Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-10
HERALD.

FRIDAY, APRIL A, 1878
rbe Tribune Liberal Platform.
Y Wa received some time since, letter
,,,irinc 'ff the Liberal Republlcan
u ,,tforn. printed in the Tribune AL
,ronoc for 1878, is the same that was
Iortqd af Cincinnati, in June, 1872"
u ,c. mrst confess that we paid no at
n ,.rtion to the inquiry, ut the time, no
native suggesting itself to us why there
.b,rld be any alteration made in such a
s.cumcnt The letter again attracting
oDr attention during u semileisure hour,
orr curiosity was aroused, and we were
minced 10 make comparison. 1t will
B. rendered that the original plat
firm was adopted by convention
mposed of members protesting, before
nl at the time of its assembling, to be
Ranublicans. This was also true, in
MEASURE. us matter Of fact Many
R.pnblicaus entered into the movement
n.yly, supposing its object to bc
tmrnly advisory to the regular Rrpuhli-
sgg convention, thereafter to assemble
&Wap they discovered their mistake,
-w. were found earnestly work. g.with
twir old associates for the success of
tw Republican party. Others sti!l en-
,rrcd into the movement. in good faith,
brcausc they were opposed to pro
rctiyc policy" rs applied to tariff regu-
lHons They favored "revenue reform,
snI this. be 1t understood, was the sole
snd only reason that induced western
unn To- issue the call for the convention.
Tap convention. as is well known,
rgmatcd from call, signed by Col.
irosyenor and other persons, represent
ug what they were pleased to term, the
Liheral Republican State Convention
II Missouri. and was called ''for con
sutatiou" only. We quote tie exact
language Of the call, MS we'll as the Ian
gagc used by Col. Grosyenor in calling
ihr convention to order When the con
srntion assembled, it was captured by
lha politicians, other than "wise counsels
fvyulpd." and. by the aid 0f Frank
Blair and other schemers, nominations
hi candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States were
madc After the adjournment OF the
Cmcnnatj convention. TIE whole atten-
ton Of the managers thereof Was turned
10 mpturing the Democratic party. The
convention of that party assembled at
Baltimore, the work of the schemcrs had
been successful, and the same ticket was
there nominated as at Cincinatti We
are not fighting the old campaign over
sgain. We are stating these facts of
history in order to explain what follows.
We need not state the result of the cleo
ton, But it is necessary to bear these
facts in mind to render more plain, If
possible, the alteration and changes in
the Cincinnati platform, rs adopted and
officially promulgated, and as now pub
Ished in the "Tribune Almanac. We
have before us the ''officialproceedings"
Of both the Cincinnati and the Baltimore
conventions, as well as the "Tribune
Almanac for 1873" The platform, as
published in the official proceedings of
the two conventions is exactly similar,
while the Tribune" platform varies, all
'pe way through, as to punctuation.
We do not propose, however, to speak
OF these differences. Punctuation, is in
measure, matter of taste, although
every one knows that the sense and mean
nsot a paragraph or sentence is entirely
altered by change of punctuation We
propose, also, to pass by some mere
verbal alterations, such as "a post of
honor in the official changed to ''the
port of honor" in the almanac, when
peaking of ''public station :" freedom
OF person" changed into 'freedom of
persons, although they mean entirely
different things.
There is, however, material change,
10 which we shall presently call atten-
lion, and it was in reference to this that
We deemed 1t necessary to refer to the
bis, 0ry of the movement and platform.
I'd, also, be well, in this connec-
ton, to recall the "Soldiers and Sailors
Convention at Pittsburgh, during the
CAMPAIGN, and the speech of Mr.. Gree
ley at the same place, Immediately
atterward. Before the publication of
The Almanac, it had probably become
evident to the managers and proprietors
Of the Tribune that the Liberal Repub-
Icans, as party, could never succeed.
In any event, their only chances were in
Connection with the Democratic party.
That party, for nearly twenty years, had
Oeen dependent on the South for its sue
cess They had, for twice that number
VI years, truckled and yielded to them
ID everything. 1t has been said-and
WIN large degree of truth-that the
Democratic party could learn nothing.
Their leaders could not see that ''the
world moved" The same degree of
olhdness seems to have taken hold OF
aepublishers of the Tribune Almanac,
aAee their coalition withthe Democracy.
now shall we obtain the votes of the
south? This is what seems to trouble
'aem. They fall to see that the South
shows decided evidence of returning rea.
son, that her people are actuated by diff.
tefent sentiments from those which per,
yaded that entire section ten, or ever
uVe, years ago. They do not hate tht
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