The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-08-06
POLITICAL ITEMS,

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Senator Schurz has driven another
nail into Grants political coffin, and
Pleasonton has clinched it. .a
Sixty-fve Republicans at Council
Bluffs pledge themselves to suppors
Greeley and Brown.
The Cincinnati Weekly Post, Grant
paper for four years, now turns against
him, and will work with the people. -
Every Democratic paper in Oregon is
for Greeley. and so also. are -one. half of
the Grant papers.
The See Bote, the leading German pas
per of Wisconsin, published at Milwau.
kee, now comes out for Greeley and
Brown.
Over 800, 900 copies of Sumner great
speech have already reached the hands
Of electors. 1t is document which
every voter should read
Alfred A. Thomas, q member OF the
Montgomery County 70. J Central Com.
mittee resigns his place on account Of
his sympathy with the Greeley and
Brown movement ~ 50
Wilson now wants the votes of the
Irish and Germans, but in 1856 he saidaof
them: ave must charge the laws of the
land. and dpreyent these ignorant, degra
ded paupers here from voting and hold.
ing office" -ag
Says the Detroit Free Press .Haviug
purchased the Confederate archives. won't
the Government be good enough to in,
form the country just how many men
Gen Logan recruited in Illinois for the
rebel army?" ..tR.
In trembling accents ayoung lover Of
Mobile, Ala, put to his sweetheart the i'm.
portant question OF his life, but she re.
piled with the utmost calmness and
sweet sigh of resignation, Anything to-
beat Grant, dear" Esss-.tss
The Monroe Mich. Banner SAYS that
at least 800 Republicans in Monroe
County, who voted for, Grant four years
ago are now for Horace Greeley Mon
roe County will in November. give an
unparalleled majority fo- Greeley and
Brown. -. Ef)fT "
A Put Inlay correspondent Of the
Ottawa News says that Horace Greeley
| will carry Put bay township Just as
certain as the. Islands keep above the
waters of Lake Erie till the 5tf Of No
vember. ! have yet to hear of one Ger
man in that township who will vote for
Grant. a< 4 ID {a y
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Gen, Longstreet Is strongly in favor
of Greeley's, election He says Gree
leys popularity with the Southern peo-
pie is very great, and predicts that the
Liberal ticket viii carry the entire South
with the exception, perhaps, Of two
States. The General will, il his health
permits, take an active part in the cam
paign. ,..,.s
In Kent, Ohio, one night this week,
they met and formed Greeley olghand
held rouslng meeting. DR.. Sherman,
an old Republican wheel horse, in the
chair. Mr.. Payne,I believe, from Cleve.
land, addressed them. Forty seven men
left Grant and put down their names for
Greeley on the spot-Cor. Cleueland
Plain Deale,, 29th alt. sssTsT
The Pittsburgh Gazette, Grant news
paper, says: 'sIt is remarked ss singu.
lar fact that each Democratic paper in
the State has hoisted the names of Gree.
| ley and Brown at its masthead, and is
doing work to accomplish triumph
Five or ten years age, had this singular
fact been predicted, none would have
deemed the prophet sane nsssz4x
Henry Wilson, the Grant candidate.
for the vics Presidency, in a speech in
the House on February 81, 1861, gratu-
itously insulted the Jewish people by
saying that '.this country gives equality
Of rights even to that race that stoued
prophets and cruci6ed the Redeemer of
the world" ~
The Erie Observer says: Hon. VIM.
L. Scott, of Erie, offers the following
wager on the result of the campaign:
$500 that Buckalew will carry Pennsyl.
vania; $500 that Hendricks will carry
Indiana; and that Greeley will be cho
sen President. Although his proposi.
tion has been open for week, no Re-
publican has dared to take 1t up.
/ The supporters Of Greeley and Brown
are so numerous in Detroit that accord,
ing to the Free Press, those meetings
will be held after this in the open air
On Tuesday morning one of the proprie-
tors OF the Opera House said to promi.
nent Radical: "See here! 1t you Grant
men want the Opera House again you
can have it. I haven't any objection to-
small, orderly gathering; but we are
not going to run the risk of having our
floors broken down by crowding the
building as those Greeley fellows did
last night" s
Cr0us In the Norsy,S~.,f