Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-10-07
Personal and Political.

more than 5000 people at Johnstown' Penn,
and a correspondent of the Tribune says he
delivered telling speech"
- Lieutenant Governor General Stephen
Thomas was among the Vice Presidents of
the Mass Meeting Of the Boys in Blue" at
Philadelphia.
- Said Henry Stanbcry in the Presidential
campaign Of 1864 When you come to vote,
ask what candidate Jefferson Davis and the
rebels would wish elected, and vote against
that man" This is certainly sound doc
trinc now, although Stanbery hus forgotten it.
- Among the trausparcncies borne in the
Democratic procession at Springfield, ILL.,,
was one bearing the motto, " We vote as we
shot" 1t was carried by an cx-rebel soldier,
who was captured by the Eighth Illinois rog-
mout during the war.
Gen. Frank =. Blair was on the Train
from the Suspension Bridge on Wednesday,
and before the cars reached Rochester can
yass of the passengers was made. and resulted
as follows. For Grant and Colax, gentlemen
80, ladies 81 for Seymour and Blair, gentle
men Il, ladies 2l. Blair voted for Seymour
and himself, and jocosely asked permission to
be recorded twice.
- The Montgomery Mail reproaches the
Tuscaloosa Monitor for having printed the
wood cut Of the suspended carpet -baggcrs,
and the comments upon it, TO which we lately
made reference 1t even goes so far as to
reckon that the injudicious publication may
lose the democrats ten thousand votes, the
consequent loss of Ohio and the Presidential
election
- There are twcnty-six Democratic uni
formed clubs at st. Louis, Mo-, numbering
nearly 5000 members.
PIP McClcan's reception in New York last
Friday evening was, Of course, q large one.
Tho same mon were in line who were address
ed by Seymour as his friends" and who
wanted to Stop the draft and so stop the war
- Frank Blair, ia 1864, said
Oh" The Dcm1.mto party of the present day Is
Democratic in name, and nothing fisc The old
jefferson and J1ciSon prH0pie hare been atdH-
doufd The man who did not escape the rope by
three hours /, thc author uf all to which the Demo
cratic party of the present day -uhscrihe~. n has
not one s4ahAl n true Democracy 10 animate rs
carcdss
The Chicago Tribune winds up an arti-
I flt on lNAils f1AANNH- as ANAiWhT
Atwiui buchanan persisted Che most courtly Bourbon
n ylyanIa with Stevens died the muat audacious
national n-semhymau. There Is nobody of much force
u either party ucrc mud the state viii along hy the
.ayansn stevens gave ~ ~ ior little vhc, and the
coming man VIII PROBABLY De for third tune Yankee.
t1 Franklin lct 10 ho when % comes mutual tribute 10
e Bstonan and Ncmonter for lhey were the Paul and
/ siias of pcunsy wanna
"A grand Republican rally is to be held
at Plattsburgh, y. Y, on Wednesday, Oct.
H. Invitations are extended to all Grant aud
Collax clubs ia Vermont to attend.
Richard H. Dana. Jr., viii probably re-
ceiyo the Boilers nomination for Member Of
| Congress in Gen. Buffers district There
/ viii be music there we suspect
Sixteen meetings were held by the Re-
publicans In Philadelphia ON Saturday night
The Republican majority la Maine is Of
6cialiy announced at 20,l72.
-Gincry Twitchel, Con Bank. and Henry
l.. Dawes have been re-nominatel for Members
Of Congress from the 81, 9th and 10th Mass
achusctts Districts
Gen. Mcclellan passed yesterday in yis-
itng his friends in New York
Cen. Mcclellan arrived in New York
one day earlier than was expected This Is
the FIRST time he was ever known TO be in adj
vance. But then it was not his fault for he
was not in command of the steamer.
In recent Democratic procession in
Scio, Alieghany county, big banner Inscribed
" No Negro Equality" was carried by a
great strapping lrishman who has negro
wife aud children. So says the Wellsyille
Free Press
Henry Ward Beecher has been for
twenty-one years pastor of Plymouth church.
Raphael Semmes has made arrangements
with Baltimore house for the publication Of
his narrative of his cruises in the Sumter aud
Alabama. The volume will contain about
$50 pages, and will be illustrated with pic.
tures Of American ships destroyed by him.
On Friday night the Mcclellan Legion
will serenade the General. They will b,
dressed in uniform and will bear torches
The procession it is expected will number
10000.
With the one desperate purpose Of saving
Hoffman, il possible, New York Democrats
are trying to secure pledges to vote for Hof.
man, in return for a vote for Grant
ten. Howard, in a recent speech at
Washington, giving the results of his obser.
walton at the South, said
Wade llamptons fat that the negro must vote a. ue
white man directed Dee discharged from work did not
induce Nades own servants 70 vote the Democratic tick
e. In 9netheT case large planter in the country told
charge them Just HE cotton white 10 the harvest
hs hands my iu number called on him and Told him
that he must promise 10 vote the Radical ticket OF thoy
would leave him Ia body. lie preferred his cotton 70
h- party and gave tho required promise.
A despatch from New York last eve.
ming, says
Gen. Mcclellan kept quiet to-day"
1 This is so much like many Of the despatch.
es in the carly years Of the war, that we can.
not help wondering whether it is also quiet
on the banks Of the Potomac"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says that within the past
two or three weeks a remarkable want of faith
in the success Of the Democratic ticket in the
November election, and general ukewarm-
ness Of the Democrats in their cause, have
been observed here.
Senator Wilson, according to the New
York Sun, pronolnces the State of Pennsy-
yania as safe for Grant as Maine or Vermont.
- Says a radical paper in Pennsylvania
" Whenever Democrat sets up the claim
that Seymour was loyal during the war, ask
him who made it necessary to withdraw an
army from the front to suppress his riots in
the rear ?"
Two New Haven men, one Republ.
can and the other Democrat, have backed
their respective candidates for the Presidency.
the loser to walk to New York. The New
Haven Courier advises the Democrat to com.
mence his trip Immediately, while the roads
are in good condition.
"A republican and democratic club
peaceably occupy the same room in San Fran
cisco The transparency is also in common,
one side bearing the names of Seymour and
Blair and the other Of the radical Dominees.
" How pleasant It's to seo'
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