New-York tribune., 1869-04-17

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How did the country and my colleague and the SEN
ate. reward this actioni BY commission as Brevet
BrigadierGeneral" The elaque,Ts were of course In
sprague's mind the adherents Of Brown d Ives-the
tools OF the million dollarsthe men whom he describes
as receiving stipends at the hands Of the great family
who when the great family sneezes, ana snake
their heads when the hydraheads of the great family
shake. Whatever may have been the truth e1hlOieu NJ
spragues assault upon the patriots Of Rhode In
dependent young OF the regiment will not De ~ p "
care They may part In the second ovation 70
Them BOYS did not strike at you, but at the million
dollars" they will burrah for sprague Tney now augh
Iy as Ave hundred thousand dollars except million
and apply 1t TO young Frank Goaaru' 'sd MaU bv ny
sword Of hs commanding Officer M can pe 10
however that It was at baTnae h bsvep S Vas ipnepceS
consciously unconsciously 1y brown q Ives curing ing
the early days Of the ws 1 tg n MOTION the invitation
Tor second ovation to the distinguished officer whom
sRps at the hand that struck the blow There
is no occasion that he should fear Burnside The latter
friend There is perhaps more OF contempt for, than
jealousy of Burnside in the attack but Sprague knows
that here knows that the representative OF the
million dollars shirked duty in the field persstenty and
notorousy and feels strong enough to crush them ana
But says sprague in his last speech in the Senate:
"There my State great capital centered in enc
newspaper organ is controlled by my colleague" This
simply means that Mr. Danielson who manages dns y0i
naL-a newspaper Ostensbly owned and managed Dy
Senator Anthosy-has sold HIS interest TO Brown Ives
and either remains at their sueranoe or Is 70 retire alto
gether such at least is the general belief here and
such Spragues belief The effect OF this VIII Dc pest
understood when come to relate some E.nSr ar M
in Of his speeehe and which VIII H. was % oT 70
By my @ TsP With 1T age be
70 % m meS HaSR % s fhSt
and 50 far as know. this not denied Brown Ives
ess@ the TssS5Oh % Sf Sms who
cousin Of the spragues was then Governor ana hed an
FAMILY to influence hm by threatening him with de-
feat in his reelection but he was mmovaDle ~ was
in Anthonys behalf and secured his triumphant return
But spragues friends hero assert and 1t s the general
service Anthony was secretly niInca to the man who
had befriended him, and that Ths Journal constantly M
The Journal be expected to feel very kindly toward
him now and they both hate MN germany % ANY r6aeco
next year aud The Journal because it is Anthonys
and bs OeTe f hap BtU%n Se SeAa the
reelection Of Anthony Is curousy iustrated hy ahotne
House Of Reprosentatves in order It is generally be
eved here among the knowing ones to pave the WAY ior
living here Mr. Brown has Summer house at Newport
which he claims as his home An old man, VINO haa NOT
desired Office in his younger days. he suddenly became as
epamored of public station Sprague is In his youth and
teegraphed to Newport 10 be put IN nomination Tor the
horse railroad being built by the door OF his elegant
mansion in Providence But SPaSg1s Sy o i9nas es
friend and out Of hostility to sPraIgnHeI rroronb and
spragues unaccountabe peryerty Of Judgment accord
ing 10 Anthony IN making mountain OF moieniIl sJ
Orleans staple and immense quantities OF French mad
der. They were making Immense quantities OF fruits ana
turers AS the Senator truly says breaking down."
and yet with the credit OF their rival Brown ives AT
Ret ane bringing per cent Atths hoppOrtune moment
The Journal took occasion TO say that spIagne
take too gloomy view Of the situation Anthony called
this friendly notice but sprague discaimed the eomp
and aOfar a
HsIT FSsW Sea Setter' found n Il stab at his
mercal credit ana at once ne M traces that pr
ceded It, and which have already related, ana
them am convinced that the paragraph had hidden
significance which was plain 20 Sprague ana patent 10
fort to me has at least been made The
the great moneyed family have adverted TO have taken
recent occasion to those controlling capital hereto
fore employed by me, that sprague is very much ex
tended sprague investing in the Sou south spTagae y, !;
the lead which shook the heads OF all around, much
strucf back direct at the hand which struck the blow
and which, after striking wrote an account oil IL Tor my
That sprague is doing great business secret here
or anywhere else in the whole country but how he Is
can gather from what have already written 1t Is de
MED that he bought any lands IN the South except TO
invested twenty times that amount In Anthonys re-
election And in this very extension" OF his business
small manufacturers breaking down. while capitalists
like himself are swallowing up hs mas ed
the snews Of prosperity to so many more that ne feels
even Seny Feeling that the great family bad stabbed
him In his commercial credit, ana would Dreak Nun
down with those who were breaking down around him.
ne struck back Brown Ives and charged home upon
Prof Gamme Of that family the authorship OF the
But aside from all this he has other little grievances
Jenckess called upon TO bear small share IN the as
PERSONS freely bestowed upon Burnside and the FIRST
Regiment Senator Anthony and all the adherent OF the
great family. and the great family itself. JencKes ne
the State with disgrace. While do not choose to dls
that question or for moment TO admit s lusuce'
cannot refrain from saying that the reelection OF Mr.
Jenckes to Congress and the circumstances attend
ing 1t undoubtedly helped to sour sprague ana con,
time OF Jenckess RECONCILIATION sprague was cOhnnea 10
his room with broken Leg tas S took o no SI direct or nd
rect interest In defeating him. 5ti JencRes Darely re-
ceiyed the nomination by majority. Three members
of the Convention who were pledged against him voting
for him under the eye OF Mr. Robert H. Ives Probably
pearDg to take an interest In the matter but II 80 MT
1ves's personal effort turned the scale The victory was
honestly fer Mr. Ives is concerned but 1t did
endear the great family to Sprague any the more
With Burnside. Browp & Ives man and Anthony Brown
Ives spTagne could not help feeling that his hand must
be like the hand OF ghoderiok Dhn or all power would
pass his grasp forever, and that his poorer neigh
bors would be crushed with him In Grants councils he
have any influence with the administration while Anthony
and his party ruled the roast Jenekes is the fatler
house. that ia TO say the family OF Brown Ives Dixon
is man OF little power, so little indeed that he escaped
the anlmadyersions Of sprague. while his Jasper
ter But he and Jenckes and Anthony
oil fa:ed to word OF spragues, by which mean
that they all out OF the next Congress together
IL Sprague can effect In defeating them he defeats
Brown Il Ives, and nobody here appears seriously TO
doubt that he will accomplish it. was never more i'm
pressed with anything than the simple faith his friends
have In the success that is TO follow all his under
takings Even Napoeon's abiding conviction OF MS own
destiny could not have surpassed what s exhibited by
the people who believe In William Sprague.
Anthony is sharp newspaper paragraphlst ana as an
orator polished and sarcastic way OF putting things
that tells upon his opponents 1t fails to demosh his
opponents theories What are matters OF study and CON
yicton with sprsguethe results OF acute observation
and great experience in busnesshe disnisses In con-