The New York herald., 1879-08-29
OHIO
$4,000 of the
population born
South.
THE SOUTH
Has received from
Ohio about 0.ooo
of population.

"You see on this diagram" General Garfield con-
inued. ''that the flow of population into Ohio from
The East has been steady and enormous. The Aow
from the South. comparing the exchange between
Ohio and the Southern States. is next to nothing.
But observe. that while Ohio has received 100000
from the EIst she has contributed 10000 to the
West Politically the State may be called furnace.
in which the flow of immigration from East and
South Is fused on it's westward course The larger
number who go West from Ohio republicans.
oh.o. therefore. is constantly losing more repub-
leans than the democrats she gains. She has been
.olonizing Kansas. Nebraska and Iowa with
publicans for years. At one time, in Iowa.
sut of the eight republican members Of the lower
house of the Legislature six from Ohio. In
short Ohio has very largely added to the republican
majortes OF several Western States and it becomes
squestion whether In lending these majorities she
has not subtracted from her own reserve"
''Still you think she has a reserve?"
"Yes; but the whole subject deserves examination.
Tho mining and manufacturing interests here con-
tinually attract democratic votors from the East.
Excepting the Welsh and portion of the Germans
the largest number of those who to enter into
!hese industries will vote at first with tho demo-
srsts. So that. aside from the present attitude of
parties and the immediate issues between them here
is wave Of population which tends to increase the
democratic strength.
THE GREELEY MOVEMENT.
"But against this access -"
1--WE interpose nothing. We trust to that attrition
Of individuals and communities which il always
working in favor of the republican cause Our
people haven't given adequate weight to the effect of
the Greeley movement In Ohio. That effect was very
curious. The Greeley campaign carried away large
body of oldtime abolition repub licans from tho
publican ranks in all the States. Greeley probably
took away more republicans from the Western Re-
serve OF Ohio than from any other locality. Those
Who followed him here we're as devoted as any fol-
lowers he had. and many of them. when they found
they had been deceived, too proud to return to
the republican fold. They went over to the de-
mocrscy and made o permanent addition to the
democratic vote.'
THE GREESBAcK HERKsY.
There Is another party In Ohio to account for.
General"
"Tm coming to that Another and much larger
element among the deserters who wouldn't go
to the democrats and were too much hurt to como
back to US. hocked to the ereenback station US y
kind of halfway house. believe 1t to be fact that
more than third OF the strength Of the greenback
movement contributed from the Western Re-
serve"
Here seminded General Garfield of what Mr.
Foster. the republican candidate for Governor. had
said in conversation previous evening-that he
had ascertaned by actual examination OF the returns
in the several townships that fully onethird OF the
greenback vote of Ohio sprang from the counties of
the western Reserve.
''It is curious" the General resumed, ito and my
calculation confirmed by such an inquiry. had
first supposed that democratic districts we've the
main sources OF nutriment to the rag baby Bat do
YOU know that Horace Greeley himself was once
stronsly inclined toward the soft money doetrines'
swell. it was. Just about the time when he
went over to the liberals he gave out that more
ethereal standard or exchange might be devised. One
chapter OF his book--a chapter on moncy-strangely
discioses the loosoness mis- thinking at that time.
Az rccoilect 1t without quoting ir literally that
chapter had passage to this effect. that ~ yard
nice thing and 50 would be . bushel measure made
OF gold.' But would II be economicala And thus he
raised the question whether We might not some time
be able TO discover measure OF value cheaper than
the coin standard"
Nov" General Garfield continued, ..if am right
In supposing that the main body of the nback-
ers were republicans be- orelaud, 1t seems follow
that the putting forward OF State rights by the
crats-the extreme democratio doctrine that tho
choice vi Congressman is not national but State
anair-will Afford the old Greeley republicans who
went into greenbackery excellent excuse aud op-
portunity TO jump out and take their old places In
the republican line OF battle"
"rhen. of course. the grecnback movement In
sredited ss only a temporary and vicious refugeY'
Certainly. We have nothing in common with the
trcenbackers-notbing whatever. We shall
t.nge to denoun them. We shall make no terms
with them. We expect tho republicans among them
to De drawn back Into our ranks by sheer party
magnetism, assisted by their tment OF the re-
vived cemocrstic extreme State sovereignty doe
trines. know from conversation with several OF
this class that they ready to return. resumption
OF specie payments IN an accomplished fact. There
Is use In hghting over dead ISSUE"
I'm sscribing TO the greenback party 80 many re-
tanners from the repubncans. you don't 20 back TO
tnat partys originY
'By 10 means. Ispeak OF the republican access
sion element. Independent OF that element II
A. well known that the real greenback movement
originated in the democratic party. or perhaps It
might be better said, ia the Greeley split"
GovEnSoRsHIP
Responding TO the question how he thought the
chances now stood between Ewing and Foster for
the Goyernorshp General Garfield id
The stars In their courses seem to be fighting
against Ewing, in this way The average American
who votes will fight probationary TOR thing TO be
worked out, but not against thing which. as just
said, 10 accomplished tact. Voters everywhere
more for prosperity than for q theory. Find
ing that no calamity has come with re-
sumption, aud destined to find that security
has come with IT.. they more likely
a. trust in what has been done than TO follow Ewing
fn general break up. This way of considering the
matter will not only take with republicans IN Ohio,
hut with democrats who are not absolutely bound
60 the party Ewing's excessive zeal for ripping
up things has disgusted many democrats. Witnsss
ths formation OF honest money Leagues In various