The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-05 00:00:00

LET US AGREE TO DISAGREE.

Suppose we do disagree. Is that a reason for not liking
a spicy, well-edited piper ? Abuse me ; praise me ; but
don't forget ma. On some things we have the same
opinion. You speak well of the Revolution, and quote a
column on Miss Anthony. Would you like to see an
inside view of the Convention through the oyes of the
Revolution? Here are some extracts from the Revolution
Editors:— _ _ _

New York, July 7th, 1868.

. . . The Democrats are but too happy; that you are
not here to ruffle their feathers at Tammany. They say
greenbacks are in the platform, but who can unravel their
dishonest ways. They always did, and always will, wear
two faces, but the Revolution will expose any trickery that
involves the interest of the people. Our platform is that
of the working men—of the honest labourer—not of the
Alabama Bondholders. . S. B. A.
New York, July 11, 1868.
. . . Well, the agony of Tammany is over, and what
nice bit of a mouse it brought forth. Seymour and Blair
couldn't possibly have hit upon two men so certain to
ensure defeat —" Whom the gods would destroy they first
make mad." Oh, if now we only had the right man in
the right place, with the grand platform of Universal
Suffrage and anti-gold and land monopolies to launch
upon the troubled sea, how the people would rush to the
new ship. and how the good captain would take them
into port. But alas, alas, the man—whore is he ? Tammany
has but proved your oft-repeated assertions that the
White House is but a Wall-street Pool—there is not a
doubt but Belmont and Co. bought the Ohio delegation
with bondholders' gold. Mr. M. told Day and Col. B. Y.
Green that no man could get the nomination but a bond-
holder man. But always, when we feel things shaping
most disastrously, we later find we couldinot have planned
better to secure the desired end. . . . S. B. A.

Clo! old Clo! Sold out again
BY TILE HOUSE OF ROTIISCHILD.

I was asked the other day to write a manifesto coming
out for Seymour and Blair. But the only party I belong
to is myself ; at least the Angle-Ameriaan Times the other
day said as much. I can endorse these words of Thomas
Francis Meagher in 1864: --
Be it enough for me to say that neither in the old coun-
try, nor in this, have I ever bowed my neck to the yoke
of any political party ; and that as long as a drop of red
blood courses through my.veins, or a spark of intellect re-
mains, or my heart can give one responsive beat to the
eternal voice of truth and independence, I never shall.
Enough, aye ! more than enough for me to say, that if I
have deserted the Democratic party, I have deserted to the
country, and am to be found in the army that defends it.
You see by Slim Anthony's letter that the bondholders
have bought up the West ! The Londois Times, Pall-
Mall Gazette, Star, Telegraph, Standard went off ou the
half cock—greenbacks were sold out—the bondholders
win. Both Pendleton, as well as Chase, were sacrificed.
We can sympathize with the Chief Justice, for at Cie
bottom of his ambition we feel sure lay the hope that he
might regenerate the great party and place it on a solid
and lasting platform, at the same time that he stepped to
the supreme power ou its shoulders. He has, however,
only met the fate of all who try to perform what we fear
is an impossible task, and his ambition blinded him to the
fact that the leaders of the party were only using him as
their tool.—(Angle-American Times.)
You are right. Chase is sound in everything but specie pay-
ments, and I shall not be surprised if we run him yet. On
everything but the gold for Alabama bondholders, I am
with the Chief Justice. My voice is still for greenbacks, to
stop Repudiation. Those were my sentiments expressed
in my Stock Exchange speech.
(From the New York, World)
A LITTLE WALL-STREET AFFAIR EXPOSED.
He then discoursed on greenbacks, declaring that a cur-
rency which was good enough for the butcher, the la-
bourer, and the poor man, was good enough for he bond-
holder. The National Debt must be paid off in greenbacks.
The debt was contracted by inflation, and by inflation it
must be paid. He declared that M'Culloch's policy of
contraction would break every merchant and every man
throughout the country, that greenbacks don't mean repu-
diation, but that specie payments mean ruin. He favoured
taxing bonds and paying the National Debt in greenbacks ;
declared that Now England no longer ruled the country,
but the West. The West demands inflation and green-
backs, and thinks it is in the Union. Mr. Train delivered
himself of the following impromptu epigram on Robert J.
Walker's late letter :

' A very poor writer and very weak talker—(laughter)
Is Treasury bondholder Robert J. Walker,
Whose gold-paying letter, in behalf of the rich,
Loaves the pocr man, as usual, in bankruptcy's ditch.
LPt M'Culloch, Saml.looper, Jay Cooke, and "Bob"
Divide their commissions with Lanier and 13,31),
To sell out the people in this new foreign loan,
While the rich men laugh and the poor men groan!
(Sensation.)
Greenbacks are good for our butchers and farmers,
White nothing but gold suits our dear " Al tbamas."
A National Debt that was made by inflation,
By inflation can only be paid by the Nation—
(applause);
And Shylock's grand swindle is nipped in th 3 bud,
If we pay him the flesh and refuse him the blood.
. (Loud applause.)
The Democratic Platform is two-faced—one face looks
greenbacks to the West, the other gold to England. It is
much like the Ohicap Platform: neither are honest. Both
are swindles. The poor men are sold out by politicians
calling out "Old C 10."
THE SLAUGHTEB. OF THE FENIAN&

