New-York tribune., 1872-05-11
JUDGE CAToN's LETTER.

ON--N
erats in view OF the Cincinnati nominations. answer
you unhesatingy that IT is duty TO support those
nominations, aud all honorable means TO secure
their election. We disappointed, no doubt ana
sadly that OF the distinguished names presented 70
that Convention by those friends from our own State
did not receive that nominations but we cannot always
have our first choice and then We must 90 inc
next best thing. We may not and am
sure you do not, in your own mind' separate
our duty as Democrats from duty as citizens ana as
patriots desiring above all things the best interests OF
our whole country and the whole question OF duty is
answered when determine in our own minds whether
the election Of Mr. Greeley Of Mr. Grant, will best
promote the interests Of whole country for thlnk
Il perfectly de7podsnbe that every vote Withheld o %
Mr. Greeley Is practically a vote given 20 Gen.
Grant and TO this I viii for moment address my
, s UnqSF PSsSGTt SgT S& Vice majority
OF al the votes Of the Electoral Colleges must concur 20
secure election. II there be three candldatcs 80 I
vding the that neither has majority OF 's p pdo
en Tie eesn on Is idd id sc su9 mnst f elect the Pres
dent. This. as You are aware mas & ai'ay i T can
when in 1924, Jackson, Crawford, ana Auls Mte eau eau
dIiafSs Thcn neither got q majority. Though Cen |
Jackson received plurality OF the Notes sun 'ue iV"'e
FOLLY OF A THIRD TICKET
Lot the Democratic party make a nomination now'
other than Mr. Greeley and the most IT could hope 10 DO
would be TO throw the election into the House. The
strongest nomination 1t could make besides Mr. Greeley,
undoubtedly would be DAVIS and Parker, the men
whom We believed would be more acceptable to the
Democrats thani any others whose names were pre-
scented Cincinnati; ana yet II cOud nave no OlntI
result than TO secure beyond all question the eec3n OF
Grant. do not think that any true trlehd OF those
gentlemen could advise them TO accept suGh noiIla nom "a
tion. TO allow their names 20 be further used as
candidates under the nominations they have already re-
ceyed, unless they really prefer the election OF MI
Grant over that of Mr. Greeley which is not to be be-
evCd by any except those who themselves prefer the
election OF Grant for, before stated the only eect
running under any nomination Is 10 promote ms
eiacfion Under existing circumstances the party that
Nominated them cannot LONGER insist upon great
personal sacrifice TO those gentlemen as u would DC 10
them instruments TO secure the election or
Grant That party relied upon the manifest democrats
preference in favor OF their canddatGS 10 secure he
nominations at Cncnnau ana now NhlIe we may ~ TO-
tret ts faiure may ask them, the renos ot those
earhy ecd OS can result from IT, but on the contrary
the possible haTn We may appeal TO them as
interests Of our common country not 10 stand in the
way Of doing the best thing that can be done for the
10 pots strength when had no hope Of success in the
election witness the late elections IN New dmSnIe
and Connecticut. / am not one OF those VINO DcleFe
they have more adeTents 10 those states than
was indicated 10y those elections Even II tue leaders
desired it, is Impossible hold the mass Of their
voters mp the work when each man knows for GER
- a Vote thrown away or worse. When snch is the
case the will fan back to their old affiliations and
40 win be now if they still insist on running their
candidates. This would be double disaster. 1t would
not only sacrifice two OF the purest ana pest men OF our
country but 1t would manifest weakness IN the party
b wIn tbSp %G4% FORTUNES S it. c"ud they but see
able hope OF accomplishing any good therely-at least
with the nomination at Cincinnati except their own IA
vorte candidate could be SO acceptable 70 the LABOR Ke
form party Mr. Greeley. Through his whole public
life hehas been the special friend OF the aOOrer ana mas
dn @ % az tbe m isms for Witch his adyeTsarjes
have reprOached and ridcued him. and yet in spite OF
reproac ridicule be has ceased for moment
u battle for the producer against all adverse in
tcrests. cannot doubt that the Labor Reform
party, not only as mater OF pohcy puI lIOH rom
considerations Of patriotic duty as citizens, viii
take peculiar pleasure in doing all they can in every
honorable way 10 secure the election OF one who adv0
Gated their principles long before any one houGht OF
they canno insist upon such personal sacrce their
men without the hope of good, hut with the certainty Of
that interests OF the nation will be promoted by the
election Of Mr. Grant Under these circumstances can
great public good by the nomination Of Davis and
Parker will hesitate to Join with all others who
ardcuty desire with them to reform the GOV,
ernment and bring it back to that standard Of
purity aud patriotism in which the nation was
born aud nUTtured IN It's infancy, and thus
complsh the great good though other hands than those
which they at first preferred so well they become potent
members Of the new party which IS springing into tull
grown vgcr its very birth. Thus Will they
relieve Their candidates from great eInbarrassm men
which must be most painful to men OF their honorable
upon them, should those who nominated them still insist
upon their remaining in the field TO do that which
tend the election Of Mr. Grant Tie Labor
Reform party has higher purpose than tins and has
greater duty TO perform 1t surely viii not hesitate as
OLD ISSUES FAST AND GONE.
have assumed thus far that in the election
should be thrown into the House, which would most
likely result by the running Of three candidates, that
MI Grant would certainly be elected by that body
Remember that election must take place before the
IN of March next for that day the next President
must nauguraed; so the election must Oe MADE Dy
tie present House OF Representatives where we all know
MIR Grant has overwhelming majority OF friends:
Therefore that every vote gwen the tendency OF
which il to throw the election into the House, Is pract
calv a vote for Grant Such would be every vote gwen
sanST3e friends who believe that the split of the Re
publican party. with the aid Of the Democratic nomna;
ton, Davis might secure majority OF inc eiector5i
votes and thus defeat both Greeley ana Grant, Snch
can only take counsel of their sangune hopes ana nor OF
their deliberate judgments, even pthough they magnify
n"nisted Judge Davis they must calculate that they
Democratic
ber he must electoral votes tan DOM gree
lev and Grant put together. No such result
could follow Democratic nomination now ~,
gether have been growing 2 weaker ana weaker
Tor the last twelve years uH they are now eom %
questions which We benYe the WeIiare OF
country depends On these issues we are III the
main agreed upon these issues also large portion
of our old adversares, who disagreed with us, upon
those other issues which are now dead ana Dueu anu
can never again TO divide u.s. now cordially agree
with us aud ready TO act with If Will act with
carrying out the policies Indicated by THESE In
sues act with those who thus agreed
policies but act TO defeat them, then we must
admit that We are actuated by some personal mo
some Old party ambition rather than with The
single view 20 the discharge OF the patriotic duty OF pro
noting the best Interests OF our common country Und
these circumstances II 10 be supposed that any consd
cradle portion OF the Democratic voters would give ad
hesOn 10 Democratic nomination. conscious, as they
would be- that by doing they would defeat the adop
Of those policies upon which they sincerely believe
the best interests Of the Republic depends" Though
were possible 70 belye that enough Democrats could be
found forget OF the past so blinded to the present
and reckless OF the future TO get together in the form
of a National Democratic Convention and nominate
Davis and Psrker they WIZ nnd tnat sae Democratic
ures men,, will turn from their leadership with de-
siOn, EealOusy work 10 secure the adoption Of those
measures which they believe 70 be 80 vital TO the we'll
being the country, In the only practicable mode which
erce only who mistake the Democratic masses
As 20 believe that they VIII stin dream OF that
,el1cb is dead and buried, and has been succeeded
iy new life IN the form Of these issues which the
BOurbons the Republican party have forced upon the