Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-07-22
NO. 49,.
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THE GREELEY DEMOCRATIC BARGAIN.

Much attention has been naturally al
tracted to the statement of the Bingham
ton Republican, that the nomination OF Mr..
Greeley had been agreed upon, between
himself and certain eminent and contfoll-
ing democrats, as early as last October.
Just about the time when the Tribune
changed its course and began to act, if
not exactly with the democrats, at least in
the interest of the democratic party; and
that the nomination at Cincinnati, origin
ally intended for a. very different cand-
date, was engineered for Mr.. Greeley by
the men WHO had contracted for the demo-
cratic nomination that the whole liberal
movement was sold out to the democrats,
or rather to the personal arrangement be-
tween Mr.. Greeley and the few leaders to
whom both conventions may be said to
have been sold out. To this charge, made
with great particularly, andson highly re-
spectacle authority, with the names and
dates, no reply bas been made by the
papers that are so prompt to deny whatever
cannot be proved, and much that can be-
The Binghamton Republican returns to
the matter in the following article:
''How GREELEY WAS NoMlNArED.-DI-
RECT CHARGES.-Do THEY CONFESS
JUDGMENT? ,
Our charge of collusion OF Horace
Greeley with the democrats, and Of Waldo
Hutchins, his friend, with Horatio Sey-
mour, have been so long before the public
in the columns OF the journals. great and
small-beginning with the New York
Times of Monday, which very prominent
ly reprinted them; and also the Albany.
Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo
papers with others, almost everywhere,
and we hear in other States wholly outside
the range Of our circulation, that in the
absence of information or denial Of any
kidd. we are to regard the Judgment as
confessed. The Tribune has hitherto been
very fast to deny or explain what did moi
sti it, appearing in this and other papers,
but it is as silent as the grave now. In
order that we may relieve 1t and the DEM
oerats Of any delicacy in answering the
details we have given, with dates, &C.,
we put our charges in form so brief, direct
and positive that they can neither mistake
nor evade them. We charge:
l. That Horace Greeley agreed with
democrat in October last to be candidate
against the republicans, for President, it
the nomination were rendered him.
2. That he kept this agreement a secret.
while he changed the tone of his paper,
so that from supporter of a republican
organization, republican administration
and republican principles, 1t abandoned
its party, became an enemy of the admin
istration, repudiated republican principles
and substantially joined the democrats.
This was while Mr.. Greeley held demo-
cratic proposition to be their candidate for
President, which he had accepted.
3. That Horatio Seymour, representing
| ba Il of
to Waldo Hutchins, one of Greelev's
fright hand" supporters and advisers in
New York, on the question of making
Greeley President with democratic sup
port; and that Waldo Hutchins replied to
that letter on or before May lst, Just be-
fore the meeting of the Cincinnati Con-
vention.
4. That the understanding arrived at
between Seymour, for the democrats, and
fiutchins, for Greeley-with other direct
understanding-was communicated to
New York and other delegates to Cincin-
natl, and was the principal cause Of the
nomination of Greeley, who had at first
little more than one-fiith the strength of
the convention, and who, for reason the
country has never comprehended till now,
received finally the majority of votes,
against the sense OF all, or nearly ALL the
original movers for the convention.
Ii there is any answer to these charges,
or to any of them, we again invite the
persons concerned, or anybody by their
authority, to come forward. There is
much more to be said on our side; and
we may add that the facts point very sig
niicantly toward other (late) republican
company than that of Hutchins, as asso-
ciates of Greeley and Seymour in thepl>t
The name of man who has occupied
very prominent place in republican poll
tics in this State is given to us as involved
in it.