Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-21

q bay Of Lake iiuion OF which the wa
ter was SO crystal clear, so utterly trans
luccn,, that it seemed TO Inc coild. by
reaching my arm over the side OF die
boat, clutch the shining pebbles at the
DO tom: Yet they were some jONCct be-
NOnd my reach. still there issOmctniuw
in Il first meeting With ticu Grant that
strikes one abNcl--in the steady. inheX-
iNlc, stCCl-idUc CNC--ln the sli Cnw. reti-
cont mOuth--iG the C0clic jaw, firmly
bltno. iicfcoly sbt-in the understandable
air OF acli-i Csscseion and scli-rCl ancc
that envelopes tho mGu-aOmcthinr as
ilr as possible removed rom pgc,cus.on
or hautcau, tut a moro ciicctual dc ousC
than either could be. He il q small
man, who never is guilty of thc disa =
lrOus mistake of seeking to make the
most of himself by stretching up or
swelling Out not in maNncr, walk,
voice, or speech does lie ONC.stCp the
mOdCsty OF nature. Il u stranger Wclc
seeking for him in 4 group OF oar most
distinguished mon, should say, fix on
the most silent, plain, mot ugly, I'M
dcmOnstratVc man pICsCnt-it Is Grant.
There should have been sign OF the
Rose. and the wise Ulysses should have
been born undcrit His good angel has
always had her finger on Acr lips-long
may she keep IL there! II VIII be pleas
amt to have - Il few flashes Of silence y
from q Presidential candidate. The
Gentleman from Pcllin hit upon q ma
tionai ViC0-t0o much talk. The mo {
fatal OF gifts X that which is Vul&0lly
called the gilt of Sab"
4 vote for President was taken on
board the s.cImar United States, Capt.
J, G. Rabbit, OH her passagc from Platts-
burg 10 Whitehall, on Thursday even
ing, the 18th inst, resultingas follows :
Il for Grant, and II for Seymour ;
Grants majority, so.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Hcrdid says +:
at a Republican meeting at Waynes-
bNrgh, recently, the Hoaritcs, commit
Mon Of German Scparatists, now grown
quite wealthy, and who have always
heretofore kept away from political
meetings, were out in force. They
camo i'll u procession, thus tcs,ifyina
their great interest in the Presidential
campaign. The Zoaritcs have alv avs
been Il loyal people, being QUakcls u
very liberal ideas, and have always free
IL contributed for the Republican case
but this is the first political meeting
they ever attended"
Fifteen thousand is The Republican
majority that Indiana will give on thC
18th OF October, according to Governor
IIglesby. Of Illinois. Then she will
give 5000 for Grant and ColiaX, in
| November. Were she to .ollow Maine',
: Example, her October majority Woulc
be 10000
Udyrcr'9 IVcehly says that when Gen
Grant was lately in Chicago, he wa.
asked by a friend whether Johnson wa.
for him u for Seymour Grant smiled
and replied: "Well, l reckon chat Whol
he thinks Of Seymour he is for me
and when he thinks ofme he is for Sey
m0ur Z"
The Baltimore Commercial says
''Thcre is no unllindness existing to
wards Con. Grant at tho South. Orpo
| ition 10 his election is made to .lht
! Radical party, not to the General Of Tux
army-,o the political leader, not to The
| individual.
4 member Of the colored Democratic
! Club in Augusta, Ga, has resigned say
ing :,fI respectfully hand in my re ig
nation as Il member OF your organ ~
ton, believing, as / do, that it is agains
] my race, against myself, against the
/ Constitutional and fundamental laws o
my country, and against my God"
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