Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-17
POLITICAL.
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NEW YORK, May I6.-The Tribune ar
nounces thst Greeley will accept no invita-
ton to speak on political questions while
candidate and it win promote general con
venience if those who might otherwise in
vite him will accept this explanation. A
Poughkeepsie in fulfllment of promis
! made when he did not expect to be nomi
mated, but discuss no political topic.
the Jew York Democracy.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, May 16.-The Dem
ocrstic State Convention reassembled Thu
morning. The following delegates at large
were chosen to the Baltimore Convention
John 7. Hoffman, DeWolf, H. G. Murphy
Jarius Lord. Among other delegates arr
Congressman Fox, S. S. Cox, and Kinsella
Also, Augustus Schell and Sheriff Brennan
After filling the list of delegates the Con.
vention adjourned sine die.
LANCASTER, n. Y, May 16.-Senatol
Ferry'sre-election was received here with
enthusiasm by the Liberal Republicans
Greeley and Brown flags We're thrown out,
a salute fired, and procession took place
Stanley Matthews ON the stool OF
Repentance.
CINCINNATI, May 16. = Washington
correspondence 70 the Gazette publishes a
letter from Judge Stanley Matthews, tenn
porary President Of the National Liberal
Reform Convention, written to personal
friend in Washington, who wrote to the
Judge, calling his attention to the following
extract from bis speech on taking the chair:
"And so gentlemen in every department OF
the Government, the slow prison of cor
ruption, only not sufficiently slow, seems
! to have pervaded the whole civil and poll
/ teal administration of the country from
1 head to foot"
The following is Judge Matthews letter,
which is published with bis permission:
Cincinnati, Nay 6, 1S72.--My Dear Sir
Nothing connected with the result of the
disgraced and disgraceful Conventional this
place has given me SO much pain as your
note calling my attention TO a statement
taken from a speech of mine, pointed with
the Interpretation you evidently put upon
it. Allow me in the first place to Say that
was put forward as temporary chairman of
that Convention without an hours notice,
and that consequently what said was totally
unprepsred. Next, that the extract you
make and which if had intended to be
taken in its literal sense, would be Justly a
matter of regret that it had been altered,
does not represent the truth of my senti-
ments. On the contrary, have no reason
to believe and never have believed that per-
Sonally the present Administration is guilty
of corrupt conduct or motives, and l ought
to have expressed myself so as to have
was striving to say had reference
to the general corruption Of our
political life pervading it in every depart
IT, Nv Il,
seemed to be substituted for the public
good, aud the latest aud best illustration of
which l am free to say is now to be found
In the action of the very convention in the
presence Of which this declaration was
made. l am greatly chagrined at the
whole matter, my own participation in it
included, and concluded perhaps not sniff
GENTLY soon that as a politician and pres
ident maker, am not a success. / greatly
regret that have given cause Of offense to
you and to many other personal friends
whose integrity may have seemed to have
questioned, but which can assure you
was furthest from my thought. hope you
will be able to regard it as though it had
never been said, Very Respectfully Your
friend. STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Houston, May 16.-The Radical State
Convention is in session and harmonious.
A Greeley and Brown meeting was aG-
dressed last night by Col w. H. Hatch, of
Missouri, and Judge j. II. Reagan.
There was a large Democratic Gidding's
Jellification meeting over Congress seating
Giddings. .....-~-
The meeting of the Democratic editors
resolved to await the action of the State
and National Conventions.
The HOOsiers.
LOUISVILLE, May 16.-The Republican
Congressional Convention for the second
district OF Indiana was held at Jefferson
vile to-day. DIR. d. w. Voyles, Postmas-
ter at New Albany, was nominated for
Congress. Resolutions were adopted, de-
nouncing the Greeley movement, endorsing
President Grant and favoring his renom-
ination.
EIichiganders.
DETROIT, MICH, May 16.-The Repub-
lican State Convention met at Jackson to-
day and elected delegates to the Republican
Convention at Philadelphia. Resolutions
were passed on the s'unexampled prosperity
of the country" ''the visible dissolution of
the Democratic party" and ''that in our
opinion Gen. Grant has been as faithful
and patriotic in the Cabinet as he was in
the field and that relying upon his honest
heart and firm purpose his denomination to
the Presidency is earnestly desired by the
great mass of the Republican party" En-
tire unanimity characterized the proceed
ings Throughout.
Nebraska.
OMAHA, NEB., May 16.-The State Re-
publican Convention met at Lincoln, Ne
braska, yesterday at three O'Clock P. NJ. ResO-
lutions were passed endorsing an admins
tration fayoring an amendment to the con-
stitution providing for the election of Sena-
tors, Post Masters and other federal officers
directly by the people.
Adjourned until this morning, when del
egates were selected to attend the Philadel-
phia Convention, who were instructed to
vote for Grant and Colfax.
A Mormon Liberal.
, SALT LAKE, May 16.-Tom Fitch, eiect-
ed by the Church Republicans to the Phila-
delphia Convention, returned from the East
this morning, avoWs himself against Grant
and is for Greeley strong. He will stump
Nevada for the latter if Grant is nominated.
L. L. L.
PHILADELPHIA May 16.-The Nation
al EAeCutlFo OOLnnlHee VI LIE Union
League of America held an adjourned SEES
sion in this city, William a. Novel;, of New
Jersey, in the chair. TIE time was prin-
eipally occupied in arranging private work
of the campaign. Arrangements were made
for full meeting of the National Council
in Philadelphia on the day before the Ma
tional Convention. A Committee on Re
captions, composed of prominent Philadel-
phians was appointed. The National Com
mittee viii meet at Philadelphia on Tues
day the fourth of June.
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
ST. PAUL, MINI, May 16.-The follow
ing card from Gen. Hancock is published:
Editors st. Paul Dispatch: Your paper
Of the 18th inst reproduced from the Gin