Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1872 — CAMPAIGN NOTES. [ARTICLE]

CAMPAIGN NOTES.

|S@ r A girl at Keokuk wanted to get rid of a tiresome lover, and so she promised to marry him when Greeley is elected. EffThe Albany Journal says: “New York will cast her vote for Grant by a majority as overwhelming as was ever recorded for any Presidential candidate in the State.” JSfStannard, Caledonia County, Vermont, is the banner town of the State. It did not cast a single Democratic vote at the lite election. Goshen, Addison County, gave 73 Republican votes and one Democratic. ty There are more than a score of Grant Clubs in the city of New York, composed exclusively of Democrats. Intelligent P°U* ticians believe that General Grant will •receive more than 10,000 Democratic votes in Ifieinetfopwltsr- —■— I3f"The anti-Greeley bolt in Georgia seems to be growing in force and obstinacy. A late letter says that clubs pledged to oppose the Cbappaqua philosopher are numerous, and that the disaffection throughout the State is incurable. ISF'The New York Times offers to donate SIO,OOO to the children’s excursion fund if it does not prove the statement that J. Russell Jones gave land to President Grant to be false. The Tribune to pay a like sum provided that the Times proves its falsity. {iPSatauel Ashton, Esq., is one of the oldest and most active Democratic leaders of this city, and is a member of the present Board of Cook County Commissioners. We publish a letter from him to-day, giving expression to his disgust at the Greeley conspiracy, and declaring that, under the peculiar circumstances, he feels that he cannot do better than vote for Grant. This is a sensible and patriotic conclusion. —Chicago Journal.

EgfMf. Greeley, some time ago, complimented his Democratic friends with the observation that “in those dark years when the slaveholder ruled from Boston to New Orleans, the Democratic party cheerfully wore his collar, and when he fell from power It still howled and barked at the heels of the nation throughout the,long and agonizing struggle for life. This virtue at least it had —the fidelity with which an ill treated cur sometimes follows a brutal- master, and it is faithful yet.” dPThe earnest efforts of the Greeley organs to convince themselves that the defeat they received in Maine was a thinly disguised blessing, reminds an exchange of the gentleman who, being mistaken for another, was severely beaten by a ruffian. When the exescise had ceased he seized his castigator warmly by the hand, exclaiming: “My dear Mr, me to thank you. I’ve been the victim of dyspepsia for some time past, and I think this little shaking up will do me good.” tSY" A recent New York dispatch says: “The example of Ben Wood, in paying SI,OOO sorbet money on a bet of SIO,OOO that Greeley would be the next President, is being followed by many other persons at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Astor House and other resorts. Bets amounting in the aggregate to $15,000 were compromised thjs afternoon and evening, by men who wagered on Greeley paying from eight to fifteen per cent, for release. One bet of SIOO was compromised by the Greeley man paying $18.” Banks signed a letter to the soldiers of the country not long ago, which stated some facts that are not affectedby his own recent recreancy. The document says: “We congratulate ourselves upon the fact that the Government during the past three and a half years has been administered by one of our cemrades, who has shown wonderful civil capacity in aiding in the reduction of the public debt; in conducting

our foreign affairs with great skill, we now stand at peace with the whole world; in preserving peace in sections of our country where sentiments were entertained calculated to disturb tlj.2- reorganization of the States lately in rebellion.” E3f Just before the election, Mr. Kimball, Democratic candidate for Governor, of Maine, wrote: “The Republicans claim a majority of 15,000, but I don’t think they expect to get more than from 6,000 to 10,000.” He also expressed confidence that the majority of 1868—in round numbers 20,000 —would be reduced to about 8,000; and he adds. “If we do this, it will show a change sufficient to carry one third more States than we need to elect Mr. Greeley.” It would have required pretty close figuring to work any such result, even from the assumed starting point. But the point was not found. The majority in Maine is double Mr. Kimball’s estimate, and instead of indicating Greeley’s election, it assures his overwhelming defeat. tSJTHenry Wilson has denied emphatically thit he has ever held any Credit Mobiller stock, or that he has ever had any property in the Pacific Railroad or any other railroad or corporation which has appeared before Congress for action. Mr. Blaine has made a similar denial, and when the whole matter is sifted down, says the Inter- Ocean , it will probahly be found that the charge is a canard gotten up for political purposes, and which has fallen as far short or its mark as its predecessors have of theirs. Gen. Garfield has added his name to the list of those who deny ever having received any Credit Mobilier stock for services rendered in Congress, or for anything else. The Boston Journal of the 18th contains an address from Hon. Oakes Ames to his constituents, in which he gives unqualified denial to statements to the effect that he gave stock to members of Congress to induce a favorable legislation. He states that these charges were made several years ago and answered under oath at the time by himself and other gentlemen of the highest responsibility ana character. That there was no truth in the charges; that the li-t of names given as recipients of stock upon the b»ck of his letter were-nat written or furnished by him, and that the statement that he had given or. shown such a list of names is unqualifiedly false.