The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-01

pOiitlclans are out III lull lOFce, anu
are using every means in their power
to bring the Democracy unitedly in
to line for Greeley Thus far they
have failed !. H. asE zo E.yE>s tf
JOHN D. DEFREEs, "
that political fraud, who, in 1862,
came from Indiana politically and
financially bankrupt, is the chief
among the Greeleyites in this &C
ton, and is endeavoring to tone down
the hotheaded brethren of the cop
perhead fraternity, and get them
to swallow the "Anything-to-beat-
Grant" pill. His training may be
successful, but it is slow work thus
far. They can't go Greeley. Who
blames them? For who would not
prefer a successful, honorable foe, to
such worn-out political turneoat
and trickster.
1t will be remembered that Presi.
dent Lincoln, looking with pity on
the necessities of Defrees, made
him superintendent of printing
How well he served the government
during a period of seven years, at a
salary of $4,000, his estates here, in
Virginia, and Indiana will attest.
He is Democrat by nature, and by
practice; and at the time Congress
displaced him, out of about 500 en-
ployes at the Government Office, not
more than so of that number were
Republicans. He is sorehead, and
stands high in the Reform party. al.
Since the adjournment of the Bal
timore Convention, very strong re-
dictionary movement has taken place
in Pennsylvania and in Maryland. A
gentlemen just returned from Penn
sylvania says that the Democrats in
some parts of the State are boltin g
the nomination of Greeley en- naasse
and joining Democratic Grant and
Wilson clubs. Another, gentleman
from Maryland says they are doing
the same thing in that State, and if
the reaction continues as it begun,
there is more than an even chance
that Maryland, "my Maryland" so
long peering out of the darkness in
which she has been cropping, will
give her electoral vote to Grant an
Wilson. .-..-...f
The so-called Liberal Republicans
are not as jubilant as they were be-
fore the Baltimore Convention. They
see that Mr.. Greeley has not been
able to sell and deliver the Repubii-
can party as easy as they had calcu.
lated upon; and that, after all, it
may prove true Of their candidate
what King Henry v. said of the
French her aid, that ....'
/ 1.-THE man who did once sell the lions skin,
While the beast lived, was killed in hunting
him."
+ Mr.. Sumner still remains in town,
and says but little what he intends to
do in this campaign. He is not for
Grant, and, according to late issue
ola Cincinnati paper, he is made to
say by an interviewing reporter,
"that he cannot support Mr.. Greeley
without deserving his colored wards;
that the Democratic party will con-
troll Greeley's administration, and
as the leaders of that party, have al
ready refused to support his civil
rights bill, there is nothing to be ex-
pected of them should they come in
to power but the prescription of the
negro"
Talking with the leading Demo
cratic editor of Florida tonight,
who wss delegate to the Baltimore
convention, he said: a " eos hgaI 81
sour State will 60 for Greeley if
we can bring into line the colored
vote. The colored men of Florida
are tired of carpetbag rule, and if
Sumner could only endorse the action
of the Baltimore Convention, we
could carry every colored vote of
the State" Cd" 4.....' 1000" O.. =
But Sumner does not intend to
risk lifelong reputation for. poll
teal purity on the success of a par
ty or class OF men whose antecedents
are known to be antagonistic to a
liberal form of Government, and
whose aim and design is to degrade
the colored man, disfranchise him,
and throw him back into the chains
of slavery. sha e1"5f's DOB 81
Charles Sumner will never endorse
Greeley. =
u1t Respectfully, s. Il. b.