Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-10-22
WHOLE NUMBER 264.
Correspondence of the Daily Enquirer
THE EAGLE AND MR.. MOORE.


THE EAGLE AND MIR. MOORE.
j. p. THOMPSON: The Eagle of the 10Th
inst. publishes letter from LOWELL MOORE,
ESQ.,, in which that gentleman announces his
intention "not to train in the Republican
ranks, until they have sunk their know-noth-
ing, secret colors. This letter was published
yesterday; and your readers are now ac-
quainted with the charges which Mr.. MOORE,
makes against the Republican party of this
country, as reasons for his withdrawal from
that party. The public will please take
particular ntioce that the Eagle does not
deny, never has denied, and never dare deny
the truth Of Mr.. Moore's assertions, although
it has been repeatedly called upon to answer
this same charge. Instead of showing that
Mr.. MOORE had no real cause of complaint
AS it could readily have done, were
his assertions untrue-and thereby eitherforc-
ing the Squire to return to his allegiance, or
to exhibit his political hegira, the Eagle at
once descends to its more accustomed and cor-
genial arguments-personal abuse and vllif-
cation. Prefacing this abuse, the Eagle as
serts what it knows to be the most bareflced
falsehood ever published the know
nothing party in this county numbers less
than a score of members, when everybody,
not wllfully skeptica to the strongest proof,
knows that Mr.. Turner himself is member
an Tie third and final degree of lodge of
Rnow-Nothings an this city, numJering
about two hundred persons; and that there
are Other lodges all over the county. 1t may
be true that they belong to the Ohio and Sc
ceeding wing of the American party: but it
certainly is true that they have all sworn not
to support Roman Catholic or toreiqn
born citizen for office. Dare the Eagle deny
this statement? Mr.. MOORE, SO far as we
as we know, and we have his word to the
same effect, never belonged to, or believed in
the existence, or knew the strength of this
order here, uutil lately, and, being at length
convinced Of the truth, he leaves them as
every right minded, honorable man ought be-
cause he does not believe in the proscriptive
principles of the Know-Nothing wing of the
party.
Coming from the scource it does, the per-
sonal abuse heaped upon Mr.. MooRE will be
little likely to meet with any other than an
indignant response in the public mind The
man who himself failed to receive any NOM
ination at all, though candidate for nomin-
alton, should not charge a man who did re-
ceive and decline q nomination, with ncom-
potency and unpopuarity. If the Conven-
ton thought Mr.. MOORE incompetent for the
office of Judge Of Probate or of Prosecuting
Attorney, yet competent for the office of Cir
cult Court Cemissioner, will the Eagle please
state on what grounds the same Convention
refused A. B. TURNER the nomination for
Register of Deeds? Mr.. Moore aoas thought
competent two years ago, for one of the
highest offices in the State, and the Eaqle
bore testimony to his competency; and has
repeatedly boasted of his efficiency and com
potency as Recorder of this city; nor will
that competency and efficiency be denied by
anybody of any politics, to-day, except by
the Eagle, as it constituted almost the only
redeeming feature of the Republican Know
Nothing city administration.
don't pretend to defend Mr.. M. in the
least. He must answer the charges of the
Eagle for himself, so far as they are per-
sonal matter. Having been in bad company
for loug time, now that he has made up his
mind TO leave it, he must expect abuse--it is
only the penalty due the position he has oc-
cupied. But SO far as the Eagle seeks to i'm
pose upon the credulity of the public by
falsehood, have the right to give my testi-
mony, more the less, because it happens to
favor one of the parties interested.
BosH H!-Congressman WALBR1pGE saws
the reason the House did not pass the Sen