, 1870-08-06
POLITICAL


Tue Knoxville Chronicle sa!s that Horace M45-
na1d will te tbs nominee Of the Republican pat1,
Of the Second Tennessee District for the Forty
second Congress.
The scheme to get Governor Chamberlain, Of
Mxinc, to head fusion movement has beeu 1bAn-
i1oneA, In consequence Of the letter which VAS to
be addressed 10 h,rn failing to set respectAl!:
nnlntler 0f signatures.
The r5ttsburEh Commercial has found out, b.
reliable authority, that Simon Cameron hss or
dere,i that Allegheny County be thrown into Dern-
ecrutlc haads. rather than permit the Republican
Reform ticket to succeed
The New York Tribune Gfvcs the following list
Of persons mentioned In connection with the r.
pubrcan nomination for Governor Of New York;
Masshall o. Nobests, Wt!.!am Z. Dodge, Dewitt Z,
Itltlejohu, Lyman TremaiD, George 0pdyke, John
4. Grtswoli, William A. Wheeler, Thomas e. Al
ford 7. a. Conkling, John n. Francis, James o.
Putnam, Stewart l. Woodiofd, George Dawson.
and Wlllam Il. Robertson.
The Republicans Of Alabama hare called
StAte Convention, to meet at Selma. Cd the 3otn
inst, for the purpose Of nominating candllatesfor
Governor, Lieut. Governor, Attorney General,
secretary OF State, State Treasurer. aud Supe11n-
tcudent OF Public Institutions
"A. u. White, Presideut Of the Cornell CnlIcr-
| saty, IL named as the Republican candidate for
! Congress In the oaondnga district
It
Louisiana Is to b. held at New Orleans, August s,
for TIE purpose of nominating acandldate for
| state Treasurer, and choosing State Central
| Committee for the ensuing year. In lieu Of cali
luz separate District Conventions Tor the nontna-
| ttun Of candidates for Congress, such nominations
| will he made By the delegates Of each District
elected to the State Convention, except for the
Fiji, District, tn which a separate noninsrne
| convention has been ca1iel
The Republican Congressional Committee have
becn calculating the effect at the coiored yotc
upon the elections IN some Of the old border slave
S:atea In Maryland, they expreas nope thai the
nepplaicans viii carry Two Congressional districts
those formerly represented by Governor Ffan]
| Thomas and Henry Winter Davis. In Delawar1
| they EXPRESS confidence IN gaining cuougl
| strength from the co,oted yoscs to cafry th
State.
| The rnlltteal campaign soon to npen in SeE
Jer.cy gathers around it special interest, from tt
| fact that the Republicans viii be reinforced b
about I've Thousand colored voters which ougl
With harmonious action and enetgest
work, to give them the Snta. This year the Leg
tslasurc chosen viii eject Cn,ed States senatol
10 succeed Senator Cstseli. In tho present Legi.
| latu1c the Democrats hare eleven maturity o
| io,pt ballot, tye In the Senate and s1I ID II
uonse. or the nve congressman the ucmocEa
| now have three, bnt, with the reinforcement {
the eoloeesi vote, the Republicans ought To csr1
: the Second District, AMI thus gain member
Congress. The majority Of Charles 1aight IN ii
district, tn 1865, was only aoa
The Quincy Journal having stated that N
. Brooks, editor Of the Quincy Herald, would s
, 4 teforc the Democratic Convention 10 that dl
| .11ct for q nomination to Congress, Ar. Bfpok
t In his paper, denies that he Is cannidas
: auG says tha., eyrn II he Was unan!mous>s not
! mated, he would decline the position. lie ada
1 .'There Is one consideration which. II many Of
4 csF did not exist, wouId bc conclusive with 1s
4 impelltnc us to nat!T refuse 10 nave our nan
! Congress : and that ts, that we f.
| reaiEe and duig appreciate the II
= | that We Asc not Qnalfned. either By !
r Eiits Of nature OF By cultivation. TO disehsrxe
y tlutIes OF . member OF Copgzras With anytn'
Ike credit to ourself or advantage to the peop
Ii while othe1a who are ID the sane NJ that We q
X In the matter Of qualifications for tho postic
po*sess tho presumption Rud vanity to thrust the
D. kxlse4 forward for such positions, We do not Il
unl!er any obligations to follow their eyamr
whereby We should, sooner or later, as oil su
people do, succeed IN most enectually making
SAs Of csr6tltf