The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-02
POLITICAL ITEMS.


The President, Vice President, and every
member OF the hebel Government wts8 Demo
craft
-F,ery soldier who, after being educated at
The expense OF tue Government, basely deserted
the flag OF his country aud took up AIMS against
it was Democrat.
-tyery member of both branches of the
hebel Congress was Democrat.
Every cut throat ard murde'e er who shot
down and starved deenseiess Union prisoners
OF war was a Democrat.
livery man in the North who mpathized
WIN traitors AMI treason in the South during
the late civil war was Democrat.
-GeDc1al n. b. Forrest, the negro trader of
tennessee, thus spnaks Of the Union men of the
>oUth:-'I am ashamed to own 1t that the y
were nurtuIed oc this soil They aretoo low
Tor me to speak about, ana | have no words to
expires my contempt for them.n
- -Four DpmoCratlC dallies are published in
New York-the Word, the HerG d, the Democrat,
and the ETpress. The WOr d calls on Its readers
10 hang the HerGid' Tor treason to the Demo-
cra'ic party. The HGrd retor's by calling the
World editor a "substdzed RepubhcaR ~ and t1e
Democrat charges the World with being in the
pay OF the arstocratic bondholdng ncbo lies.
Inc U0ri0 turns up It's nose NJ The democrat as
blthy sheet. and the Democrat taunts the Word
with initiating its very Vllrness. Among all this
the poor EIpr6ss passes unnOtlced.
1t is UNDERSTOOD that major Doolittle. who
requested the privilege of stun Jing tn Iud ana,
has not met with much success; that he has
already cancelled many OF his appointments,
and wishes 10 withdraw from the State alto
gether.
-Gerrt Smith, who was for Chase before the
New YORK Convention, now wrlles that he is
warmly Tor Graut and CollaX, and for having
the nation pay her creditors honestly"
AT meeting in ChoctaW county, Ala, the
following resolution was sed:-hesO tUed,
That we organize into a Democratic club, to be
called the Isney and Red Creek Democratic
Club; and that, as the question of slavery has
been forever settled, we cordially invite all
Democrats, without distinction of color to join
with us, and that said organization continue
until the day of the next Presidential election.
"A Democrat on Newburyport aud Boston
train, ou Friday, made bet that eighty five
per cent OF the passengers would vote Tor Sey
mour The passengers were called upon to
vote. and here is the Iesult;-Seymour, 81;
Grant, l24.
Vote our ticket, or starve; that IS a funda-
mental pTol lositlon OF Democracy In the South
ern States, and it is TO be systematlzed aud
vigorously carried in'o practice. In other words,
capital is to control labor, and the working man
must surrender the right OF private judgment in
political matters.
The Cincinnati Chronicle says:-"We desire
our friends in other States to understand that
Ohio-Grant's native State-is not, and has hot
been at any time since the Chicago nominations
were MADE, at all doubtful. Nor is 1t true, as
has been gratUltOusly as erted, that the Repub-
licans OF OHIO are apathetic. They are at work
in earnest, and never with better hopes than to-
day. We have felt sure from the outset of at
least 20 900 majority fOI Grant in this State. The
preeent indications are thatitwil exceed 900.