, 1869-06-18
THE POLITICAL MYSTERIES.
MF. Greeley Not tho Republican God
Er1ond OF tho Hon. Joseph
mediII Tenrs thc Laurcls from Hox-
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hee'a Brow.
SIR: hare seen q letter recently In your paper
jacob Il. Howard, Of Iichlsan- Being p1e:iy
twenty yeaa thinE can throw some light Ess o.
The ORIGIN Of tue name Of the great party xhlch
elected Nj: Lincoln, and haa controlled tie coon-
11n is. III: Joseph ledtu, at present one Of the
propr1etors Of TuG CHICAGO TKisrsE, entered rne
political arena He believed that the name Whi9
especially to the foreign element, which found
considerable attraction In the word Democrat, aoi
tne changes Hhich wese rung upon i ssudItn9
the history Of parties, he found that the uame Ie-
publican Wss borne By the party from lsss Ton the
rupture OF the Demecrstc Repu auc2n party as
esea z ,s'a e pp;N n ssTs Wt WEBB
Aedia thouxhr Tie name Republican good one
and determined TO n5ga its adoption In Tho same
Changed to lie e Gosaoe.on eass ea s d o2eF es
thas the name Of hts paper might be ike that Of
the party he intended to suppoFt
ton heins d,ied anoa5 Wigs sad T freeseieEs re- sp
Whisl, Fzee-solsls md And sisvery T Democrats * M
fusion of shese elements ID the Uotsd states, aud
f1t time against the Democrats on the county
. sertes q. Articles il the cosnocton Kpa5iiaaa
Ht,nng tng ~ nissa;{ Of ths Mhts REV md urRtng for
Lnt nAae q Aep1ol1can. Ihe county was again
tdea Or Republican party composed Of ali the
clements opposed % the Democracy. In the wt1-
and moved TO Cleveland, where b started tho F.
Fl CITY, and supported General Scott tor the prrs-
!dcnc{, AftcE inc election. he bccamc sattsaed
q ne 20 ~ M ae e. 4s s fas fs
Fosas CIY iasonnz the dlaeanduens Of the Whie
PaanJ, 40 lhe Organisation Of the se1k1d Khiss
1nto new party, to be called the Nhttou,i Rcou5-
l1ea0 party. He followed this article With Others
N Ihe zane ren And By 20 doing quickly lost Lows
In les taan year Iii list Wss made % soed by % peN
patrons: n ~ r. proposition q the outset xas op-
yoeateI the fusion Of the parties, bus thought the
name Frte Democrat preferable to Republican,
Jas Jas Gleveand r. Dfnss,et published oy ]. {.
thing but the mama for tha new party, which il
thought shonld be Free Democrat.
~, Aedul At shls tine WIo.o letter to- Ir.
toin IN the movement The latter replied that he
favored the fusion plan and platform, bat the Tins
hsd p not as!!Eed for him 70 take tna ground thas
too sSrorS ra5ty 70 be broken up He opposed
ne tlne Republican on the belief that the name,
e aivantage. In The winter Of 1sss Salmon i.
Chase, accompanied By J. G. vaughan, caileI upon
Nj. AcdM TO express apprpsol af the movement,
ocTat, and making the objecttons that III, 0reeJc1
did against tho nalne Republican. But Me.i
Was obstinate, and hls proposition for I.e-
publican party eoon began to meet approval
Ths frst experiment IN the new movenen. was
n nc charter election IN Cleveland, Ap1li 1saa
The new paI&y called itself Republican, bot vas
called the FIs.onists b. the DemoeratA at.t3 III
ticket vas composed Of Wings, Frce-Solle1s, nnd
Aotl-Slnvety Democrats The city was previously
pasty eas1te il on that occasion br from 10 to w
majority In tho f2tl Of 1853, all the Teste7n Re-
serve counties Terr earned by similar fosop,
with about dozen other counties h4trerto Demo.
cratic Many Germans 1otne! the Republican
party M sd me German PAPER st Cevelaaa changed
Vaughan united the Forest City and Fty< Ds1coc7uf
into the Cleveland Leader, TIC name bang se.
!ected BY MedW becansc hts paper nsd been the
leader o. the Republican parry movement
ticket Was 5000 behind the Democratic one, the
Republican Whigs Eofng for tho FIRE. SOIL caudl-
dates THIS MAS tho end Of the Whf9 pArty In
soat STATE In 1h5A the a1u-SebFaAIn excite
mcnt suddenly brought together all tho elements
Lean WIS adopted ~ ihe wing Convention ct
Aehtran, aud the Oppoatiou CoVent!ons OF Ohio,
luino1a Iowa. and Western Pennsylvania and
tneaceloth became national. At. Aedlil lett
CIeEeland u 1s5+, and bought an interest IN TIE
nc Republican name ond party. me New YeTk
IIbans. HE. Seward. and other prominent urpo.
nenta OF the Democracy, did not adopt the new
0ame nni4 ne commencement of the Fremont
canra!gn u 1sA- Among the public men who
publican PARTY, we're achuyier colfaI, John i,
~ eM!nghafn. Judge epaldlnr4 Hiram 3rtsHo.d, Judge
lI1en, Edward Wade, Richard FarHaua Ssmuel
5aNoWay. Judge Carter, John pefreea, Joshua Il
slddnSs, Thomas Ford, James n. Ashley John
~ sne1mant Columbus Delsno, and Epnnsim Il Eek
DCF7A1o, y. L, June ), l5s9,