The Portland daily press., 1872-08-05
Political Notes.


$4,000 against So, 100 that Grant would be
elected, and Tuesday the Greeley man paid
dinner over to Meyers's to be let off.
Hon. FL. L. Dawes is to deliver campaign
Grant speech in Northampton on his return
from the Adirondacks.
The Rutland Herald is authority for the
statement that the circulation of the New
York Tribune has fallen off one-half in Yer
mont since Mr.. Greeley's nomination.
The religious press of the country is almost
unit in favor of the reelection of President
Grant
Mast, in Harper's Weekly for this week,
depicts Mr.. Greeley as the tabled wooden
horse before the walls of Troy Washington
with his gaping sides open to receive rebels
and traitors, and with Carl Schurz seated
astride him.
The claims of the Greeley party to ex-Gov-
ernor Kirkwood of Iowa are without founda-
| ton. A Grant and Wilson club in Iowa, to
which he lately addressed letter declaring
his fidelity to the party and its ticket, will
have the letter published as campaign docu-
ment.
| A Greeley meeting in Troy Thursday even
| ing was turned into Grant and Wilson meet
| ing, the majority being of that faith.
The Demo-Liberals are exceedingly liberal
in their lying. All of the journals of that
party have announced that five Massachusetts,
| Congressman are coming out for Greeley.
The Journal says this is entirely false.
Theodore Tilton did not call out very
large audience at Houlton on Monday of last
week; nor was his meeting enthusiastic ex-
ccpt so far as few Bourbon Democrats could
make it.
AT Foxcroft sturdy Democrat, disguised
with the abuse heaped upon President Grant,
went off and became member of the Grant
and Wilson Club, and signed the Constitu-
ton and Roll, remarking that he would make
good the vote of Lebroke in the Republican
ranks.
The Wing says the Greeley and Brown
procession OF Democrats at Foxcroft Thurs
day afternoon numbered thirty-two and some
OF these were from Bangor. The Tilton au-
dience numbered 631. There was great
lack Of enthusiasm.
Club Of Dover and Foxcroft assembled at their
headquarters and with full ranks, numbering
over four hundred, marched up to the Court
House, where nine hearty ringing cheers for
Grant and Wilson were given, when they
counter-marched and Joined the eager throng
already assembled at the Congregational
church In Foxcroft, to listen to the stirring
and patriotic address of Hon. Lewis Barker,
who held the audience spell-bound for more
than two hours. The church, capable ofseat-
ing in pe,os over seven hundred persons, was
crowded in gallery and aisle. Gen. Charles
Hamlin followed and it was eleven o'clock be-
fore the enthusiastic meeting closed.
Major" Strickland, a well-known copper
head confrere of Marcellus Emery went into
the Republican wigwam at Bangor and inter-
rupted Gen. Hersey who stated that the city
would go Republican by offering to bet $1,000
it would not, Gen. Hersey said he did not
bet 4; but before the meeting was over E. C.
Brett offered that amount to be covered by a
check on any bank. The Aroostook war
Major didn't take it but promised to do so if
the parties would call at his office.
Gratz Brown seems unable to carry all the
Bourbon element in Kentucky, though he is
thought, at times, to struggle with quite as
much of it as he can carry
The Belfast PROGRESSIVE Age, which has
been bitterly opposed to Mr.. Hale, now places
his name at the head of its columns with
those of other candidates, and says in its
comments on Pixies convention at Belfast
that there are earnest murmurings among
the Democrats that it will be difficult to re-
press and that there are Republicans who
have been strongly opposed to Mr.. Hale who
now announce their intention to vote for
him.
In 1866, Horace Greeley thought it suffi-
cient reason for opposing the Philadelphia |
movement that it would ''restors the jerry
Blacks and Howell Cobbs to power" and that |
nnety-nine hundredths of its votes must be |
supplied by those who voted last for Presi- |
dent, either for Jefferson Davis or George B. |
Mcclellan. Substituting Seymour for Nc
Clellan, the same circumstances exist to-day
Why is not the same argument, then, applic-
able?
In 1865, Hon. James R. Doolitte said of |
Horace Greeley that he has "such an i'm
mense fund of uncommon sense that he is
utterly unfit to lead any party except into
minority" In 1872, Doolittle presided over
the convention which chose Horace Greeley
for leader, and gave him his commission to
CONDUCT the Democratic party into minor
ity.