The Republican journal., 1871-09-21
Radical Troubles in New York

the democracy are laDOrlnG TO make 1t
appear that the party is ruined in New
York, in consequence of the exposure of
alleged swindles in the city government,
there is in their own party ranks one of
the most serious divisions that ever threat
ened disaster to any party. How it can
ever be healed, passes the comprehen-
sion of the most far seeing. The bitter
ness which has long existed. is now an
open teud, with the adherents of Grant
on one side, under the lead of his collect
or of New York Customs Murphy, with
Conklin and Cornel-and on the other
side the anti-administration men, led by
Greeley and Fenton. This feud has re-
Gently been brought prominently before
the public by the publication of two let
ters, one from Cornell making certain
statements relating to party mana cement,
and reply to it by Greeley, full of the
gall of bitterness. charging Cornell with
deliberate falsehood A recent letter
from New York to the Chicago Times re-
cites the merits of this quarrel, which is a
very pretty one, as in stands.
1t appears that the custom house Off
cials have the control Of the state commit
tees, and the indications are that admins
tration delegates will be admitted to the
state convention, while the Greclcvites
will be left to the tender mcrcies of a
committee composed of the very men
whose seats they will be prepared TO con-
test. The Murphy republicans are chuck
ling over this state of affairs, while the
Greeley wing are bitterly indignant. The
speech Of Horace Greeley before his COM
mittee is looked upon by some as 4 COM
plete throwing up of the sponge, but the
knowing ones, and the influential mem
bers of his committee wink at each other
in u mysterious and knowing manner
and predict hot work ahead They are,
however, getting little suspicious about
the venerable philosophers lecturing tour
He starts in day or two, and will posi-
lively be gone month. This carries him
| beyond the date set for the republican
| state convention. The committee of
which he is the chairman, confidently eX-
pect that he will be delegate to the con-
vention, and count very confidently upon
his influence upon the country delegates.
| Those who know NIr. Greeley hast snnar
at this, and prognosticate that he will
shrk the responsibility Of his committees
action at the convention, and also the ed
torial course of the Tribune, by going
away and manipulating events to suit
himself, and 10 further his presidential
scheme And in any event of trouble or
defeat to the Fentonites he will be able
TO say with Macbeth
''Thou cant not say did it. ~
Whatever may be the personal action
of Mr.. Greeley, the committee of which
he is the chairman are determined as TO
the course they are to pursue. In case of
their admittancc into the state convention,
there will be Il hollow truce Matched up,
which will be sure to be speedily broken
by the bolters. In case they are not
recognized they will withdraw their
claim for seats, and proceed at once to
call new convention of delegates at the
earliest possible moment. The action of
this new convention will naturally be an
tagonistic to the administration conven-
ton, and 4 ticket will be nominated
which will represent the views Of the
Greeley element of the republican party.
namely: opposition to the denomination
of Gen. Grant There is no doubt that in
this particular matter they have the SYM
pathy of the best men of the republican
party in the state. There is no doubt in
the minds of very many who are in the
secrets OF the committee, that there will
be actually two tickets in the field, and
while the mass of the party in the coun-
try swear by Greeley, the chances for
support for the custom house or Grant
ring depends almost solely upon the
strength which the officeholdcrs in the
state can rally round their standard.
The facts concerning the organization
of this committee are interesting, and
they are the cause of the lie being given
by Greeley to Mr.. Cornell. In Cornell's
letter he uses the following language:
sIn appointing the committees in the several
districts, Messrs. Orton and Schultz took
special pains to avoid, as far possible, select
ing offlce-holders. Out of the 147 committee
men appointed by them, some IL or twelve
| were custom house officials. OF the 159 dele
gates elected to the new central committee, II
are custom house officials.
In Mr.. Greeley's reply he uses the fol-
lowing vigorous and forcible language;
''In this you are guilty of deliberate deception.
OF the 146 committee men ap-
pointed bv Schultz and Orton, nearly 80 are
federal ofice-holders. OF the 147 delegates
elected to your general committee, nearly 30
are federal oflice-holders.
Here we have direct issue Of veracity
between these two distinguished gentle
men. When the time came to select a
chairman for the Grant committee, there
arose very serious difficulty. Notwith-
standing the almost superhuman exer-
tions of "Honest" Tom Murphy and his
henchman, Terwilliger, no prominent re-
publican could be found to accept that
position. 1t had been hoped that Hon.
f. D. Morgan would have lent his name
to give dignity to the others. In this,
however, they counted without their host,
for when they appealed to Senator Nor
gan to accept the craftsmanship of their
committee, he respectfully declined the
doubtful honor The fact that nearly all
the prominent members of the party were
} on Mr.. Greeley's side left them a very
small number from which to choose, and
} the refusal of Morgan was serious blow
to them. No one else was found, and
finally the choice fell upon Mr.. John
Townsend, a lawyer Of no mean ability
but utterly unknown as a politician, SC
much so, in fact, that even Mr., Murphy
: himself was first introduced to him after