The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-20
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

w. Irving Squire, Grant orator In
Alabama, is accompanied by compa-
nv of United States troops.
Sioux City, Iowa, is proud that 12o
Liberal Republicans reside within her
borders.
-Iorain county, Ohio, a stiff Repub
Iican county, has 205 Liberals who sign
a call for Greeley mass meeting.
Hon. VIM. Stewart, Republican
member congress during Buchanans
term, is now for Greeley.
John Brisbin, q former congress
man from Luzerne county, Pa, has de-
clored for Geeley. -Four years ago he
voted for Graut.
"A cool-headed correspondent at
Riptop, VT, write that at least 10 per
cent. of the Vermont Republicans have
cone over to Greeley and two-tentbs
more are in q state of doubt.
The Chicago Tribune says: We
count more than 100 members and ex-
members of congress who have up to
this time acted with the Republican
party and who are now for Greeley's
election.
Z. s. Westbrook, one OF the dele
gates to the Grant state convention at
Elmira, from Montgomery county New
York, repudiates Grant, and has de-
clared bis intention to support Greeley.
The GAINESVILLE (Wis.) Times pub
fishes a call signed by two hundred and
forty-six Republicans of Rock county
for q Greeley mass melting to held In
that city September IA.
Gen. Robert B. Van Valkenburg, a
Republican member of congress from
New York during Lincoln's term, aud
afterwards minister to Japan, is now =
citizen of Florida, and was president OF
the Florida Liberal convention.
Gen. r. III. G.. Minty, Distinguish
ed Union soldier and leading Repubii-
can of New Albany, Ind, declines q
pressing invitation to address Nash
vile Grant club, for the reason that ne
prefers Greeley.
The latest reliale Oregon advices
show that State to be for Greeley; dit
to California.
-Coneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio,
numbers 100 Greeley Republicans
among her voting population.
Senator West (RepubIican) OF
Louisiana, has left New Orleans to take
the stump in Pennsylvania for Greeley.
Out of 1000 German voters in San
Francisco, only eighteen would sigu
call for German Grant meeting.
-"The Blantapt Donkey Conven-
ton y assemblies ON the opening day OF
the Louisville exposition in order to
claim the crowd.
The Litchfield Comm Sentinel
predicts !, 800 majority for Greeley In
the Seventeenth senatorial district OF
that state i'm November.
The Buffalo Courier will wager $500
that there are more Liberals 10 New
York state than there ere "straights"
in any twenty states.
The chairmen and secretary of the
New Bedford, Mass Republican city
committee. Messrs. Pardon Devoit and
BeDjamie F. Brownwell, have declared
for Greeley.
The town of Port Jervis, Orange
county, n. Y, which gave Charles st.
John, the Republican candidate for
congress two years ago, 5O7 majority,
and last fall Mr.. Frank Abbot, Repub-
lican member Of the assembly, 200 ma
jority, will give Greeley and Brown
400 majority, sure.
-Ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise, of Vir-
ginis, has written . letter to Gen. Early
which is published in the I,ynchburg
Kry;nio,n, wherein he denies that be
Is in favor of Grant, declaring that he
cannot support either Greeley or Grant
without being RENEGADE to bis own
faith and feelings. He expresses his
disapprovel Of the Louisville Conven-
ton, since it can have no "hope OF the
election of q Democrat, and the only
construction to its motive will be that
tits or was intended to divide the op-
position to Grant"