The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-16
THE PRESIDENCY IN 1879.
a PREDICTION WORTH REMEMsERMc.
1TO BE CONTINUED.

We find the following letter in the Har-
risburg Patriot, of the 9Th instant, and
without endorsing the predictions contained
therein, present them to our readers for
what they are worth
WASHINGTON April 6, 1870.
In former letter | referred specifically
to the Internal Revenue Bureau, and am
now happy to inform you that the idea of
creating a permanent department Of this
government out of that incubus upon the
people has been abandoned for the present.
The load was too heavy to carry in addition
to the weights already pressing upon the
administration. Should Sherman's funding
bill pass, the effort will be renewed at the
short session Of the present congress, to
place this CALLING yoke upon the neck of la
Dor. My object now is to call your atten-
ton, and that Of the country. to the men
who are most prominent for the next presi-
dency, in 1872. The signs of the times
foreshadow the fact that neither the Demo
cratic party, or the Republican party as
such, will ever elect another president Of
the United States, and the sooner this truth
is clearly understood by both these parties
the better for all concerned.
The National Labor Union party, the
great reform party, will elect the next pre-
sident. You may rest assured that one Of
the following names will be nominated by
the workingmen, and the man that is nomi-
mated by the National Lobor Union will be
elected as certain as the sun rose this morn.
ing and will set this evening. The people
are sick and tired OF the rule of Belmont &
Co. ON one side, and Forney l. Co. on the
other. Before giving you the list, one Of
whom will be elected by the sovereign peo-
pie, will state who will not be nominated
or elect ! by any class or any party.
General Grant was so unfortunate and
unwise as to refuse positively to read COM
munication from the workingmen soon after
bis Inauguration. Since then the country
the voters-have received no considera-
ton at bis hands, and the glittering lnfu.
ence of the bloated rich controls and directs
him with facility and ease that astonishes
the beholder. Mark the prediction-he viii
never be elected again to the position which
be now occupies.
Chief Justice Chase has developed such
want Of courage. such restless ambition
such vascillation, such proclivity to change
from one side to the other, and withal, suct
weakness in the head, in the back and in
the knees, and such faintness at the heart
to which add bis insane opinion upon the le
gal tender act, his own production-ths
greenbacks-which really saved the country
and preserved the republic, that there il
not the shadow of chance for him to bt
president No party would trust him, anc
if they did, he would prove vinegar to the
teeth and smoke to the eyes," The nam'
Of the man who will be the next president
viii be found in the following list: Gen
Butler, of Massachusetts Gen. Schenck
Of Ohio; Gen. Logan, of Illinois; Gen
Wilson, Of Massachusetts, Gen. Hancock
Of the army Judge Dox, Of Alabama
Governor Gesry, Of Pennsylvania.
j You may estimate with certainty that on
of these seven men will be elected pres.den
in 1872.