Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-25

| To he Editor oThe Morning Chronicle:
Istion Of the liinois Union c%b hnpI GrEaSi
was directed to furnish the Chronicle with An ne.
count ot the proceedings. took a notice OF
twenty-five lines to the once, containing this-a
lat OF onieers, the time Of meetings, and q simple
tAtement that the club were pledged to Surport
mr.. Lincoln, or the nominee OF the BaltlmoFe Con
venuon. J. presented II to Mr. D. C Forney, and
he told me could not be published unless aid for
and charged 90 90 ~ cents per line) for inserting
~ appeared the next morning at the bottom Of
the third page, after two columns Of staodipR a.
yertisement., among them such as TO cure corns,
bunions, and sore toes and another OF that char.
Aeter, usually denied publication in re,peetabie,
and fair statement OF this case. 'D'
| At subsequent meeting of the club (Wedne,-
day evening, May eh,) when the URion +. solutions
were adopted, took copy, as directed, TO the
who read them, and said he would be RIsd 10 bnyn
them for publication, but d d not know that he
would Be able to get them In until the a.
~ was theh near the time OF gCing to press, and
they had long list Of the wounded TO prepate I
leit the city on the following morning, and return
ed on Tuesday. Finding that the Restitution, had
not been published, called upon the editor 10 sS,
certain the reason, and he told me they had con.
GUIDED notto publish them unless they were paid
ior, And they would charge ten cents per line A.
! had been authorized to procure a hundred eopis,
70 be sent to Illinois pAperJ and its pubIieaton in
wa, po 1It.SI .siyr hn, &, had pSased by there
appeared The next morning a. nCity Item, civ en-
70 the public a. news matter, without any msrk Of
ne printer TO Indicate itS having been paid Gr as
THIS controversy should not have arisen. NJ ola.
mere 70 some proprety In the exceptions taken TO
the memb bsfI OF the Illinois Uhioh Club, now Su4 Ol
oering about seventy have been at some time &c n
with the customs Of n%bIibS' Ina' being ScGTainted
" sn en!Ie unanimity upon such aqueStion unless
You speak Of "these two ofaelaIs, ~ whose mama,
are appended to the resolution, ask them oe tAiS
quesuonl, and say you twill not eomms mt upon
tne L excessive bad taste OF wellpAid ofieias hold.
under
coming from his own State, impudentiv hsSsiIinS
40 Independent journal, wholly devoted TO Mi,
LihSoinb re- no minAtion and reelection Please
read the resolution again and notice that e. No.
not come from "heSs ilVO oLfeidIS but was ubSnj
meu,y saogted by the "iAinotS Union Club :" Of
Arnold, and J. y. FArnswOrth are Gotiye membets
And Y you are wholly devoted to the renomibs.
tlon and re-election of Mr.. Lincoln were moi tbe
resolutions in question exactly In the Hce NJ yons
enofts, and OF some Importance a. Showing The !
,ehtiment' e Of far Representation Of Nj Lin.
Lincoln, need Others not support hlmi
bouthy "the . Id ere see and know how eat rely |
tbev S srS gSyo!eS M to our oouatry," 40 Yes, sifJ
HOW entirely you are devoted 10 the 1oidieTIi
sH Hhl country when duii these latter dsyS
Mlle Mhlle the nations fate has hcen tTembiinK IN ~
uoAIAhee, your columns, instead OF presentins
% %tn9uEht VI Arguments inspiring, noble se otimeatS
saIIISS ~ wotd' to the brave men nghtiDg and
.anhipB IN Oa,le 70 save and ptFpetuAte our inaII.
tutionsr are loaded with the mott dIsSH,ting sSI
lAtion and fllsome nAtiery of inIigniheant sstoS,
broken and homes made desolAte by The bStiiss
raging In our very m dat, your paper often IoSs
out rom this the national capital with two or
three editorial columns devoted 10 theAtric.f.
And almost any day half a column can be deyoieJ
70 the "ou,G " and "iRs" Of a Base B;lI Gun"
Whether such course oOmports W tn profeSsion,
oi ihe loft eat patriotism and devotion to The nmh
lI INTEREST," let others decide for thenSelveS
. " can hardly be believed that the Honornbl.
SeeIetAIy OF the senate, Mr.. J. W. rney, tho ,
proprietor OF the Chronicle has any dehnlte Under
atHnullB OF the way In which his subOrdlnatcs
! iIlnAge lheSe matters Mr.. FOFneV himself draws
large salATy from the Government under the
pdeseht Naturalization, and In addition TO that,
bms bseSSss M very large patronage. AT the same
~ uIe Mr. D. Z. FOrnsI the publisher, holds or
W holl ior a long tine after he had established
" " Lsseht connection WITH the Chronicle . eleIk-
~ nllp IN me General Land ofieei while various
lops unGer the Government NOiu Po'f
have been induced 10 STATE IN. f..t. ,h,,. hrr,
n aeeount OF the prominent notice Eiyen The mat ,
sr In yeur Issue OF this morning and bseSnss III.
some interestto the Union clubs OF other stAteI'
s J. A. McKEAH, c
secretary Illinois Union Club. D