New-York tribune., 1871-08-25
THE REAL ISSUE.

In the middle of our last State canvass,
minority of the Union Republican General
Committee bolted from the majority and acted
thenceforth in antagOnsm thereto. The pre-
text for this bolt was "Tammany influence"
or something of the sort. In other words: the
minority charged the majority with infidelity
to the Republican party and hostility to the
success of its candidates. And yet we are con-
fident no single member of that denounced
majority failed to work and vote for the Re-
| publican State ticket and every candidate
named thereon. A few may have refused to
vote the County ticket of the Young De-
mocracy, but by far the greater number voted
also for that Yet the bolt was persisted in,
and the boilers refused to attend and vote at
the Primaries in December last, when new
General Committee was chosen. They pre-
ferred to wait and procure an authorization
from the State Committee to elect County
Committee after their own heart.
Our wish was to meet them and beat them
on their own ground but the Union Repub-
lican General Committee declined to do So
And it is obvious that, if we had so met and
beaten them, they would have shouted " Tam
"many Influence !" louder than ever, andprOb-
ably bOlted again. The very same pretexts
that excused their bolt last Fall would have
served as good a purpose and been just as
pertinent this year. The proof to them of
"Tammany influence" is the fact that they
are beaten.
What these gentlemen ask of our approach
ing State Convention is, that it shall stigma
tie all those Republicans who are esteemed
friends of Gov. FentOn or of THE TRIBUNE as
under l." Tammany influence" They ask the
Convention to rule us out and brand us as
false to the party and plotting its defeat.
Their Oracles assert that we tried to de-
feat the Republican ticket last Fall and
will do the same this Fall. THE TRIBUNE
never said or did so much for any previous
candidate for Governor as last Fall for
Gov. WOOdford, yet it is charged by them
with seeking his defeat. 1t has given more
space and effort to the exposure of the Tam
many frauds than any other journal yet it is
charged by the Murphy crowd with conceal
ing OF excusing those frauds. And so to the
end of the chapter.
We have a short method, then of dealing
with all this cant of Tammany influence"
Gentlemen of the interior you see and read
THE TRIBUNE-have done so for years. We
DIOutl uOtulbS III dpOiOSy VI tACuSc lOI lJS
conduct If you think it labored to defeat
Gen. WOodford last Fall or has tried this Sum-
mer to screen and uphold the Tammany plum
derers of our City, vote its friends out of the
next State Convention and give their seats to
its enemies. That will show that you believe
the charges of its assailants, and think you
will strengthen your cause by denOuncing it.
You need not fear that even this will repel
us from the support of the Republican cause.
You can perpetrate no folly, no injustice, that
will have that effect. You can very greatly
diminish our ability to serve that cause, but
you cannot change or modify our disposition,
our purpose, to give it all the aid Ill our
power. When you shall have done your worst
we shall nevertheless do our best. But all
do not feel as we do, and many will
not turn the left cheek when smitten on the
right, as it is meek and Christian to do. And
it does seem to us that the best efforts of all
the Republicans in our State are needed TO Sc
cure the victory we hope to achieve in our
approaching election. Judge for yourselves,
friends in the interior! and do not excOmmu-
nicate any portion of the party, unless you
are quite sure you have votes TO spare.