Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-29
Predictions Fulfilled.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov, 5, l772'

PnlIADELPHIA. Nov :, ~.
Editor OF the Free Press 4 Times
The elections. state and national, having
passed of. and the smoke Of .he battle sui
fciently cleared away to give an indication
Of definite results. allow me in few words
to wind up subject that I have discussed
somewhat in yourcolumns.
some one ha, said that if our foresight
va, a, good a. our hindsight it would sim
plify matter, a good deal a TO the future
You may remember that on the l5th OF
july last. under the title of % \ few Poiltl-
cal Thoughts. &C. discussed the political situa-
,io- in vour columns. The Baltimore ConNen-
ton. composed mostly ofold Democraticpoil-
eisu,. had lust nominated Horace Greeley
a. their candidate for the Presidency, solely
bs,au>e they might thereby restore them
selves to power, and As nearly As possible
the condition Of things As it existed before
the rebellion. denounced, n a fraud, the
whole arrangement by which Mr.. Greeley
consented TO become candidate at all, and
his nomination by the So-called " Liberal
Republicans" and by the Democrats. and
predicted the utter failure Of the whole
scheme. | said that " the rank and file OF
the Democracy would desert thepoiiticians,
and closed my article with these words
.' Looking over the field in the light Of our
past experience. in view Of the dealings of
Providence with our country. and OF the
requirement. Of national progress, am
not ready To believe that the Great Ruler
of Nations would bring IL 50 far out OF
the Egvpt of Democratic slavery and MS
rule. and let Us perish in the wilderness be
fore we have reached the land of promise.
therefore not only predict the reelection
of President Grant, buJ by "a largely IN
creased majority over his last election. |
also. at that time frequently remarked IN
conversation, that Mr.. Greeley chief sup
port would come ultimately from 90 the old
'copperheads' Of the North. and the unre-
constructed rebel element Of the south.
Again. in a letter To the editor of Greeley
paper in the South. written just before the
Vermont election, lmade the following pre-
dictian- &c Next week, Vermont holds her
election for state officers. and viii elect the
Republican ticket by ut least the usual
average Republican majority Of about
20 900. The Democratic papers had been
predicting diminished majority. some as
low as 10000 and even lower.) Maine
elects the following week. and viii @ Re
publican by al least 5000. In October.
Pennsylvania will 60 Republican hy 1900,
Ohio, by -. 900 and Indiana by 5000. In
November. ten. tirau: Will be reelected
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