New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-30

wise had the benefit of his legal advice, al
ways esteemed by the President as invalu-
able. For months Judge Davis remained
in Washington and assisted Mr.. Lincoln in
purifying the government Of its enemies
and in preparing it for future defense, and,
when he had concluded his work of love to
his old friend, he returned TO his judicial
duties upon the bench in Illinois as quietly
as he went hither.
This positive action or the part of Judge
Davis in regard to the nomination Of Gree
ley and Brown, and declining to be a can
didate at Baltimore himself, viii have much
to do towards inducing the old Lincoln
guard Of Republicans in Illinois to take &C
ton. Already they are following Mr.. Da-
Wis lead. Prominent among them is Hon.
Leonard SWEET, the manager Of the Davis
forces at Cincinnati, and the bosom friend
of Mr.. Lincoln, lawyer Of distinction and
statesman for the present emergency. He
took prominent and active part in the
recent State convention Of the Liberals in
Illinois. Such men as Judge Davis, and
Lyman Trumbull, and Leonard SWEET and
Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune, the
founders of Republicanism in that State,
when they withdraw from party Organiza-
ton are followed by the rank and file. and
where they lead the masses follow. The
action of these men secures the State to
the Liberal cause. One Of these gentlemen,
Mr.. White, manifests his confidence on that
point in replying, a day or two since, to an
article in the Albany tNew York; ECeni''g
Journal Grant Organl about the prospects
in Illinois. He says
If it will give the Albany Eoening Jour
nal any pleasure to know the truth, we in
form it that the Chicago Tribune does not
concede the electoral vote of Illinois to
Grant On the contrary, we expect that
the Greeley electoral ticket and the Greeley
ticket for State officers will be elected in
this State; that a majority OF the Greeley
candidates for Congress will be elected, and
that the friends of Mr.. Greeley will elect a
majority of both branches of the Legisla-
ture, thus securing the United States Sena-
tor.
The course of the Chicago Times in de-
claring for Mr.. Groesbeck is quite absurd,
especially as he was nominated by fifteen
boys and silly men, without his knowledge
or consent, and will probably follow the ex-
ample of Mr.. Olmstead, who was unjustly
named on the same ticket, and announce
that he does not thank the free trade cabal
for taking such liberty with his name.
There is good news at headquarters TO-
day from Kentucky. The Observer and
Daily Press, of Lexington, are out for Gree
ley and Brown. Ex-Attoney General Stan
berry, of Covington, Kentucky, is an earnest
advocate Of the ticket.
Hon. Bion Bradbury, of Maine is in town
to-day, and gives an encouraging account
of the Liberal movement there. He says
the Democracy is solid for Greeley and
Brown, and the best Republicans in the
State are against Grant and for Greeley.
Connecticut, Rhode Island and New
Hampshire may be counted on certain for
Greeley and Brown. The news from these
States each day grows better and better.
Massachusetts, gave cold shoulder to
Henry Wilson's nomination, The ratifea-
ton meeting was in Faneuil Hall on Satur-
day night last, and, notwithstanding Boston
was filed with jubilee strangers, the hall
was not full. So says the report of the
daily Globe of that city. Faneuil Hall open
at any time in a good cause, is very soon
flied. 1t is extraordinary, therefore, that
a call to ratify Henry Wilson's nomination
did not pack it. When Wilson was in the
habit of making Know Nothing speeches
there in 1885, the old hall was always
ut.-..o- Lo~-o obo voad
Hon. F. W. Bird, one of the Oldest anti
slavery men in the Old Bay State, was at
the national headquarters to-day. He is
out for Greeley. The two gentlemen had
an interview to-day. Mr.. Bird is conf
Dental friend and supporter of Charles
Sumner. He says Mr. Sumner will
have a grand reception when he enters the
State It will be after Baltimore. Mr..
Greeley's nomination by the Democrats
will cause large number Of the old Re
pubHcans of Massachusetts to join forces
with Sumner when he opens the campaign.
General William SchOuler, formerly editor
of the Boston AHas, and during the war
Adiutant General of the State, under Gov
ernor Andrew, and Hon. Moses Kimball, Of
Boston, a Republican from the start, who
has always contributed largely of his
wealth to aid the party; are among those
who will follow the standard OF Greeley
and Brown.
Governor Randolph. of New Jersey, who
did not relish the Cincinnati candidates at
first, has changed his mind and declared
for them. Little Jersey" is all right for
the Liberal movement.
/ have seen a letter to-day from General
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, an
nouncing his determination to do all that
he can to aid the Liberal movement in the
South He welcomes it as the first out
stretched hand of friendship and fraternity
since the war, and believes that the South
will be a unit for the Cincinnati platform
and candidates
Among the distinguished SOutherners at
HEADQUARTERS to-day was the somewhat mo-
torious George n. Saunders, of Virginia.
He has recently returned to this country
from Canada. He reminds one OF old Bu-
chanan days in Washington. He is for
Greeley out and out. He says that he loves
the old oWhite Hat" that he saw it in Can
ada in 1864, and that it covered a messen.
ger of peace. Saunders has had social
chat with Mr.. Greeley, and talked over the
times when they met in Canada and tried
TO negotiate a peace. OF course, they got
| quite merry over it. George says be could
neither pull wool over HOrace's eyes nor
! bluff old Abe, Guess not. He is in good
| health, and quite eheerful about the future.
Mr.. George w. Clement writes from South
Carolina that the Liberal ticket is growing
| stronger there every day. Good news
| comes in from Ohio.
| PENNSYLVANIA will report brilliant vie
| tory for Buckalew, for Governor, in Octo-
| Der, and an overwhelming one for Greeley
and Brown in November. Colonel Nc
| Clure writes that Greeley and Brown
are sure of the State.
WISCONSIN and Iowa are rallying to the