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FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1872.
Mr.. Garrison on the Situation.

The Worcester Spy is permitted to pub
lish the following extract from a letter of
Mr.. William l.. Garrison to a friend in
that county:
What stupendous imposture is the
game going on between so-called Liberal
Republicanism and rebel Democracy for
the Presidential prize! In the history of
political corruption, is there anything to
match it? l have always regarded Gree
ley as man without any fixed principles /;
but he is daily revealing himself, both in
what he does and through the columns of
the Tribune, (Which is his special organ.
and for the spirit of which he is to be held
responsible, make what disclaimers or
lodges he may in regard to its manage
ment,) as fiIst-class political dema-
gogue, unless it may be charitablv sus-
pected that he is smitten with imbecility,
His election to the Presidency will, to all
lntents and purposes, be the restoration
of the South to the control of our national
policy, and in that event there is to be
poured out upon our land fresh walls of
wrath to the extent of our recreancy. as
people, to the principles of freedom and
than a mockery for him to point to the
Cincinnati platform as proof that he and
his hackers are eminently patriotic, as it
is when Satan quotes Scripture to his
purpose. Greeley we know, and what
the Democratic party North and South)
has been and is we know, namely, that
they are not to be trusted with official
station and power, promise what they
will or swear to what they may. For the
great peril that threatens us in the reiec-
ton of Grant and the downfall of the Re-
publican party, | consider Mr.. Sumner
largely accountable by his speech and
conduct toward them both. He NAV be
able to persuade himself that he is acting
a most patriotic and disinterested part;
but the fact is none the less humiliatinc
and condemnatOry that none are so
pleased with his course as those who
took up arms to destroy the Republic,
who until recently have been his bitter
est foes, and who are still essentially as
Southern in all their aims and sentiments
as they have ever been.
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For the New National Era.
GRANT AND WILSON
BY ULYSSES II. VIDAL.

Great is the nation, honoring worth in the
man,
Where merit may rise, be foremost of the van,
That yields nothing to birth, or titled degree
Needless to class, claims, or age of pedigree
To all men alike, the soil free to their tread
TO make their own future, whilst toiling for
Aiding the aspiring to prominence and fame
Recording with honor the well-earned name
Such is our own, the ennobling and grand
Home for the oppressed, freest nation of the
Thus Grant and Wilson have risen together
Tanner of Galena," Natic's worker in
leather,
To places of honor in the Councils of State
Types OF the people, from the lowly to the
great.
The rule of such men will prosper our domain
FROM the earth channerd mines, mountains,
and plain.
Assured by protection by the laws of the
land,
From the rule Of :" free trades" paralyzins
hand,
The LIZ ht of our FORCES, true beacons of peace,
VIII lllumlne the way to prosperous increase.
PHILADELPHIA, 1922
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A Voice from the Grave Of Gen.
Thomas.

No soldier OF the Union, and no patriot
within the limits of this Republic, can
ever hear the name of Gen. George III
Thomas, the hero of Chickamauca and
Nashville, without Il thrill of pride and
admiration. Gen. Thomas is now dead
but, from his hOnored grave, he still
speaks to his countrymen, urging the re-
election of President Grant. The follow
ing is one of the last letters he ever
wrote, and we need not commend it to
the attention of the boys in blue. They
will all read it and heed it for the love
they felt and still feel for its illustrious
author:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 1869.
Gen. b. s. Roberts:
DEAR GENERAL-I have had your let
ter of the odd of November in my possess
sion some days, but have not had leisure
to reply until to-day. Many persons have
of late spoken to me of the probabilities
of the next four years. L have invariably
declined all propositions affecting myself.
and l now again do so to you. | do not
approve of the railroad speed with which
the people of the United States do things.
We have no stability, but are constantly
not only on the go, but rush matters to
the verge OF confusion, if not of ruin.
sometimes think we, as people, are
especially guarded by an all-wise Provi-
dence, else our recklessness would have
long since involved the nation in hopeless
confusion. No sooner are public affairs
rescued from discord and the offices filled
with men who, to all appearances, are
the undoubted choice of the people, than
new combinations are formed to destroy
the incumbents, if not in character, at
least in usefulness, and set up a new set,
almost unknown, and certainly of doubt
full experience. l would not like to see
any alteration in the Executive for the
next eight years, unless the present in
cumbent should prove incapacitated for
his position before the expiration of his
first term. L think he has commenced
very fair, and 1 sincerely hope he may
succeed to such degree as to compel his
reelection for another term.
l am very truly yours,
GEO. II. THOMAS.
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Robinson CrusOe and His Man
Friday.

