The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-06
Letter from Columbus,
COLUMBUS Ono, Jan. 20.

Democratic. success begins to
roll back. Gem BEATTY is
elected to Congress by a ma
jority Of S35 votes, Last fall
the same counties gave HAYS
247, a neat gain of 1923 in. one
district. Why is it95 First
there was no enthusiastic State
Convention to weigh him down
with buncombo platforms or
chill the ardor of his friends
with wet blanket resolutions.
Secehd-he took the ground
that the National debt must be
paid to, the last dollar, thatcon-
tracting the currency was an
unwise policy at this time; and
that National Banks had served
their day and must be closed
up by Withdrawing the Nation
alBank currency, issuing green
backs therefor, and taking up
with the greenbacks the bonds
which form the basis of these
banks. rGm5u.9I %. saIr
BEATTY supported Con-
gressj in its reconstruction
measures, and the people sup
port him. To this, add the ac-
.tion Of the present Legislature,
in their effort to undo all that
has been done in the way of
settling our difficulties, and you
have the secret Of Gen. BEAT
TVS success. sd, s.nsl,, ..aIa
GRANT stock is; rising. Poll
ticians in the interest of Mr..
CHASE are making every effort
to, withdraw from GRANT the
sympathy of the people and to
shake the confidence of the
masses in his political integri-
ty. Long letters are being
written and published, the sum
and substance of which is SIM
ply that GRANT is not a politi-
clan, and lacks in radicalism.
This seems to b, the The head and d
front Of his offending, .ad rlal
y One writer lays down a few
propositions, a part of which
are as follows: o' '.''I. ..'"
die has never BY word or
line given proof Of his being a
radical Republican,eithat he
wrote to som mebody during the
war that he never was an abo-
litionist." .,..... .rr
Then the writer talks about
the Quakers not supporting
him, following up with a CHASE
on1F. Gu.AHt o. ."Laa al
P'uonni 92!BG lor OBJ gW .5gi 'r.
p. True or not true in his prop
ositions, the writer so entirely
overdoes the matter that he
shows himself aware of the
waye which sweeps on.
The strong hold GRANT has
upon the people is found in the
fact that he is the pers0hifical
ton of our soldiers idea of
greatness, the embodiment of
what we believe to be the true
doctrine Of this Government
and that his action is calcula-
ted to bring about the great
good for which we went to bat-
tie. If he is too conservative
for extreme men, they should
remember that they are to ex-
treme for the mass Of the army.
Letime here give the reasons
set forth by the people of Mis-
souri, in Convention, why. he !
should be nominated for the
Presidency: .>5s sad ~ Aid
.@Because he lis an honest
man, and has proved himself to I
be a patriot; because he is q. q
man Of the people, has sprung.
from the rank and is, devoted
to their interests; because he
is possessed Of those rare quail
tiles so necessary in a chief
magistrate, amidst present po-
litical complications, viz: prac-
tical common sense, ounainch'
ing determination Of purpose,
and a clear discrimination {. as
to men and measures; because
he will practice and enforce the
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