New-York tribune., 1871-11-04
HOW Much CAN HUMAN NATURE B.


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HOW Much CAN HUMAN NATURE BE
EXPECTED TO BEARf
There are those who ask the Republicans of
the Xlth Assembly District to withdraw their
candidate, JOHN V. GRIDLEY. We ask such
to consider calmly the following extracts from
yesterdays leader in The Times:
"The 'Fcnton,' Greeley or 'Tammany Repub
licans-or whatever yOu choose to call that faction OF
hcads-are determined to defeat the Reform move
mcnt they can in order, they to gire Gen.
Grant slap in he Jace.' Let this fact bo put record
before the may be necessary TO
something more about It.
:" There is room for douht mystery on the point
The Greeley Republicans-or Whatever their precious
may be-are nominating many men as they can,
in order to divide the Reform vote and bring In Tam
many This is the caseto take only one Instance
In the Nth Assembly Di5rict-where John V. Grdley,
a wcllknown tool of Tammany Hal, is put up to run
against Col. Rush C. Hawkins, who has given great
oense to Tammany by denouncnG Tweed as the great
est thief known to history Therefore, Grdlcy sent to
oppose Mr. Hawkins and THE TRIBUNE pats GridlGy on
the back. Gridley s another for Tweed vote for
Grdley and you vote for the rule OF thieves. Don't
deceive yourselves on that point.
"John w. Gridey thinks he has prescriptve right to
repro XIh Assembly District in the Legislature
He is always candidate. and always an irregular one"
Corrections 6y Ihe 1rt0unP.
Having no time nor room at this juncture
for controversy with The Times we must be
content with simply pointing out its malicious,
factiOus, uncquivocal lies. They are as follows:
1. 1t is lie that the "Fenton" or "Greeley
" Republicans" are determined to defeat the
Reform movement" for any reason what
ever. The truth is established by the fact
that though hardly treated by the Election
Committee of the Committee of Seventy, we
have withdrawn nearly all our own candidates
and adopted instead that Committees nomi-
nees. Those nominees of the Committee of
Seventy we are doing our best to elect.
@ 1t is a lie that we are trying to divide the
Reform vote in order to bring in a Tam
"many man." We are doing our utmost to
elect our own candidate in the XIth Assem-
bly, District, who is no Tammany man.
g. 1t is a lie that JOHN V. GRIDLEY is "a
"well- known tool of Tammany Hail." He has
always been an earnest Republican, even when
The Times supported Hoffman for Mayor, and
again when it urged the Republicans in the
Legislature to help pass the Tweed Charter.
A. 1t is lie that Mr.. Gridley is "put up to
"run against Col. Rush c. Hawkins" On the
contrary, Hawkins is put up to run against
Gridley, who was in nomination days before
Hawkins was thought Of
8. Of course it is q lie that Gridley is or
ever was nominated because Hawkins had
given offense to Tammany-Hawkins not hav-
ing been heard Of when Gridley was nominated.
@. 1t is lie that "Gridley is another name
"for Tweed" and that TO vote for him is
"to vote for the rule of thieves"
T. 1t is lie that he is "always a candidate,
"and always irregular" On the contrary, he
refused to be o candidate in 1859, and helped
to nominate and elect John II. White, of
the other "wing" of the Republican party.
Gridley's friends all voted for White; but,
when Gridley in turn became candidate last
Fall, Whites folks ran a candidate against
Gridley, and thus defeated him.
g. That it is a lie that Gridley was an
" irregular candidate" last year, is shown by
the vote, which The Times dare not let its
readers see, and which was as follows:
JOHSV. GRIDLEY n .226 James N. Cross. go
If The Times will simply print that vote,
and tell its readers the truth that its faction
did its best for Cross, with the Custom House
and State Committee at its back, it may lie
henceforth till Election with perfect impunity.
Republican Voters Of the XIth Assembly
District! we ask you to stand by JOHN V.
GRIDLEY! He cannot be withdrawn without O
virtual admission that he and his friends are
Iammany Republicans" and that to support
him is to "vote for the rule Of thieves" The
malice of his enemies. who are also the ene-
mics of :" "Fenton and Greeley" has compelled
him to appeal to your magnanimity and sense
OF justice. We believe he will be elected, and
know that the Ring thieves will have few ADLER
and no more Jealous antagonist in our next
Legislature than JOHN V. GRIDLEY.
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