Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-04
True BLUE.

True Blue.
The TAMMANY CANDIDATE
ga Vote Greeley a Vote for the
Restoration ofTammany Rule
An Opportunity for Little In
ductive Reasoning.
From the New York Times, June 40.
The Cincinnati Commercial admits
that if Mr.. Greeley's connection
with the Tammany Democrats is
proved, it will ruin his chances of
election. 1t says: Convict Horace
Greeley of Bargaining with Demo-
Gratis as to the distribution of offices,
and his candidacy is practically at an
end, for his unfitness to be President
would be proven, and the people
would certainly prefer Grant"
The question here is as to The
amount and kind of evidence which
is necessary to procure "conviCtion."
Tie Cincinnati Commercial is well
aware that negotiations of the kind
referred to are not conducted in such
a way as to render discovery easy.
Senator Fentcn. for instancc-who
enjoys more of Mr.. Greeley's confi=
dence than any other public man
does not advertise in the papers, or
send wagon With bell round the
streets, when he is about to enter
upon some new piece of trickery
He uses an Indians skill in covering
up his tracks-working largely
through agents, and never putting
his name to paper when he can help
it. So with Mr.. Greeley-he is not
so foolish as to sign a contract
which could be produced against
him. His friends-Coehrano, Mudg-
EFT, Palmer, and persons of that
stamp-do much of the work for
him. The proof is so strong that
no jury could hesitate to find judg-
menl upon it. If the facts, patent to
all the world, do not show that Mr..
Greeley and the Tammany Demo
Gratis are acting in strict harmony
with each other, they must admit of
some other interpretation-and we
should be glad to learn from the
Cincinnati Commercial what that in
depreciation is.
For example, nearly all the Demo
Gratis in this city who support Gree
,ey are or have been notoriously
connected with the Tammany ring.
Why Is this? Is il because the old
leaders of :he ring are anxious for
political reform2 Or is it not rath-
er because they are plotting to re-
gain their ascendency is this city and
State, and see no way Of doing in ex-
cept by promising to support Gree
ley for President, providing he and
his party connive at their local plots ?
Which of these two motives is likely
TO prevail with them most2
Sweeny is working actively for
Greeley, and has certainly held con-
sultations with scme of Greeley's
friends. Sheriff Brennan is elisting
his "clubs" on the same side. Gov.
Hoffman has a good understanding
with Greeley's managers. Even so
respectable man as Congressman
Roosevelt, accepted Tammsny nou-
ination only two years ago. was el-
ected by Tammany influence and
Tammany money, and is now frank
ing heaps of "Greeley documents"
(including tradesmen's circulars),
in pursuance of the same line Look
round this city, and you will find all
the old Tammany Machinery in mo-
ton for Greeley. These are unde-
niable facts--you can only say you
do not see them by carefully shut
ting your eyes. Then, what does it
all mean? Are these men using
Greeley. or is he using them, or are
we to believe that Sweeny & Co.
have given up all thoughts ofSpluu-
der and are now intent upon pure
government and reform?
Again, it is quite clear that all the
reform measures of the last Legisla-
ton were defeated by the instrumen-
tality af Greeley's friends. When
the public pressure became toostrong
and a measure-like Mr.. Tilden's |
Oyer and Terminer bill-was forced |
through, Gov. Hoffman came to the
rescue and vetoed it. Gov. Hoffman |
expects to get the renominaton for
Governor, and the Greeleyites and
Fentonites will support him, provid-
ed he uses his influence in favor of |
Greeley for President. We shall
then see this city handed back to
Tammany rule, and the public will |
be rlundered worse than ever-for
there will be years lost time to
make up.
All this is done n under the cry of
"reform"-a cry which had no at
fractions for Mr.. Greeley or the
Tribune when we were engaged in O
hard and protracted struggle between
1863 and 1871. 1t was only when a
great success attended our efforts, a
success which attracted universal at
tention, that the FentOnites saw that
"reform" was a good card to play.
Every man among the better class
of Democrats in this city knows what
false pretense it is to describe the
Greeley maneuyer as a Reform
campaign" They hold steadily aloof
from it. We know nothing Of the
opinions of Mr.. Samuel j. Tflden
and ex-Mayor Havemeyer, for we
have not the honor of holding any
communication with them, directly
or indirectly; but we will undertake |
to say that they are opposed to Gree
ley, and look upon his alliance with
the Tammany Democracy here as in
the last degree urprincipled ond
contemplate.
The issue is not misunderstood in