Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-19
0REELEYSTRADE.


denoo Between Greeley, Seymour,
Waldo Hutchins and Others-Nero-
tiation Looking to 0rsslsy's Nom
ination Begun Six n6onths Before
the Cinoinnati Convention.
From Binghamton IN. " Republican, June ~.
We have come in possession of
some facts which account in part,
if not wholly, for the remarkable
and hitherto inexplicablo action of
the Democratic leaders in ende av-
oring to force Horace Greeley upon
their party as its candidate for the
Presidency. In October of last
year, months before the Liberal"
Republican Convention Of Missouri
began the Cincinnati movement,
Mr.. Greeley was in conference with
Democrat in this State, whom we
know, on the subject of the Pres
idency; that Democrat was hunting
for compromise or dissatisfied
Republican candidate whom the
leaders Of his party would indorse;
and Mr.. Greeley agreed to accept
if nominated. Mr.. Greeley wrote a
letter to this Democrat, in reply to
one; and these led to the conference,
at Mr.. GreeSey's ancitati0n; at
achich meeting Mr.. Greeley consea-
tel to become the candidate If the
nomination accre rendered him. We
have seen Mr.. Greeley's letter, to
which we have referred, in his own
well-known handwriting.
The Cincinnati Convention of So
called Republicans was hardly then
thought of, but we have proof, that
we deem conclusive, Of the fact that
Democratic collision with some of
the delegates of that convention,
particularly from this State, led
directly to Mr.. Greeley's nomina-
ton. A prominent Democrat of
Central New York wrote to a prom
inent man, hitherto one of Mr.. Gree
ley's chief friends and advisers, in
New York city, only few days
before the Cincinnati Convention
met, on the subject Of the proposed
candidacy. That Democrat was in
favor of Greeley's nomination; and
believed that the Democratic party
of the country could be brought to
his support in certain contingencies.
The reply to the letter was reply
which pleased and gratitied him;
it crowned the negotiation; and the
result, an understanding Of what
the Democrats were prepared to
undertake, was, as we have said,
made known to the prominent men
in the New York delegation at Gin.
cinnati. The name OF the leading
Democrat we have mentioned is
Horatio Seymour; and of the Repub-
lican friend Of Horace Greeley,
Waldo Hutchins. That the nego-
tiation was carried OH, we have seen
the sufficient and undeniable proof.
We have been shown letter from
one OF the well-known writers of the
last named correspondence. Horace
Greeley, Waldo Hutchins and
Horatio Seymour are the "high con-
tracing parties" to the greatest
scandal Of American politics. We
state the fact of the correspondence
on our proper responsibility; and
if any one Of the persons we have
named denies, we will give dates
and details, and procure testimony,
that they will not be in position to
dispute. Tho statements not con-
tanned in the two letters, one of Mr..
Greeley-which by the way set
aside Chase for Democratic use rs
"broken down" - and the other
signed by one of the three mentioned
are given upon perfectly good
authority. There is no longer any
reason to doubt that there has been
a perfect understanding between
Greeley and the Democrats for at
least eight months past Republi-
cans who have regarded Mr.. Gree
ley as a Republican, and who have
given any confidence to Cincinnati,
will be astounded to learn that he
was in effect sold to the Democrats
before Cincinnati; that he would
undoubtedly have been made a
candidate before the regular Demo
cratic Convention if there had been
no Cincinnati, and that they are
the victims of a bargain carried on
by trickery, which Wilt grows
more and more likely-be consum-
mated at Baltimore.
In subsequent issue, July 9Th,
the Republican returns to this
charge of bargain and sale as fol-
lows. The reader will not fail to
note the significant fact that the
New York Tribune as yet preserves
. discreet silence regarding the
charge made with such distinctncss
and particularly Of detail by the
Republican:
Our charges of collision OF
Horace Greeley with the Democrats
and of Waldo Hutchins, his friend,
with Horatio Seymour, have been
SO long before the public, in the
columns of the New York Times Of
Monday, which very prominently
reprinted them; and also the Albany,
Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and
Buffalo papers, with others almost
everywhere, and we hear in other
States, wholly outside the range OF
our circulation, that, in the absence
of contradiction or denial of any
kind, we arc to regard the judg-
mcnt as confessed. The Tribune
has hitherto been very fast to deny
or explain what did not suit it, ap.
pearing in this and other papers;
but it is silent as the grave now. In
order that we may relieve it and
the Democrats of any delicacy in
answering the details we have
given, with dates, &C., we put our
charges in form so brief, direct and
positive that they can neither mis-.
take nor even evadc them.
We charge:
i. That Horace Greeley agreed
with Democrat in October last to
be a candidate against the Repub.
licans for President if the nomina.
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