Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-07
NO. 80.
CamOajgn Notes..

tEE -1IH1 Campaign Notes. H.
a GRANT and Wilson club has been organ.
4 15ed IN Green Bay, with the following officers
President, ]. 8. Curtis Vice President Geo
j Z. Hosklnson; Recording Secretary. D. /
! FoIett; corresponding Secretary, W. G, Bal.
4 ley. aa AaiHE- I9jaf0Bfl5 sTTf'0
The New YorkDemocrat and Abend Zeitung
Ilbear,asl era, Republican, have come out for Grant
and Wilson. +'1y+@ 4a55 -lF5E
! A SPECIAL from Atchison, Kansas, saws
senator Pomeroy has arrived at home. He
4 VIII sool enter upon canvass of the State fol
Grant Grant clubs are being formed all
through northern Kansas, and great enthusi.
asm prevails. sgs e- fss. T.T,.'-. s 4I Hl
TIE ex-Confederate Generals do not all
swallow Greeley. Joe Johnston said a short
time ago that if Greeley would agree to die
within month of his election. as Harrison
did, he (Johnson) might consent to give him
a lift, not otherwise. 1u 5a 5IfEs
WTrH view to the eternal fitness of things
a Greeley and Brown flag floats over Ander-
| sonville, Ga, where Is, 900 Union soldiers were
starved to death during the war, and where
they nowlie buried.rt1s aruv5 #o r-
| s CONGRESSMAN TYNER, of Indiana, expresses
4 the opinion that Greeley will not receive
more m than 100 to $50 Republican votes in his
district, comprising eight counties.
GENERAL FRED HEeKER, of Illinois, who was
| a staunch supporter of the Liberal movement
until the farce of nominating Greeley as the
4 Liberal candidate was enacted at Cincinnati
has written q letter to the Anzeiger des
| westerns, in which he declines to Weld his
convictions to the political comedians who
bore prominent parts in that performances
| and advises all true reformers to stand aloof
from the contest. .-f AtE uaT l043as
THE rebel GeneralD. S. Hill, brother-in-law
OF StonewaH jackson, and one of the Greeley
leaders, is out in a letter for Greelev He
SAYS: "We do not take Mr.. Greeley from
policy, but from principle. We take him be-
cause he is with us in all essential principles
A GENTLEMAN just returned from a trip
thrcugh Ohio reports that Greeley Republ-
cans are very scarce in that State. He says
Greeley has a great many friends in Ohio, but
they all say they cannot vote for him as a
Democratic candidate. Republicans were
everywhere inquiring after Greeley men, but
In many counties not more than one or two
among Republicans could be discovered.
THE Republican Congressional ticket in
Minnesota is now complete as follows First
District, Mark H. Dunnell, of Owatonna; Sec
ond, H. B. Strait, of Shakopee; Third John
I. Averill, of st. Paul. u1gf Hr.
Hon. HENRY R. .SELDEN, one of the original
movers in the Cincinnati Convention. repu-
dates Greeley. He declines to allow the use
OF his name to q call for a meeting of Lib
erals y IN Monroe county, N. Y Ex-Governor
Selden don't fancy the men he is to associate
with. af11dG 5aats.aaafEH
THE Hon. William Lawrence has been nom
mated for Congress by the Republicans of the
With Ohio district. @a3 H|
The bitter opposition to Greeley among the
Democracy, which took shape at Baltimore, is
rapidly developing and the proposition for a
Convention at Louisville in September is re-
celvlng many endorsements from Democrats
IN all parts of the country. Col. Blanton Dun
can furnishes the following list Of gentlemen
from whom he has received letters or assur-
ances since the Baltimore Convention that
they will join the movement against Greeley.
IN his Fourth Of July Grafton, Mr. Colfax
said: There ls one peril that this country
never will be subjected tot will never go to
pieces for the want of anybody to hold its
Offices. daughter and appiause.) / can eer-
tlfy to you that there is no danger that our
nation will ever be DESTROYED for somebody to
fill the Office of President, or even Eiee-Presi-
dent, or Governor, or Congress. (Renewed
laughter.) ..s
THERE was an immense Republican meeting
at Battle Creek, Michigan, asst Friday even
ing. Over tour thoussnd persons were pre-
sent. The principal speaker was Hon. VIM. "A. !
Howard. The enthusiasm was great.
SINCE the close of the rebellion not less |
than teCentj-ttree thousand persons, black and
white, have been scourged, banished, or muir
dercd by the ku-klux klans of the south. TheI
victims of their horrible barbarity have been |
Republicans. Nota single Democrat has suf- /
fered. .E-au- 5sT0ansI 81. |
! A WASHINGTON paper having intimated that |
Fred. Douglass was leaning toward Greeley, |
Mr.. Douglass prints card saying i6is ground
less. 3lH lOI
THE venerable Gerritt Smith said in speech
recently: b.a4 81 gJ n37fH aVuI -e-
'sEmphatically true is it that there are spe-
cial reasons, and OF the weightiest nature, for
voting for President Grant. He saved our
country in time of war. He blesses it in time
of peace. .f,-a .,. -ilto
Let us, my neighbors, instead of dispar-
aging President Grant, and dwelling on the
few errors in his administration, be thankful
that he makes us so wise and safe a President.
Very foolish is the man who, instead of enjoy
ing the light and heat of the sum- spends all
his days in mousing after and magnifying the
spots upon it. / close with saying that we
must have Grant for our President a few years
longer.n
IT is intimated that Minister Washburn is
coming from France to make speeches in the
interest of Grant and Wilson. itsen
The Binghampton Republican of Friday
contains a summary of the correspondence
between Greeley Seymour and Carmichael
and afidavits showing that the conspiracy to
make Greeley president was started last Sep
tenlber. b .t-'t.ft -fti-- e-t1f
A SALUTE was fired on the Staten Island
shore in honor of the Democratic nomination.
A kind-hearted Irish woman hearing the guns
said: There they go again, trying to bring
up another dead body y GH V-tta4e s~r7
A REPUBLICAN convention held at Toledo,
on Thursday, nominated Gen. Isaac R. Sher-
wood, of Williams county, for Congress. In
have nominated Lucius Y. Marsh, and in the
Third district J Ohm o. Smith, of Clinton coun-
ty, for Congress.
5 PoPE's translation of Fl omer, book "a, has
the following :... gya.E-s7.. d. -.-sf
'sSince Ulysses band
Hath slam the traitors He0Uen shall bless the
sas5 land, II. ar ev Il hi .st raH H1f
None now the kindred or the unjust shall own;
Forget the slaughter brother and the son;
Each future d1Y increase % teeIllh sAdA brts9,
And Ger the past oblivion stretch her wing.
Long shall Ulysses In has empire rest,
His people blessing, by his people best,
.sf -.ts Sad LET, ALL BE PEACE" = --H.s-
NEARLY all of our Republican state exchang
es contain accounts of the formation OF Grant
and Wilson clubs. -4'. A- - -E-sE