The New York herald., 1872-08-20
r. HOLLAND DUELL.


Sure to Garry the District by Large
Majority.
CORTLAND, August Q, 1872
reached the pretty little village Of Cortland
to-day, after twelve miles ride in wagon
from Ovid. The village is the county seat and has
among Its residents several men Of considerable
wealth, as well as OF prominence in politics. 1t has
always been noted for its strong republican pro-
cvities, and invariably at every election rolls up
heavy majority for the radical ticket, no matter
what the issue of the campaign may be. Mr.. II.
Holland Duel, the Representative In Congress from
the present Twenty-fourth district. resides In the
village. He Is a prominent lawyer, and stands
high in the good opinion of his neighbors, and Is
very popular politically with oil classes in his dis
trct Sunday and all, as 1t was owing to the hurry
which was in to start for Norwich
BEFORE DAYLIGHT
the following morning, took the liberty OF calling
upon him at his residence. He received me with
the greatest courtesy, and 1t was not long before
we were deep in matters of state-politics.
"How do you find matters in your district ''
finally asked, after had talked awhile about the
claims Of the two candidates in the various States.
81 assure you, we republicans have nothing to
complain Of" was the reply; ''we are making an
aggressive campaign oft, although it is early in
..You mean by republicans the Grant men ?"
''rnen / take 1T for granted you are strongly in
favor Of General Grants reelection :"
81 am most heartily for General Grant, think
he deserves the support OF
ALL TRUE REPUBLICANS,
and, what is more. am OF the opinion that he will
get that support next November"
"D0 you find that the Greeley republicans have
made any serious lnroads upon the party in your
HDefections as the desertions from the regular
party are called have taken place here and there
y bnt taey mas S
to create any fear on our part that they will
be able to change the general result on election
HWhat convinces you of that, Mr.. DueIlp"
"You must understand that this county is a very
strong republican county The town of Cortland
vile alone gives republican majority of 500, and
at Presidential election the majority is generally
about nineteen hundred in the county: The ma
Off OF the Greeley republicans added to the demo-
cratic vote in the two counties II pOlled solid,
would, OF course, materially lessen these MAORI
A THOROUGH CANVASS
has shown that the democrats are very far from
being united, and that the dsaffectiOn among the
republicans Is not SO great as some people few
weeks ago anticipated it would be. Under all the
two counties win give Grant about the usual ma
iority they give republican candidate at every
ssDid Greeley's chances look better some time ago
than they do now in the dlstrct" !"
~ think tn they did, ,.otG% though M may be mistaken
Greeley, would, believe, have carried the State.
The Greeley movement as 1t Is called has come to q
head since then and the excitement produced by
his sudden appearance on the scene as candidate
has subsidized. Every day
GRANTS FRIENDS
are becoming more numerous, and many who at
first were inclined to support Horace, but who had
not openly expressed any preference for either
candidate have decided to throw their influence in
the scale Of the regular party"
"How about the farmers 7"
Tin the rural districts Greeley's strength is almost
nothing. The farmers do not take TO him. The
Greeley men in the big cities never expected this.
and they no doubt feel very much disappointed over
this particular aspect OF the situation. To Illus
trate this condition OF things need only mention
that outside this corporation OF Cortland In this
immediate neighborh0Od there are only two farm-
this town alone $50 Tribunes used TO be taken. The
number has fallen to nfty lately; yet the majority
OF those republicans who say they will vote for him
>are men who have taken his paper for years. They
believe him to be
HONEST AND CAPABLE
and that he will make good President As gen.
eral thing, however, the republicans who have de-
clared for him are not OF that class who In times
past always stuck to the regular TICKET. They are
OF that class who b0lted often simply because some
particular thing didn't please them. or course
there are honorable exceptions to the rule"
1.-THE result in the district, then, will be, you
think, In favor OF Grant 2"
"By most decisive majority. There Is no room
for doubt about the matter, judging everything by
the present. What may turn up, as something
may between now and election time to change the
aspect OF affairs, OF course, no ono can tell; but
as repeat, as we now stand. the district VIII go
handsomely for General Grant"
This ended the confab.