Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-05-09


credly maintained d.-'-LIBEEAL PLAT
FORM
That is what Grant is doing.
We very much, fear good Nh
Greeley will find Il. Gra;z Brown a
bob to his kite of the most disa-
greeable kind. With such 4 load
he=will find it impossible to fly
high or sail smoothly.
As piece of political fence bal
ancing, the double face. rule or-ruin
ticket, stands une4gailed in the his
tory of American politics. Greeley
lifelong ultra protectionist-
Brown, stern and nnvielding free
trader.
The Liberals, ali over the eoun-
try, have been firing saiutes in hon
or of the Cincinnati nominations
We would advise them TO save their
powder. As they journey up Salt
river next November they'll need it
to frighten away the spooks- i
The free traders are bolting from
the Cincinnati nomination already.
Why not? Haven't they as good q
right to bolt as anybody: Bolting
is the fashion with the Cincinnati
party. Let everybody bolt that
wants to. This is a liberal coun
try. a-..s- s-.',-
The number of persons now
mounted upon the political fence.
waiting TO see on which side to
jump, is surprisingly great. Some
wait immovably until the suspicious
moment, but many, in their anxiety
wabble from one side to the other,
falling up IN neither.
The Missouri Democrat respect
fully asks; "As soon as. Senator
Schurz can spare the time he will
please take the German vote of the
United States ont of his breeches
pocket and transfer it to the coat
pocket Of Mr.. Greeley That was
the bargain, and Mr.. Schurz will
beIeNpected to carry it out. '@-at
The Chicago Journal says: The
Republican party; of Illinois is
stronger to-day that it has been at
any time in its history, with Grant
for President. O'Giesty for Govern
or and a State ticket Of good and
true men, its majority in November
will be larger than it has been at
any previous election a. s...
Benjamin Gratz Brown is the full
name. He is 4 graduate of Yale
College. Before he was Governor
of Missouri, he was United States
Senator. Both his grandfathers,
paternal and maternal, were United
States Senator. He was born in
Kentucky. is Temperance man
(Hnmeasurabiy J, and has red hair.
OF the seven Republican Senators
who voted against the deposition Of
Andrew johnson when impeached
by the House of Representatives.,
three-Grimes, Fessenden and Van
Vinkle-have passed away, while
the remaining iour-Trumbull, Ross
OF Kansas, Henderson of Missouri,
and Fowler of Tennessee-are all
enthusiastic supporters Of the Gin
cinnati movement.
The Democratic '.possum'' has
shown symptoms of returning Vi
bdliJN SlASC liiC klHCluusttl NOHNtu-
ton. Some yerdant Liberals were
so foolish as to believe that the vote
of the 'nnterrified' would be thrown
linto the scales in favor of the Gin
cinnatl nominee, but an immediate
call for Democratic national pow
WOW is much more likely to be the
result. .g, 5as
Mr.. Greeley will certainly have
the good taste to retract now what
he has said about Hon. David A.
Wells and the other free traders be-
ing hired with British gold to op-
pose protection; likewise what he
said about Governor Brown being
"a third-rate lawyer" likewise his
unkind allusions to the infamous
conduct of Trumbull on the i'm
parchment trial
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