A month or two ago HDper's Weckly had a
most suggestive cartoon, in which Mr.. Sum.
ner appeared in the character of Robinson
Crusoe. He was standing by the sea shore
from which a boat was pushing off contain.
ing Mr.. Greeley and other Liberals. They
were trying To persuade "RObinson Crusoe''
to enter the boat, while in the background
his man Friday Gan enfranchiscd freedman)
was imploring him to remain. A party OF
Ku-Klux were hiding in the tall grass near
by, waiting his his departure before begin.
ming the conversion of Friday into a Dem
Ocratic voter. The picture seemed little
exaggerated, but when we look at it i'm the
light of recent events We recognize its sub
stantial truthfulness.
Robinson CrusOe" got into the boat, and
before he had got through with a pompOus val
edictOry address to poor, trembling Friday.
as he kneeled on the shore, the Ku-Klux
hats began to show themselves above the
tall grass.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Sumner gave
the finishing touches to his ponderous letter
and no doubt read the stately sentences
aloud to try the effect on his own ear, and
while he read, "That Democrats, and espe.
cially those of the South, should adopt life
time Abolitionist for President, is an assur
ance Of willingness to associate the rights o.
their cOlOred tellow-citizens with that recon
Citation of which Horace Greeley was an
early representative" the Greeley Demo.
Gratis of Savannah were dragging their col.
Ored fellOw-ctizens from the street cars and
hunting them through the streets as if they
were so many wild beasts. The Greeley
Democrat who telegraphed an account of the
massacre to the North, made it appear that
the colOred people had committed great
wrong, and the Tribune, the paper controlled
by the "life-time AbOltiOnist," added SEN
tence to the untruthful dispatch which made
it still more unjust to the victims.
The colored people of Savannah have the
legal and constitutional right to ride in the
street cars. The Cincinnati platform Gf il
means anything at ally guarantees that right.
Mr.. Sumner assures the cOlOred people that
because the National Democratic Convention
accepted the Cincinnati platform their rights
are secure; but while the telegraph wires
were throbbing with his high-sounding words,
the story OF the street car riot turned them
into unmeaning nonsense. 1t was singular
coincidence that Charles Summers letter
should be printed in parallel column with
the Savannah massacre. -BaHmore american.
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u. S. GRANT
AND THE
COLORED PEOPLE.

HIS WISE, JUST, PRACTICAL, AND
EFFECTIVE FRIENDSHIP THOR.
OUGHLY INDICATED BY INCON.
TESTABLE FACTS IN HIS RECORD
FROM 1856. TO ls72-WORDS OF
TRUTH AND SOBERNESS-HE WHO
RUNS MAY READ AND UNDER.
STAND-BE NOT DECEIVED, ONLY
TRUTH CAN ENDURE.
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Senator Wilson Speaks,

