The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-08-18
AUGUST IS, 1865: Whole :s.: s:"'s't NO. "A. g

4 gs The Germania, Democratic journal,
published in GAINESVILLE, Ohio, bolts the
nomination of Seymour and Blair, and
comes out for Grant and Colfax- From
/ it's announcement of reasons for this
course. we extract the following Ia m
eve believe it requires no bribery
for War Democrat, as we always con-
csidered ourselves, to repudiate that Con-
/ yention. Was Gen. Sherman suddenly
bribed because he, a Democrat, declared
for Grant against the New York ticket
or is Chase bribed because he. LIKE Me,
declares there was no hope for the Dem
ocratic ticket? It is no miracle, nor
does it require bribery, if an honest
thinking Democrat prefers Grant, With
Union Democratic principles, to man
who does not enjoy the confidence oil
the land. These are our political prin-
ciples, which we think are settled
enough; of course not settled as the
wool dy ed Democrats used to say: My
father or grand father was Democrat.
am Democrat, have been one, and
l
with the hope of the Lord, shall be one
all my life time Our principle is
Leave the party it you think it is wong,
and go to the party which aims at right;
never pledge yourself to any party, be-
cause it may fail" ads
| Tae Elmira Gazette, the only Demo
cratic daily published in Chemung Go,
has also declared for Grant and Colfax.
There is farmer in Jones County,
Iowa-so The Anamosa Eureka affirms
who will vote for Seymour and Blair,
and who supports his determination by
The declaration that ''the meanest and
most contemplate thing them fellows
down to Congress have done was to
send a lot of bureaus to them freedmen
down South"
Said Robert Toombs, in his Atlanta
speech at the Seymour and Blair ratif
cation meeting: Il will tell you another
fact, which is enough for this time, that
as the late war was produced by the de-
|
shall never have peace until i. is restored
in 1865" That sentence has the merit
4 of frankness, if nothing more. And
Toombs is pardoned! @
The Wheeling (Va. Intelligencer
says: ''Between Warrington and Hess
vile are several tanneries by the road
side, which adopt device very sugges-
tive Of their owners politics. AT each
a fine Grant and Colfax' flag floats from
a pole, and underneath the flag, from a
sort of spar, is suspended o tanned hide
This hide is intended to symbolic the
condition of the Democracy in Novem-
ber.' .o eef9a.ssf s.lf static ga
We have incontrovertible authority
for the statement that the Emperor of
/ dent johnson congratulating him on the
| lailureo of impeachment. The Russian
Government never interferes in the do
mestic politics of other count,ier. The
story probably grew out of a letter re-
Gently received from the Emperor an
| nouncing the birth Of son to the heir
apparent.-[N. Y. Tri. Aug. 6. aa5
a We are paying $40, ,ooo, 900 year in
solid gold, as the cost of Democratic
threats Of repudiati Our interest on
the public debt is over S120, ,000,0 900 in
gold, when it need not exceed CSC, ,OO0,-
900. If our credit were undoubted,
foreign capitalists would be glad to lend
us money at four per cent and thereby
enable us to reduce our annual expendi
lures for interest by at least one third.
Is not this paying rather dearly for a
Democratic luxury?
Seymour's Conventional remark. Il
cannot accept is evidently misprint
for I can not, except
The Blairs have been putting their
heads together" This is one of those
cases where two are no better than one.
A South Carolina paper compares
Blair to John of Gaunt. He can make
demi- ohm look Gaunt in a very short
Ihurlow Weed writes from Europe to
The Commercial: ave heard last nj ght
of the Democratic nomination for Pres
ident. The result seriously disappoints
me. But that am strictly prohibited
from reading newspapers, or thinking of
public affairs, should have much to
say On this subject. If / ha6 thous.
and voices to raise, and as many votes
to cast, they should all be pronounced
and @desposited for Grant and against
Sey mour. Vi as8T .sasltess9 ha8sats I'D
| They have just received in Portland,
Me-, the largest sweet potato ever raised
on the Island of Cuba. The monster