The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-06-22
Grants Effort for a Straight
Democratic Ticket.
Col. Mcclure of Pennsylvania to
an Old Confederate Officer.
Those Who Don't Support Mr.. Greeley
Support Grant.
Correspondence OF the New York SUM-

Correspondence OF the New York SUM-
DANvILLE Va. May 22-The following lette
from Hon. A. X. Mcclure, of Pennsylvania, ad
dressed to Col. w. W. Wood of this state, b a.
been handed me, with permission to publish
Although not written fer the public, it so clear
ly and pungently presents the present politica
condition of the country that it should have The
widest publicity:
COL. MCCLURE TO COL. WOOD.
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 1872.
DEAR COLONEL: have your favor of the
18th, making various inquiries as to the politi.
| cal situation, and will hastily reply
Of course the World is for Grant, and nobody
in this section is deceived by it. 1t has in turn
supported and betrayed pretty much everything
that came in its way, until finally it has betray.
| ed it's own cunning and power. 1t was one OF
the most earnest advocates of the Cincinnati
movement. and capricionsly supported Judge
DAVIS, Coy. Brown and Mr.. Adams as the proper
candidate. The convention struck it when it
was In the Adams convulsion. and it at once
flung out the flag of distress to the administra.
ton. and was taken into port. It Is, however,
nearly six months until the election, and it
never yet has made consistent fight for any
party, policy or candidate for that period, and
of course, it will betray Grant at about the same
stage in the canvass 1t selected to betray Seymour
and Blair in 1868. The Democrats of New York
are in no sense distracted by the World, for they
all understand that it is the Grant ass awkward.
ly trying to hide itself il the lions skin, and
they are moving on with great unanimity to the
support of the Cincinnati action.
Col. Moseby made 1t q rule in war to forage
on the enemy, and my recollection is that he did
it very successfully. He is doing the same thing
in peace, but he honestly and manfully avows
his purpose, and does not attempt to deceive any
one. He started out to forage on the Admins.
tration party made his raid upon the White
House; captured what ne wanted, and told the
truth about it. As he says he dealt for imme-
dlate delivery, and Of course wiz have it. He
will have few or no followers, but be don't care
for that, as he did not profess to represent any.
body but himself in his dicker with Grant. 1t
was purely matter of business, without any
affectation about sentiment or conviction
Mr.. Voorhees, succeeded mainly in astounding
and notifying himself. Whether he is knave
or fool, do not assume to Judge, but he either
wickedly or ighorantly took the Administration
lead, and got up the first Grant campaign docu.
ment His speech is now being circulated by
the hundred thousand under the direction of the
Grant committees. If his speech does not mean
that he has been transferred squarely to Grant
he Is most incapable in the selection of language
to express his purpose. True, under the pressure
of Democratic sentiment, and the jibes and jeers
of those who urged him 10 hasten for his pay, he
has already attempted to explain, and will doubt.
less keep explaining his explanations. In an
hour he found himself transformed from leader
too distrus:ed grumbler, speaking charitably,
without followers. He simply went wooling
and came home shorn.
Brick Pomeroy will most naturally support
Grant am not aware that he ever did decent
thing in his life, and his constitutional cussed.
ness can take him in but one direction 90 be.
tween Greeley and Grant.
Your people do in ustiee to Senator Scott. He
is not bad man, nor is he demagogue. He
WAS an eleventh hour laborer in the Republican
vineyard, has been very literally paid and feels
like rendering the best equivalent he can; but
he believes all he says about your people. He
thinks that every anti.Grant man is ku.klux
murderer, and that the carpet.baggers are perse.
cuted saints. He believes SO because the carpet.
baggers have told him so, and sworn go before
his presence He does not know that the same
witnesses could have been had the same day at .
triaing advance, to swear that be had been guilty
of burglary, adultery, or any other crime con.
tracted for. His error is of the class for which
men are not morally responsible. Morton, Chan.
der and Cameron selected him for the business,
because he is unsophsticated and honest. You
will find, however, that the house, whose mem.
ucEs oie hoOu' W TctuEH W tHc pcoplc luz o Eo'
view OF their official acts, will overthrow the ku.
klux bill, and arrest bayouet elections in the
South The people will do their own voting
this year.
Union of the elements opposed to Grant will
come from necessity. Ii it was mere struggle
between men for place, there might be doubt
about il; but the people opposed to Grant agrees
substantially in their convictions, aud they will
compel ambition to subordinate itself to the pub.
lie welfare. few will revolt and fall, rs angels
and men have fallen before, but they will be un'
felt in their efforts to embarass the great move.
ment of u great people for their disenthralment
We have some Bourbon Democrats who doubt
whether there ever was flood in Noah's time
and who ore quite sure that We have had no war
Had they been with you in Pickett's bloody
charge at Gettysburg, or behind the federal bat.
Elements of that memorable day, they would have
been liberalzed in their views of the duties OF
the present. but rs it is, they believe ia the revo
lutons Of 9S, in slavery, and in the constitution
as it was. By.snd.by they will be dead and b
charitably forgotten.
The nation takes note Of the fact that the
greatest anxiety for q straight Democratic nom
ination at Baltimore comes from Grant and the
leaders who direct his administration. They
efforts to control the Baltimore convention ar.
tireles They are appealing to the cupidity
and ambition of every Democrat and southern
Conservative they can get within range of thei,
appliances. and you will see most Of your people
OF easy political virtue howl against "surren
der" Of Democracy ut Baltimore. They will b,
hired to chatter like 10 many trained parrots 81
the convention, and would bs we'll rewarded i
they could succeed. When they fail, rs fai
they will, each side OF the contracting partie
will truthfully insist that the other is fraud.
BE patient and hopeful, my dear friend: tn
war il over vt last. We will heal its ghastl,
scars and restore the disnanted column of tn
Union by the peaceful irrevocable verdict Of tn
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