Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-13
POLITICAL.

N Seymour and Blair are bent o.
~ revolution; but they will b
Strengthened by defeat.
!, Blair is going to stump Ohio
, And Ohio is going to stump Blai
> next November.
: "The authority of a mob is equa
to that of a Government. ."-Hora
ito Seymour, July A, 1868.
! The duty of to-day is to do wha
Grant ordered Sheridan to do a
Five Forks, "Push things
"Blair," said cautious but in
corrigible Democrat the other day
sis good as far as he goes, but hi
goes too far"
Frank Blair is the first candidate
for a national office who ever wen
out of his way to personally abuse
his opponent.
/. It has been found impossible to
collect enough democrats in Sala-
manca to hold even the smallest
kind Of a meeting.
If the war was ga failure" as the
Democratic party declared in 1864,
why are they so anxious to prove
that Seymour was in favor of it?
The Hartford post says: "Sin-
gular as it may appear, the Democ-
racy will take their defeat in No
velnber with a sneeze-HO- ratio !"
Gen. Early is at Niagara Falls
He is bitterly opposed to General
Grant-probably because Grant
was once so bitterly opposed to
him.
One of our exchanges says there
is ga blaze of enthusiasm" for the
democratic ticket. Isn't this allu-
sion to Blair's nose rather person
alp
1t is very proper that the conven
tion which drove Seymour like
lamb to the slaughter should follow
him up with a Bla,a-a,
The Quincy (IlI.) Herald men
tions, as a recommendation of
Gen Singleton for Congress, from
the Fourth district, that he had,
during the rebellion, the confidence
| Of JEFF Davis.
Mr.. Frank Blair is very much
alarmed at theprospoct of the mailed
warrior, General Grant Blair
now looks with more favor upon
that celebrated femaled warrior,
jeff Davis.
The Chicago Times, the organ of
the Democracy of that city, declares
for war with Frank Blair. 1t says
"the recostruction infamy must be
wiped out" at any cost, and by
any means possible.
The Bedford correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press, writing from
the Springs, states that Justice
Grier, now among the visitors at
that famous watering place, regards |
Grants election as morally certain.
When Wade Hampton left Co.
lumbia at the approach of Sher
mans army, be announced that he
was "bound 10 Texas or hell" He
didn't 60 to Texas, but to the Dem
ocratic party. Hasn't he kept his
word?
The Democratic press is busy,af
ter the manner of patent medicine
men, in getting up certificates to
prove Horatio Seymonr's "loyal-
ity'' during the war Pity their
party couldn't have a candidate
that didn't require such an effort,
The Charleston Courier is show
ing the difference between Grant
and Seymour. The main differ
ence between Grant and Seymour
is, that Grant will be elected and
Seymour won't.
The Sussex IN. j. }. Register says
''Over the entrance to the County
Jail in this town, is now inscribed
the following: Democratic Head
quarters and Reading Room. Free
to all. Walk in The propriety
Of this selection of headquarters
will be at once apparent to all"
The rebel General Jubal Early is {
now staying on the Canada side of i
Niagara Falls. He has expressed ,
.hG opinion that General Grart has
no ability as a General. Since
Grants lieutenant, Sheridan, sent 9
Jubal "whirling down the Shenan- i
loah," his head has not been very |
clear. He is evidently still dizzy
and mixed.
Mr.. Pendleton promises to be
'ound close by the side of Seymour
lin the thickest of the fight, to I
cheer him with my voice and aid +
lin with my arm" When did {
or Seymour get into
the thickest" of any fght9 When :
,ther people were fighting, they
we're whining for peace, now that
,ther people are for peace, they are i
going to rush into "the thickest of c
he fight" Bah. 6
Supporters of Grant-Sherman,
Shomas, Meade, Farra- ?
gut, and eight out of ten otherlo 10y !,
i officers and men who fought un- l,
Ter the Stars and Stripes during t
he rebellion. Supporters of Sey- 0
nour-Beauregard, Forrest. Hamp-
on. Semmes. Toombs, and nine
enths Of the rebels who foughtun- .
Ter the Stars and Bars. The fact Z
.eeds no comment. Il