Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28
1.-THE DRIFT OF THE TIDE"

Wallace 6Co. We give some examples be-
low, which We ask our readers carefully to
digest--especially the wave that Is roll
ling in from New York:
George Francis Train, special correspon-
dent of the New York World, comes out
for Grant and Colfax.
The news from Oregon is significant.
The Grant tide is rolling over the Rocky
Mountains, and will sweep all opposition to
Grant into the Pacific The triple sister
hood-Nevada, Oregon and California
will all go for the Great Captain.
General Curtis, the hero of Fort Fisher
and Democrat high in the past confidence
of that party, is now cordially for Grant.
He expressly repudiates the Blair version
of Democratic principles, and pledges his
hearty support ''to the election of Grant,
and the success of the principles illustrated
in his public life and services And so it
is with thousands of Democrats, in every
State.
Mr. r. n. Hutchinson, a we'll known citi
zen af Harrisburg, and hitherto an active
and hardworking Democrat, who voted with
the Democracy at the October election, has
left the ranks of that party, and openly de-
clared himself a supporter of Gen. Grant.
He will vote the Republican ticket on the
Sd of November, and advises all who love
their country to do likewise. The Democ
tha &C
Mr.. Hutchinson, as there was no better
worker in their party.
Major General Edward McCook, the ia
nous Ohio cavalry leader, who has been
claimed by the Democracy, declares unqual-
iGedy for Grant In recent letter he re-
grets his absence from the country during
the campaign. and plainly states that he
views the position of his cousin, George W.
clan, and once-with pity We speak 1.-THE
friend of Douglass, with disgust. George"
he bluntly says, is somewhat powerful on
the stump in Ohio, and would like to fol-
low him around and neutralize the effect of
his rhetoric by stating the fact that he is
the only one of all his name who supports
Seymour and Blair, and the only male mem
ber of the family who was not in the army
during the war. | should think the spirits
of his dead father and brothers, who laid
down their lives in dcfeuce of the Union,
would haunt him with continued reproach-
es.'' This little family history of George
Washington McCook presents us with
model Democratic record.
The War Democrats of New York issued
call for meeting at the Cooper Institute
on Wednesday evening, October 2lst, to
declare for Grant and Colfax, and to take
measures to have their whole vote brought
out in November. Among the names ap-
pended to the call appear Henry Nicoll,
Moses Taylor, Edwards Pierrepont, William
Cutting, Edward Weston, William f. Have
meyer, Charles A. Secor, Francis B. Cut
ting, Charles F. Blake, Henry G. Stebbins,
Frederic DeBillier, Richard Berry, David
Babcock, John w. Edmonds, H Motion,
Joseph Colwell, Prosper NJ Wentmore,
George Wilkes, Peter Cooper, John N.
Hayward, Thomas F. Carhart, William
Watson, Henry Clews, Alex T. Stewart, C.
V. S. Roosevelt, Henry Meyer, Abraham
r. VanNest, Gerardus Boyce, John w heel
er, Charles K. Graham, Efingham Town
serd, Henry d. ingalls,, George r. Butler,
Edward Haight, Joseph Seligman, Freder-
ic kuhne, and representatives of nearly all
the leading Conservative firms of New
York. A prominent feature of the evening
was the presence of the Irish War Dem
ocrats under the leadership of General
Burke, Colonel Page of the Corcoran Le-
gion, Captains Latin. Nugent, Lynch of
the old Sixty ninth, and Others The words
of the call itself are an eloquent argument,
themselves appealing with peculiar power
and effect to the substance and honesty of
the nation. Endorsed by the weightiest
names in the Western mercantile world,
they come with meaning that viii be pecu-
harry appreciated by business men-men
who have property to save, and who want
peace that they may make money:
Those of Democratic antecedents, who
wish to retain the entire Union upon prin-
clPles that are just; Who believe that the
DEBT incurred IN suppressing the rebellion is
sacred obligation
Who insist that the plighted faith of the
nation shall not be violated, and that its
name and credit shall not be disgraced
who desire to treat the States lately in
rebellion with lenient justice, but who will
not consent to surrender the Government
to Southern rebels, still insisting that the
rebellion was right, and still boasting of
continued devotion to the Lost Cause"
Who are opposed to the repudiating doc
trInes OF the New York platform, and to
the revolutionary manifesto of one o. its |
And who believe that peace, safety, and |
prosperity for the whole country will be Sc
cured by the election of Gen. GIANT
In accordance with this call Cooper Insti-
tute was crowded, even to overhowing, and
the nthusiasm manifested was indescriba-
Die. The meeting was called to order by
Judge Hilton, and presided over by Mr..
Francis b. Cutting The Hon. Edwards
Plerrepont, Hon. james B. Be ford, and a
number OF others, addressed the meeting.
Ihe resolutions embodied the spirit of the
call. Thus the tide continus to flow on
ward and on Tuesday next will overwhelm
n - IL.