The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-08-06

The Hon. W. W. Scott, one Of the
Grant electors from Minnesota in 1868,
has written letter to Alexander Thain,
of II Pine street, which closes thus: II
am a good Greeley man. How are you ?
Mr.. Thain answers: "We are all sound
here" Carry the news to Hiram.
A. G. Denton, David Clement, J. P
Royce, and Al. c. Butts. members of the
Sullivan County, IN. Y Republican
Committee, have repudiated Grant and
Greeley. Edward Hartwell,
Supervisor of Forrestburg,
in the same county, also supports Gree
ley. Carry the news to Greeley.
The Hon. Myron Fl. Clark, Republi- |
can Governor of New York in 1855, |
Hon. Emery B. PottIe, late Republican
mem ber of Congress from the Ontario
district and the Hon. w NJ SouAworth,
Republican district attorney Of Niagara
county, have declared themselves for
Greeley and Brown.
Judge Spalding, of Cleveland, one Of
the ablest Republican speakers in Ohio,
has taken the stump for Horace Gree
ley; and as might be expected. the Gle
veland Leader, that Ben Wade pro-
nounced the "meanest paper in Ohio
has commenced abusing him "like a
pick-pocket." :"
The Greeley epidemic is spreading In
New Jersey, and important accessions
to the ranks of the Liberals from the
Grant Republican lines are daily repor-
ted. The first Greeley and Brown ban
ner displayed in Railway was raised in
Milton, in the city. on Saturday.
C. H. Granger, of Rutland, Vermont,
shows that the same state of things ex-
ist there, as follows: 81 think l am
within bounds in stating our strength is
from twenty to twenty-five per cent of
the Republicans, and all of the Demo
Gratis. ~
The Hon. William NJ. Stone, two
terms Governor of Iowa, will probably
be the Greeley candidate for Congress
in the Sixth District of that State; and
Samuel Merrill, also two terms Govern
or, is spoken of for the Greeley eandi-
dacy in the Seventh District.
j. R Swallow, former State Auditor
for Kansas, has come ont for Greeley,
and gives It as his opinion-after trav-
els and conversation with residents of
nearly every State in the Union-that
Greeley will be made President by an
almost unanimous electoral vote
The Darlington Wis9 Democrat
mentions that The Hon. A. B. P Wood,
Thomas Bainbridge, VIM. NJ. Newcomb,
Amos W. Hovey, and H. ~ Carpenter,
are among the several hundred Repu5-
licans in Lafayette county who have de.
clared their intention of voting against
Grant.
The Hudson wis Democrat is as
sured that all the Germans in that city
but one support Greeley. Twenty five
Scandinavians in hthe same place have
signed can for a Greeley club. A call
for meeting to form Grant club was
uphill work,
The Albany Argues reports large
and enthusiastic Greeley and Brown
meetings in Madison and Saratogs
counties, N. Y. A long list of promi
nent Republicans and ex, officials, who
have "eome out" ON the occasion. fol
lows. iss =
General James X. Moorehead and
Thomas A. Marshall are among the
prominent Republicans of Pittsburg
Pa, who have declared for Greeley. /
is not unlikely Mr. Moorhead will ac
cept the candidacy for Congress in Neg
ley's district, and be elected.
Eighty Republicans of Honesdale, Pa
have signed call for ameeting for tht
purpose Of forming a Greeley and Brown
club. Itis reported that not Republi
can vote will be cast for Grant in Betha
ny, Pa, which has always given decided
Republican Ihajorities.
| At the Democratic and Liberal Conven
ton at Laporte, Ind DIR. ia. Hendricks
of South Bend, a Liberal Republican, " a:
nominated for Congress from that dis
| trict, and WV. Higgins, a Liberal Re
publican of Michigan City, for elector
A gentleman who has been travelling il
Central Alabama, reports thatin the coun
ties of Greens Dallas, Sumter, Marengo
Pickens and Perry, he did not meet with
a single schite man, excepting Office hol
ders, who were not for Greeley anG
Brown.
/ A man named Lucien Warner enjoys
the disrepute of being the only Gran
man among the $50 Republican voter.
of the town Of Chaska, Carver county
Minnesota. His neighbors laugh a
him and call him their Republican Mas
by. The st. Paul Pioneer, is assured
that Carver county is good for a Gree
ley majority of 1,4o0.
One little example will show how
thoroughly the candidacy of MIR. Gree
ley has divided the republican party
The Republican vote Of Dixon, Lee
county, Illinois, was 372 in 1870 and
376 in 1871. Ninety eight of these Re
publcans, or nearly twenty-five per cent
of the whole number, have attached
their names to published call for a Lib
eral Republican Organization.
John C. Lawter, Chairman Of the
Democratic Central Committee of In
diana, writes from Salem "Indiana is
all right Morton and all bis satellites
know il, and the gnashing of teeth tina,
is going on in this State is fearful to
behold The disaAection among the
masses is, astonishing. Death or taxes
are not as certain as the election ot
\ Hendricks ia October"
In conversation with an old friend
Daniel Drew recently said: 81 tell al
my friends that we have got to vote ant
work for the old fellow He is an hon
est man, and the only one that can bea
Grant" He said that it was mistaken
idea that the Wall street bankers ani
brokers were not for Horace Greeley
and assured his friend that they wer,
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