Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-03

cipally social, and his speech will
not be long, nor elaborate, but SIM
ply plain, outspoken address upon
the points at issue. Judge Stallo
and other prominent Germans here
will slso be present, and make adj,
dresses. On Tuesday night the
Germans will have an important
meeting in the city of the reunion
and reform association. Delegates
of the local union reform associa.
tons in all parts Of the country are
invited. 49,
The first danger of the Conven-
ton will arise from the exuberance
and excess of intellect and indivi-
dualism in it. 1t has the tone of all
earnest reforms about it, and will
be largely composed of original,
self contained men, gathered to-
gether to enforce, each man for
himself, those views which he holds
and OH which he will compromise
with difficulty. A regular political
convention, like that to assemble at
Philadelphia, whose current is that
Of interests and the offices, will APP
pear to harmonixe moro promptly
than an earnest, disinterested, and,
to some degree, Heterogeneous mass
assemblage like the present. Our
friends will, therefore, keep their
souls in patience, and not permit
the Grant newspapers to discourage
them, even if the Convention should
be three days in session, and it n
dozen ballots are necessary to a
choice of candidates.
The next disadvantage, l am
bound with the same frankness to
state, is the probable advent here of
some people who ought to be over
at Philadelphia, scrambling for
Grants bitter apples. Men like A.
K. Mcclure, Reuben 4. Fcnton, and
Henry G. Warmoth have no natural
and fitting connection with this
movement, and will come here to
play tricks with it, and make it sub
serve interests utterly at variance
with the original proposition for
the Convention, which was Reform
in the manner of taxation, in Office
getting, and in ofiicc-holdiug tyran-
ny. We may congratulate our
selves that we have so few of these
old professionals, and, when they
| discover the nncOngenial nature of
this Reform School, even these few
will probably depart to undertake
new intrigues. People who are
really Reform men here prefer the
companionship of respect a b G
Democrats, like Hendricks, Mar
shall, Tilden, and Church, to some
of the people at whom l have him
ted. Yesterday l sent you, by tele-
graph, an outline ofthe plot between
the Protectionists Of New York and
Pennsylvania to spring the name
of Hon. John NJ. Palmer without a
platform, and with a bob Of Hon.
A. G. Curtin appended to him, so
that our eminent friend might fly
like a kite between heaven and
earth. There may have been moth
ing in this, but it was reputable
town-talk, and gave you the bcne-
fit oft. Now, protection is no Re-
form, and silence about is sacrifice.
There is only one way for every
Western Reform man to act here,
and that is to insist upon the Mis-
souri, resolution which was the orr
ginal proposition for this Convcn-
ton. We have nothing to expect
in the long run from the Protection
lists or their organs ofopinion; they
will strive to dilute this movement
until it comes to nothing more than
an exclamation against Grant, and
this is not enough to make a party
upon.