The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-12
POLITICAL,

fOLIIINAb.
THgN w York Commercial has 'he follow.
ing: "Democrstic stupidity: The World cites
the action Of the men who framed the Georgia
constitution, by which the Legislature Of that
state expelled Negro member: from thst nSSdS
% an instance In the history Of the Lesihs-
lure OF tbs state that 70 similar y demoa-
T. NJ session. 81 IKE Mssisls,Ire wssa our
eloquent to WI Ism an Tom Field was a menSef,
whom every Democrat in the body yoted 10
ei,y Of New York. There was wsiiIns and
gnAshing OF teeth not only down In Pspde-
monium, but among The Democracy, when II
was discovered what Democratic legislators
had done"
How little Phil. Sheridan feels A private
letter from Kansas TO a gentleman 10 New
York city, gives the following Just as VIC
ristolled, Iwritc 10 tell you OF what General
sheridan said as we gslloped along at Fort
Hays Yesterday. Aher talking the canvas.
will be elected whoa he lie elected i shall
throw up my hat nn3 Iurn my boots" There
are good many OF Sherldsn's gallant bows In
this state, and they all feel like sending Siris-
and they will do II too.
The Western Republicans are fairly setting
the prairies on fire with their ardor. Wa.
bash delegation, three hundred strong, failing
| to catch the train to lake them to the Indian
| apolis mass-meeting, marched sixteen Mules
| afoot In the carly hours Of the morning, be.
/ foot all day. Grant drove the rebels Into
Richmond and sherman drove them into the
> sea, by rapid marching on the right nank.
And this Is what the GRANT boys propose to
DO again.
/ SENATOR p. q. VAN wINKLE, of West Viz
Cinia, recently addressed the Grant club IN
Parkersburg. lie disclaimed any intention TO
apologize for, explain, or excuse any ollcial
| act, uRless requested so TO do. lie had been,
' he asserted, surprised NJ the prevalence OF
rumor that he had left his party, which would
hnat no ~ hia n IN al
occasion as speaker before Grant club.
His remarks were devoted TO the questions Of
reconstruction and finance.
"BRICK PoMERor" Is trying TO find out what
kind OF clay he is made OF. Following out
the investigation, he wrote to Senator Pom
eroy, inQuiring 10 what branch OF the Pomcroy
"Brick" might take which branch he pleased,
but he the Scnator) belonged to the other
, branch.
! Tue Plttsburg Com n'rciai says; III Gen.
/ Rosecraus achieves no better fame as Minister
to Mexico than his letter to Lee Is likely to
win for him. his cmergoHcc from the obscurity
into which his exploits at Chickimauga sent
him, will prove an UnlucAy step.
The PittsbuFg Gazette says. "Thc World and
other Democratic journals at the East re
giving n rumor that Judge Mellon, Of this
city, will vote for seymour and Blair We
have the best authority for saying that this
rumOr has no foundation whatever in fact"
A LETTER from Illinois declares that that
State is sure to give tfty thousand majority
against Seymour, Blair, aud renewed rebc!
lion. The Quincy Wig confirms this, aud
predicts that the Republicans will carry every
is56
Tue Philadelphia Daily .NcsS the leading
johnson paper In that city, and hitherto
strongly against Grant, came out Thursday
morning in An elaborate article denOuncing
the Democratic leaders In the stronBcIt terms,
. and virtually predicting the defeat Of Sey-
, mOur.
, VERMONT, IN September, lsGi, gave the Re
publican candidate for Governor but lS9iI
majority. In November Of the same year 1t
gave President Lincoln 20 ,OGS. an increase Of
( lO,l2l. A. similar increase will give Grant
1S,OJO majority IL November.
EX.Gov. JONI A. McCLEEXAND,, "as CO.
ment, has taken the liberty TO address, in It's
sacred interests, the Democracy OF liinois: y
lie proposes . political 1--we least, To be Oh
served throughout Illinois.
THAT was u pregnant expression OF m oh
serving little RcpubiicNn in Ellsworth, Me,
on seeing the names of Seymour and Blair III
scribcd on the national ensign. why, they
have got hcir names on our nag"
The Nevada Democratic State convent ton
met on the Ith at Carson CITY, and nomi sted
w. 7. Anderson for Congress; II. II. Taylor
and II. T.. Clayton for Judges Of the supreme
Court. Presidential electors were also nomi-
mated.
The Grant Club OF W ard -Four, boston, have
put out the old nag aud their banner Of "Jus.
IiGc, Liberty, and LOYALTY from the spot
Hall, lived and died.
I APTER the election In Maine on the 18th
instant, the eopperheals WA he cursins their
central committee for the hlunder II made In
} sending Pendlcton into that State to make
Z reputation speeches.
a THg Richmond Dispatch says "lf Maine
shall show again, large or small, for the Radi
Gals, Seymour may consider his chance Of
j. being n successor OF George Washington NJ
/. small indeed"
I TUE Augusta (Ga) Chronicle and Sentinel an
/ nounces that Il. II. Hill and General Robert
: TOombs, Of that State, are coming Norh to
! take the stump for seymour.
{ EX.GOv. DENNIsON, of Ohio, Is TO act as tho
! chairman Of tho Republican Executive Com
/ mittee OF that State. lie has the reputation
OF being the best organizer In the State.
GEN. EwiSO, of Kansas, IL stamping Maine
, for the Democrats, and Gen. BrlnkcrhOH, o
Ohio, IL speaking In the same State In the Re
publican interest.