The New York herald., 1879-10-31
BATTLE FOR THE STATE.
Sentiment and Opinions in Hot
bed of Republioanism.
WHAT ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL DO
The BLOODY Shirt Canvass Holding
Fast Radical Voters.

OGDENsDURG, n. Y, Oct. 80, 1872
ia Robinson democrat wishes encouragement
tins is the place in the State of New York for him
to come Just at the present time. Since the repub
lican party was organized st. Lawrence county has
been the hottest of radical hotbeds No democratic
tidal wave ever reached it to produce any percepble
impression. 'Stalwartism" is to-day as vigorous
and determined as when the first gun was fred at
Fort Sumter From Impressions cleaned in conver
sation with republicans here can safely that the
democrats might as we'll try to tear down with their
hands the rock of Gibraltar as to make any eectua
breach the ranks Of republicanism in St. Lawrence
county. Notwithstanding this fact have found
couple of exceedingly sanguine democrats here VINO
assert that Governor Robinson will receive about
one thousand republican votes in the county.
confess the result of my investigations does not
warrant such assertion. Tho party, as whole'
apparently stands firm to tho fortunes of A. b.
Cornell The usual republican majority may DC
looked for from st. Lawrence on election day. al
ways providing that the weather is fne Some DEM
ocrats assured me that number Of republican
farmers will undoubtedly desert the Cornell
ticket OH election day by reason of their
admiration for the economical and honest
government OF Lucius Robinson. But the
of the party evidently seeing the danger of
such issues have devoted themselves vigorously to
refutation of allegations in this respect and have
without doubt (rightfuly wrongfully l will not
undertake to discussl created considerable
action in favor Of their candidate on those stand
points
REPUBLICAN TAcTIcs-THAr "soLIp SOUTH"
The 'bloody shirt campaign. however. found
to be far more powerful in closing up republican
ranks in st. Lawrence county (as in many other
parts of the State through which have rravelled)
than any other issues brought forward. If
Lucius Robinson is beaten at the polls
he may trace defeat to the adroit and
vigorous speeches of his antagonists on national
issues. Although fifteen years have elapsed since
the end of the yet the sectional heartburnngs
OF that bloody period are again and again rekindled
by republican stump speakers throughout the
length and breadth OF the State. An extract from
speech Of Senator Conkling just delivered in this
vicinity, will give idea of the intensity and
bitterness of this line OF argument
"And let me say to you right here. once for all.
and ask you to remember it and to try me by it.
that unless New York interposes to prevent it. next
year the government of this country-not only the
Presidency, but the two houses of Congress-win
pass into the hands of the very who
plunged this country into Red Sea of revolution,
who draped this land in mourning and deluged it
with blood. 1t in 1865. under the apple tree at
Appomattox the stupendous fraud called the Con-
federacy collapsed and disappeared. 1t is 1872
and the very who caused the rebellion, and the
very men who dipped their feet in the best blood OF
this nation and made the tongues of their dogs red
with the same. have come back and taken posses
sion of both houses of Congress. taken your
n,ent by the throat and said they would starve or
strangle it unless 1t terms and the President
gave up his conscience and his oath as the price
aud the penalty of allowing tho government to con-
tnue."
There is good sample of the style of speech which
has tinged the OF citizens of St. Lawrence and
every other county of the State during the past
month. The effect is marked AS Governor Fenton
said to me in Jamestown:-"The leaders of the re-
publican party have adroitly gone the heads OF
Cornell Soue and others of the State ticket; in dis
cussing national issues the people forget the indi-
vidualty Of those candidates.. With such condi-
ton of affairs and such sentiments, almost univer-
sally approved in St. Lawrence. what chance exists
Tor the democracy to break in upon the solid repub-
lican phalanx of this county? None that can see.
glance at the figures of 1916 will give informa-
tion as to the great strength Of republicanism in
this section of the State:--
1874. 1876
Dx................ 9.106 Morgan.......... IL, ,413
Tilden.. 3,S66 Robinson. 0,79S