New-York tribune., 1872-05-10
THE NEW-YORK DELEGATION AT CINCIN-
NATI.
A CARD FROM JOHN coo

A
To The Editors of The Erening Post;
The msaDDrehension of facts in your editO-
rial of the under the head Captured by Con-
the Cincinnati Convention were in sense an organized
delegation They were generally thought TO be re-
attendance and especially that outside rabble"
yoad ysId raPosd Very Of these
had been previously known as active opponents OF
Gen Grant himself; an opposition shared thought
by the mass of the Convention.
single State by the NewYork delegation nor to their
knowledge by other delegation neither was there
tion known to them suspected by them TO the dele
gates the states of Alabama Arkansas North Caro-
respondent In Cincinnati that they were packed will
not fail to be ss Ts shOss w fD the
credaty which beeyes that they were undoubtedly
the first ballot Alabama cast but Of her II votes
for Horace Greeley OF the IL votes of Arkansas not
votes out of her 20 for him; and of her whole IA
South Carolina did not give him one The whole votes
OF Maine refused to Mr. Greeley only out Of the
"a OF Georgia were announced for MIN, and but OF tho
10 that were cast by Mississippi. New Hampshire, hs
g. There was material change the second ballot
While Mr. areeey Therefore received on these ballots
Adams 2l-that is Adams and rrumbnl together re.
which proves either that the NewYork delegation were
very unslfu at packing delegations or as Is trnel
that they did not undertake. It, The desire OF the dele
CATION, II understood them was not as you charged,
TO promote their interest but to use your own
thought and they believed tho people would think that
the reform would be best promoted by the nom
inaon Of Greeley. believe that your nforma-
ton is defective also in another though less Important
particular am not surprised however that you should
6aye relied upon It, for similar error was COMMITTED
by the gentlemen who, opponents or Horace dIeeey,
addressed To the Convention from the heauquVcrso
the New delegation protest against tho rePres
atiye delegates in Convention from New YORK. ireier
10 your evident understanding that we had one ROCKY
Moore among so also thought the gentlemen VINO
signed tho protest but few words satisfied tnen tna
thew were mistaken. The Convention was SATISFIED tt
the charge untrue. and hope that You also VIII be
satisfied unrnth Finally refer to your personal
aIusions not with intention of descending TO con
sder them but only 10 regret that you should nave
brought them within youI purpose kespectiuy yours
'A'Ne JOHN CoCHRANE.
(Gen Cochrane may be innocent OF oil connection
with the peculiar cement Of the Greelyites at Gin
cinnat but our information 10 their manpulatons
was trustworthy. We mistaken in the case of
Maine but one OF the delegates from that State informed
us that approached by the NewYorkers with the
offer to h that delegation with citizens OF this State.
He know that one OF the Southern States filed by
men from this city. be defense for such
transactions as were perfectly well known to the i'm
partial observers In Cincinnatl.-Rd. Erening Post
THE Evening Post above withdraws one sanderous
accusation only to mako room, on anonymous infor-
nation for two others. THE TRIBUNE calls on The
Post for tho name OF any delegate from Maine or
elsewhere. or the name of any responsible person