Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-08-08
From the New York POST
The Greeley Bargain.

The evidence of an agreement be-
tween Horace Greeley on the one
part, and certain prominent Democrats
on the other, in regard to the nomina-
tion of Greeley for President by the
Democratic party, is at length given to
the public. Those engaged in the nego-
tiation on the part of Greeley were
Greeley himself, Waldo Hutchins, and
Ruben E. Fenton, and ON the part of
the Democratic party Lewis Carmichael
and HoratiO Seymour. The plan was
originated by Carmichael, an old infiu-
entail local politician of Unadilla, early
last autumn, and negotiations were
continued into the winter; it was pro-
posed by him to Greeley, who acceeded
to it with alacrity, though not without
a display of something of his constitu-
tional timidity; the other politicians
mentioned were, sooner or later, brought
into it; and an agreement was finally
arrived at, which was satisfactory to all
engaged in the negotiation. A part of
the bargain was that Greeley should be
nominated at Cincinnati; and, indeed,
it seems that such nomination was an
indispensable preliminary to his being
supported by the Democrats, and the
nomination seconded at Baltimore. The
"dodge" was, as everybody has seen
plainly enough, but of which the evil
dence has hitherto been wanting, that
this man, who was never anywhere,po-
litically, but in opposition to the DEM
eeratic party, should first be put before
the country as the candidate of the
men who demanded purity in politics,
and a reform in the administration of
government, and should then be taken
up by the Democratic party on purely
popular grounds.
So far, the plan has met with entire
success. The right sort of delegation
from this city to Cincinnati, headed by
Mr.. Hutchins, who as strategist was
more than match for all the other pol
iticians who went to that convention,
and who quietly carried his point. The
next step was easy enough; ana not
counted in the negotiations, those like
the World and Chicago Times, and some
other Democratic papers and persons 70
the contrary notwithstanding, the NOM
ination was carried 1t Baltimore as 1t
was agreed that it should be done.
Whether beyond that point there is any
success for the observation-disclosures
they can lead enough Republicans by
the nose out of the Republican party to
give their votes to put the Horatio Sey-
mour kind of Democrats into power at
with the Waldo Hutehins
kind of Republicans into power in the
White House, as the result OF bargain
between them-whether that can be
done remains to be seen. Politicians
who can never see anything beyond
their leaders may think game OF this
sort is likely to win. We don't. Gree
lev played conspicuous part thirty
wears ago in a campaign where noise,
and "Iog cabins" and "hard cider
made fools of a majority of the people,
and not unnaturally he thinks it can be
done over again with an old white coat
and hat. But this is kind of thing
that can't be done successfully twice in
the same generation, and particularly
when, the second time, there is trans
parent bargain behind it to betray the
people into the hands of a party that 1t
cost them four years of civil war to get
out of.
Precisely what the terms of this bar
gain were we probably shall never
Know, unless Greeley shall be elected,
when the agreement will have TO be
carried out. These terms, doubtleSs,are
in letters that passed between
Seymour and Hutchins, which nobody
but themselves and Greeley have seen.
Should Greeley be elected we shall
know soon enough. Ii he is not, We
probably never shall know. 1t is quite
enough, to besure, however, that there
is bargain; and we may rest assured,
as the Democrats evidently do, that it
is all that Horatio Seymour could ask:
In was safe to trust the interests OF
Southern rebels and their Northern al
lies to his hands, and If he is satisfied
with what greeley will do for them,then
Northern Republicans may know what
10 expect. One little indication is given
of what the South may look for in the
talk, during the negotiations. of paying
pensions to rebel soldiers. Bridge over
the ssbloody chaSm" with pensions.
How beautifully Hutchins must have
plaved that card at Cincinnati! How
such suggestion must have inspirited
the rebel yell which greeted the nomin-
alton of Greeley!
The Springfield Republican has said
in advance-knowing that discovery
must come-that a bargain of this Kind
was not of the least consequence. The
Now York Express and the New York
and other Greeley papers, less
cunning than the Republican, have de-
nounced the assertion that there was
any bargain rs a lie. They denounced
1t us a lie because they knew it to De oil
great consequence, and because they
believe that the people will not STAND q
thing of this nature. They have got
to take that back and assume the ground
of the Republican, that it is of no con-
sequence. They must either do that or
hold their tongues altogether, and that
they dare not do. Disgraeeful as the
whole business is, the most Illuminating
part in it is played by the journals and
individuals now sustaining Greeley who
professed to go into the Cincinnati
.,,ovap,anf f0x the sake of reform.