An Explicit Denial of the Charges
pared Against IIim-EGuai Liberty to All, without
Distinction Greed, Color, Oh Nationality.
Boston, July 3OThe following Senator Wilson
explains itself:
NATIcK, MASS, July 90.
DEAR The mail has just brought me your note and ex
tracts clipped from newspapers purpong speeches made
by In answer to inquiries that thew and
all thoughts and words of like character which have appeared in
the are pure Inventions wicked forgeries
flsehoods Never have thought written spoken those
words anything resembling those words aythnr bo
the most malignant sophistry could those words
could not have done for they aborrent to
ton of Judgment every throb my heart and cvnr as
praon of my soul. Born i'll extreme poverty iavino endured
the hard lot the of poverty often enforced o endure
came to manhood pasOnately devoted the creed human
equality All life have cherished bright hone and held
and avoTed as living faith the doctrine that all men without
distinction OF Color race nativity, entire liberty
and exact equality all the rights myself NV thoughts
my records my pen votes have been for more
than thy-slX to human rights. the Constitutional
convention OF Massachusetts eight service in her
more than seventeen service in the Senate
OF the United Satesn thirteen hundred public addesesp
the pressn speeches and writings that would fill many volumes
and make thousands of pagesI eated reiterated the
doctrines of equal rights for all conditions men, not nv
dear sir passing strange that parsansp blind men
TO sense OF truh justice and fair play that they force
and print abhoen sentiments insulting God man and
charge them upon one whose life has been the of
equal rights at home and whose profound sympahes were ever
gwen TO the friends liberty of all dnaonae abroad
Aours, e'c., HENRY WILSON.
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neither ambiguity in its platform nor incon
gruity in its candidates. U. S. Grant and
Henry Wilson, the one from the West and
the other from the East-the soldier and Ii G
Senator--are men in whom we can confde.
No two names can better embody the pre-.
clous and priceless results of the suppression
OF rebellion and the abolition of slavery.
We can no more array ourselves against
these candidates and this party than we can
resume our chains or insult our mothers
We are allied 10 the Republican party by
every honorable sentiment of the human
soul. While affection and gratitude bind us
| 10 the party, the well known character of
the Democratic party, and the long line OF
| anteceaents Of that party, repel us and make
| t impossible for US to cast in our lots with
1t. 10 vote for Messrs. Greeley and Brown
would justly invite to our heads the con-
tempt and scorn of honest men. We should
not only brand ourselves as political knaves
out as political fools, meanly marching to
occupya position to which we are invited by
the Democratic party, which party during
the last forty years has existed almost exclu.
| Slve!y to make sure our slavery and degra.
datlon as race. The key note of the whole
dreeley movement was sounded by Mr.
James Il. Doolittle upon taking the chair
OF the convention that nominated Mr.. Gree
ley he announced as one of the objects of
the movement the overthrow of negro su-
premacy.' Can any negro be so blind as not
TO see the meaning of this? Where has thu
negro been supreme in this country? Is the
simple exercise of the elective franchise
tor surely this is all we have exercised) to
De overthrown? We leave the question
with you.
In view of the foregoing facts, the follow
ing most excellent letter should be added
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Nay 8, 1872.
GENTLEMEN: | am in receipt of your irvi-
tatlon extended to me to attend q mass
meeting, to be held for the purpose of aid
ing in securing civil rights for the colored
citizens OF our country. | regret that
previous engagement will detain me at the |
Executive Mansion, and that shall not be |
"oi0 W patIiclpdte WIN you IN person In |
your efforts to further the cause in which |
you are laboring. l beg to assure you,
however, that | sympathize most cordially |
IN any effort to secure for all our people, of |
whatever race, nativity, or color, the exer-
else of those rights to which every citizen |
should he entitled.
am, very respectfully.
U. s. GRANT.
Such is the record of the great chieftain
whose sword cleft the hydra, head of treason,
and by whose true heart and good right arm
you gained the ballot, that glorious insignia
of your citizenship. Such is the record of
the wise statesman for whom you trusted
your first ballot for President; for no other
than him can you trust your second. Rally,
then, to his support with that resistess spirit
in which you fought for your liberties, with
that deep sincerity in which you mourned
the foul death of your liberator
and with the same exultant hope in which
you made General Grant your first Presi-
dent, with your first votes, in 1868.
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arThere is movement on foot to send
James T. Rapier to Congress, from Alabama.
We wish it success.
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An Explicit Denial of Know
pared Against Him-EGuai Liberty o All, without
Distinction Greed, Color, or Nationality.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
BRING OUT THE VOTE.

At this stage of the political CAM
paign we have little hope of changing
any mans opinion by any argument
that may be brought forward. Every
citizen of West Virginia who reads the
newspapers and takes any interest
whatever in political affairs has already
made up his mind as to how he will
vote, if he votes at all. 1t only re-
mains for US to urge every Democrat to
go TO the polls and 'cork for the success
of the cause. The Democratic party
can and will defeat the boilers and the
Radicals combined. Bring out every
vote, aud make to-morows election a
Waterloo for the dismayed and scatter
ing champions of the GRANT cause in
West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.

