The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-10-24
Bonman, Herman, Horatio Seymour and
Chauncey M. Depew Doing ''Stump''
Duty for the Coalition. o,la
t0NKilNe LEADING THE GRANT ORATORS.
Assus Q, the administration Host, I'VE Are
ComiRs, Father Ulysses"
Tom Alvord Puzzled and Anxious to
Test Democratic Patriotism.
PULASKI, OswegO County, N. ", /
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PULASKI, Oswego County, N. Y.,(
Oct. II, 1872.
Dsald in my last letter that no encouraging sue
cess rewarded my efforts to ind out the abiding
places Of the straight-out democracy. II they were
IN any such force outside OF New York as we have
had represented 10 us, then indeed we might ex-
CLAIM in the elegant phraseology of certain dis.
iingushed writer, "The jig is up; the child is
christened and his name is Ulysses 3. Grant.n
After run through the counties OF Oneida, Lewis
Jefferson and Oswego, find an aggregate OF 10S
men, in a democratic population ofover twenty-four
thousand, who are determined to vote the straight
o1t ticket. Now, this hardly looks encouraging and
II ] proceed in the ratio OF 500 to 100000 have
result for
THE sTRAIGHT-our TICKET
IN the State democratic vote of 450, 900 OF just
1850 Mark IL this will not be near the figure, for
It is based various calculations But the straight
ont party is not the one to be thought OF in this
canvass. You may ask me what will the democracy
Of the State, who have sympathy with the
Banton Duncan movement, dor Win they all vote
fOr Greeley, or will portion vote for Grant After
nj have observed and heard through the thickly
populated counties Of the middle tier have no
hesitation In saying that not ten democrats in ten
thousand will hand their votes in for Grant, and at
that estimate his democratic support OF an active
not passive, character is not worth considering.
But when come 10 consider
THE PASSIVE DEMOCRATIC VOTE,
She stay-at-home vote, then the question assumes
another phase. Every democrat who stays at
home to warm his toes at the fire In place of airing
his patriotism at the polls records one vote for
Grant. Now the question is, how many will do soS
How many win stay at home out OF apathy or dis.
gnstS / answer by declaring am satisfied great
yres now going on in your city to divert share OF
the democratic vote to Grant-say fifteen thousand
votes-turn out successful then the State is lost to
Greeley.
FIGURES WORTH PoNDERING.
In the county Of Onondaga 10y no means Bour-
b0n), with democratic vote OF 1900, five per cent,
Or 40 will stay at home. Suppose i took this
criterion OF the passive vote for twenty counties
lying between the Lakes and Herkmer and 0tsego,
with democratic vote OF HOO should have
dead loss OF $500 votes. Multiply that by three
and you have an estimate on what would be about
the democratic vote outside OF New York city.
Add $4,000 OF active votes for the city, equal to
10000 passive Ones and the result is grand total
for Grant Of 46,5o0. Put the "straight-out" on TO
this and you see Greeley has hard row to hoe in
The Empire State. believe l am putting the
figures down at the lowest estimate.
STRENGTH OF THE LIBERAL VOTE.
Now we come to consider the strength OF the
liberal republican vote. l said in my last that
thought it "a strong reality.n Well, SO it Is, es-
pecially as we were all disposed to think, after
Maine, Vermont, Ohio and Pennsylvania that II
was rs innocent delusiOn "a castle in the air.,
would confine the liberal republicans strength
almost wholly TO the names whereof you hear from
time to time as coming out for Greeley. Whoever
comes out OF Nazareth has the fact duly told to the
CT af mt pra
SCENTS itself In this part Of the State is, nrst OF
ALL the call for meeting in Monroe county,
bearing the signatures OF 500 republicans;
the ascertained fact by count OF 300 liberals in the
county OF Cortland OF 100 in Onondaga and $50
IN Oswego. The numbers here given come from
she canvassers have advices that correspond
ing liberal strength exists In Chautauqua, Cattar.
angus, Steuben, Yates, Seneca ontario and Erie,
THE INFLUENCE OF FENT0N
is felt in this section as far east Madison Fen.
toms is the name that gave existence and
vitality to the liberal movement in this part OF the
State. The fact should be borne in mind IN making
estimates OF the liberal strength all over for the
rejection comes that liberalism in Fentons
district means as much OF personal feeling
as Of patriotism. Who is the magnetic liberal
leader anywhere else outside the city OF New York;
We must keep the case OF Pennsylvania steadily in
view to reach anything like fair judgment on the
situation. Curtin was certainly as great tower
of strength TO liberalism In his State as Fenton s
In this, yet we find that, with the exception OF a
few counties that cherished his name and char
meter, his influence on his party was NIL. Onon-
daga has an exceptionally large liberal strength.
This Is diffused among the counties that surround
~ on the north, south east and west-Cbemung,
Cortland, Madison, Cayuga and oswego.
SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATE.
You have then to jump across some counties to
Chantauqua, where Fenton lives, and among the
counties which cluster around that corner OF the
State you will lind his influence permeated. Here
then, are two clusters OF counties in which the
liberal movement, springing rom the example OF
one man, lnds Its strength. Calculating as nearly
rs can the number OF liberals all told in the region
over which Fenton breathes the animating breath
Of life would put IL down at $780, II the diner
ence between that and $4,000 active and passive
democrats on the side OF Grant be made up by
the liberals Horace Greeley is safe.
TREMENDOUS EFFORTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
But few weeks are left OF the canvass, and
what do we fndg The state, from end to end,
sled with administration orators, while the speak
fng for the liberals has TO be done by few, and
chiefly by Frank Herman and Horatio Seymour,
DON OF whom lack the necessary magnetism for
country audience, and poor pat Corbett, who Is
working Ike Trojan and talking like whole
pcademy Tor the cause. Poor Pat is worked TO
death. The people crowd to hear him, and when
that mellow brogue Of his goes rolling through the
woods and valleys, like thunder set to music no
man can believe THAI the side for which he fights
could fafl. He is helped along by General Tom
.B0urkc, OF New York, very er1cienty.
The Grant side has tremendous host OF advo-
Gates among whom are two reverend colored rem.
men. Henry Garnet and W. r. Butler. have be.
fore me list of fortytwo SPEAKERS. who will hold
forth ~ dDreyent parts OF the State tomorrow and