc-
ing candidate for reelection, and We!ty ceEtnlu
to get the nomination from the Republican Dls-
trict Convention, Mr. Purdue determines to strike
out for himself. His first movement was to buy
ont the I-afnyrtte Journdl paying the very gcncr-
Gus spm Of $40 900 for II, since which the editorial
columns nf the journal have been almost exrlu-
rively lerotcd to proving that the Convention
eystem ia alt wrong. Whether the editor has con-
vinccd Ills owA Judgment, we have not the cyl-
dcncc 10 prove. 1t pretty certain that he has
filled to convince anybody else. The certainty OF
Mr.. Orth's nomination having dIssipated all hopes
OF support Which Mr.. Purdue might hare from
Union sources, he comes ont in card announcing
himself candidate for Congress. Hsp1atform Is
short, ambitious, and, II II means anything, It
means Bread.and.Butter. or coursc the Copper
htada Of his District will support him, and docs
his paper, the Journal. So good bye, LII. Purdue.
DR.. George r. johnson, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, authorizes the Eagle Of that city to state
that his name was pfaced upon the johnson Com
mittee without bis consent, and that be has no
sympathy with the movement. That journal ia
also authorized by the brother Of General Byron
L. Pierce to state thai the lntters name was nsed
without Ills knowledge. The johnson Committee
IL rapidly reducing ttae1f to purely otct-holdug
basle. Wesley yinant, Of Nill Point, whose name
fs published az ono Of the t'Nauona1 Union E1e-
cutIvc Committee OF Michigan, writes to the
Detroit Ibst that his name "a thers without bis
knowledge or consent. lie says In his letter that
''the Republican platform Is 6Todd enough for er-
cry Onion man In the land to stand upon, and
whatever differences we may have in the family,
nm In favor Of forming line on that platform and
snghfIng them on that linc.' lu my opinion the
Philadelphia Convention was called for The pur-
pose Of uniting all the elements Of opposition,
traitors and Coppesheads, TO defeat the Republi.
ean party in the elcctioue ncxt fall"
The Louisville Democrat thinks that ya!.andig-
ham, rugh and Pend1eton found themselves in
strange company ut the Dnsa11 meeting in that
city. II il mistaken. They never were more thos-
onsh]y at home. They were closely mixed In on
lie sasc by gentlemen lals Of the Southern Con-
Icdctney. Among the oratort wos one John Young
Brown, John Brown Young. or Young John
brown, we arc not certain which. who was sund.
wicbcd hctween Iallandtshan and push, OF Ills
speech, The Democrat sn}t: AR was no more nor
less fhan a specimen Of violent defamation, de-
mandatory Of tho rnion cansc, nnl cutoeistic Of
the rebellion. Mt. Brown had nothing to say in
praise Of Sherman and Thomas and Mcclellan.
hut llIdulgcd In exssasagant cneomlpm upon Con.
craI Ice, after which 'tt1cc cheers for General
Lee were callct1 for, aud most heartily gisen By
the eo-colled.''
Hon. f. c. tnccrsoll arrived nj his home Ia Re.
orla on Saturday evening. An soon as his arrival
was known a band wns immediately procured,
and several hundred OF his fel1ow citizens pro
cccled to h1s residence and gave bin a screnadc,
Mr. 1ngersolt, Ia response to calls, appeared and
thanked his friends for tic honor they had don't
him, and then tnrncd his attention to A. johnson
WITHIN l1e dressed down In his own happy way.
= Hon. Jamcs n. Ashley arrived at his homu Ii
Toledo, Ohio. on Saturday right lust The Had
enys silat lis personal aud political friends, hear
lag Of his coming, decided to glve lin a reccr
ti0n, and shortly before the Arrival Of tho ttalF
which he was known to be on, sood'y number o
| cftizcns. preceded by the Union Silver Esnd
marcheA 10 tho depot to greet the honorable ger
| tlcman, and Az he emerged from the sleeping car
Judge JONES delivered brief and exceedingly
neat nddrcas. Mr.. Ashley responded briefly, afte
which he was escorted BY the bard and his friend
! to the corner Of Madison and Summit streets. Th
reception was entirely impromptu, but 1t was
nevertheless. quite enthusiastic, and conducted Il
handsome manner.
Tie Iowa Stof< l'e9;ster says Governor Ston
hna received IN invitation from II. D, Cowen
Chairman of the Republican Statc Central Com
| mfttee OF Ohio, to a.Gfst In the canvass Of th1
Stale this tall. The Governor las also receive,
Invitations from Ncw York md Missouri 10 nttcu
u series Of Republican meetings In those States
but lie IL compelled 10 decline them all, and what
ever lnbor he can bcstow upon Tie stump VIII b
| given In behalg Of The cause in Iowa.
Yes, where do yon etand, gcntlcmcns The Di
troit Free Press, tho Coppe11ohnsou organ (
Michigan, eays: 1--WE observe that cur Dent
cratic contemporaries Of Marshall md Battle Cree
nre not pleased with the appointments Of rostna
tcra recently made for thc!s respective cities.
those appointecs arc not opcn and hearty SUI
porters Of the reconstruction policy Of the Pres
dent thCn 1t will be very casy to terminate the
Official career. This Administration Is not di
posed to iced It's enemies, nor Is 1t likely to I
cheated by profcsscd OF silent friends. Where d
| you stand, gentlemen.