The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-11


for any Lincolnite of i64; and fhey could poll
still more for Horatio Seymour or Floyd Jones
than they could for Hoffman. Why ls II that
political managers will never understand thaJ
the masses of all parties are in earnest!
II ADVISED the philadelphia Convention, as par
ticipated In iks deliberations, with my eyes open
and understanding that if the Democracy would, by
its experience in adversity, learn that y could only
ioSSI reformed Democracy would ultimately re.
cover possession of the Government"
"Tbe Democracy must feel lattered by this
compliment; but as to its being 'reformedn
by accepine the leadership of Thurow Weed
there is room for grave doubt. Will some one
favor the people with that old epigram on
the Cromwellian chaplain, Goodenough, which
"Ihey surely must be bad enough
Whom Goodenough can teach"
Mr.. Weed, while he condemns the designation
OF MIR. Klnsella as Postmaster in Brooklyn as a
"Copperbeadr appointment which "has cost us
thousands OF votes in that city," and asserts that
such appointments not only will but should
''pTove disastrous" yet supports and cOmmends
John I. Hoffman, sayng:-
"During the Rebellion, he was loyal to the Gov
eminent and Union"
Now, Mr.. Hoffman was Just as loyal as Mr..
Kinsella-neIther less nor more. His speech at
the municipal banquet on the 22d of February,
1868; his speech at Sing Sing; his speech in
Wall street, just before the last Presidential
election, we're all surChargcd with venom against
the war for the Union as prosecuted by Mr.. Lin
coin and Republican Congress. The only war
he favored was such as Mcclellan and Buell.
would have waged, and the Confederates, as
reasonable men, could not have objected to.
And we have been told that, in a meeting of the
Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund of our city,
at one of the darkest periods of the war, he pro-
posed and urged an Immediate and peremptory
sale of all the United States securities tn en- held
by that fund (some S400, ,000)-a measure of un-
mistakable hostility TO the Government and the
war. II any man in America was a Copperhead
Il n11r piy oh hot
m an.
Mr.. Weed says he prefers such Democrats as
Holman to 1.-THE reckless, red radicalism which
rules the present Congress" This would seem
to be new arraignment, but it is 1.-THE old,
old story.n MIR. Weed in the winter of 1S60-6l,
insisted that we Republicans were all 'reck-
less" and mad" in that we would not consent
TO divide the Territories between slave and free
labor on the line of 36 deg. 30 min. Again,
when we urged Mr.. Lincoln to adopt the Eman-
cipation policy, he thought our madness had
become more intense and dangerous. When
Mr.. Lincoln had fully settled into that policy,
Mr.. Weed flung down his pen, and, at a very
gloomy period of the struggle, resigned the
editorial charge of the Albany EUeRtRg Journal,
assigning this reason:-
'But we have fallen upon evil times. Our country
is imminent and immediate danger L differ
widely with my party about the best means or
crushing the Rebellion. hat difference Is radical
and irTeconciiaJie. 1 can neither impress Others
with my vlews nor surrender my own solemn con-
victiOns he alternative of living III strlte with
those whom nave esteemed OF withdrawing, IS
presented l have not hesltated in choosing the
path of peace the path duty II those who differ
with right, and the country is carried safely
through the present struggle, all will be well and
nobody hult'"
Mr.. Weed seems incapable of addressing the
public, no matter on what subject, without
dragging ma name before II. | hope may now
defend myself against his charges without being
accused Of "distraeting the party" Here is his
latest demonstrations
"The men no now lead the radical crusade
against the President, attempted, during the war,
TO divide the North. Such division would have
destroyed both the Government and the Union.
patriotism of conservative Republicans. In 1860,
the leaders, as hostile 10 Mr. Lincoln, they
are to President Johnson, attempted to defeat his
| election by flank movement at Cleveland. Their
cal tor that Convention was signed by the present
editor OF the Albanp Evening Journal. MIR. Greeley
wrote private letters TO prominent Republicans,
viting their co operation In scheme to defeat Mr.
| Lincolns election"
Surely, never was another so richly blest with
| the use of "prvate letters" not addressed to
| him nor intended for his eye as this man Weed
| As openly, publicly opposed the denomination
| of President Lincoln, / see not why my 'private
| letters' should be alluded to. And / here state
| that the "letters" referred to by MI. Weed had
| no such purpose as he asserts, were not really
| "private,n and, IN fact, are wholly misrepre
| sented by him. / recollect signing, IN common
| with others, a letter to the Governors of the
Free States, asking counsel of them with regard
| to the support OF Mr.. Lincoln. That letter,
presume, is the one referred to; aud 1t invited
cooperation in no ''schemen whatever-whether
''to defeat Mr.. Lincolns election" or otherwise.
Mr. Weed continues as folows:-
Nor though moved by other motives, was the
course OFF Mr. Greeley less disloyal. de invited
| and vindlcated secession. He told the Southern
States that they had a right TO violate the sacred
Injunction of Washington. And when, by acting
| upon his suggestion, rebellion and war came, he
rushed round from 'Copperheads to Rebels whin
ing for Peace upon the best attainable terms And
| now after Grant, sherman, FaIragut and their as
| sociates have conquered an honorable peace, Mr
Greeley, at the head and IN command of the radical
| army, reopens the war, with shouts OF On! to
RichmondH"
| With regard to my crushing round from
| Copperheads 10 Rebels, whining for peace" Mr.
| Weed simply lies, as the old villain has long
persisted in doing with regard to me. never
| in my life sought or approached any Copper
| head or Rebel on the subject OF peace, in any
| manner whatever. The very little ever had to
| say TO either on the subject was always in an
| swer TO their suggestions. And never ever
the subject, save when l was requested and il
| effect commanded to do so by the President o
the United States; and | obeyed him IN the
premises with profound reluctance. | am no
| ignorant of the law regarding unauthorized
negotiations with public enemies
The charge that l "inUited Secession" is
more plausible falsehood. did invite the con
| splrators for disunion to submit their alleget
| grievances and their proposed remedy to a tree
| searching discussion before and fair. unaweC
vote of the Southern pepple, pledging myself t
| abide their verdict. That the disunionist
| than ! do my own existence. They wer
| beaten, as it was, in the aggregate vote of tn
South that winter. so tar as 1t can be ascertained
they would have been crushed had the discus
sion been thorough, the vote fairly polled, an
. | the eXasperating menace of coercion" with
| drawn of thosp who will condemn the Reha