Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-19
REPUBLICAN DRIFT.

Several members of the Young M ems
Grant Republican Club of Erie county
New York, have resigned. Cause-in
| order TO support Greeley and Brown. M /
Says the Chalfeld (Minn., Democrat :;
leItis currently reported that Hon. Charles
McIlrath, State Auditor of Minnesota, has
declared for Greeley and Brown"
Hon. A. L. Knapp, a former member Of
Congress from Springfield, ILL.,, who has
been claimed by the Administration papers
as opposed to Greeley, advocates his cleo
ton in published letter. s0e8s rJA
A letter from Lincoln, H., says: "ThIs
(thirteenth) Congressional District, which,
under the old state of things, would give
Republican majority of from $500 to 5000,
will be carried by the Refornasrs." /
The Liberal Republicans of Williams
port, Pa, have organized Greeley and
Brown club. A large meeting was recent
ly held at that place, which was addressed
by Professor Davis, Fl. I. Ames, and
others. The club numbers ever sixty
members.
A Greeley and Brown club has been
formed by the Liberal Republicans of Fay
etteville, Onondaga county, N. Y. Some
of the most influential Republicans of the
place have joined the club, and there is a
good prospect for its large and speedy in
crease. ~ e. - z - C- q -
The Keokuk Constitution says: "Iowa
has been set down smOngthe reliable States
for Grant; and, f he can't carry Iowa, what
State can be csrr32 But mark the predic-
ton. In this State the vote between Gree
ley and Giant will be very close, with the
chances in favor of Greeley"
Greeley and Brown clubs in many Of
the wards of New York city are holding rat
ifcation meetings to celebrate the action of
the Baltimore Convention. New clubs are
being organized, and old ones filing up
with new members. A great many Germans
are taking part in the movement.
The Liberal Republicans of Cortland,
|
ley and Brown Club, with the Hon. W. H.
Shankland as President. A committee has
been appointed to choose a county COM
mittee. The stanch Republicans in the
county are active members of the Club.
Mr.. ]. Newton Fiero has addressed let
ter to the Chairman of the Grant Republi-
can Committee of Ulster county, resigning
his position as a member of that body since
he has been appointed upoa the Liberal
Republican Committee, and is ''fulIy COM
mitted to the Cincinnati platform and can
didates." .-.-.-...--- ~
a correspondent writes from Lake coun-
| ty, ILL.,, that many of the former supporters
Of Grant are coming out for Greeley. He
predicts that Lake county, which has here
tofore given three-fourths of its votes for
the party in power, will this fall give 25 per
cent of its Republican vote for the Liberal
Democratic ticket. j.
A Washington telegram to New York
paper says: There are more Greeley men
in Washington tonight than any one a
week ago would have dreamed of, and even
in executive departments there is to-day a
boldness of utterance among minor officials
in favor of Greeley that surprises the most
Indifferent of Grants opponents.
The COnneGut Citizen, a Republican
newspaper of the largest circulation of any
printed in Ashtabula county, Ohio, will put
up the Greeley and Brown ticket this week.
Ashtabula always gives the largest proper
tomato Republican majority of any county
in the State. It-is thought that 20 per cent
of the Republican vote of that county will
be given for the Cincinnati and Baltimore
ticket.
| A gentleman writes from Clark county,
Missouri: "There are great many lead
ing Republicans of this county supporting
Greeley and Brown who supported Grant
in 1868. The Hon. Bryant Bartlett,
Capt. Day, and Hon. James Blair, M. c.,
are among the active supporters of the Dem
ocratic ticket. The county has heretofore
given 500 to 1000 Radical majority, but it
is confidently believed that it will give the
same majority for the Liberal Democratic
ticket" I'd "-- h--
Thirty guns were fired at Belvidere, New
Jersey, on the 18th inst, in honor of Gree
ley aud Brown. On Friday evening, the
18th inst, meeting was held in the Court
house, and Greeley and Brown Club or
| ganized. Levi S. johnson, Liberal Re,
publican, was made President; John W.
Wyekof, Liberal Republican, and Col. VIM.
I'll. Dawes, Democrat, Vice Presidents;
Samuel T. Dickinson, Liberal Republican,
aud ]. P. Toadvine, Democrat, Secretaries,
After the organization speeches were made
by VIM. II. Morrow, Democrat, and Henry
S. Harris, Liberal Republican. ...
A very large and enthusiastic meeting OF
Liberal Republicans and Democrats was
held In the courthouse at Mauch Chunk, on
Saturday evening, the 18th inst, to ratify
the nominations of Greeley and Brown and
Buckalew. The meeting was organized by
calling the Hon. A. @. Brodhead, Jr., to the
chair, with c. A. Rex and George Depue,
Esqs,, as Vice Presidents. Mr.. Brodhead,
on taking the chair, delivered a short ad-
dress, and was followed by w. B. Leonard
and David Kalbfus. Mr.. Kslbfus has al