New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-05
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
,,nr,,,,sN IN Ulster COUNTY.


cons FROM AMONG THE COMMON PEofLb'
TO the Bdttor OF The Trto"ne'
SIR. have been spending few days In ola
s T was SURPRISED TO find that here too, not
wi,hstand,ng the oftrepeated assertions OF the Aun
traton uress that there is no spnt In the hepupno""
marty the banner Of peace and reconciliation mas peen
and il held aloft by some of the stanchest OF
,ho oldtme Republicans. was here In this vicinity
80 oco exaotv when the party, though In minority,
s unbrolen and presented solid front against lts ou
adversary the Democracy. But within the year Wna'
changes have taken place The very men VINO nave
heretofore been the most influential active and earnest
supporters and defenders OF the Republican party III
ts county are now the most enthusiastic In the Liberal
movement There men here, and many OF them too'
who Joined the party in infancy, before the Murphys
tho Buters the Conklings, tho Carpenters, and the
Mortons and politicians Of that SORT ever dreamed OF
Joining it, who hail The present as one OF the most
suspicious eras in the history OF the country one
will find here many Of the old original Abolition
lists who were rdiculed and sconed at by men
who cursed the negro and all who Ventureu
10 plead for him. Thes. scofers naturally enough
are now found ranks OF the party dscord and spo
aon am not 80 much surprised at the number OF re
pubcans land they are pretty numerous who are inter
ested in the Liberal movement here as an a' ."'
character and standing in business and society am
sure no impartial observer could fail to noce anu W ao
knowledge the responsibility of the men who nave IN
Take as an Illustration of this fact the officers OF Inc
Central Greeley and Brown Club of the Eastern District
of the CITY OF kingston" lately known Rondout The
President OF the club. James McCausland Oh pe urn ,
j. a. j. McCauslanG shipbuildeFs is naI y
res pected The VicePresdens Augustus HasDrouok, f.
W. Gross Matthew Larkin jr. William Luton, JEnn
Two of the Secretaries John b. AiSer ana Grove Wen
ster are officers OF banks, and the third Davd o. has
broick is an editor Of local paper Instead Oh ueas
urer ike that eminent fnancier, w. H. Kembe, OF adj
dlton division and silence notoTeiy they nave sT
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chants and who has been ldentlhed with tne oI}
for number Of years In the haT O1 n been
equally successful in obtaining men OF spotess cnar
intendent of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company;
Chas Bray is Cashier. Samuel d. COykendall Nieefres
ident and M j. Madden or ~ smn SrnS1st of
the county; John H. Cores, stephen Conwel JEFFERSON
McCausland and Elward 0Rey are among o bnsness
And So too Of the Executive Committee; and though
| not exhaust a 1.-THE of the influential business men
among the Liberals of Ulster County Among the prom
presentJ Mayor, James G. Lindsey, gentleman very
much esteemed by all who know him. When the Guy was
men OF ali parties as the best fitted to organize
City Government, and so far he has given proofs abnn
dant of the wisdom of the selection MI Wlllam Law
ton, who was last Fall elected county Judge, anu Wno
has for 6ps%o c he Ulster Bar
is also an enthusiastic LIBERAL but with professional
refrans frem dragging the judicial ermine into politics.
But the strength Of his nane and his quiet ana unoD,u
Lawton believe one the oldest Republicans in the
county One of the most earnest OF the supporters Oh
time District Attorney for the the XXXth District The
adhesion of Mr.. DE Witt to the reform movement Is
great gain for he recognized probably the most
eiognent memDer OF the Ulster County Bar and his
voice WILL doubt be often heard appeang to the pct
schoonmaker and the Hon. T. r. Westorook Two men 81
large influence politically are earnest Liberals ana
| will, no doubt, soon be heard from
| WHY GRANT SHOULD BE REELECTED.
was much amused the other day. while looking over
the New-York papers at newsstand, by discussion
between a Grant Republican and an old Bourbon Demo
crat will vote, he thought for neither Grant nor
Greeley but for the former anyhow. 1t seems the
Grant man has been trying for years 10 convert the
other TO RepuDncanlsn' Dnt wItn1uu suCcess, ne ga
his persuasive powers again the other day. but thought
he did get the best Of 1t. LOOK here" said the
Democrat you used TO palaver about your glorious
Republican party 1t was so honest so upright so pure
! and it's leading the flower OF the earth for
honesty and intellect, and disinterestedness, and
turn to that vile sheet pointing 10 The Iimes and 1t
the earth. You, a Republican and l. Democrat,
have always looked up to Horace Greeley, Sumner,
the leaders of the party the who fought for it, and
upheld its principles through good and evil report
These the men who fought your battles, and whom
you all delighted to honor Now If these very men are
| such vile, dishonest dsreputable demagogues as The
Times and the Administration orators paint them why do
you ask me or any honest man TO join the remnants OF
the party where such disrepuable cksters as Morton,
leadersl No. Sir, 1 join no such party as that"
II there are many good men now enlisted in the Re-
form party here candor cOmpels me to say that there
also many good men in the opposition, or as it now
called taas, tha the grand ola EepuDncan party should
have descended low that any could claim TO own
III the Grant party" have cOnversed with many OF
aud conflicting reasons advanced for supporting him,
aud mostly too by intelligent men. Some prefer him
because he gives us what they are pleased to call "a good
strong central government and course II he goes
for four eight longer the Government will be
much more central and much stronger. Talking with
two other Grant men, learned that they propose to
vote for him because he is the beau ideal republican
President SO simple in his ways walking around among
| n between
other man so antimOnarchcal in his habits OF
| that was "A poser The man who cannot hive in the
! White House without retinue Of Generals the man
who must spend four months OF his time with Tom Muir
ply and John Chamber!in by the seaside, and ride
around like James Fisk a Helmbold with servants
all bedzened with gold lace. his horses glitterng like
showman's with awdry harness and trappngs, may be
the ideal Of Republican simplicity, but when saw 1t II
did not strike as anything very simple very Re
| publican. DO you know" said a Grant man to me-
after brief discussion, in which the dangers OF centra
cation were pointed out by your correspondent. do
you know said he, that do MT care the toss OF but
ton whether our system stands not :" and as II 10
clinch 1t thoroughly, land what's more, believe that
large portion OF the people do MT either You may
talk much you please about the beauties OF repub
| can government, and equality and all such rubbish
ceeded and never VIII This should have viewed s dG Ss
the drvel of lunatic had not heard the lofty
! contempt OF repu0llcanism expressed by scores
OF Others th, but principally ! am glad to say,
directory as specimens OF our shOddy aristocracy
" one thing have always noticed in Gen Grant" said
self with arstocrats as Mr. Lincoln and other Presidents
have" And who were Mr.. Lncolns aristOerats I"
Nenureu 10 ven, Sucn fellows Bill Seward
Sam Chase, and that there Adams fellow Now you see
Gen. Grant instead of getting such big bugs him.
goes and selects his officers among the people,
Well, should think he had for Seward he has given
us Fish, for Welles he has given us Borie and
RobesOn for Chase he has given Boutwell,, for
Stanton Beknap, for an Adams and Motley Schenck
Tor Grinnell Tom Murphy, and on" When 1
thought OF Sckes and Butler OF CTeameT and Jones,
of their ustrous predecessors thought the fellow
pretty right, and that Gen. Grant does really
select bis officers from the common people There are
men, find, who can no wrong in public officer pay
ing out the pubic money without warrant OF law, or in
express violation OF II; and here is where
glance the necessity for better order OF things for
return to the old usages OF the past. The has
pleely demOrazed political morality, in cases
totally Obliteratiug Speaking a