The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

-foorheeS IS glad he is defeated. Oar
takes an unexpectedly sagacious view o.
himself.
The character of the Presidents libel.
lers is outlined in this couplet by Whittier
GAS God lives, I'd not condemn ~.
An Indian dog on word of them"
1t is stated that the Greeley party has
thrown up the SPONGE" How, then, car
it expect to wipe out" the animosities
and hates caused by the war?
Iowa has the smallest debt of any
State in the Union. Its taxes are also the
lightest. The State has been under the
control Of the Republican party for seven
teen years. The inference is obvious.
1t is the tail Of the fish that does the
steering, and how could the tail of the Lib.
eral ticket be expected to steer anything,
when it can't steer itself? No wonder
the anomalous creature runs into breakers.
Mcclure surrenders. lie has replied
as follows to the question of a reporter
Pennsylvania is hopelessly for Grant,
and do not think either Ohio or Indiana is
likely to vote for Greeley. l regard the
debatable States as settled against us by
the October elections"
They have some wonderful mathema-
ticians at the Liberal headquarters in New
York. A reporter visiting there last Fri
day found the attendants in glow of Joy
over some wonderful figures showing Gree
ley's chances to be good. The reliability
of the calculations may be judged when it
is known that Illinois Is claimed for Greeley
by 10000 majority.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Democratic)
estimates that the Liberal vote in the whole
State of Ohio at the recent election was
$4,000, and the pure Democratic vote 1885,
600. 1t calculates that while 1900 votes
were gained from the Republicans, the
loss of the Democratic vote was over 90
600. Net profit of the coalition, minus
5000.
There is no mistake aboutit, New
Jersey promises handsome Republican
majority on the 9Th of November. Our
friends there are wide awake; Greeley Re-
publicans are few and uninfuential, while
the Democracy are by no means united on
the Cincinnati ticket. Two years ago the
State went Republican by nearly four
thousand majority, and the coming election
will probably add to these figures.
Before he became Democratic candi-
date, Mr.. Greeley wrote. I" We have had
some experience of the Southern soldier in
the regular service of the army and navy,
and should feel obliged to describe him as
a person too avaricious to resign and too
cowardly to fight; person who acts as a
spy in his own camp; who unlocks the
gates of his country's fortresSeS to his
country's foes, and then, having made all
the mischief his LITTLE head can nlan or his
weak hands execute, skulks away and hides
among his peers in meanness."
The indianapolis Journal pillories the
coalition organs and orators who during
the late campaign in Indiana recounted all
kinds of ISLANDERS impugning the private
character of Senator Morton. 1t shows
up their falsity, and closes by saying "We
know that respectable people of all parties
in Indianapolis loathe and despise the shame
less calumnies that have been calculated
against him-eyen those who are bitterly
opposed to him in politics and would gladly
witness his overthrow"
The Chicago Times, (anti-new depart
ure,) whilom accredited organ ofthe South
western Democracy, is a terrible thorn in
the side of Greeley Democrats. Remark
ing Dan Voorhees, gushing Endorsement
(since the October elections) of the Sage,
the Times says, after quoting from the
play Col. Dumas famous declaration, $" 1t
is surprising how much you love man af-
ter having fought with him: !" "Dan's
emotional nature is as far above Dumas's
as Mark Twain's standard of morality is
above Washington's. Mark, you know,
can lie, but won't.'o