Litchfield enquirer., 1872-05-30
From the Stamford Advocate of May 24l LETTER FROM SENATOR FERRY.
WAsHrNeToN, May 1e. 1872.

LETTER FROM SENATOR FERRY.
 WAsHNeToN, May Is, 1872
 Hon. L B. Ferris. Stanyord, Conn:
 MY DEAR SIR: thank you for your congratulations. They are peculiarly erat- flying from so old and valued a friend as yourself. I do not know why any one should misapprehend my political po- slt1on on account of what has happened.
 have never concealed my opinions. My record, Tn the Senate, is open to every body. believe as firmly as ever in the doctrines which have advocated for the last sixteen years-ever since the republi- can party had national existence. There are certain ideas, indeed, which have grown into prominence, since the passage of the acts of reconstruction, in which I do not believe. do not believe in the continuance of political disabilities, aft CT they have become 8 needless and mis- chevous irritation without a single good result. do not believe in miscalled "clvil rights" bills subversive of local self-government and destructive of the school system of whole groups of States. do not believe in the re-enactment of the Ku-Klux law, after it has expired by it's own limitation, and has accomplished all that was originally alleged to be its pur- pose. 4.s-.. The truth is that, since the adoption of the last three Amendments to the Con- stitution of the United States, and the closing up of the war question, our for 1 eign relations and our domestic policy in | matters of finance and revenue are again assuming their natural prominence. To entrust these great interests to an admin l istration made up and controlled by Mr.
 Greeley would be mere midsummer mad ness. The administration of the State Department during the last three years has preserved for the nation an honora- ble peace in the midst of the most deli cate and embarrassing complications, both with Great Britain and Spain, while that of the treasury has steadily enhanced the public credit and promoted the busi- ness interests of the country. I do not appreciate the wisdom of those who, instead of all this, would press an untenable claim upon England at the risk of war; would recognize the beligerency of the Cuban insurgents contrary to every principle of international law, and would diminish permanently the specie reserves in the federal treasury to ten or twelve mil lions of dollars, at whatever hazard ot the public credit. There are other matters to which I might allude, but these are perhaps enough. You and will continue in the old republican track. If new issues arise, we will think and act as our convictions of expediency and duty require, and al- ways be hopeful for the future of our country. Yours, truly, O. s. FERRY.
 The foregoing strikes us about the weakest anti Greeley letter an able man could write. Its first half sings precisely the same political tune with Mir. Greeley's letter of acceptance; but the latter portion mis-states that gentleman's views as we understand them, and then quarrels with them as mis-stated. We do not under stand that MT. Greeley advocates war with England He only maintains that the Alabama treaty is not worth the back it. Nor have we ever seen anything that leads us to expect that the election of Greeley means an acknowledgment of Cuban independence and war with Spain.
 On these points we do not believe that MT. Ferry has correctly stated the views of the Tribune. As regards the policy of locking up coin in the Treasury, we agree with Mir. Greeley rather than with MT. Fer ry,and so would more than half of the Re publican party, weimagine.
 In other words MT. Ferry, being unable to condemn Greeley for the real wrong he has done; searches out imaginary or un- important grounds of objection, and on these summarily condemns him of ''mid- summer madness" Now the serious of- fence of which MT. Greeley is guilty is precisely that so recently and so notori- ously committed by MT. Ferry himself that of seeking to break down the Repub- lican organization for selfish and insuffic- tent reasons. The Liberal Republicans the regular Republican organization as to justify its destruction: their objections are in the main personal rather than mat ters of principle. Greeley dislikes Grant and likes to be president himself. For these reasons he unites with the Democra- cy for the overthrow of the Republican party. MT. Ferry had even less reason for repudiating the action of his party. He had no personal objection to the Re- publican nominee for U. s. Senator; he simply wanted the place himself. To ob- tain it he accepted the Democratic nomi- nation and conducted himself so entirely in Liberal Republican style that he was set down by nearly every one as an adher- ent of the new organization. His attack on MT. Greeley shows that he was even more selfish than had been supposed. He has not even the pretence of principle, and the strong personal antiquities that are the poor apology of the Cincinnati bolt. .e