The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-20
POLITICAL.


tion.' Hancock bid New orleansI' A. John
son bid, Seven Yetoes--a circular swlng--thc
S sia was .. Pssd H1 IsoS asndrss. ia ' va:
only wink, which is said TO be as good as
nod to q blind horse. English bid The La
the New England Front Broken, and Slnews
OF War for the Campaign Hair bid 'AGili-
tary Interference with the Reconstructed
will OF Camden and Amboy.' Doolittie bid
The vote of the entire Johnson Party, includ-
ing Dixon Church bid The Smile OF Samuel
T M,ST,0 Rsvs TSgy } Es1 sd
J. q. Adams bid His father and grandfather
and great-gTandfsther and an ancestry to
Adams falf' Horatio Seymour's was the last
honor and the nomination was knocked
down to him."
THE Providence Journal says: ait will be
one OF the mysteries Of history, IL, after all
disowns Grant and adopts Seymour as III
representative of Its opinion, and the leader
OF Its policy. Where would be the glory Of
APpomsstos S1ut ,Srn e, ba Lee s and fSS
and his principlest Would there have been
any surrender, would there not be q eonfede-
racy still, or q bargain which would be worse
than Its continued existence, If in lsGi this
people had followed the lead Of Horatio Sey-
moutf When this nation repents Of the war
and Is ashamed Of Its glorles, and wishes to
TO reopen civil fcuds and restore breath Of life
to rebels and encourage revolution, It will
give its highest offices to Horatio Seymour
and Frank Blair"
GRo. d. Prentice closed political address
few nights since, as follows: "Our country
has long been filled with gloom, desolation and
woe. A Government as horrid as a nightmare
or an earth-devil or hell-deyils sit upon her
bosom. The most beautiful portion Of our
broad land is swept by a sea Of tyranny worse
than a lake Of Are and birthstone. Let us
then, all OF us, go forth to our work. II, by
our own fault, we fall In the mighty cause In
which we are now engaged, Gods curses aud
mAnkind's and our own will rest upon u.s."
Poor George has been In q nightmare ever
since his confederate friends were compelled
to knock under.
A GOOD story is told of the Pendleton escort
Pat Cleary was delega ted to lay in commissary
supplies for the escort. He sccordingly pur-
chased Is barrels Of whisky, 100 kegs q lager
rendered to Dick Cox, the cashier, for inspec-
tion and payment. Dick, in scanning the &c.
counts, remarked; Fifteen barrels whisky
all right; one hundred barrels beer-all right;
six pounds crackers-thunder and Mars, Pat,
why the devil didn't you get more whisky and
less crackersp'
THE Wheeling (west virginia) Iaienigcacer,
In alluding to the Democratic State Conven-
ton, says " Extraordinary efforts have been
made to secure a numerous attendance, 1t
being imperative to do something to neutral
lie and overcome the general disgust felt over
the New York nominations. 1t seems pity
that our Democratic friends should have to
SO to so much trouble and expense, and all
for nothing"
ONE ofthe most influential Democratic news
papers In Indiana openly and Internationally
repudistes the Seymo ur. Blair ticket. 1t says:
"Our unfaithful and Infamous delegates to the
New York convention sold US for Wall street
gold, and we propose knowing how much we
brought-knowing what white men are worth
in the market"
A CORRESPONDENT writes US from Morrison,
Whiteside county, ILL.,, that tho nomination O {
seymour and Blair falls like a wet blanket
upon the Copperheads OF that county. Some
of the old wheel horses Of the Democracy de-
clare they will not support the ticket. The
Democracy are as chopfallen As they used to
be during the rebellion when news came OF
Union victory.
A LETTER from a New York correspondent
says that over 900 voters In that city, in the
banks, Insurance offices, stores, marts or trade,
exactly Democrats, would have gone for what
they call a Conservative man, openly ayow
themselves for Grant.
WHY is It, asked a Republican in Philsdel.
phia OF his rebel Democratic friend, that YOU
have none but rebels in your nationsl conven.
lion from the SOUTH "Wcll, conndentially,
and not to be printed, the reason Is, that all
and all the rebels Democrats, and we could do
no bctter.n
THR Atlanta (Ga.) Era says: "If the Demo-
cratic convention had been intent on selecting
that candidate for President least likely to
win Republican votes, and most certain to
arouse and intensity Republican opposition,
1t could not have hit the mark more exactly"
PESDLgTos's organ,the Cincinnati Enquirer,
says: "As we expected, Governor Seymour
has promptly and cordially Endorsed tn E green.
back platform adopted by the convention
which nominated him for President This re-
moves all possible objection which can be
urged against Mr.. Seymour in the West"
IT is said that one of the reasons which
finally induced Seymour to accept the Presi-
DENTAL nomination, after his reiterated and
positive refusals of 1t, was the assurance that
there was little or no danger of his being
troubled with the Presidency after all.
TuH Baltimore American says: "As our
neighbor OF the Gd=cite is in for another fight
on the Blair platform, they will do well to
attend the Government sale Of old arms and
| equipments, soon to transpire."
The Toledo Blade says; at is stated that
| there was a struggle at New York among the
delegates to the convention rs to who should
the niger delegate from Tennessee"
THE Louisville Journal says that when two
or three Democrats are gathered together,
there will the spirit Of Democracy be also.
That's true, no matter what the tax Is.
The Springfield Register says: Egypt is In a
blaze Of enthusiasm for Seymour" 70 which
the Chicago Journal replies $50 was New
York city during the draft riots OF 1903"
TooaRs made speech at a Seymour. Blair
ratification meeting In Atlanta on Thursday
night, In which he eulogized Seymour as one
who chad been true to them. True In peace,
and true In war" So he was.
WILDCATS are said to have become more
plentiful than ever In Connecticut. The plat
them to pay OFF the national debt.
NEW JERSEY Republicans assembled In large
numbers at Newark last night, and ratified the
nomination of John !. Blair for Governor
Major Pnngborn and others made speeches.
THE Atlanta Era says "Our colored friends
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