The whole influence and effect OF
Governor JACOBS candidacy is adverse
to the new Constitution. 1t is true that
in one section of the State he processes
one opinion, and in another another,
but the general influence of his candi-
dncy is for rejection. The bulk OF his
supporters vote that way. and, in this
region at least, nine tenths of those who
have been heretofore Democrats, and
are now JACOB men, will vote against
the Constitution, 1t is in pursuance o.
bargain Of this kind that the Radicals
have made JACOB their candidate.
This is one Of the conditions of the
"limited partnership" spoken of by
Colonel SWAMI.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Mischief I'm the Air.

We cannot analyze the erial poisons
that produce epidemic and endemic dis.
eases; but the valuable discoveries which
have been made in vegetable pharmacy
enable US TO counteract their malific influ-
ence. The most powerful known antidote
to every species Of malaria is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, pure botanical medicine,
IN which the finest anti-septics, tonics, al
teratiyes and stimulants OF, the vegetable
kingdom are skilliully and effectively COM
bined. AT seasons OF the year when the
atmosphere is surcharged with miasma,
and whenever the specific virus OF any
infectious disease Is supposed TO be present
in the air, this famous corrective should be
taken regularly as protective. All who
choose to observe this precaution may bid
defiance to Intermittent and relnitten
fevers, and in fact to all disorders generated
by foul eXhalations or impure water.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
COUNTING THE VOTE.

The ticket to be voted tomorrow is
a long one, and it is probable there will
be a good deal of Scratching" on
both sides. Public interest in this
county, however, centres in the vote
for Governor and the vote for Sheriff.
We suggest, therefore, to the Supervi-
sors and Inspectors that they count the
vote on those two offices first, and send
the result to this Office. 1t is not likely
that we can obtain the full vote Of the
county in time for publication on Fri
day morning, but if this plan be adopt
ed we may be able to give the general
result,
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NEWS.

The following Especial dispatch
from Washington appeared in the
Pittsburgh Commercial yesterday morn
ing. 1t is "news" to West Virginians
"a Democratic review OF the situa.
ton in West Virginia practically gives
up the State at the election on Thurs.
day to the Republicans, who are well
or anized and working earnestly. The
Democrats, on the other hand, have lit
tie money, poor organization and nc
enthusiasm. An effort is now making
in several of the strong Republican
counties to confne the election or
Thursday to the. question of the new
Constitution, and defer the choice of 6
State ticket and Congressman until Oc'
tober, which must be done necessarily
if the Constitution is defeated.
Let every statement in the above dis
patch be reversed and it will then bear
more resemblance to the truth than i
does in its present shape.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
arxnn0AnH pINGA.

(Iffor no other reason, Democrats
should labor increasingly to carry TIE
election tomorrow for the sake Of the
influence it will have upon the States
that are yet to vote. The people OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and ofthe
country at large cannot be made to un-
derstand the peculiarities Of the con-
test here. To them, the struggle is
simply like that in their own States, a
square fight between liberalism and
prescription, between GREELEY and
GRANT. A vote for JACOB or against
the new Constitution will be interpreted
az vote for the continuance of all the
blunders and crimes of the GRANT adj
ministration and will have the effect OF
influencing voters in other States to
cast their ballots for the great nepotist.
1t is natural to desire to be upon
the winning side, and, if by any chance
JACOB should be elected or the new Con-
stitution rejected tomorrow, the tele'
graph will spread the news that the
liberal movement has broken down,
that the GRANT cause is in the ascend
ant, that even Democratic West Viz
pinia has been turned in his favor, and
thus thousands of voters will be de-
ceiyed and will flock to the Radical
standard. 1t is of the utmost import
suce that the influence OF the West
Virginia election be cast in favor of the
Democratic party and that the cause o
constitutional government suffers no
detrimert at our hands. We appeal to
Democrats and Liberal Republicans, to
all friends of reconciliation and peace
to vote for CAMDEN and the Constitution
tomorrow and send good tidings to our
brethren in other Stat
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21

The following is a copy Of the pledge
submitted to the Ohio County Conven-
ton on the lst of July, by virtue OF
which Captain WILSON was balloted
for in that Convention as a candidate
for the House of Delegates. The paper
was preserved by the Secretary Of the
Convention and is now in our possess
sion:
ITO the Democratic Contsntion of Ohio
County:
"GENrLEMEN-I offer myself as a
candidate for member OF the Legisla.
ture and pledge myself to abide by the
decision OF this Convention.
ANDREW WILSON"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
MERE PERSONAL ABUSE.

