, 1876-09-12
OHIO,
THE CANVASS At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTEsTs-lIAYEs suAH or TIE BUCKEYE

CANfA6a AZ
CoNTEsTs-lIAYEs suAs or r11E BUCKEYE
STATE,
From Our orn co,re.pondens.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 8,-For once there fs no
disttuntio,l to be drawn between Cincinnati pol
tics and tho politics Of the remainder Of the
Etate,-thc which should be set down as tho
feature of tho canvass here, OF all towns on
the Continent, hitherto Cincinnati has produced
must political philosophers to the trout foot,
anl could always muster 4ho biggest array OF
ststeanAcn spn!llus for an opportunity to saro
tho Nation with big N. As 0f course, 1t fol-
lows that holttng the tlrkct-boltnS it on per-
yotsai grounds, on high political consider.
atlon, aud on general principles-bas been al
most the rule rather thun tile exception; unl
III. election In this tllam!lton) County, which
las not bren largely tlstenlnod upon hosne
especial issue made by statesmen hcrs resident,
has, Of late yoars, been OF somewhat rare uc-
curtence. But now II IL otherwise. There Is
i,u seliisn, Or bolt, or threat of my. Ciac!n-
natl this year Isn't running the canvass upon
lsAuea made up on her own account, and Which
do not Ii. the lr,lst perturb tue rest Of the
country; aud, IN short, thu cauvaas llere now Il
simply
4 ATHAlGuT cONTHsr
between Tho two untlonal parties. Tho bo}tcr
and tho independent voter, wlo hare hero most
a1,uuulca, hAfe fallen into Hue. Hitherto, ~
OFTEN US they haye bolted aud declared their III
dependence, they have cone out Of tho Repus-
iran Ialty,-wlcl,, irotn tile outset has becn
sladu up u nleu nut ready To yield 10 party.
drill, and quick to revolt fur princile's sake. 1t
Is ao slight Testimonial, therefore, to tho worth
and illness Ut Gov Hayes, that lerc, where lie
passed most Of his llto stuce nttanng manhood,
autl mlrre lie IL best known, the very Inrn who
have been courageous iu their opinions, all A5at
to lcad bolt Wien Vic platform or candidate
WA not up tu their standard, are nom foremost
la the CANVASS for Hayes. 1t Is hccausc they
know hun well enough to know that lsv will do
to toto. With all tAu tles.Ism In politics that
lus lleen hero cultivated,
THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH MN,
as tfr1n, sabac1ous, aud Ut enlightened policy.
| awe kuaW better Of Hayes" WIS said to NE,
" than 70 listen to tllu talk ulnaut Afs Alnin-
tstratlon being tairl leral Ut t;rantisn, u to
lear tliat anybody ID going to ulallnRc him. 1le
never was tilv sort Of iliua to bs v.anlgetl by
| anybody; and ilb never would do anything cons
promising, ut Ut qucssionable luiicy 4n ttsc!l.
Ior tho nlere sa!;o ot llelbihE out the party.
liz has been tried on that " UoYerbor OF tlls
Btale, pnd his answer, 10 whls! 4p a4berel Win
ululEsh &tubA>rhness, !uyaltablylas bcetl, THAT
might help the purity, but 1t might lo harul. /
uIl .sulIy M 10 ~hlt caAAot do larhl, mil Il wlll
| nut lnjuEe tlie EA1ty tttter' III the it!attcF o1
aploiatments a;uia aa4 'gatu h.: lie taken su1
ure here frequent; aud 10 It u that the Lihcrn!l
Of Cuci1nat1 wh0se votes In 1873 made up tAs
5uOU majority iu tlts county fur Greeley,
NOW EAHHgsTLr SUPPORT HAYES,
almost to man. Tbs exceptions IRE, for ths
sslost part, thoso WIN were War. Democrats, and
who have gradually drlt,eu tsusk to tsat o!t
party associations. Last fal, ullleg tie leader
ship Ut tlle Commercial, MOTT uf them votel fol
liayes, pnd asGinkt Al!eu aud thp Ihg-bal'y
hut tA,t Was regarded Us VI exceptional caia
yaas, and The reckoning Of tho Democratic lna.l
ayers was that, when TilAcn vas substituted ~
Allen aEsii42t Eayes, and t!ls contest was to
the PJIsidpney. tho Iihoral vutn hereahou
! would 70 to 1ildsa. The fact, however, as Gil