Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-26
Eis ED. HORN.

IlDlI. L w ilDi II. VI D|d Ihtf ms
published a lwo,column letter an.
nouncing himself an independent
Democratic candidate for Member ol
Congress in the Milwaukee district,
and giving his reasons for not con.
sorting with the Greeley coalition.
Mr. Horn has been for 80 years the
mainstay Of the Democracy among
the Germans Of the State. He has
been in the State Legislature for
fifteen years, and Speaker Of the
Assembly in 1852. He intends to
stump his district, and will make the
result there doubtful notwithstand.
ing the nearly one third Democratic
majority. We can give only the
following small portion of his letter
In Announcing myself. as ! hereby do,
ns m independent candidate for Congress
in this district, and differing rs do with
large number OF my fellow Democrats
on the Presidential question, it seems to
me proper that | should briefly state few
OF those reasons which, IN my Judgment
vt least, are sufficient to withhold nv
support from the coalition candidate,
Horace Greeley. After thirty years at
faithful service in the ranks Of the old
time honorcd Democracy, /, with thonS
ands ui other Democrats, find myself
without II party, Oar men and our prin,
clples have been sacrificed for an expe.
diency of the most doubtful kind, aud
we have been sold by certain set ot
men presenting to act for our own party.
The cly Of demngu1ues and, perhaps,
some we'll meaniu. tut unthmking men
among ~ of breaking mp the Republican
party as means of future success,
cannot JOIN, because ! cannot see it.
Breaking mp what2 The Rrpnhic N
party, 10y elcctinG tho enrichment. and
the most oljcctionNI embodiment ia the
United States At that of the Repuhicau
party. Do You cali this breaking M the
Republican purty? would call il. and
with good deal mere OF truth aud rca
80. ,,. 90 r., r..
r,,.I., ul.;., :. ,,,no ..,,i
IA the sun rises in the morning, where
shalt we he aud who WI rally our forces
to victory2 " ho will undertake to or,
Eani1e defeated, scattered and demon
allied Democracy n(ter This nrh,Iv ,It;.
snce ha, Lett ia rontnmin,tino and do.
mo.aDiginu influence nmon,us2
And who ARE she liternl E,nuhI;,,rs
that have Joined Mr. Greeley in his ro
form movement 4, r in a., limo ,ro,Le,
set of Republicans, yith pcrlnps a
shrinking of inherent villains into ,f.
fco2 Why. they are mostly disaonoint.
cd. ambitious politicians. with bere and
there an honorable ex,rotinn III Dis
ru.ttnr Ia my one nor ron,cr..nt ,y,th
American politics. As thrv h,ve h,rr
carried on for the hast twe.ye ar .ixtr,,
years, to see men Formerly or hi,h
standing, turning what wound n,
States evidence ar.,iu,t their lnrn.r
party friends, coniessing in utmost every
case thut Of the evils rn,,plui,ad -, IN
Che present state of affair. they wore
either accessories before ar nGrr ina E,,.t
and in many eases they roof,.,s I, l,ny,,,
been both before and after.
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the nd,ocs,v or ia hi.,h ,,r;r J,.,,r;a',
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r,rh win t,Lr CARA ur IL, 'nn,,. .,,,., -.
bis hatred Of and logl apj ;nsnlti,'. '' ln -,