The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-05-09
ssvENTILLATION., ,,

ing ltselt independent Of the Republican
party. offers as its whining excuse that
Geo. NJ Pinney is Chairman Of the Cen
trail Committee, and is an unfit man
We do not propose TO more than call
attention to the fact that il thus ac-
knowledges it abandons principle thro'
dislike of person, that it cuts loose from
the sheet anchor of Union and drifts off
on the uncertain sea of individuality be-
cause il has more vanity than discretion.
We assert here, however, that the ad-
mission above betrays moral cowardice.
If he is bad man il is no reason you
should be moral coward. If your for
mer asseverations of devotion to Radical
principles had been honest aud sin
cere you would have adhered to them
though every man in the party were
disliked. No true soldier ever deserts his
colors because he dislikes his comrades.
We only refer to these points inciden-
tally because the Herald has inextrica-
bly, shared itself; and we charge here
that the paper dare not to-day present
an article discussing any live issue be-
fore the country that we cannot ccntro
vert from its own files within the last
six months. The policy of that paper
just now is, for Mr.. Stuart to claim con.
sistency and disclaim everything that
has, previous to the last month, appear
ed IN the Herald editorials, although
his name has appeared at the head of it's
columns. We hold that who is the wri-
ter of an article is n matter of the ut
most indifference to the people. 1t is
what is said on its responsibility, not
who said it; and whether Mr.. Stuart or
Mr. Fisk or John Smith wrote it, it is
wholly unimportant. We are ready,
however, TO meet Mr.. Stuart on the pro-
position that he is consistent, if he will
admit the authorship of the article en-
titled Where we Stand, in Thursdays
daily. We take the following PROPOSE
tions from that article:
1. It has abandoned the Republican
party because Geo. NJ. Pinney is Chair
man of the Central Committee and the
party is committed TO his schemes, viz !:
endorsing Major Cullen for Office. who is
not Republican.
2. He has committed the party to an at
tempt at the removal from Office of so1nd
Republicans. On. p. Langford)
8 He has used his position to further
his own selfish and personal ends.
These, we believe, are all the excuses
Mr.. Stuart offers for abandoning the
field on the eve of the greatest and most
important political contest there has
ever been on the continent. We do not
wish to use the advantage we have on
these questions without due notice of
our intent We therefore ask him to
father or disclaim the article of Thurs
day for the following reasons: We in
tend, if he admits its authorship, to prove
upon indisputable authority
1. That the party is not committed to
Mr.. Pinney in any manner whatever.
2. That in the personal letter of
recommendation Mr.. Pinneye gave to
Major Cullen he distinctly stated that
she differed from him politically"
81.
ports gave Major Cullen much stronger
recommendations than Mr.. Pinney.
4 That every member of the Union
Central Committee who had opportunity,
except three, signed a paper presented
by Mr.. LangEord, asking the Senate not
to confirm Mr.. Hubbel over him..
8. That Mr. Hubbel is Republican,
he being a member of the Central Com :
nIittee from Choteau- s'r Ha
6. That on the 9th day of March
1868. Mr.. Stuart declared that the course
OF the Herald toward Mr.. Pinney had
been upon a misunderstanding and that
the opposition of that paper toward him
would then and there cease. Upon this
he shook hands with Mr.. Pinney, and
called witnesses to the compact. That
this was in full knowledge of the efforts
Mr. Pinney had made in favor of Messrs.
Cullen and Hubbel.
z. That on the 27th day of March, i'm
mediately after this conversation. Mr..
Stuart telegraphed 10 Senator Howe,
asking him to have Mr.. Hubbel confirm
ed in place of Mr. Langford.
s. That Geo. NJ. Pinney never owned
dollar in this institution that he does
not now; that no other person than Ben.
II. Dittes has a dollar invested in it /;
that Mills writes his own editorials
that no clique, ring or individual can be
produced who will say TO the cor trary
that we Intend to fight it out on this
line if il takes to all eternity" and we
will ventilRte you worse and worse ev-
cry day until you throw mp your hands
S.u~x, a ruEVv USSUTE