New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-09
THE SPIRIT OF THE CANVASS.
GRANT, CoNKLING AND KoscIUsKo.

Mr.. Roscoe COnkling Senator OF the United
States and chief rupcter Of the Administration on the
Cooper Institute. The Times whose text, as surely
authoritative shall use gave II IN detail the great
est and eloquent since the d. torod and
great deal longer Senator COnkng undertook 70 prove
that when West Point young Sydney was hard stu
Senator COnkng read two letters one 20 hs mother and
his father, dated IN 1859 when ne was II years of
and whoever gave them TO Mr. COnklng knows which.
II iorgeres, il is a most npudcnt attempt at imposition.
II genuine, they, in dro way, prove me very IeFc
OF what Mr.. Conkling used them for. In the letter 10
his father there good many tantaZlne blanks I0r
which, doubtless there is good reason but We suddenly
light on this passage, which, by way VI pIecauoh' VIC
take from The Times:
grand and varied and better pcared for ny 1 r by
The cemetery OF e academy where some Of oar enled ae'a e
Kousko who fell the Geld o. battle American soil fglung %,
the liberties Of mankind You remete father tie line that recorded
And Freedom ,hriekei when Koscluszo frH.o
We have not the most remote idea where Senator
COnkng was educated, but we supposed theie was hot
common school-boy IN the land that dd nor EnoW NJ
ciuskO never fell on field OF battle on American so
probably, except as an engineer; never saw pattc
on American SOIL but died very comfortably and qule-
~ somewhere In Switzerland ABOUT my yeaI' asV
Young U. Sydney evidently thought that = Freedom
did her shrieking on this side OF the Atlantic, ana
that the monument at West Point was tomb ana NOT
cenOtaph.
GREELEY'S ELECTION THE BEGINNING OF a NEW
ERA
Fran ne Roehes,er Toitgt'aA
Reconciliation that is the correct express
sion. Reconciliation between the North ana south
means Greeley's nomination above all things. since
years the is past but the reconciliation has
never about the sectional hate has been noes
sanity fired NJ by the servants OF the Government lOf
the meanest and yest party purposes and the WOdnd
the gave the South were always opened aircsn uu
der the shameful government OF the dishonest carpet
baggers, the South dragged along agOnizing exist
ence, the debts that their rObbcr government brought
upon them pressing its people TO the ground 1hey
could not raise themselves, could not get up the whoe
country suffers from the unsettled intercourse, ana
foreign commerce the most lamentaDlC coust-
quences As little man Is healthy when linn pains
HIM, Just little the Union flourish long ~
number OF her States lie manaced hand aud foot WIN
the election Of Greeley for President new era Degs
for the United States he Is not the elected OF any
party and can have other wish than 10 make ms
Presidency the best in the history OF the land He VIII
summon the wsest and most qualified men ~ the Union
America welcomed the election of LamartDc for the
presidency OF the French Republic likewise VIII the
Republicans Of Europe find out from the elec-
ton OF Greeley that this people In the pnfsuanc.
OF It's national welfare do not suppress the ldeai
emotions that 1t Is not absorbed in matenalsm
and chatering, but is capable of sucn 20 night OF
grandeur as the nomination of Mr.. Greeley manIests
Hereby the Democracy bias freely pat Itself above every
party consideration and has shown sacrhela paIlot
ism that nils with new hopes for the continuation ~
the Republic and the freedom Of the people inc wounds
will be healed by the alliance Of the better elements o.
all parties. We convinced that the people VIII
confirm this patriotic alliance with the greatest en-
thuslasm The power and influence OF GRANTS once
hodlng army and his rDg IL, OF course, great out the
November elections will prove that the newly awakened
people In spite 0 all this vet powerful enough TO
hold then ground against all opposers.