The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-10
political NOTES.


The Beliefonte Republican re-
marks Hartley, the Democratic nom
incc for Auditor General, was so bit
ter coppcrhcad during the war,
that he left the Methodist church be-
cause the minister prayed that SUCCESS
might crown the Union arms, and the
Government be preserved from disso-
luton.
Andy Johnson announces that he
will again Swing around the circle"
for Mr. Greeley-and himself We
congratulate Mr. Greeley upon this
important acquisition. lie is rallying
an unrivalled company of recruits
Andy Johnson, the political traitor /;
JEFF. Davis, the national traitor; Ad-
miral Semmes, the pirate; Gen.
Beauregard, the inventor of the cry of
"beauty and booty ;" Winans, the
corruptionist; Andrews, the rioter !;
Cochrane, the dead beat Woods, the
gambler; Morrisscy, the sporting man
et id onine genus-all that crowd" :"
-AiJany Erening Journal.
The Harrisburg journal says /:
"Ilicstcr Clymer backs down. He
shrinks from the task of carrying so
heavy load as the Democratic State
ticket, and is not disposed to be used
by Mr.. Buckalew in any of his private
quarrcls with Mr.. Wallace. For these
reasons, doubtless, Mr.. Clymer de-
clines to act as Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
and in the dilemma produced by his
retirement from a hopeless campaign
for the Democracy, the managers of
that party did the next best thing
they could to keep Mr.. Wallace from
the front, namely, appoint Sam. RAN
dali, of Philadelphia, to fill the vacan-
cy, which brings Alderman M'Mullen
and his ballot-box suffers into full re-
cognition. Randall's appointment as
Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, is the evidence
that the effort to carry Pennsylvania
for Buckalcw is to be made a dirty
and desperate as possible"
Secretary Boutwell,, who was just
returned to Washington from Massa-
chusetts, gives as his impression of the
political situation in the East, after
talking with many shrewd politicians
that General Grants majority will be
greater than it was four years ago.
The Democrats are demoralized over
the Greeley movement and many will
vote for Grant in preference. While
in New York, Mr.. Boutwell, couversed
with many influential men, bankers,
merchants, lawyers and others, and
all agreed that the State would give
Grant a large majority, and there is
every prospect that the city will also
be carried against Greeley. Reports
received in Washington from other
States are equally encouraging.
From Missouri assurance is given
that the State is sure for Grant by
twenty thousand. The National Re
publican Executive Committee feel
confident that, with the endorsement
of Greeley by the Baltimore Conven-
ton, the success of Grant and Wilson
is assured.
4 New York correspondent of the
Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel pathctically
exclaims IF we could not stand
another defeat under our own banner,
great God, how are we going to stand
Waterloo with Greeley for leader!"
The Wooster, CO., Republican
sums up DIR. Greeley's virtues as fol-
lows: Horace Greeley is Univer-
salist, a Unitarian, materialist, an
alarmist, Fouricrist, socialist, a
sccessionist, vegetarian, a dreamer,
theorist, a sophist, radical, and
rabid nationalist, who strides up the
gangway of every modern, monstrous
hcrcsy, and with one foot on the Bible
and the other in the Presidential
stirrup, revcls in metropolitan mutton
and swears at everybody"
A Democratic correspondent of the
Detroit Free Press gives the follow
ing cogent reasons why he shall not
vote for Greeley:
l.. Upon the occasion of a slight
difference of opinion between my
party and III. g., he said | was n
damned liar.
=. He said | was horse thief.
3. He said | was rascal and per-
jured villain.
4. He said | was slum.
5. He said was a poisonous rep
tile.
6. He said was traitor.
I. He said my "afiinities" were all
bad mot fcmale).
8. He said it would be the ruin of
the country if my party ever got any
power in it.