Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-06-20
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eries-VoL IL, No SS
into believing he can ever be elected {,
any Office again deserves to be scourget
Tor wantOn abuse of credulous human
ity.-EChattanoega Herald.
The denomination to the presidency
says the Syracuse journal, has in nC
manner been sought or solicited by
President Grant. We have yet to heal
OF the hrSt person to whom he has ex.
pressed a desire of the. continuance OF
his official tenure. We have yet to find
even among the loose reports in the
puDle journals, any statement that he
has by any means, direct or indirect.
endeavored to secure his future person.
al preferment. e.f .il. =
Roosevelt's speech at the piebaId
gathering in New York must have
grated harshiy on Democratic nerves.
he admitted that the Ku-Klux law
that 6ete nor of the Bourbons was not
so bad after all; he was moisture, indeed,
but that it was necessary for personal
security and public peace. The adnis-
sion is important, and will bear repeat-
ing when the s'Liberal" orators get
fairly on their legs i.ii- 9.'.'.iy0'-
! Gen. Sherman is generally conceded
70 Re q competent military critic, He
teelared when visiting Sebastopol that
be considered Vieksburg "a much
harder place to take than, that fortress.
Zen, Grant captured Vieksburg in less
than half the timeiit took three ARMIES
unIdseE the, best GeleralsItof Europe to
liaIS laIke Sepastopel. But then Grant Is a
fePloekhesads e you know, which evil
~ 80 Eiof i.---. ,.l.Iiyii - 49,
, 4 senator sumner, has had. Hal9d. frequent
eotlsoItatYonS, with the cofQred mem
oerS Of I, C9ngreSs WITHIN the past few
days, ana to-day has sought interviews
with q fnPer OF eolored delegates, to
tf;;ee Sti;hl1adeip iphla corlventIon. His OBJ
Ject mas tbeeu 20 win them from, their
aecaEsn1oWiedged % al legiance 20 Gen Craft.
,They have iil yslrlably met his advances
with a cofd shouIqeI. and his efforts
have proved le,-[ w ashlng ton Let
yer, 10 s,...,,, 1t,,.,r iI.i,,,',g7 4
al NJ. f.toa,,;,, - ,.;s:.4 al,
war by urging the North to let the
South go in peace; he attempted to stop
the war by going to- Canada and meet
Ing; the 'Southefii Commissioners; and
after the war was over he was the first
Republican Of tue North to raise his
voice for AMNESTY to individuals
ana the restoration OF the States.
He urgediI Mr.. Lincoln to pay
SS400, ,0O0, 900! fto 1.-THE South for her
slaves. liand flttsn never said. aught
In favor of giving the negro a legal
-righttO inEade the social circles of the
white man. Amefieus Repu blican. e
-iix III TX I ~ iiir5,a,Ls -. ,i'...l ..l.
of the PhilsdelRhis Press, says: sour
Democratic friendslhaye had delight
ful elxsinm OF ,eNpectancyD during the
last twelve years, and theyeare now
enjoying, .aROther. Losing control, eft
the govern me1t by their. sympathy and /
the rebellion, they have been !
constantly ,eontriving how TO get lit /
back again. .iAtl last they have fallen
upon the plan of turning Republicans.
and, as, the Union soldiers said during
the war, itThe reb. is ethalf SO danger
as when he puts on our uaifofm.'n aIla 7
IL, I.n6 agfiaisJ, .9f aiiGW 80.
Inc sacramento ~ record says; In
tnls otale we snow oi ngt one hePaon-
can JouIiial tlids mas ueglaneu ior STree
Stripes. In California, moreover, the
most influential Democratic journals
are opposed to the Cincinnati nominees,
and elsewhere there l. much division
of opinion in the Democratic press. We !
hear a great deal about the progress
which the new movement is making,
but surely the support of Demoelatic
papers can not be regarded as very en-
FOR Greeley's cause, so lOngl
IS he secures no Republican recruits. f" !
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IL IS an insolent ana an ABSURD as
samprlon. TO say tilat tne Presldent mas
purchased the support OF the press OF 7
The country Dy the giIt OF onces, or 1rat
my lnnuentlai nunioer 'I1 eoitors navel
'nrrendered their lndlependience IN re
urn lot an once eICalinnerclai AdFer
'ls5far. 'l:s5. ne trrth WITH regard 70 TINS
natter Is, tnaf a sinaiter Proportlon o.
3ef6re ,R in IN : tie RE- history of the % country, +
md there is less reason than ever be- t
ore to doubt the candor or question b
he isionifieance of the unatirnitv of .
,pfnion which petrvades tie Repnbii-
! n nresss of fI1e eot1ntry. Il Boston Adj
,artiser GfGT.,is II 171''i LHl10l5 % n 2
81 iGINiian Is lioiiaiiTi asie.sl1 ii.i nod Q
q Baltimore can elect 9 Grant, and, v
what is more to the purpose, Baltimore o
an not prevent his election. The fact n
5 paIpable that Greeley's nomination
Iasnotiappreeiabl yweakened ,the Re- a
jublican party He e'canearry to the De- n
1defacyinothing that entities him to v
demand consideration at their hands. 7
AIreadyIthe array of Liberal Republi- n
ans is dwindIingi On the night fol-
owing the Adjournment Of the Phila-