Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-04
LETTER FROM HON. $. NJ DoRR.
The Cincinnati Tariff Plank.


& Editor Rutland Herald Your cour-
tesy toward that portion of our citi-
zens who are led by the convictions of
Etheir best judgments to support Greeley
and Brown, and who adopt the Cincin-
matt platform as the shibboleth of their
zSpolitical faith, has been marked and APP
preciated 1t is quite refreshing in these
days of wholesale denunciation of the
s motives of men, to see an editor who re-
allies that men may differ, even when
4 belonging to the same party. and yet
4 not to either the one nor the other
scoundrel. While supporting General
Grant for the Presidency, you have not
refused to give place in your columns
for any communication, couched in
D roper language, offered by the friends
of Mr.. Greeley.
It is the knowledge and appreciation
of this fact, which leads me to offer
few reflections on your editorial of the
24th inst, entitled ''The Political Plat
forms"
Now, you and came among the first
to The early organization of the Repub-
licln party. We know that every man
WHO enlisted in this organization came
from either the one or the other of the
two great political parties of the nation
Wing or Democratic. 1t is not necessa-
ry to inquire from which of these par
ties we came. Suffice it that we came
from the same direction, and | trust with
the same exalted purpose. We have la
bored together for many years in the
ranks of the Republican party. Wheth-
er our work has been well or lily done,
it is not proper nor essential, in this note,
to inquire. That we have acted up to
our convictions of right, and intended
to discharge our whole political duty,
there is no egotism or improperly in
saying. You, enlisted for years in the
Republican party, Though | must be-
lieve you cannot approve the acts of
the present administration, which have
brought it into so great disrepute with
the people, you, still cling to it and to
Gen. Grant as its representative. On
the contrary, |, who have labored with
you in the Republican organization, see
that its days of usefulness have passed
away-that Gen. Grant has forfeited the
political confidence and esteem of the
nation, and that a great national calam-
ity will be averted in his defeat and the
election of Horace Greeley TO the Presi-
idency. Co-laborers for so many years,
and conceding to each all that the other
could demand, for purity of motives in
political action, we can well treason to-
gether, on your public utterances as the
organ of a strong political party.
AS the editor % a widely circulated
daily paper, your editorials doubtless at
tract wider notice than they otherwise
would And now an old friend set you
right on "Political Platforms" They
are dangerous thing to manufacture
they are made to be criticised, and it is
your right to subject them to the keen
est analysis. The Cincinnati platform
invites this. Il there anything in it that
the most radical Republican cannot sub
scribe to-? You say that SIT has been
apparent for some time, that the strong
est wing of the Liberals, like David 4.
Wells, Atkinson, Brinkerhoof and com
pany, men whose free trade is their only
political principle they have enthusiasm
in fighting for-could not long refrain
from withdrawing the luke warm and
reluctant support they had promised the
hybrid Cincinnati ticket.
Now, the meeting in New York of
June Goth, was made up of some 200
men, mostly of pronounced free trade
proclivities. You neglect to state that
that convention, representing almost
every State in the Union, was found to
be largely and enthusiastically in favor
of the election of Horace Greeley; and
that It adjourned sine die after such ex.
hibition of its sentiments, satisfied that
no further steps should be taken to unite
she opposition TO Gen. Grant-as it
seemed to be already practically united
on Horace Greeley. l believe this was
\ the feeling, except perhaps Mr.. Bryant
u Of the Eoeajng Post, Mr.. Lloyd, Mr.
Atkinson and minor exceptions from
New Jersey, Ohio, and some few local
ties Mr.. Wells expressly opposed any
new nominations. After the adjourn
ynent of this convention or conference,
small minority called a conference for
the next day, with a purpose of putting
+ In nomination a free trade candidate
whom the half dozen directors could
support for President. Ex-Governor
8 Cox of Ohio was among the disaffected
minority, but be finally withdrew, and
they put in nomination Mr. Groes-
& beck or Ohio, for President, and Mr.
Dlnlstead of New York for Vice-Presi-
#dent. ! don't think you can find score
Mof men in Rutland county who can tell
Il you who these gentlemen are, and their
names will have no more significance in
the national campaign than would yours
or mine if we had been nominated. So
much for the result of the great meeting
lin New York, on the Goth of June 1t
mas cemented the opposition to General
sErant, and most enthusiastically pro-
nodnced for Horace Greeley. Carl
Schurz and Lyman Trumbull, whose
positions have been objects of great So
licitude by the Republican press, have
IN unmistakable words, defined their po-
IfAition, and their voices will be ringing
out the battle cry for Greeley and Re-
form until the close of this campaign
e You say, The paltry subterfuge of
xhe tariff plank disgusts the stra' ght for
:2Nard men who subscribed to it J" ''The
Rrst sentence of the Greeley platform is
M cleverly cloaked free-tradeism. Let