Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-12
Progress of the campaign.

Democrats do not like tho looks OF things in
| Indiana The tremendous audiences that every
| where greet Henry Wilson altogether too
large for Il State that is claimed TO be doubtful.
Horace Greeley said, Gen Grant never has
| been and never will be beaten" True We call
North Carolina to the witness stand to prove it.
The item is current that out of the one hun
| dred and nineteen editors, reporters. compnsit-
| ors pressmen, clerks. &c of the New York
| World, ninety seven Of them arc for Grant
against Greeley for President
Ex. Governor lIaight, OF California, perempto-
| rily refuses to contribute to the Greeley and
| Brown campaign fund, and says he will not vote
for Greeley.
An observant traveller in the New England
states was " quite surprised to find very MANY
Democrats in every town who will vote for
Grant IN preference to II. G. He adds IF
Grant does not get three times as many Demo-
cratic voters as Greeley does sOrehead7, i am
greatly mistaken"
Major Aver says in his neighborhood of Cler-
mont county, the Democracy remind him of
hive of bees who have swarmed without queen.
IL Will take an immense sight of tin panning and
drumming to get them to settle He says that
many refuse to hive for the Chappaqna farmer.
1t has been ascertained bv careful inquiry that
the leading men in the New York Ifibuie's
famous list OF government defaulters, who are
not still IN prison, are Jealous supporters Of
Greeley
Miss Anna Dickinson denies the report that
she has pledged herself to support either of the
presidential candidates in her lectures.
The Rev. DIR. Sears, the eloquent Unitarian
writer says at the close of a recent article in
the Religions Magazine " Booths bullet made
us clasp Lincoln more closely to onr hearts, and
forgot his fuibles. Summers ruthless attack
Will make the country receive Grant into a
warmer gratitude, and be more jealous tan
ever of his fame"
July 27th, the Tribune published Gen. W. Il.
Stohes of Tennessee, az a defaulter to the Gov.
ernment August 7th, it announced with APP
parent pleasure, that " General Stokes OF Ten
nessee has declared for Greeley and Brown"
Tichlcd. not with a straw, but defaulter.
tremendous Grant and Wilson meeting was
held in st. Louis, on Friday evening, and enthil-
siastc Republicans declare they will carry the
State by 10000 majority
i. U. Chamberlain. Chairman Of the New
York Labor Conference has postponed the La
hor Reform Convention, which was to meet in
Philadelphia on the 221 inst. The postpone
ment IL on account of the meeting of tho Ma
tiOnal Labor Convention in Columbus on the
2lst
An active political canvass is going on in
Maine, whose state Election will take place on
the 9th VI September. General Moves. of Ohio
ls speaking on the Republican side, and ex-Sen-
aior DOollttle i'll the Democratic and Liberal n-
terest. Senator Wilson il expected to take part
in the canvass. Theodore IIlton addressed a
A4AHNA'Ah iAANefAAA1
Governor T. Gratz Brown has written his let
ter of formal acceptance of the Baltimore nom
ination for the Wee Presidency. lie says that
severe ILLNESS delayed the letter.
EX-President johnson addressed Conserva-
tive meeting at Knoxville ON Saturday night
He said lac accepted Greeley ''on tie prime
pal OF universal pressure"
Hon. Galusha A. Grow, formerly Republican
Congressman from Pennsylvania has written a
favor firgplnN il oil
Texas, the 9th of August.
There is an open and rreparable split in the
Democratic organization III Georgia. A large |
and influential body will not vote for Greeley
La Atlanta, on Thursday evening. there was
large meeting OF these Straight- Outs. il being
estimated that 1900 persons present. Res
olutions were uanimouly adopted pledging the
party to eternal opposition to the Greeley ticket
Among tho speakers present were Hon. James
l.. Seward formerly Member of Congress- from
the Third District and a conspicuous Democrat
ic leader in tins State MIR. Atkinson, a repre-
sentative of the Democracy of the old school, |
and Col w. ii. Weems, one of the most gifted
and popular of the late Confederate leaders in
Georgia. 1t is by no means improbable that |
coalition will be formed between the Republi-
cans and the Anti-Greely Democrats, whereby
an Auti-Greeley Democratic Governor will be
elected aud the electoral vote of the State cast
for Grant and Wilson.