The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-16
POLITICAL Notes.

receive from all parts Of the country. One CORE
pondent writes:-
'Chase will carry thousands of conservative n.
publcans who can get no inspiration from Grant,"
That "every good war democrat will vote for
Grant rather than Pendleton."
That "Chase will draw largely from the republ-
cans.n
That 'three conservative republicans where he
now writes will go for Chase rather than Grant-and
50 will ~ adds the writer; ''but don't-dont ask mo
to swallow Pendleton."
That "Hancock can't stand a newspaper canvass
He is not great where well known"
That "Chase Is the man for the Convention"
That "that old rad, - Of Cincinnati,
says "Hurrah for Chaser'
$50 say we all ~
1t Is sometimes amusing to witness how history
sometimes repeats ITSELF All remember the story of
Washington and the cherry tree. The friends Of
Grant seek to "match" 1t thus When Ulysses 8.
Grant was little boy, his father bought him q
Ratchet Ulysses was SO delighted that he went
about hatchetng everything he could find One
fatal day, after things had been going on thus and
so for more than week, Ulysses cut down one Of
his fathers favorite pear trees When the old gen.
tleman saw the ruin OF his favorte pear tree, he
went to U. s. and said "U s., who cut down my
favorite pear treeP" 81 cannot tell a Iiev SAID
Ulysses; "Ben Johnson cut 1t down with his
hatchet" "My dear son." SAID the old gentleman
spanking him. 81 would rather have you tell thou
sand lies than lose fine q tree"
Georgia radical paper says General Grant, hav.
ing served his country faithfully and successfully an
military man. the people are now consentlng that
he shall go the "grand round" See him on the
grand round. Asentinel halts, 'who comes thererp
"A friend" advance friend and give the coun-
tersign' Grant advances and whispers Radical
ism." Oats not it, replies the sentinel, who hap
pens to be an honest German, "It's Liberty puts
you in to quart haus.n
The Nashville UntOn-utra ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thu
Chase movement, and says no single journal Of
character, outside the NEW YORK HERALD, advocates
IT, That, perhaps, is all the newspaper influence the
movement which the Union describes as sensa.
tional, wants. The HERALD went for Grant until all
the rag-tag and bObtail radical crew went yelpinQ
after him, capping radical plaster on his back, his
shoulder straps his eagle buttons his stripes andis
stars, and everywhere else, until he finally stumbled
and fell into the bosoms Of Sampo and Dinah where
in the word Of Sumner, he sticks
The Richmond Wig speaks Of Judge Chase as o
imam Of energy, work, experience, management and
sagacity; his mere opinion will have great weight
with rejecting men. The separation Of his fortunes
from the republican party is indication that It "a
unsound, unsatisfactory and insecure. 1t has dis
concerted the radical leaders, and they scarcely
a bombshell among all the politicians and WIRE
workers and has caused halt and parley In the
column. Judge Chase has produced Q
sensation that no other man could have aroused.n
The religious papers and correspondents are get.
ting exercised about Presidential candidates cor.
respondent OF the Richmond Christian Adpocdte
(Methodsp, writing from this city, declares that un
less the democratic nominee for the Presidency be
Northern Methodist he will be beatenn He assigns
as reason the large number OF communicates Of
that Church In the North and West and the open and
avowed connection which II courts with radcalism.
Grant Is said to be Methodist and has already made
a bid for that VOTE Chase is also Methodist, and
his nomination. 1t Is said, will divide the Methodist
radical vote.
The Louisville Courier having been accused OF
toward Pendleton, admonishes the
friends Of the latter that they are making him the
OF faction instead Of the exponent
OF the views OF the democratic party. II regards the
q field for the exchange OF arguments
among statesmen, not arena for the exhibition of
political champions.
The Charleston courier learns that respectable
colored minister OF Camden feeling under SOME ob,i-
cation to candidate not on the radical ticket deter.
mined to cast his vote for him In the election that has
just closed. He supposed ne was free man and had
the privilege ofvoting as he chose but was informed
"by the proper authority" that unless he abandoned
his Intention and voted the radical ticket his meeting
house would be nailed up and he never allowed to
enter It again, AS good man he determined not
to do anything that might lead to disturbance ana
he yielded up his freedom, at least far az not 70
vote for bis friend.