New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-23

| HE TAKES BACK IN 1917 HIS GENEROUS WORDS
OF 1SG6-rHE ARM-IN-ARM CONVENTION Re
| VIEWED.
| TO the Edttor OF The tribune
SIR: The nomination Of Gen. Dix at Utica by the
| Grant Custom house party is bumiliating confess
sion Of weakness In all the ranks of their boasted
legions there is not single Republican with whom
they dare trust their standard. With glazing ncon-
sistency they seek man who has no strength, unless
| IA Democrat who has been pensioned most OF the
time during the last fifteen years, as an officer hold
or either under James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln,
Andrew johnson, or U. s. Grant
| What makes the selection more interesting to the
impartial observer of politics is the curious fact
that the party which opposes generous treatment Oh
| the South, reunion and reconciliation, whlch sus-
tans the disreputable carpet-bag parodles on gov
eminent which delayed amnesty as long as 1t dared
| and still makes it incomplete, which resolves In lts
platforms that the present is the old war Iii which we
are engaged and that the parties now are precisely
the old parties to the war; selects as Its standard
bearer the President of the johnson Arm-in-Arm
Convention of 1866. Gen. Dix was one of the ear
lest to welcome the movement for this Convention
called Ito resist Congressional usurpaton," and as
reward for his eminent services in that attempt TO
| form new party he would have been nominated
that year for Governor of New-York by the Democ-
racy had il not been for Mr.. Thurlow Weed, who in
collision with William NJ. Tweed, contriyed to pre-
vent it.
Now this champion of the policy of Andrew john
son, SO offensive then to the country, and now to
the apostles Of Grant, is put forward by the same
man who laid him upon the shelf in 1856. Ii Will
prove instructive to many of the extreme Grant
men who are troubled with short memories to review
his record.
To secure strength for the Convention called to
sustain President Johnson letters addressed to
many leading men in the country by Senator Doo-
little of Wisconsin and Others One of these epistles
was addressed to Gen. Dix, which elected the fol-
lowing reply:
MI DEAR SIR: I have received the call issued by
yourself and others for National Union Convention In
Philadelphia on the 14th OF August. / concur in its
propositions reasonngs, and its objects, and will do
all in my power to carry them OUT
long since expressed the opinion that the States were
entitled TO their representation in Congress- that their
the Constitution; that the persistence in
policy must lead to consequences most disastrous
These and other considerations connected with the
Federal Government and to each other, render most
timely and proper such meeting as you have recon-
mended OF the patriotic and rejecting men OF the Unon
to consult together for general welfare
am truly yours, JOHN A. DIX
The Hon. James X. Doolittle.
The following are extracts from the call in which
Gen. Dix so fully concurred:
The Convention shall consist of such delegates as sus
tain the administration Of Andrew johnson In maintain
ing the union OF the states under 6s the
the following propostonss' W.
Each State has the undoubted right to prescribe the
qualifications Of its own electors and no external power
ghny can or Sug1 TO- az bs G1 Se
The maintenance nyioate Of the rights Of the States
and especially Of the right of each State TO order and
control its own domestic concerns, according to its own
~ tSe United Is essential to that balance Of
which the perfection and ne o. oae m t
usurpation and Capitalization Of power IN Congress
Mould d Ssf to
Each House Of Congress is made by the Constitution
the sole Judge Of a the @ N enOs s@d
REPRESENTATIVES. properly chosen and qualified under
Tyery patriot should frown upon all these acts and
proceedings everywhere which can serve no otner pur
fect of which upon moral social and material inter
ests at home, and upon our standing abroad dierng
The purpose OF the war having been to preserve
the Union and the Constitution by putting down the re-
resistance to authority Of the General Government
end and the war sn Ss c0Wed S
measures peaceful administration SO that unon mar
nony ana SnS the arts Of revived and promoted
and the early restoration or all states 10 the exercise
0 t IL indspensabiy necessary to strength
defense OF the Republic and to the maintenance OF the
such electors IN the thrtyx States and nine Ter
rtores Of the United States and In the District OF 20
umba who, in spirit OF patriotism ana love Ior tne
Union can rise personal and sectional considera-
TONS and who desire to see truly national Union Con-
venrion which shall represent all the states and Terri
tories Of the Union, assemble friends and brothers
under the National flag to hold counsel % upon
possible danger from the same are speedily requested
take part the Gh0e ss q usa n seS Convention
who does not loyalty accept the National situation and
%ho not attached in true allegiance the COnstu
ton, the Union, and the Government OF tne united
States. A. W. RANDALL, Fresiuent
It's well enough to say, in passing, that the
above CALL before being printed received the sane
tion of President johnson, Secretary Seward, Thur
low Weed, and the late Henry j. Raymond, then
Editor of The Nec- York Times. and Others
Gen. John A. Dix solemnly Endorsed this indict-
ment. against the party which has now selected him
as its standard bearer in this State, Gin its PROPOSE
tions its reasonngs and its objects" and added: II
will do all in my power to carry them out"
The Convention met according to call Gen. John
A. Dix headed the delegates at large from the State
of New-York.
After the affecting arm hand arm" scene, in which
the delegates of Massachusetts, and South Carolina
marched into the hall and to the platform together,
Maior-Gen. Couch Of the Union army and James l..
Orr of the Confederate army leading the way, the
Hon. A. w. Randall, as Chairman Of the Executive
Committee of the Union Club, announced that for
the purpose of the organization of the Convention he
would propose Gen. John A. Dix as temporary Chair.
man.
The nomination was ratified enthusiastically. the
band playing Hail to the Chief" Gen. Dix ad-
yanced to the front of the platform and made
speech, whereof take the substance from the re-
ports Of the day:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION AND FELLow-CIrr-
zrSs OF THE WHOLE UNION: return you my sincere
thanks the honor have done me In choosing me
10 preside temporarily deliberations. regard
IL as a distinction OF ordinary character not only on
tho hiah political ktanding of the