The campaign in this county in be-
half of Governor JACOB has degenera.
ted into coarse and scurrilous abuse OF
private citizens who are not candidates
at all and whose reputation lie most un.
necessarily and upjustly made the sub
ject of public discussion. In conse-
auence of this disgracetul course. the
most respectable and honorable Of
JACOBS original friends and supporters
here are deserving him and will vote
the straight ticket
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21

As BAKER has virtually retired panic
stricken from the contest, lit is possible
that he may, like the Chinese, sling q
Stink pot at US before the election to
make us aware Of his proximity
Why don't they parade some of their
incipient embryo FIVE dollar orators
Our muscles are getting soft for the
want of use. As We are q free Lance,
aud don't ike citing inactively on our
horse waiting for victims, trot out your
chsmpions.-Littlc Jake.
Suppose you go for" "Old Granny
-" the small pox hero.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21

aThe Partnership between
the Republicans and q por-
fien Of the Democratic party,
Governor Jacob and his
friends, Is q limited one, and
for . specific purpose, the de-
feat Of the new Constitution.
That accomplished, the Re-
publican party will elect q
imam of its own for Governor
i'm OctOber."-Ertrdct from a speech
of COL 7. B. Scam, at Charleston, July
9th. 1872.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-21
BROOKE COINTY.

A well informed correspondent in
Bethany, said yesterday "The people OF
Brooke will not be deceived. We ex-
pect to give CAMDEN, WILSON and the
new Constitution from IS to 100 ma
jority. We will bury boilers and dis
organizers so deep that the sound of
Gabriels trumpet will not reach them"
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THE soLDIfRs, AND SAILORS

A petition has been circulated.in this
city among the men who served in the
Federal army during the war, so skill
fully worded that while it promises the
"boys" a jolly spree and a chance to see
their old comrades again, and again
grasp them by the hand, it also pledges
every man who signs it to vote for Grant.
The trick is contemplate one and
worthy the source from whence !
emanated. We know that men have
singed the paper in this city who will
vote against General Grant all the time
men who thought and were Informed
that if certain number Of tickets could
be sold hall rates on the railroad could
be obtained. And with this idea, and
With this idea alone, they signed what
now turns out to be a pledge to supper
Grant.
The Chicago Tribune, always a Re-
publican paper, shows where this con-
temptible dodge originated and tor
what purpose. in the following extract;
1t was only a short time ago that the
Country was electrified" by the appear
ance OF call in the Grant organs,
rallying the soldiers and sailors OF the
country to the Pittsburgh Convention.
1t was signed by "a large number Of
former members Of the army and navy,
| was very enthusiastic and sonorous,
and rather touching than otherwise in
it's devotion to the "Old Flag" and the
Grant Administration An analysis OF
the list of signers to the call shows that
the most OF them are in the employ
ployment of the Administration
on an average salary OF
$500 each. The classification is as
follows: Clerks in the Internal Revenue
Department. l; Indian Office, 4; Pen
sion Office, 5; Third Auditors Office,
|; Land Office, 6; Postoffice Depart
rnent, 9; Patent Office, |; Census Bu-
reau, 8; Navy Surgeon, /; Treasury
Department, IA; War Department, !;
Capitol Police, l; general clerks, 5.
The inspiration which induced the
Bread -and-Butter Brigade to issue their
$500 call needs no further indication.
The same state of affairs holds good
here. The U. S. Assessors office, the
Collectors office and the Postoffice fur
nish the men who are doing Grants
dirty work here. 1t is all right that
those whose served in the United States
armies should hold a Convention if
they desire to, but they should not be
tricked into joining Mosby, the guer-
lila, by giving a pledge to support Grant,
thinking it a pledge to buy a ticket to
Pittsburgh at halffare.