The Portland daily press., 1872-05-06
Sam Bowlcs Pays his Respects 10 Uncle
Horace and his "Yultures.o

Sam Bowlcs Pays his Respects 10 Uncle
Horace and his "vultures."
NEW York, May "a special dispatch gives
the following communication from Samuel
BOwles to the Cincinnati Commercial:
CINCINNATI, May 4.
To the Editor of the Commercial
Sir-I find the following in your New York
dispatches of to-day this point Mr..
Greeley stated that he would be glad to see the
lies that Sam Bowles had been circulating to
the prejudice of Senator Fenton corrected
bowles had been sedulously sowing the impress
sion that Senator Fenton had gone to Cincinna-
u with himself as the first choice and Judge
Davis This was totally false Senator Fen
ton had not expressed a desire for the nominal
ton at all, but desired the nomination of the
strongest man." If that was Adams, well and
good; but Judge Davis was about the last in
the race. Early last night he had telegraphed
70 the New York delegation to press the name
OF Greeley as the strongest candidate. Greeley's
unexpected nomination seems to have turned
ms usually level head. He certainly strikes
quite wild here. That Gov Fenton came to
cincinnati in the Davis intrigue is too plain to
Those who know the history of this weeks con-
TEST for the Cincinnati nomination to admit of
doubt; that he fled back to Washington when
ne found that it was discovered and broken up,
ana that he must confront the question of earn
estly supporting Mr.. Greeley's nomination or
OF selling him out lies upon the surface of the
weeks history. All this 1 believed and tele-
graphed: did not believe and did not tele-
S'aPA eiidt ne dreamed OF becoming candj-
GATE himself and had arranged to have his
name presented after he had gotten out of the
way. Gov. Fenton's weaknesses do not lie in
such extreme folly as that, but it is true that
MI. Greeleys friends suffered from two annoy-
ances:--First that Gov. Fenton came here at
all; and second, that he went away SO suddenly
and secretly, and the motives of his flight were
sne occasion of grave suspicion among even the
New New York delegation Mr.. Greeley owes very
little OF his successes to Gov. Fenton He
owes 1t first to those who boldly threw them
selves into the arena and smashed the Davis
loD that had been so industriously put up at
washington and in New York. Pennsylvania
ana Illinois, and deep in which were some of
those who protested to be Mr.. Greeley's earnest
friends and advocates; and second, he owes it
to the appearance of Frank z. Blair and Gratz
Brown upon the ground, and on the last day,
breaking into and dividing the ranks of the
revenue reformers and carrying off portion of
them to the great hero and advocate of protec-
ton. He added, of course to his own high per-
sonal qualities and popularity and the deep
hold he has upon the of hearts of the
people of the South and West But with his
usual peryersity of temper and openness to
fattery Mr. Greeley will probably continue to
give his faith and attribute his success to those
who fawn upon him and who use and abuse
those Drawer and truer friends who dare to ex-
pose them to him and the world and tell him
not like it. -.+.-7 ~ =, -1'rr'-
(Signed) SAMUEL BowLEs.