The New York herald., 1872-07-06

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ana Virginia and cut In two by the great bay 1t IL
uevte,Sping all over about as well as could be ex-
Sna particularly In Its system OF internal
communicauons. c n Within the present year about
Two hundred miles OF railroad will be added to the
tSs ssss the old monopoly Of way in which
Virginia win have two outlets to Baltimore, as the
the Chesapeake metropolis The State has very
good institutions and the oflces, Governors houss
say the es 2; any State
TALK WITH UNITED STATES SENATOR WEST, or
United States Senator West passed through BsIti.
more recently, and was interviewed by the HERALp
waS w M sas
"Back to Washington to remove my family Tor
the summer TO Rhode Island. have been to st.
Catharines Wells, In Canada"
"How about the situation politically"
Its going to be an enormous campaign; l res
Erie Railroad, and we had plenty Of lumbermen on
the tram all screaming for Greeley, met John T..
ons Of s1n tie nag
the Prairie state will go $4,000 for Greeley. There
w De I'm snG
Schurz will drop In and pay them call: 1t is my
idea that whoever is beaten u this election
pending will be beaten by terrific vote. Nobody
Is splitting hairs. Moyements and impulses carry
great masses. have no hesitation in saying that
has been wonderfully toward Greeley. 1t may turn
by some % %smanageneat Ss ANA % Whichever way tae scals
"How do your own Stats politics point ?"
1--WE are nightly mrxed. The newest changes
have been Colonel carter, who made speech Ut the
Philadelphia Convention, pronouncing against Kel-
in New orleans e is warm for
part 81 the Presidents family and long one
Of the Presidents preferred odlceholders.
Governor, but that win be as he wishes.
Grant always put his loot In 1t every time. and
n aO in OI,
victories. think Louisiana Will go against Grant
by large ma. ority, and at least twenty per cent
OF the black vote III he cast against him. Carter
strong ally and poor leader; he Is dne in assault,
will probably be for Greeley. Kellogg can be beaten
without trouble. He Is man Of energy and cum
ming, but nobody believes him. He Is what tney
"When you remarked just now, Senator West,
that Greeley had the popular impulse at present,
but might lose 1t, what was your meanlngW
"wel Tor instance, II any OF our old rebel year
lings should break tine peace-and have no doubt
No. thern efect-the status might change. But any
desperate do ige OF tnat kind would be exposed and
rebound to the injury OF those setting 1t up. The
rebelous spirit has subsidized at the name Of
"I take it, Senator West, that you are a strong
'.Not a bind one. I don't like to be led out be-
yond my depth, and try to keep my enthusiasm
have hesitation however, in saying that so far
from holding the notion OF the college boy politi-
clans, that Mr. Greeley Is weak man, think him
the most individual and positive instance Of charac-
ter put in nomination for the Presidency since
%Whas do yon % think % Of the Efforts made to prove
the contrary by editing from the files Of the Tribune
"Oh, pshawl The democrats are going to nemi-
affect @ i themi' And & to use the tribune for twenty
It over and use it against its own editor is garbage
business Wnat % person got up that gab6le ~ ,,.,
the Tribune at the Library Of Congress for many
weeks to help the Grant campaign"
That's iaqgnabe. % How d do =, tney & know what Is
"What do you think Senator West, OF George F..
spencer's recent letter to Grant speaking Of con-
tract made with the President about the Alaba ma
offices ~ a -
Il saw that letter before Spencer sent It, He's q
plucky fellow, but he scatters too much to be for
nlda6le. The State is lost to spencer and Grant"
"Do you know anything about Greeley's feelings
II am told he is confident as fish hook and
serene as a piece Of bait II it were known how
among Grants biggest supporters Greeley was
Of support and refused to respond every day the
panic would increase, Greeley could ruin more
than they can AFFECT votes BY plddling tl his,
record" At-s~i'*- sN'-''' q --'G Ia
THE PLATFORM AT BALTIMORE. ~.
| What will be the platform at Baltimore It ap.
pears probable from concurrent testimony, that 1t
may be follows The suggestion for this plat,
form is attributed to HOratiO Seymour; others say
to Montgomery Blair. l made an effort to secure
the transcript, but without avail. This Is my best
recollection OF the article in question: \
ment are according to the constitutions authority
TO the Courts Of law and such Courts only rights Of
matters; the equality of voters and the mainten-
ance OF the federal authority as at the foundation
va ne anT a onr ns NO pre-
sembled, to demonstrate adherence to the Union
and magnanimity to all who would again see the
government administered with simplicity, dignity,
respect for the laws and honor to the people.
''As to the principles OF our party we have
brought the country glory before the late appeal to
arms, they will be vindcated for longer period Of
thine now 20 that tn are Which caused
assert them in all their entirety and welcome back
to our ranks all races and people OF our countrymen
ever clear and defined to O governments ignorantly
Or v0luptuously aggIessing upon the laws, and
seriously threatening the continuance republican
'To make plain to mankind that the democratic
party OF the Union Is in harmony with the largest
and most liberal interests we hereby enunciate the
humane and patriotic liberal platform adopted May
8, 1872 In the city of Cincinnati and thus epitoni-
ized by Horace Greeley, the nominee Of that con-
Here follows the abstract Of the Cincinnati plat
form as re-stated by Mr.. Greeley In his letter ac-
aFaishiuily believing that the members and con.
stituency OF that convention and the able .Amerfs
God, to reform the present loose and voluptuous
administration at washington, to revive the ma
Tic fional conscience, renew brGtherly love- and make
tions and their candidates and recommend them to
the country" ~S!h -
This being transcript from memory and not
from copy is Of codfse, crudely expressive Of the
perspcuous diction Of the original.
THE FIRST DEMoCRATIC-GREELEY MEETING.
A large mass meeting was held In fh9 f6astnnGa q aif
on Monday night 70 endorse beforehand the nomIna-
ton 81 Greeiey and Brown next week. The chief
spirit OF the meeting was Mr. Thomas Swami, in some
respects very remarkable man, Q contemner Of
Secretary Creswell, and who never Joins party or
movement but to bring influence with him.
character, aud twenty-three years ago succeeded
Andrew Jacksons Secretary OF State as the Presi-
which road swami finished to the Ohio River its
bonds at bis accession Sold 70. .opy tyenty-eight
cents Oh the dollar. He got aid from the Barings
Cumberland to Wheeling, over successive Mountain
ranges, for Sle000,000. When he resigned, in 1893,