The New York herald., 1872-08-19
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NOTES.

only hve democrats IN the state OF Delaware re.
fuse to support Greeley.
White hats will remain seasonable until the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
new Grant paper called the Times has been
started at Wellsville Allegany county, N. Y.
The republican majority in Maine in 1877 was
10, ,es1. Rather hard nut for the GreeleyItes to
crackl
Charles Sumner says that William Lloyd Garrison
talks and says less than any man in the whole
OF New England.
Another ugly question has arisen In relation to
the Presidential preferences Of Spotted Tail. One
party is trying to shove him on on the other.
II the political papers to be believed, a large
majority of the local campaign organizations are
democratic Grant clubs and republican Greeley
clubs
Some OF the democratic papers stated that ex-
20 for Greeley He goes for him as hungry hen
goes for grasshopper.
The Utica Observer is authorized to say that
Charles O'Conor will net accept the nomination for
the Presidency from the Louisville Straight-out
Democratic Convention.
The greatest consideration Of the political stump
speakers OF both parties in the present campaign
how to keep the men of their respective organiza.
tions in the ranks and to prevent desertion.
There Is political faction in st. Louis called the
The Democratic juveniles Of this State 'sH SId they they
had better disband and follow the old stagers.
The favorite drinks Of the candidates on the
Pfes0entl0l tlCkeCS Oluer 6OmeWnat. One taxes
his whiskey with water in 1t, another takes it neat
and the other two take the water without whiskey
The Portsmouth N. H. Chronicle says:-'The
NEW YORK aESaLp Is called Grant organ BY the
Just the position that an independent newspaper
should occupy
There can be but little doubt that in every South.
ern State, except Tennessee, the negro vote will be
nearly solid for Grant Whoever endeavors to gain
say that fact has but very little knowledge Of the
negro character.
10 <hoto I "a
who have been voting for General Jackson for
President since In 1924 have now resolved to aban-
don Old Hickory, and Will henceforward cast their
ballots for the Woodchopper Of Chappaqua.
General Nathaniel p. Banks has gone to Maine
where pc proposes between now and the eth OF
IS held in that State, to tell the people thereof why
they should vote for Greeley instead Of Grant. :
. The game Of brag is being pretty extensively
the indications they put forth are based upon facts
before the election takes place all the republicans
will be for Greeley and all the democrats for Grant.
publicans Of Stephen county, New York, have
signed call for a Greeley and Brown convention" !"
Perhaps M ane C1ms'SM e T Will VIII INFORM us IN what
located.
A 5000 bet has been made in Dubuque, Iowa.
which was made up as follows:-slOo on every
state In the Union except Florida 1000 that Gen.
eral Grant will not get the votes OF three States In
the Electoral College and $500 that Grant will not
carry ten States.
ers at the great Greeley peace reunion meeting to be
held In that city next month Will be Charles Sum-
ner, Emerson Etheridge, Carl Schurz, Lyman Trum-
bull HOratiO Seymour, Daniel Webster voorhees,,
Zebulon d. Vance and ex-President Andrew John
son.
There appears to be three distinct factions among
the republicans Of New Orleans. First Is the Gus
tom House, or Grant republicans; second, the lib
eral republicans, or Warmoth-Greeley wing, and
third, the Pnchback, or negro section. The latter
party s about equally divided on the Presidential
question.
The straght-Out democrats OF New Jersey, or, as
Doesticks would call them, the "DamphOOls" are
attempting to get up State organization in opposi-
ton to Greeley Whittier they propose to drift does
not yet appear. They are bounded on by the re-
publican newspapers.
An attentive reader of the partisan journals will
learn that two great political waves are approach
ing. One Is ground swell, which will sweep away
Grantism, and the other Is tidal wave, which
will carry or Greeley and the whole democratic
party. II seems that after having escaped Pianta-
mour's comet We are yet In danger OF destruction.
Some OF the New York, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut papers, and some, too, that ought to be
above such degrading practices are throwing dirt
af the Presidential candidates. II they cannot
sst in carrying on the campaign with honor and
dignity to themselves they had better withdraw
from the contest and leave II to those who enter
tain more exalted ideas.
One Of the liberal republican campaign docu
ments which Is now being spread over the country
Connecticut threatens to return 1t II frame is not
Immediately sent TO his address. The Chicago
Times says that beneath the portrait is near as
can be made out:-"Yours for financial arnica and
isocles triangles. Horace Evelley Ch0DiuQna, N.
T., June 80, 1872"