The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-19
pOIITICAL.


summer letter" to the New York Epdngsiist,
gives this graphic description OF one or the
candidates now before the people, speakinse
Of some of the wonderful news that had
reached him In his vacation he says: Another
wondor % that our indoient and drunken col.
Frank Blair has been nonL
mated for that high once" - poor
Blait's only distinction IN college was his am
ing-knife In tipsy spree; Aud now he is
nominated on the same ticket with the man
whose frat prominent public act was TO veto
the prohibitory liquor law OF New York.
with tho partisan politics OF Messrs. Sey.
mour and Blair we have nothing now TO do;
but while one OF these men has an unhappy
to strong drink, we submit whether patriots
terests of this Republic into their hands"
In the same Letter, he further ssys In the
'Ethakay' as the country folk used to call II
when they went thither to sell their corn and
cord-wood, we used to see, thirty years ago, a
shrewd managing chap sitting on the counter
OF my uncle's store and unfolding his schemes
for carrying the township for the "Whig
ticket" That obscure but keen-witted man
Is now the Ezra Cornell who has founded the
most promising University in New York ~
A New York exchange says OF the above
statement of Mr.. Cuyier, the same shrewd
capacity, which Joined TO an enlightened pur.
pose and statesmanship, have made Ezra Cor
nell what he Is, are possessed In an eminent
degree N ss sop
which party-that where Frank p. Blair
and Horatlo Seymour find their natural places,
| or that which reckons Ezra Cornell among Its
most devoted supporters, and puts forward
such men as Alonzo d. Cornell for Its high
places-should receive our sutfragesl
General Burnside made the following speech
to the Central Grant and Oolfax club OF Prov.
ldencc, on Friday evening: Comrades, we all
know the object for which this meeting 10
called. We have gone through long and
hardy campaign, and now we are called to an
other The issues are not changed. We are
animated by the same sentiments and princi-
plos now as then. The same men who opposed
the war ior the Union sIs noE the ,S allies 81
studied eloQuence nor elaborate statement to
teach US our duty in the coming campaign, but
1t is simply to sustain the Government and
support those who sustained us when 10 the
Held The same people who opposed US when
fighting the battles OF our country, now OPP
pose the election Of Grant and CqifsS, and adj
vocAte the election Of Seymour and Blair.
They arc the same men who told you and told
me we never could conquer the rebels, and the
men whom we must meet NJ the polls, and fn-
| lone with the bullet, by tho election OF Grant
| and Colfax. The issue Is plain and distinct as
| In the last election, when Abraham Lincoln
1t is the old contest OF loyalty with disloyalty,
and In that contest ! am with you heart and
| soul"
New YoEK letter to the Chicago Journal
| has the following: "Day before yesterday
ol gIG dI nsnrer sIousl aarn S and sbEes
| or four other gentlemen, were together In
social converse at the Ocean House, Newport.
1t was hnally proposed by one Of the number
| that they should drink TO the nag. Colonel
| Garnet said: well, / don't know, gentlemen,
/ but | happened to be fighting on the wrong
side AS for that natter Immediately re-
| Joined General Hancock, i don't know but we
| were all lighting on the wrong side.' And
| this Is the man whom the Democrats proposed
| Mt one time to make their Presidential nom.
| ineel These are the type OF Generals who
| support the revolutionary BlairW
A ST. LOUIS correspondent writes .-"As
predicted in a former letter, the Germans
arc nearly a unit against Blair. They are
full OF enthusiasm aud ready to take most ac.
tive part in the esmpaisa whenever called
upon, and many good Germans who last year
voted the Conservative local tickets have
ayowed themselves In favor OF Grant and Col
fax. There Is no disgusting this fact. The
remnant OF the Fremont and Blair quarrel
will kill the Blair ticket dead as q door nail
| with the Germans, and the lower wards OF St.
Louis, which Blair used to rely upon for his
majorities In 1850, will now go soiidiy with
their eight hundred and thousand malorities
| against him."
| A CHICAGO letter OF the 18th says: "The tan.
ners are destined to be feature In this cam
paign. Turning out nearly 1000 strong last
|
| occasion. They are being organized and drilled
| In military tactics, so far rs IL necessary to
| obtain celebrity and precision OF movement, all
| over the West Their uniform 10 cheap
costing only t2-yct picturesque and appro
| pirate"
THB Republicans OF the Tenth ward, Boston
| have leased a lot OF land, and will proceed Al
| once to erect "Grant and Colfax tannery.h
The building will be so feet by 100 feet In depth
| and will be open during the campaign. Tan.
| ming will be carried out without Interruption
| from the day OF Its Inauguration to the hour
that shall bring the news OF the election OF the
Republican candidates.
| AMONG the transparencics of the grcst Chi,
| cago Republican gathering were the following
| ''Grsnt's motto; Deeds, not Words.mr "Bet
ter talk Horse than Treason" "With Malice to
ward None and Charity toward ALL" Demo
cratic Gain-The Blair FAmily.n ave will
| Tan them" "Lee did not, Seymour can't be \
Grant" "Grant Crushed Rebellion, 1t can
not Crush Him"
THE Richmond Enquirer excoriates the Chic
Justice for recognizing, In his recent charge Il
the grand jury at Parkersburg, West Va, tn,
validity Of the fourteenth Amendment.-Ar
| Exchange.
The Enquirer is very kind.
The Savannah negro, Bradley, announcer
| himself an independe Mt candidate for Congress
| from the First Gong ressi onal District, Georgia
THK Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors hav,
formed 4 Grant and Colfax Club at Proyi
dence, with General Burnside as Chief.
|