New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-24

1t Is alleged that am partisan OF ROSCOE conhnhe'
and this untrue. My relations. however with him. as
with Gov. Fenton. are OF friendly character II re-
elected to the Senate shall act upon the question OF
choosing successor 10 Mr. Conkling in accordance with
the prevailing sentiment o. this district, after having
ascertained the same NORRIS "iSsLo"'
" Watorto,cn, Nov. O. 1871"
This manifesto did not meet my eye until
it had been some weeks in print. As hau
somehow heard that Mr.. Winslow pretended
to have letter from me urging him to vote Tor
the Tweed Charter, | wrote to my friend Beman
Brocl,way Zone of the editors of The Times
aforesaid) asking him to obtain from Mr.
Winslow a copy of that letter Mr.. Brockway
made the request and reported as follows:
DAILY TINES, wATERrowS, MY, Dec 20. 1871.
DEAR SIR: have yours Of !7h. Herewith is the letter
10 which Won refer The letter referred TO by Mr. Wnsow
IA one introducing that gentleman to Judge waterbury
have seen IT, and called today to obtain copy OF 1t ;
but Mr. WnsOw on the.cvc OF going 10 AlDhhy ana
could not give 10 until he returns whch VIII PROB
ably be some day next week. lie has promised me the
original and when get it VIII soma II 10 yoh OF q
copy II does not uarrnnt he statements contained ~ nv
W.nSo,r'S letter. as rccoifcct a.
Very truly yours, H. BRocKwY'
Being at Albany on the 1St inst, had a
call at the Delavan from Mr.. Enos, one OF
your Assemblymen when told him that there
was grave misunderstanding between me
and your Senator which required immediate
attention. He replied that Mr.. Winslow was
at Congress Hall, but would soon call on me;
which he did. Our interview was civil, but
not cordial l told your Senator that | re-
CURED of him copy of my letter IN question.
He said I should have it, and soon left.
Returning next day to our City, asked Mr..
Reid to write to Mr.. Brockway to get the copy
in question of Mr.. Winslow on his first visit
to his home. To Mr.. Reid's note, MIR. Brock
way responds as follows
DAILY TIMES. WATERTowS N Y. Jan. Q, 1872
DEAR SIR: Yours Of I'd. inst was duly received. l
called on Mr. Wnsow, yesterday, for the letter. copy
of which he prom sed me week before last but he re-
fused to let me have It, saying that he would Mr..
Greeley soon Ia NewYork on the subject. gathered
from the brief conversation had with him that he had
met Mr. G. IN Albany that some words had passed be-
tween them that III consequence he Winslow) had got
his back up and was indspOsed to give up Mr. Gs letter
on any terms He may have destroyed 1T for, when l
spoke to him about il the 18th ult, he said il in the
vault of the Merchants Bank. Yesterday he proesscd
not to know where it was. Very truly yours,
Il. BRoCKwAY
Thus you see that Mr.. Winslow. without
provocation from me, deliberately charges
me with the grossest discrimination and double
dealing, QOr all know that have written often
and emphaticaly in condemnation of the Re
publican support given to that Tweed charter y
that he pretends that | urged shim in letter
to support it and, when asked to produce that
letter, he first promises then refuses, to do so.
Having waited till patience is exhausted for
the fulilmcnt of his promise to me, | am
driven to conclude that he has determined to
withhold that letter, well knowing that il does
not sustain his assertions.
Thus stabbed in the dark. am compelled
to tax your time with a statement of facts,
which / shall try to make brief:
AS in the Republican, there have for years
been two ill-defned and mobile interests, fac
tons, or "wings," in the Democratic party of
this City. One of these has been known
az Tammany,n and of this William M.
Tweed was m 1870 lord paramount; the other
had at different times been called "MOzart,"
democratic Union" and "9oung DemOc-
"raoy," with James O'Brien (then Sheriff, now
Senator) among its chiefs. "Tammany" had
been in the ascendant, but the rival faction
had chosen o majority of the Common COun-
Gil in December, 1869-by enormous repeat
"ing" and false counting, it was alleged by
"Tammanyn We Republicans felt that this
gave us q chance to secure from one or both
of them an Election or Registry Law that
| would shield us from repetition of the
gigantic frauds whereby the State was car
ried for Seymour and Hoffman in 1868. as also
against Gen. Sigel and myself in 1869, and
were watching our opportunity.
NJ IL, lnnl lin, ant,
| Tammany Democrat, whose acquaintance with
elections and their machinery is unsurpassed
had drafted an elaborate Election Law, which
seemed to me o very good one. He was going
up to Albany to urge its passage, and asked
me for a letter to some Republican Senator
| gave him one to Mr.. WinslOw. l am sure
never wrote another to your Senator that could
even be twisted into an approval of any
| Charter whatever. AS | have not the date OF
this, / can only say generally that it must
| have been written some days before any Tweed
Charter was proposed or (by Republicans,
heard of. Mr.. Waterbury cOncurs in this
recollection. as will be seen by his response to
| my inquiTy-as follows:
| NEw-YoRK, Jan. 10, 1872.
DEAR SIR: In reply your note state that the note
you gave to me- during the Legislative session Of 1870 Il
Senator winslow Of Jefferson County, was applied fol
by me- and given By you for the purpose Of aiding the
passage OF honest and efficient election law, and
for any purpose connected with the subject OF charter
for this City did not ask for letter to Mr.. Winslow
but for to somo influential Republican Senator and
you selected Mr. Winslow. did not with that letter.
at any time, ask Dir. Wnsow any other Senator tC
vote for the Ring Charter On the contrary, all my
action and expressions in regard to that charter
against It's passage. Yours, truly,
NELSON J. WATERBURY.
Hon. HORACE GREELEY.
Need / restate the facts, so widely known
that visited Albany in 1870 at the request OF
the Union League Club expressly to oppose the
passage of that Tweed Charter-that made az