Litchfield enquirer., 1868-08-06
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A scrub race-the Blair family
 Blair. t'0o ''' 00'i''o"' anu
 Seymours Conve ntional remark s.I cannot ac cepG IS evidently misprint for ''I cannot ex-
 II the war was "a failure" as the democratic par ty declared in 1864, why arc they so anv;ons to PtoFo olat seymour was in favor of it?
 Miles O'Eelly," says of the Tammanv Hall honlinations Might have been worse." Nlsht have been Wirz," somebody suggests
 MT. Parton asks: scWill the coming man drink wneT If he's good Democrat he'lI prefer wbis- key.
 democrats everywhere confident" announces the World. That party includes the s:confidence men,"
 A fit name for those Pendletonians who sorrow fully support the Democratic nominations-Sey- mOurners.
 A DEMOCRATIC ToAsr-s'Here's to the old Dem- ocratic hulk; she needs but one sec more to sink her."
 They say Bla,'s name is ''tower Of strength" iu the West. It is all of that. Here in Hartford, he is remembered as fine specimen of 2 ''leaning tower. - Ha,tfoTd Pos.
 Some of the papers are quoting ''whai Gov Eng
 fish says in his veto." Has it come to this, that man cant sign his name to dOcUment, without being accused of originality? D. W. Voorhies has been greatly troubled about taxes A reference to the tax list showed that he had been troubled to the extent of 97I cents in five years.
 In his late Atlanta speech, Robert Toombs first argued that Jefferson Davis had never been guilty of treason, and then argued that Horatio Seymour should be elected next President.
 The Manchester Democrat ''don't sec very well how Horatio Seymour is to be beaten."
 Patience until November and a short study or the election returns will enable them to ''see it."
 The New Orleans PicaJuae says, ''there is no more temperate man in public life than Frank P. Blair has been."
 Severe on 'pubFc life' The Massachusetts democrats have been re- qucsted to assess themselves" %" election expen- ses. The innocent creatures cook is for mis- print and have commenced making GS""S of them i selves.
 The Cleveland Herald saws: ''3rick Pomerov has surrendered, body and breecb cs to the false | and deceptive Seymour, and that pestilant I Blair eamly. He IS now trying 10 swallow his l own wor(ls-ile nastiest u,sh man ever sat down iO.'
 Inc necessity for an active and vigorous cam paiSn on the part of the Republicans s not now pressing. Frank Bla'" has taken tho stump him. self Republicans can afford to wait and him cleci Gran, aud CoIfax.-RdTtford Post.
 A correspondent commenting on tho course of Inc New York World, in speaking of G-antras ''H- ram" says: 'H St. Paul were candidate for the Presidency Moses M. Marble would dub him Saul of Tarsus, and on tha, grornl tly to beat him with Judas Iscariot" i Gen. Frank Blair, in lis speech in Omaha the otter day, said there WAS but race in our coun- try who were capable of maintaining free gov ernment, and tho results of the past few years had | demons rated the fact that only portion of that race were thus qualified. TheIcupon some one in
 the crowd shouted, T supHose that's the Blair l family" but he was at once bounced upon by those near him and mosl unmercifully pounded. When i weared they let him up, and then discovered that he was one of their own number, genuine Dem ] ocratic sot, well saturated ''Billeei' said one chidinglv, them was tho onfOrtinous words ye ever spoke" And lie seemed to think that they l