Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-16
REpuRLICAN DRIFT.

einal Republican, declares for Grant.
The Republicans in Central New York
are deserting Grant and coming out for
Greeley in shoals.
James Alley, formerly Republican men,
Der of Assembly for Steuben county, New
York, is out foF Greeley.
ID. S. Brown, one ofthe proprietors of
a Grant paper at Rochester, New York,
signs call for Greeley meeting.
Ex-Mayor Wood, Republican, Of Brook
lyn, is now announced as supporter Of
Greeley and Brown.
E. d. Mills, member of the Grant Steu-
ben County (New York; Committee, has
signed a call for Greeley meeting.
Five hundred Republicans of Monroe
county, New York, have signed call for a
Greeley and Brown meeting at Rochester.
E A Greeley and Brown Liberal Republi-
can Club, with one hundred and fifty mem
bers, was formed in Worcester, Mass, on
the 9th inst.
Six hundred Republicans of Steuben
county, New York, have signed call for
Greeley and Brown county convention for
Aug. 20.
William II. West, Supreme Judge of
Ohio, Republican for many years, says he
shall vote for Greeley and advise all bis
friends to.
State Senator G.. T. Narrower, Republic
can, heads the call for a Greeley county
convention in Bath, Steuben county, New
York, to take place Aug. 20.
Mr.. Brown, the Republican Mayor of
Po: tland, Me-, repudiates Grant and sup
ports Greeley. BE is said to be the wealth
lest man in Maine.
Ulysses Warner, Republican member of
Assembly from Ontario county, New York,
repudiates Grant and declares bis intention
to support Greeley.
Col. jesse T. Warner, one of the Grant
electors in 1868 in Nebraska, has written
letter declaring his intention Of voting for
Greeley and Brown.
Three members of the Grant Washing
ton County (New York; Committee,
Charles Hughes, Charles r. Baker and S.
z. Poor, repudiate Grant and have declared
for Greeley.
Oscar f. Thompson, Republican County
Judge of Washington county, New York,
in 1860, 1861 and 1852, is President of a
Greeley and Brown club at Granville in that
county.
Joshua Bulkley, postmaster at Hillsdale,
Columbia county, New York, was one Of
the prominent men and Vice President at a
Greeley mass meeting in Hudson on Aug. O..
John Wilkinson and George n. Hicks,
members of the Grant Yates County (New
.Yo-k) Committee, have resigned from the
committee and declared for Greeley and
Brown.
Jerome Preston, Republican member OF
the last Legislature from Chautauqua coun-
ty, New York, is Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Jamestown Greeley
club.
The following prominent Republicans OF
Queens county, New York, have declared
for Greeley: Jacob F. Cock, G. B. Cru.
man, James W. Merritt, II. L. Gruman and
DR.. David Rogers.
Col. Wilson Millar, formerly one Of the
associate editors of the Canandaigua On
W Times (Grant), is out in letter to the
Repository and Messenger giving his rea
sons for repudiating Grant and supporting
Greeley.
In the second election district in the towr
of Richmondgille, Schoharie county, New
York, there are seventy-three Republicans
thirty-three of whom, together with all the
Democrats, have joined Greeley and
Brown club.
The Mouitowoc Qnd.) Chronicle (Re
pubHcan), which had the names Of Grant
and Wilson at the head Of its columns, ha'
taken them down and hoisted the Greeley
and Brown banner, declaring its intention
to hereafter do battle under that banner.
Crary Seymour, Republican Sheriff Of
Steuben county, New York, from 1858 tt
1862; Edwin B. Carson, Republican Sheriff
of same county from 1861 to 1865; anC
William n. Smith, the Republican Sheriff o
the same county from 1864 to 1868, all re
pudiate Grant and are out for Greeley.
The name of Henry R. Selden, formerl!
Republican Lieutenant Governor Of New
York, subsequently elected by the Republi
cans to the Court OF Appeals, and the can
didate of that party for Chief Justice il
1870, and Thomas Raines, the present Re
publican State Treasurer, head the call 70
Greeley meeting to take place in Roches
ter on Aug. Is.
The Hon. S. w. Moulton, of Sbelbyville
H., having been asked by the Grant Re
publican Committee what time he coult
devote to their service during this campaign
replies in a letter dated Aug. Z, that be ha
no intention of deyoting any. While
pains him to separate from old political a:
sociates, he claims to do so from an homes
difference of opinion. he insists ths
"Gen. Grant falls immeasurably short {
satisfying the intelligent American idea {
what an American President should be;
that "the present Administration is clos
orporation"-"class rule, aud hardly
government of the people at all;'' and tha
nthe Liberal movement will purify the Coy
ernment and give the power back into th
hands of the people," and "elevate to th
Presidency an honest and competent stateI
man.