Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-01-25

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Dec. 20 lstl.
The hopclisnc>s ~ clcclin i Dime
kraiic president bv Dimckrat- alone,
wul apparr { To all the gigantic inleIicA
nv the party over "A wear age. \ confer
cnce w.- held in Moo York eighteen
months ago; Tweed, Hall. Connolly and
sweeney. representa- Moo York me and
Garrett Davis repre-eutin Kentucky,
the Blairs rcpre-cntin Missouri, and -
on. We decided then that tile Dino
crIsy should appeal directly 10 the pco-
PIE to yoonitc with Ii, 10 beat Grant.
General John &. Breckinritlge desired
that the issue be made fairly between
Grant and dcspoti,m on the one hand,
and the people and leonyun on the 9th
cr. Tweed liked that idea, but he de-
sired 10 add to it. lie wanted tile issue
- be Grant, De,potism and Corruption
on the one hand ;and the People, loou-
yum and Purity on the other. That wuz
wat Tweed wantid. With .ich lshoo
ez that, he iclt that he Good 20 aiorc the
people and make SIGH a fife ez lie r.rvcr
| made atorc. Gen Breckinridge accept
ci this amendment gladly. lie felt that
the corrupshcn Nv the present admins
ra-hen, ez We'll a> it> attacks upon CON
-tItoo >hnes liberty. had bin Il stencil IN
the no.irils NV the people, ia which }Ir.
Tweed conceded. Il was resolved there
and then, 10 make the lie in thi, way
and upon TIN, oasis, and the mcetlu ad
I lourncd.
Some months after the conference Mr.
I Tweed, Tor obvious reasons. dropped
/ out ny thc management NV affairs. and
I the DlmOcri,y wuz left, recly without il
\ head. But felt that the programme
I lui down wuH the proper one, amd de
termlncd to make a tour thro tile North
crn states 10 aScertaine how much
strength we Good depend upon gittin
4 from the Republicans. il,t got home
4 from that trip yesterday. and the lollow-
! ing cNtrax from my diary Will show how
successful the raid wuz:
Snlthviile. n Y.-Fouud one man,
>. e.. who wuz strongly ~ favor Nv re-
organlZln the parties on a ncw basis.
Had grolned over the corrup~hcn uv
tnc Republikin party for Years. He'd
bln "A member NV tile party from it, on
.ansishun, but owing 10 the prcioodi>,-
sc> Nv the members thereof in TIL, coun-
try had alluz bin debarred from hodin
oils. up 10 the year 1866. In March nv
tha. year, President Johnson made linn
with profit to his,cIftll that oju- niiiat-
try tvrant, Grant, wuz elected. There
wuz some lriflin irrcgulrites in hi, ac-
counts. and he was dismissed and a sup
pie tool NV tyrany appointed IN his
place. His bail wuZ outraseorsly sood
for his dcialca shun. and he'd bin crooel-
ly persekootid ever since. Wuz earn
est believer in civil service reform, aud
wood jine hea! aud sole in this move
ment. Cv course he wood want his old
place back agin. in the event Of success,
aud when he gets it, shood favor law
maxim It perpetooal. Shel want money
from the general committee to yoOze
among shaky Republicans.
Jonesboro, Ohio. Pound Mr. VI. l..
IN a grocery. with his feet cooked up onto
counter. Wuz disgusted and heartslc t
at the profgacy nv the present admin
istrashen. and saw no hope NV any
change for the better until present party
lines was bustid. Hoped the new or
ganizashen would not overlook The
claims Nv men NV talent and geniu, ca
completely ez the party in power hey
done. His friends he'd urged him time
and again to the present tyranical admin
istrashen for various pusshens. from
minister to Venzula to the postoffice il
his native village, all NV wich the mill
tary tyrant now at the head NV the gov
ernment he'd persistently disi egarded.-
Felt that there must be Il chance or tina
room wuz inevitable; wuz in favor o
the new movement, STIMULATING, Of cours.
that he shood hev his choice NV the off
scs in that locality.
Brownstone, 1llinois.-P B. confess
that the postofiis in his native viliag,
he'd III the height NV his ambishcn foI
:. twelve years. and ez he he'd never hil
able to get it under Republican rool, II,
waz willin to iine the new movement e