Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-09-07
QUE NEW YORK. LETTER.
NEW York, Aug. 81
POLITICAL ITEMS,


IF one wishes to form AN idea of the
prospects of the respective parties at
the coming election, he has only to go
about among the people. The prevail
ing sentiment of any one large COM
mnnity may generally be taken as an
indication of that which prevails in
Others And when we find that the
rural districts are ole in conviction with
tn, inhabitants Of he cities, we may
Judge with tolerable certainty that this
sentiment is pretty deeply rooted
throughout the land From observations
of this nature as well as from letters
daily received from al, parts of the
Union, there can be no doubt that tie
contest now waging, has taken ve'y
deep hold on the minds of the people
They rightly attribute all the distress
which they are compelled to witness or
endure, has its origin in eff, mis-
management, and are dete, mined that
Governor Tilden shall have the opportu
nifty of introducing into Washington,
reforms of the same nature as those he
brought with him into Albany.
Notwithstanding the evident direction
which the current of public opinion has
taken, you will however occasionally
come across man who is certain that
things are being so fixed as to insure
the success of the Chandler Fitzpatrick
ticket. As one was overheard to say
to another day or two since, in reply
to a question as to what were the
chances: THE chances, my dear fellow
do not talk about such things, we deal
not with chances. We have reduced
things to certainty. Grant has been
completely brought round. The troops
are now going into the South, and you
will find the negroes well looked after
on election day Old Fitzpatrick was
fool TO let that letter be seen, bu. in
spite of that they know how to work
the bloody shirt business. That will
be the weapon all through the North.
East, and West, and money by shoals is
coming in. Morgan has sent on his
check to Indiana, and can tell you,
we got good guarantee from the old
fellow for all we want in New York
before we put him up"
''But am afraid, replied the other,
'.that the people are too much reused
up to be bought this time.
''My dear boy, every man can be
bought. Those COMPOUNDED Independent
fellows, or Liberals, or whatever they
choose to call themselves. are only
sitting astride the fence to see which
side can pay them best to come down.
Those fellows that came up to Saratoga,
and wouldn't come in with Cochrane,
why it was only because they couldn't
then get their price. But we shall fix
all that with them now we've got hold
of Morgan. You'll see them all falling
into line soon. I tell you things are
fixed. Hayes and Wheeler can't help
being elected. and poor Tilden will go
home sadder and wiser man day
after elections"
If this gentleman had been more
about among his fellow citizens | think
he might have changed his views about
the purchasableness of the people, and
about the availableness of the manner
in which things were fixed. There is
to be no trifing at this election. lfl
ever people were in earnest abol any
thing they are IN earnest about the
result of this Presidential campaign.
The moral sentiment of the whole cons
munity has been outraged by the shame
less acts of the officers Of the Govern
meni, and is still fnrthur outraged by
the manner in which those officials are
endeayoring to override the peoples
wilt, aud force themselves again into
power.
The people are determi led that the
existing condition Of things shall now