Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-25
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shame. That was doubtless to be cx-
pected though it was natural to sup
pose that the act>rs in such plot as
VIC have charged, that was concealed
from the first and kept secret for rea-
sons involving the political if not the
personal honor Of the confederate,
would seek in some indirect way to de-
ny or discrcdit the exposures.
We now give up the authority Of tho
letters that We have seen, and upon
other authority that VIC regard as con-
elusive ths particulars Of the manner
in which the project was preached and
carried forward. These arc more sig
niticant Of the shamele:sness OF the po-
litical dickering that was resorted to
than anything else which has come to
thcoublic knowledge.
About the first day Of October, a
little more than nine months ago, the
first direct movement toward the nomi-
nation Of Horace Greeley for Demo-
cratic President was madc-as our in
formation sets forth-in the county Of
Otsego, in this State. A man noted
duridg the war for his pro-rebel SYM
pathies, and always for his devotion to
his party. and also for blind devotion
to his party, and also for sort of
bland bluntness Of manner and express
ion that would have been worth life
to the victim of Benedict Arnold's
treason, was the instrument of bringing
Horace Greeley into relations, that We
shall describe, with the Democratic
leaders of this State. A letter was
sent to Mr.. Greeley, to sound him in.
sidiously but thoroughly on political is
sues. 1t was done with such effect
that it brought a letter from Mr.. Gree
ley, in which, latter repeating with more
emphasis than he had before given his
decided opinion that the Democrats
ought to have nominated Salmon p.
Chase in 1SGS,as way to close up the
wounds opened by the war, he sat aside
Chase, as We have already stated, by
declaring bim unavailable now, being
" feeble and broken down." For him-
self, Mr.. Greeley said he could hardly
see his way so far ahead as 1879.
This letter was dated ut New York
on the fourth day Of October, as We
read it, though the II" was written
with two very heavy strokes that might
possibly have been ::11;" but the con
Meeting mark is distinctly made; and
we believe the scrawl a."
Two weeks after that time, the Otsc-
go writer having been invited By Mr..
Greeley, called on him in New York ;
aud this Democrat, seeking a Demo.
cratic candidate, received from Mr..
Greeley an assent to be the candidate.
This we receive from his own lips. 1t
is not said that Mr.. Greeley asked for
the nomination, but he consented.
This, the result Of the first step, was
regarded as entirely successful Mr..
,reeley's con'rere then made Il circuit
he calls it a "tour"-of the State.
He saw those OF tho leaders whom it
was thought best to see. Souc Of them
we're favorable, indeed considera bic
proportion Of them, SD far as they were
personally concerned, were to be Deepen
ded on it the movement could be- made
general but that was the question to
be decided.
The amount Of Encouragement which
that tour" disclosed, among the Dem
ocrats, with regard to Democratic pros
poets, cannot be overstated. Not the
most stout-hearte1 looked for anything
else than defeat, except for some polit.
ical accident-and Greeley was not the
kind Of accident they were willing to
encounter. But they waited.
Two or three months from that time,
before, indeed, the original proposition
to accept Greeley had been, if we un.
derstand the fact correctly, fully deci.
ded in his favor, Cincinnati doomed up.
Our Otsego Democrat and those with
whom he had been in conference did
not at once, nor for comparatively long
time, regard it as afording strong
ground Of hope to them. But e Otse.
20" FINAL we state upon the same
authority-made another tour Of the
State. The Democratic sense, though
not united, was far more decidedly for
Greeley, if he would put himself in po-
sition to enable them to appeal to the
rank and file. Mr.. Seymour formally
surrendered his own claim to the Deni-
ocratic nomination-or, to put it in his
way, whatever claim he might be
thought to have and he ~as ready to
go for Mr.. Greeley, when Greeley
should be finally separated from the
Republican party.
Governor Hoffman was more doubt
full, and more reticent but he gave
his qualified adhesion. So Of others.
A few days before the Cincinnati
Convention was held, Mr.. Seymour
wrote to Waldo Hutchins, as We have
before described, and with the result
reported. Mr.. Hutchins was made ac-
quaintcd with the facts of the Demo-
cratic scheme: and the leading New
York delegates to the Cincinnati Con-
vention-fellows of Mr.. Hutclins-
we're directly informed Of the facts.
This accounts for the singular persist
ence Of the New York delegates and
why the principles and aims Of the orr
ginal movers for Cincinnati were set
aside wholly, for the candidacy of Gree
ley, who was no more regarded, outside
the members in the scheme of the Dem
ocrats as probable candidate than Ho-
ratio Seymour himsclf-who is the cam
didatc Of the coalition for Greeley's
Secretary Of State.
A letter Of Mr.. Seymour acknowl-
elging tho correspondence between
himself and Hutchins, and dated May
l, 1872, is the document to which we
referred in this connection. The Gin
cinnati Convention was held on the Sd
Z A..