Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-16
1.-THE DRIFT OF THE TIDE"

ON with resistless force in the direction OF
Grant and Colfax, much to the consterna-
ton of Wallace, Seymour & Co. And as
We intend ITO fight it out on this line, We
continue our list of examples:
Fif,y-two voters at Des Moines, Iowa. who
have heretofore been Democrats, have re-
pudiated Seymour and Blair, and declared
their intention to vote Tor Grant and Coltax.
John r. Marke, Esq, of Nelsonville,
Athens county, Ohio, soldier of the war
of 1912, will vote the Republican ticket for
the first time at the coming October cleo
| ton.
Mr.. S. Taylor Suit. to whom the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress IN the Fifth
Maryland district was rendered, has declin-
ed to be candidate, and will support Grant
and Colfax.
One hundred Jews, in Chicago, who were
Democrats up to the nomination of Seymour
and Blair By the New York Convention, have
come out for Grant and Colfax, tand Joined
the Tanners clubs in Chicago.
Robert, son of the late Stephen A. Doug
las, delivered his maiden political speech at
Raleigh, n. c., few days since, in behalf
of Grant and Colfax The Douglass Dem
ocrats can and won't swallow the Copper
head ticket
Here is another loyal volunteer against
the new Democratic rebellion. Hon. Thos
J. Turner, of Frseport, ILL.,, who was the
last Democratic candidate for Congress
against E. B. Washburne, has publicly
avowed his intention to work and vote for
Grant and Colfax.
Hon. VIM H. Wadsworth, formerly a
member of Congress from the Maysville
(Kentucky) district, and a supporter OF Nc
CIellan, has taken the stump for Grant and
Colfax Mr.. Wadsworth is very impor-
tant aud influential accession, and will do
yeoman's service in the ranks of Republi
canism in Kentucky.
The Pittsburg Commercial says: 1t is
reported or indisputable authority that the
Presidents of two important Railroads con-
Meeting at PITT sburgh, who have heretofore
Gently expressed their intention to support
Grant, whose election they deem necessary
to the peace of the country. The ground
swell goes on.
Hon. John NJ Harlan, of Louisville, late
ly Attorney General of Kentucky,a McClel-
Ian Democrat in 1864 a Colonel in the Union
army, and one of the most effective public
speakers in Kentucky, has taken ground in
favor of Grant and Colfax. His accession
to the Republican party in Kentucky is not
less important than that of Hon. VIM. Ii.
Wadsworth The tide seems to have set
in in good earnest even in the Rebel State
of Kentucky.
Senator Fowler, Of Tennessee, who was
one of the seven Senators who voted to ac :
quit President johnson, and whose position
in politics has been very doubtful, and who
has not been ciain ed as of the Republican
party ever since the Impeachment trial, has
r finally taken the stump for Grant and Col
fax, and boldly declaring, after viewing the
situation IN Tennessee, that the election of
Grant and Colfax is essential in order to pre-
serve peace and unity throughout the land.
Thomas B. Clark, of Red Bank, Mon
mouth county, New Jersey, a veteran Jack
| son Democrat, has written le ter under
date of August lst, 1868, in which be says
Gen. Grant is Jackson Democrat, and
so am |. He can stamp his foot on " Wade
Hampton. as jackson did on Calhoun A
still tongue makes wise head. The hand
: that writes this voted for Gen. Jackson at
{ his last term. Now the hero ashes in the
, grave would be ashamed of the party that
: call themselves Democrats. No trifiing with
mems souls that have laid down their lives
C for us.
That noble soldier, Major General George
H. Thomas, in his letter to the Republican
mass meeting in Indianapolis writes
D Your very cordial invitation command,
: my sincere thanks and though | take nc
e part in politics permit me to express the
u great pleasure | have derived from obsery
| ing the firm and almost universal support
! offered by the soldiers and sailors through
: out the country to all measures calculated t(
i restore it to a condition of peace and quiet
: thereby showing that those most willing t
support the Government in times of peri
can be relied upon to inaugurate and main
o tain measures best calculated to ma intair
e the peace and prosperity of the nation
: Col. W. Fl. H. Taylor. of BROOKLYN, Hen
Y nepin county, Minn., an old and llfa-lon!
l. Democrat, has come out for Grant and Col
y tax. At Republican meeting in that tow,
rs few evenings since, in an earnest and elo
'e quent speech, he urged upon all the neces
st sity of supporting the Republican party du
y ring the present campaign. He says Seymou
e and Blair are too much for him. He can
y not support such men. The Colonel serve,
with distinction during the late war as Col
e onel of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry. He ha
1t been a resident of Hennepin county sine
al last fall He is gentleman of culture ant
t, ability and will be quite an addition to tn
lr party.
d Hon. A. p Dudley, of Calvaros, Califor
Dia, on the 18th of August made speecl
at Republican meeting In Sacramento il
which he said
IL Il have been voter for twenty-eigh
If years. By my bald head you see | hay,
= grown gray in the service OF my country, an,