New-York tribune., 1871-05-02
AN APPEAL.
~ TIE REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF
V NEW-YORK.
Ro0Ns of lHh NN-e NsN-YoRK MAY 2. l9sl

ss.;,l communication from the hepuDilV'"
-. coomittoe. under date Cd the llto Niuvn i''i,
,isi,c Of their decision TO " disbaud the GENERA,
C,n,ittee of New-York,' was brought 70 us ol'."'
o+;cc for the first time on the 9th OF April w. by
-. PRESIDENT Horace Greeley cRa Of the gentlemen
~ whom it is addressea., The resolutions asop'eu
by the General Committee that OCCASION Dy a
solid vote Of 90 ecainst Q, sufficiently express ''S
Sissent from the decision It's announcements Do",
ever. is so blended with errors that the Oenei"'
Committee authorized rs 10 correct them iAo P1o-
,edure Of the two gentlemen designated O' to Ht.'
Committee Ia create in their name No" I
can organization for the City OF New IN
be a fitting occasion for the dI-eh,'ie = -
Z The state Committee are pleased 10 say 'nat
-. s',.a,,o ,ireD 70 tbs subject careful and
-. ...,.;doration. and have taken tins action
- ,tor.+i.np IL certainly Is Of first oOnse-
w. -, that tbe public should be satisfied Of
49,. W. do not dispute that they had ample
. 80 deiberafe; but whether they gave to the
-, =. careful and patient consideration there is
80, % Soubt A brief statement viii show the I'M
-o,ahsrtv OF their statement for want OF the peti-
tons papers, and documents "hoh sIohe' rs 'hey
oaruit furnish the subject.
-. w,Iknovn fact that on the 25th OF January.
,s, the General Committee, avang themselves OF the
s,ts Committees offer, took possession Of the "peti
,ions papers aud documents" retaining the "papers
rd d,e,pents until the 25th day Of the ensuing March,
"a sin retaining the petitions" All having under
cone thorough examination, the General Committee,
with cause they supposed 10 suspect that the state
Committee were not disposed toward them IN their
Wanted spirit Of fairness" appealed the cause 20 the
Republican electors Of the State This appeal scrutin
lied the evidence submitted by the state Committee OF
the truth Of their charges ana COncusvey showed that
neither OF them In any cegIee sustained. II was
shown that tho charge "that open and avowed Demo
Gratis are enrolled members OF every Of the q City
Assembly Districts" rests evidence OF but l35 Demo
crs on the rolls of but two Assembly Districts. 1t
shown that only members and they private members,
OF but six different District Associations liable to the
charge that many OF the Presidents and other Gers
and enrolled members Of the Associations hold Offices
under the control and at the mercy Of Tammany
Hau shown that there Is not the least evidence
that of the members Of the General Committee Of 1870
held or that Of those Of the Committee Of ls7 hold
Offices in Democratic City Departments 1t shown
that the 10000 Repnbhcans Of the City OF NewToik,
which. it alleged nad pettoned for reorganization
OF the party in the city, composed in the main, OF
counterfeit spurious, and manufactured nanes leaving
G2s6 names accounted genuine, Of which 2il6 are
ascertaned to be Democrats and only 1870 Republicans
1t shown that there is not particle Of evidence n-
pcatng either the General Committee the district
associations. in any Of the remaining charges. And
all, il cOnclusiyey shown that the state Com
uttee cannot for any whatever, Interfere with
the organization Of the General Committee without
usurDng the powers OF tie people. This appeal DOlu
appeared in THE NEwYoRK TRIBUNE Of the Sd OF March,
and was served on each Of the state Committee
before the 9th day Of March It. therefore. may be
safely assumed that ii had been brought TO their notice
before they decided, that day. are now officially
Informed, that having given the subject careful and
patient consideration" the present General Committee
and Associations Of New-YOrk City, shall be dis
banded" But though possessed Of the appeal which
proved the charges unfounded the State Committee
were not possessed, has been shown Of the pet-
tons papers and documents" in which alone accord
f TO their own statement the evidence Of the charges
consist 1t that the necessity Of careful considera
ton and deliDerGtion is obviously implied in the
assertion that they duly Observed; but who will
believe in "their fairness" when it appears that the
State Committee possessed neither the means nor the
opportunity of the the Otherf on this shoWinc
II s submitted that decision of the state Committee
Ehat the charges substantially correct, 10 proof Of
which is to be found in the petitions, papers and dOcu
rncnts designated 10y them evidence OF The same; aud
that they after being advertised q this fact should,
without even access the evidence have made their de-
eision and conveyed it, with the announcement that
they mad given TO the subject patient and careful
consideration" eviuce but Ite Of that spGit Of far
ness which they have been anxious to impress upon
us as 20 essential In the counsels Of the party"
IL The state Committee say further that they "care
fully considered the question Of its heir authority Tor
this proceeding in Of the objection, made on behalf
of the present Genera Committee that there prece
dent for such acon and Therefore, the State Committee
could not properly exercise this authority without hav-
ing been specially empowered by the state Committee
20 do So This objection lacks force from the fact that
there has been precedent for the existing state
Of affairs since the formation Of he Republican party"
Now it will not De questioned that, whatever the pow
ers Of the State Committee they are exclusively dele
gated powers They however claim that the state OF
affairs" which they applied them is without prece-
dent This claim discomfts them for a body Of only
delegated powers take no jurisdiction Of unprece-
dented afsrnO original power for theirs IS dele
gated and not delegated power, for events that had
never happened could rot have been contemplated by
the convention that delegated the powers.
Ill We think that not uniusty charge that the
State Committee, when claiming that Ihe Regular
Committee uhe General Committee Of 1870 was divided
into two parts each about equal IN numbers convey
deceptive impression Of the they have adudcatod
There having been l59 members of that Committee, it
wac impossible that they should have been evenly d
vided 1t obvious that there must have been, there
was, all questions majority and minority. If the
aiscOntented members had been The majority they would
have controlled the COmmittee aud then having use
would have had no desire, fOr a But, being
minority in order TO control they forced TO secede
Having petOned the State Committee TO dissolve the
regular Committee they could Dot and did not (n the
words Of the State COmnittee) assume to act the
regular Committee; and the State Committee themselves
deny that they the regular Committee when they
sdmit the regularity OF that from wkieh Dey ehdreU
Thus majority OF the regular General COMMITTEE De-
came petitioners for new Committee only after they
had seeded and the State Committee were put in
ton only after they had been pettoned, for that pur
pose, by BO'teTs.
~ The Committee say that the District Associa
tons divided IN their allegiance 70 the two sec
tons Of the General Committee; some districts recog
nlziDg one. and the rest ng the direction Of the
other section"
Not o single District Association followed the Boilers
All adhered the Regular General Committee and they