The Montana post., 1868-10-09
POLITICAL.

The Atlanta (Ga) Nen Era says that
if every man in the South should vote
against Grant he would still be elected.
Gen. Sigel resides at Morrisania, New
York, and is President of their Grant
and Colfax Club. Plenty of Germans
are fighting init Sigel" this year.
Seymour, says journal of the rebel
species, never ran for national office
before. No! But il is quite evident
that he Is now running for one-beltind.
The rebel General Early is reported
10 be the author of the articles in the
World criticising Gen. Grants military
character, and pronouncing him n "huIn-
bug" and a butcher"
All differences among the Republicans
of New York city have been entirely
adjusted. Perfect harmony now pre-
walls in the councils of the party.
Brick Pomeroy's last story is that
Gen. Grant is constantly under the in
fuence of delirium tremens, and tears
up ali the mattresses in his bed room,
fancying that snakes have taken refuge
in them
A st. Adams "old liner" the morning
after the election, greeted one OF his
friends with smiling cOuntenance, and
whispered in his ear, with every indiea~
tion of the most frantic joy, Didn't we
get most d-dly licked."
Seymour openly boasts that he never
invested a dollar of his wealth in gov
ernment bonds. Now, as he never rem
dered the government any other kind of
service, il is evident that the United
States otce Horatio Seymour nothing
Referring to the report that General
Forrest complains that his speeches are
"mangled and distorted" by Northern
Journals. the Pittsburg Commercial says:
1T surely must be a dreadful thing TO
have ones speech mangled, but there is
one thing worse, and that is to man
GLE the bodies of those who have fallen
fighting the enemies of the Republic"
Gen. Sickles in speech recently de-
livered at Saratoga, said The only
state OF peace worth securing was that
condition under which the humblest
Union soldier could build his cabin in
South Carolina, and float the starry flag
from its roof tree. aud wear himself the
old blue coat when he went out to his
tolls. and yet no one would dare to harm
a hair of his loyal head"
In reply 20 the inquiry why the Ku-
klux commit so many outrages at the
present time, Col. James J.. Hill, of Ten
nessee, gives the following explanation
AT the time of the meeting of the New
York convention everything WAS quiet.
On the 4tl of July the President issued
his proclamation OF general amnesty.
The rebel element who had heretofore
respected their paroles MS prisoners Of
war regarded this as absolving them
from all the obligatory conditions of
those paroles and that they were no
longer bound by them; and. being alb
solved from any penalty, they at once
placed themselves iu an attitude of de-
fiance To the State laws, as recon-
mended by the resolutions of the New
York convention. which declared these
State governments null and void. At
that time the organization of the hu-
klux was confined to two or three coun-
ties in the State, but after the issuance
OF that proclamation. followed 10y the
resolutions of the New York conven-
tion. aud the action OF the Northern
Democrats toward Forrest and other
leaders in the rebellion. the organlza-
lion was made general.