The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-06
Secret Political History.

From the Tribune.
The World has letter dated Washington,
which says:--
II was much gratihed with your review of
Mr.. Greeey's article attacking the Democratic
party. II Mr.. Greeley did not know that it was
a base SANDER, there might be some excuse for
it, | regret that you did not carry the review
further, and dsclaim for the Democratic party
any responsibility for the course of the New
York ReI1S during the Presidential campaign.
Doubtless. MIR. Greeley knows how much was
paid by the Loyal League or the Republican
State Committee, weekly towards the support
OF that sheet; it he does not know the fact, he
! is more ignorant of the movements of his party
than take him to be perhaps he refused to be
! informed, for the same reason his friend L. W.
! declined to read Governor Youngs letter pro-
missing to pardon the anti-renters il he were
| elected! and that was, that he might deny it in
his name.
a am credibly informed by one who was in
the ring, that large sum was paid for this pur-
pose; aad certainly the course of the paper is
good evidence ofits truth.
History will yet do justice to the leading
Democrats who were made to bear the odium
OF the course of the Nelos, the Woods, Vallan-
digham. General Singleton, and others of the
same kidney. Facts are already leaking out
that these men were in secret alliance with the
Administration, and worked at the Chicago
Convention to render the resolutions as odious
TO the true Union men as possible so as to work
the defeat OF Mcclellan.
"The sooner the Democratic party spurn these
| men IIOul lublI Idukb anu DIedk OH any dIllla-
tions with Seward, Stanton, Weed & Co., the
sooner will they rally TO their standard the
honest and true men OF the country. ! am
clear in my opinion that Stewards Buffalo speech,
and the halfway Endorsement OF Hoffman by
Mr.. Weed, were two OF the most prominent
causes of his defeat. The Democratic element
of the Republican party could not reconcile
themselves to a seeming association with them
For poor Raymond nobody cares"
COMMENTS BY THE "TRIBUNE"
: Measure the writer ofthe above, the World
/ the Democratic party, and mankind in general
s that we do not know ''how much was paid by tn
e LOYAL League or by the Republican State Con
= mittee, weekly" OF otherwise, towards the sur
port of the Hon. Ben. Woods Daily Rell
''during the Presidential campaign" or at an
other time. If any one does know, we wi
thank him to out with 1t. We did hear of
!. check or draft for $25 900 in gold which Nj
q Wood received in 1864 from the Hon. Jaco
l. Thompson (Rebe) in Canada; but we neVe
: heard that the Republicans supplied Jake wit
' the funds. Still, there are so many dark hole
il and corners in political management-so man
2. wheels within whees--whereof we know notf
n ing, and are rather proud of our ignorance, tht
ali this might be, and we In blissful ignoranc
i of the whole matter. We will thank any on
g. who does know TO tell the public all about 1t,
le But we do not see how anything that can b
81 said will help the Democratic party, since IL
" impeached for its Olon acts, not Woods. tn
IS Daily Ne5s was we'll known to be, from drst {
ne last, an organ Of deadly hostility to the war fo