Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

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bold. dangerous man. SO did the rebelh-
| The reason why Warmoth will not 4,
| for Grant is because Grant is inclined =
90 for him.
/ General Frank Cbeatham anneunsds
himself as candidate for Governor, SUBJ
ject to the Democratic State Convention.
| The French arms arc proving more g.
| fective at the breach than at the muKxla.
They threaten to kick Sumner and Schus
clear out of the party.
| Whether or not the administration =.
guilty in the matter of contracting French
arms, it is certainly guilty in, the mattv
of contracting Summers soul. Z. -
The Hartford Comm Times says Mr.
Greeley never attacked the Tammany
ring with h"lf SO much vigor as. he has
shown in attacking General Grant.
The people of Connecticut, acting rs a.
committee Of the whole, have Investigated
the administration of President Grant,
and have decided that it is good.
The South Carolina colored republicans
in convention demand that eslored med
must be put in the Cabinet By the RepuS>
licans. Sambo continues to loom ati
If the Liberal Republicans desire -
make respectable showing, let them Dc
as Obadiath 0ldbuck did when be termed
over new leaf. In other words, cfis6gs
their Schurz. f SIS
The. Republicans of Louisiana are all
for Grant. That is easily ACCOUNTED for.
1t is enough for white men or black men
to know that the creature Warmoth 10
against him.
It's a hopeless case for Greeley to 20
to the Democrats to roctify the, ills Of
the country. The only thing the Demo-
Gratis can be trusted to rectify is the pro-
ducts of their distilleries.
The wor1ingmen's organization of New.
Albany, Indiana, have called State
Workmen's Convention to be hold in
New-Albany June 8.
The Hon. George w. Julian, Gen. Hsr,
row, Coils. Cyrus Allen, II. w. Thompson,
and Il. Il. Rose, are mentioned AZ among
the Indiana delegates to the CINCINNATI
Convention.
Hon. John B. Alley, of Massachusetts,.
declares unequivocally that he has no
sympathy with the Cincinnati movement,
and that he will support General Grant
for reelection.
There is portentious rumor that An
drew johnson will be present at the Gin
cinnati Convention, with the Constitution
in fine state of preservation, and an
assortment of flags.
Judge Stallo, of Ohio, one the gettcrs-
up of the Cincinnati movement, has writ
ten letter, saying that he will not vote
for Judge Davis, no matter by whom he
is nominated.
Judge Robert G. Pitman, who ran last
year for Governor of Massachusetts,, 40
the Prohibitory candidate, is opposed to
the formation of a national party, and
favors the reelection of Grant.
Some individual writing to the NASH r.
Vile Banner, from Kansas, urges Upon
Tennesseans the necessity of doing some
thing to beat Grant. He clinches his
point by signing himself G. S. A.
The reform movement" in tho Dis
triet of Columbia proves to be only .
repetition of the ola story. Worse frauds
than ever, and more Of them, than under
the late Washington corpoation.
The White Cloud Chief. Missouri pa
per, says: 1.-The bushwhackers all over
Missouri and the borders of Kansas are
sticking their heads out of the brush and
calling themselves. Liberal Republicans
The Chicago Evening Post suggssss
that couple Of jackasses be sent to Gins
cinnati to give stone" to the Convention
The Cincinnati Commercial invites the
editor of the Post to come on as one Of
them.
Asks an Indiana journal: "How would
it sound for Democrat to shout 'Hurrah
for Davis?" To which Republicap
editor responds; "Prefx JEFF to its
and would be the most natural sound in
the world"
1t is understood in Washington thsS
the National Democratic Committee will
meet in that city about the 25th inst. in
order to adopt measures to secure the
and thorough organization Of
the Democratic party for the Presidential
Cause and efect-the reduction Of the
debt by the President one hundred mil
lions during the past year--thrce hun-
drcd millions during the three years Of
his Administrations the response Of
New Hampshire and Connccticut--"Welf
done, good and faithful servant"
The Mobile Register (straight demo-
crat.) says the democratic party needs TO
have its eyes opened" 1t has been in .
sort of blnid-pupf condition for . long
time past. 1t il able to growl, but nos
to see what it is growing
about.
So far the investigation into the fhG6s
agement Of the Navy Department has
not brought any serious matter to the sur
face, unless the payment by the See-
rotary of about $4,000 on q q so-called
closed account may prove indcfsnsibls.
The Secretary is yet to put in his explana-
tion of this business IN. Y. Tribune.
So far as heard from Alexander III,
Stephens is the only prominent Democrat
whose voice is still for Democratic sction
in the pending campaign. He regards
the Missouri platform with complaccncy.
however, and when his mind is fully
cleared from the cobwebs of the past. be-
may agree with the policy advocated bJ
the majority of his party.
The editor Of the Brown County Oily
Democrat does not seem to take kindly
to the passive policy. "Shall we.consent,'
he exclaims, to see that glorious old
Democratic banner trailing humbiy iH