The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-07-18
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We have come in possession of some facts which
account in part, IL not wholly, for the remarkable
and hitherto inexplcable action Of the Democratic
leaders in endleavoring To force Horace Greeley
upon their party - its candidate for the Presi-
dency. In October Of last year, months before
the " Liberia" Republican Convention Of Missouri
began the Cincinnati NOV ement, Mr. Greeley was
In conference with Democrat OF this State,
whom we know, on the subject Of the Presidency;
that Democrat was hunting for n compromise pr
dissatisfied Republican candidate whom the lea
ders Of his party would indorse; and MI Greeley
agreed to accept If nominated. Mr.. Greeley wrote
a letter to this Democrat, in reply to one; and
these led to the conference at Mr. Greeleys invita-
tion; at which meetingcbir. Greeley consented to
become the candidate If the nomination were ten-
dered him. We have seen Mr.. Greeley's letter, to
which We have referred, in his own well known
handwriting.
The Cincinnati convention of so-called Repub-
licans was hardly then thought Of, but We have
proof, that we deem conclusive, Of the fact that
Democratic collision with some of the delegates
of that convention, particularly from this State,
led directly to Mr.. Greeley's nomination.
prominent Democrat from Central New York
wrote toa prominent man, hithertOa Republican
one of Mr.. Greeleys chief friends and advisers, in
New York City, only few days before the Gin
cnnati convention met, on the subject Of the pro
posed candidacy. That Democrat was in favor
Of Greeley's nomination, and believed that the
Democratic party Of the country could he brought
to his support in certain contingencies. The re-
ply to the letter was reply which pleased and
gratified him; it crowned the negotiation; and
the result, an understanding of what the Demo-
Gratis were prepared to undertake, was, as We have
said. made known to the prominent men in the New
York delegation at Cincinnati. The name of the
leading Democrat we have mentioned is HOrato
Seymour; and Of the Republican friend Of Horace
Greeley, Waldo Hntchins. That the negotiation
was carried ON. we have see0 the sufficient and
undeniable proof We have been shown letter
from one Of the well known writer's Of the last
named correspondence. Horace Greeley, Waldo
Hntchins, and HorstiO Seymour are the "high
American politics. We state the fact of the cor
respOndence on our proper responsibility; and If
any one Of the persons we have named denies, we
will give dates and details, and procure testimony
that they will not be in position to dispute. The
statements not contained in the two letters, one
of Mr. Greeley, which, by the way, set aside Chase
for Democratic use "broken down." and the
other, signed by one of the three mentioned, are
given upon perfectly good authority. There is no
longer any reason to doubt that there has been a
perfect understanding between Greeley and the
Democrats for at least eight months past. Re-
publicans who have regarded Mr.. Greeley az a
Republican, and who have given any confidence
to Cincinnati, will be astOnished to learn that he
was in effect sold to the Democrats before Cncin-
natl; that lie would undoubtedly have been made
a candidate before the regular Democratic cOnven-
tOn if there had been no Cincinnati, and that
they are the victims of bargain carried out by
trickery, which WILT grows more and more
likely-be consummated at Baltimore.-BiRghdm
ton Republican.