Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1872-07-17

Sdge Brooks, of the United States District
CourA who has Just closed his term Of court at
Raleigh, where he met men from every portion
of the Nate. writes to W Washington that in his
opinion the State will go Republican by small
but decisive majority.
In Suffolk county. New York. the Greenport
Wdtchman. and Port Jefferson Independent
Press the two most influential Democratic papers
in the county, refuse to support the Greeley
ticket The former is edited by Hon. Henry A,
Reeves recently Democratic member of Con-
EreeA, 1t ravs - We rep at that we believe
Greeley to be he weakest aud worst candidate
who conld have been presented for ID mocrltn
votes, and we shall never advise Democrats to
vote for him."
Yolare used fosay OF the diminu've territory
of Geneva - When | shake my wig cover tho
whole republic with powder" II is the prOuder
boast of Horace Greeley. " When put on mY
white hat cover the whole Democratic party
with felt - Hartford CoTant
The Nov York World is giving a sort Of Joah
suppori 10 G aeey. Well venture hat that tho
WOlh will deal H. c., a sly poke under the ffth
rib, before November that will lay the great
Chopper ont cold Ask Seymour il the WOrbt
knows how TO do it = Washington Star
A gentleman now at Saratoga, who has re-
Gently travelled over Iilinios and knows its pn-
ical feeling Thoroughly, says that there arc
more Democrats for Grant than there are Re-
resident of Sandusky county o. says That
| he knows of fifty Democrat in his own town
| chip who have declared that they will not vote
| for Greeley uuder any circumstances. Some OF
| them will vote for Grant many OF them Will
| not vote at ALL
The Cincinnati Times says, "We hear on all
| sides of prominent ONO Democrats who will
| n vote the Greeley ticket At very moder-
| ate ca culatun We believe there are thirty
| thonsand Democrats in this State who will
| either stay away from the polls in November o.
slse vote for Grant
Fuiman Sheppard was nominated for Con-
giens, Ses erlAy 10y the Demo ratio Convention
| OF the Second Congressional District OF Phlis
| dephia
Boting Democratic Journals are multiplying.
/ The Ierre Haute UndIana) .jOaIItHt and the Sey
mOur DemOcrdt. leading joninals IN Indiana, ie-
| iu-e to support Greeley. The Savannah (Geor-
| glal N,cS, of the same party says that Grant
Will beat Greeley 20 900 in that state
| At NoIrstown. Pa. there are two Democl attic
| English newspapers. The Register holsts Gree
| ley aud Brown the DetiHd,r does not The
| former says 1t preferred Black, Thompson, Han
/ cock, Hendricks, " some other Democrat, but
| Yields to the parys dctatun, Wilde the latter
| declares that The same Influences that doom
cd Our party to defeat in 1858 are dominating IL
| 1872 the only difference being that in the former
| instance, Democrat was chosen as the Presl-
dental candidate, whereas at the present lite
| lohBfelenliess mahShero oi DeihocIacyiiS l'i9leu
| upon us"
The Chicago Times the oldest Democratic
paper in the Northwest is still resolutey op
posed to Greeley
The Philadelphia Press believes the Louis
vile movement il gaining strength aud thinks
the Democratic Convention there will be an i'm
portant gathering. 1t says; Before anolhe
month OF the campaign has rolled around th
half million and msre of ei ilens who now con
fess themselves without party may lind ticke
they eau vote for with consistency and honor il
the field.
The pnttsville SidmlIrd a leading Democrat
10 paper SAYS: We are entirely conscientlou
in our beiei that in a numerical sense, "Lbef
al Republicanism.' eo-called, is both shat
and fraud and consequently, this transfer O
a Marty renresenting three million voters to tn
m,nagemsnt o. a political myth, will in the en-
prove itself fraught with disaster Instead {
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