Do you want to see Buncombe personified ? Raad the
general Resolution to catch the Fenians :
Eighth—Equal rights and protection for naturalized
and native-born citizens at home and abroad, the assertion
of American nationality which shall command the respect
of foreign Powers, and furnish an example and encourage-
ment to people struggling for national integrity, constitu-
tional liberty and individual rights, and the maintenance
of the rights of naturalized citizens against the absolute
doctrine of immutable allegiance, and the claims of foreign
Powers to punish them for alleged crime committed be-
yond their jurisdiction. (Loud Applause.)
Read on, as we visit the soldiers and the sailors—all
bogus—damagogism in disguise—buncombe for the million.
General Rogers offered the following resolution, which
was also referred to the Committee on Resolutions: -
Resolved—That in our Government, while there are none
so exalted as to be above the obligations they owe to that
Government and the duties which it imposes, yet there
are none so obscure or unfortunate as to be beneath the
shield of its protection, and that it is the duty of the Go-
vernment to extend its immediate and powerful interposi-
tion in behalf of all those persons who have declared their
intention to become citizens of the United States or have
served in the late unhappy war for the preservation of the
Union, and are now suffering incarceration in British pri-
sons for words spoken or sentiments expressed upon
American soil, and to demand indemnity for such impri-
sonments and a speedy settlement of the " Alabama
claims."
A Delegate—l move to suspend the rules for the pur-
pose of putting this resolution on its passage.
The motion was put and prevailed.
The question was put on the adoption of the resolution,
and it was declared carried amidst great enthusiasm.
General Green Clay Smith—l offer the following reso-
lution, and ask that it be referred to the Committee on Re-
solutions:—
Resolved—That it is the sense of this Convention that
all citizens of the United States, whether native born,
adopted, or those who have made declaration of becoming
citizens, whether in America or abroad, are entitled to
the fullest protection of the American Government, and
we, as the late soldiers and sailors in the civil war just
passed, do pledge ourselves to adhere to this doctrine, and
maintain it with the earnestness and force which has here-
tofore so nobly distinguished them.
All this in a few days —not a word of which is honest—
all done to feel Ireland, and catch votes.
Read on—Resolution ou resolution passed amid loud
cheers. Read—

Mr. Fenelon, of Kansas, offered the following resolution :
—Resolved: That the honour, dignity, and solemn obliga-
tions of the Government to its foreign-born citizens de-
mand that the flag of the nation shall protect them every-
where, precisely the same as national born citizens.
(Great applause.)
We are not done yet. The cry is, Still they come ! A
million of Irish votes is worth working for, more especially
as they will go with your correspondent.
Mr. S. S. Cox (New York) offered the following reso-
lution, which was received with applause, and referred to
the Committee on Resolutions : Resolved—That this
ConVention approve of the doctrine applied by Secretary
Marcy in the Korta case, so that not merely full naturali-
zation, but a declaration of intention iu good faith shall be
the shield of American citizenship abroad.
Everybody hurrahs, and I accordingly shake with en-
thusiastic applause. Read to the end of the chapter:
By General Rogers, of Illinois :—Resolved—That in our
Government whilst there are none so exalted as to be above
the obligations they owe to that Government and the
duties which it imposes, yet there aro none so obscure or
unfortunate as to be beneath the shield of its protection,
and that it is the duty of the Government to ext •nd its
immediate and powerful interposition in behalf of all those
persons who have declared their intentions to become
citizens of the United States, or have served iu the late
unhappy war fur the preservation of the Union, and are
now suffering incarceration in British p, isons—(prolonged
applause) —for words spoken or sentiments expressed
upon American soil, and to' demand indemnity for such
imprisonment, and a speedy settlement of the Alabama
claims. (Vociferous cheering.)
Once more, and I have done. The cheers are ended
The hoodwinking is finished. The Convention is over,
and the Delegates think all is safe.l
By General M'Quade, of New York:—Resolved—That
whereas naturalized citizens of this country were subject
to the same obligations as were natural-born citizens dur-
ing the war for the preservation of the Union, and fought
with unexcelled bravery: to uphold the flag of their
adopted country. Resolved—That it is the duty of the
Government to protect them in all the rights, privileges,

and immunities of American citizenship, with all the powers
that they employed to defend the Union and the Constitu-
tion.—(Great applause.)
Now, Mr. Elitor, in confidence, I pronounce this to be
all a sham—a delusion---a snare. The only man who
has done anything for the Irish and our citizens in gaol is
your correspondent. They are after votes ; lam not. But
I will not allow our boys to be sold out again.