Smyrna times., 1872-10-09
Political Notes.

Judge Edwards, lifelong Democrat, Of Lee
county, Iowa, is stumping for Grant.
Propositions to discuss the issues of the cam
vass with the Grant men have been declined by
the Greeley advocates in Texas.
Fix Governor Newell, of New Jersey, who
hid been claimed by the Greeleyites is an
earnest Republican,, and will take the stump,
soon.
Official returns from 90 counties in Georgia
give Democratic majority of 40,O ,Ol3. As far as
heard, l29 Democrats and Republicans have
been elected to the House of Representatives
George w. Brewer, Esq, of Chambersburg,
Pa, a lifelong Democrat, and leading member
of the Franklin county bar, is out for Grant
Hartranft and the whole Republican ticket
He made strong speech at Greencastle, on
Saturday evening.
.Secy Setodrd for Grant -Ex-Secretary
S,ward has written a letter to a gentle
man of San Francisco in which ne says
that he has seen mo sufficient reason to with
draw from the support of the principles and
policy which carried the country safely through
the civil conflict, or from the party organization
aud candidates who represent them"
The Democratic City Convention of New
Haven was held, last Wednesday evening" and
broke up in the greatest confusion and the
grew out of the fight between James Gallagher
and Mayor Lewis over the MayOralty nOmina-
ton. A Democratic club which will support
Grant AMI Wilson has grown out Of the detec.
tion aud now numbers 433 names.
The Straight-out Democratic Convention of
Missouri was to have met at Jefferson City on
Friday, but owing to the detention of several
delegates by railroad accident, it was ad-
iourned to meet at st. Louis next Thursday.
4 Straight out meeting was held in the even
ing, at which a letter from John Quincy
Adams was read, and resolutions were adopted
ratitying the nomination of O'Conor and
Adams
Ex-Governor WISE ON THE SITUATION
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald has interviewed Henry A. Wise.
The substance of the interview is thus given
in yesterday Herald: In conversation to-
day, Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise expressed
himself substantially as follows He repre-
sented the Bourbon democracy, which Grant
thinks is strong in Virginia, and was thorough
ly disgusted with the politics of the present
day. He preferred Grant to Greeley but
would support neither, and he counselled the
people to stay away from the polls and vote
for neither. The people had sold out for a
mess of pOttage, which they would never get,
as Greeley certain to be defeated.
He said had he been in the court room when
Greeley signed jeff Davis bail bond there
would have been a scene which would probably
have sent him to prison; but he would not
sign the paper if Greeley name was on it, and
he did not.
He complained Of General Jubal Early, with
whom, he said, he had crow to pick Two
months ago Early wrote him begging him to
keep aloof and declare for neither party, and
he had agreed. Now, without writing him,
E.rly writes his letter 1t had tempted hun
tc take the opposite side but no. he was not
willing to GO with Mosby, whom he considered
injudicious in the extreme. But Mosby was
not more TO blame for going for Grant than the
rest were for supporting Greeley He com
planned that his comrades in arms had deserted
him aud joined Greeley, who was the prime
cause of the war by sending John Brown down
to Virginia to commence 1t. 1t he had gotten
hold Of Greeley. Phillips and Garrison about
the time he had Brown he would have hung
them all as high as Hamsn When Greeley
signed the bail bond, aud thus lost the United
States SenatorShip and subscribers to the
Tribune, he was calculating on gulling the
Southern people into this very movement HI
dill not believe 10 the repentance of woman
who had lost her virtue: he would be airaiC
to trust her again. So it was with Greeley, b,
was afraid to trust him. 1t was all talk to se
cure the Southern vote The coored peOpl
had acted nIbly and he honOred them, and, a
their friend, advised them all to vote TO
Grant.
1t is at last definitely settled that the trial o
VIM VI. Tweed shall commence on Monda,
next in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, coun
SCI for both sides making an agreement to tina