New-York tribune., 1868-03-04
POLITICAL ITEMS.


r. L. Garretson (Democrat), was elected Su-
pervisor OF Rhinebeek yesterday, by lO5 majority
The Hon. John Cessna was unanimously cho-
yesterday delegate to the Chicago convention from
the Bedford District Of Pennsylvania.
The New Hampshire Democratic State Com
mittee aceousy the canvass Of votes In the
state follows For Sinclair, Ss,lss Haninan s,2O9
Doubtful 2Oc This is ies9 votes short Of the Repubi
can canvass.
A number of Copperheads met in Bedford,
Penn Monday evening. and after condemning the I'M
peaehmen Act resolved that the acting President should
not surrender his Office into the hands Of the Radical
revolutionists"
The Democrats in the Ohio State Senate have
planted themselves square against the eigthour system
On proposition to make eight hours legal days work
on the public roads, they voted unanimously against It,
What has Congressman Carey TO say to tbisl
Among the nominees of the Republican party
in North Carolina for Congress are the folowng LIST
District John K. French Of Chowan lid District David
Heaton OF Craven; lid District John T. Deweese of
Wake The Democratic papers object TO some Of these
men because they are from the Northern states.
In the late Republican State Convention of
North Carolina every county from the seaboard to the
mountains represented There was no wranging
betw en- East and Vest controversies between the
claims of account Of their nativity The utmost
harmony prevailed and the unanimity exhibited in the
n
The nomination of the Hon. w. w. Holden as
the Republican candidate OF North Carolina
eminently t to be made will be largely Endorsed by the
people in that State at the coming election For many
years his paper The Raleigh Standard, the organ Of
the Democracy Of North Carolina but Of late his whole
energies have been devoted the work Of Reconstruc
tiOn.
The Democratic Rebels of Mississippi are pre-
pairing to defeat the Constitution, before It is
comuIefod A letter from jackson SAWS:
Rebels have been sending the negroes out Of the
State, scattering them in every and do not believe
friends the North must stand by the hour Of
trial. IL requires stout heart for loyal TO live
here. II the State should be admitted into the Unon
would remain; otherwise would quit in hours time,
for under such circumstances the life OF no Northern man
would be safe and no power save that OF the Almighty
could shield the Southern Republicans from outrage
The following cheerful paragraph is from
The Cincinnati Enquirer the immediate organ Of Mr..
Pendeon Does the last sentence that the people
w according past experience, find means to prevent
Republican President from serving his term does
mean that the yice-Presldents who succeeded Har-
rson Taylor and Lincoln saved their lives only by be-
traying the party that elected themi
"rhe party opposed to the Democracy always to
he peculiarly unfortunate with their Presidents One
Gcn. IIarrsonl died chfn one month after his election
The NicePrcsideHt, Tyler who was elected with hin
threatened with Impeachment by his own party
The President chosen by them Gen. Taylor. lie
died ,cil fifteen months after his election. His sue
cessOr Mr. Fillmore Vice Presidcnt, was denounced by
tho party which elected him traitor The next in
der OF succession was Mr. Lincoln. His choice on the
first term produced terrible civil war lie was re-
elected, and murdered ,ctfa month. His sue
cessor Mr.. johnson, elected the ticket his party
propose from office before the expiration Of his
icrn by revolutionary violence. Dissatisfaction, war,
murder, and terrible discOrd are the natural accOmpan
mcnts Of The Presidency whom 1t is not IN Democratic
hands Ihe people hereafter teH rememter ne lessons Of
the mast >"