New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-25

'IN"INNATI, sept. ~, l1.i,

tiNcINNATI, sept. -, l1:i,
Z, hs Etit,,t ar he N.o N,'i,rni Iut ant ,ft,r.p.
In your issue of the lth instant find a
labored and long drawn out article from you,
correspondent "Depush,' purp6rting to give
to your readers the facts concerning the Chill
ichothc convention, its purposes, results,
&c.
Allow me, if you please, sufficient space
for IA brief review of that article and also n
statement of the facts as they appear to those
not " inside" and therefore Limited :" IN
deed, simply a. they are shown To be hy the
light Of " Dcpu.h's" own lamp.
"Dcpugh's" first paragraph being devoted
to negro minstrel.y and huncombc, | shall
pass it by.
In his second paragraph he give, the h,,
tory of the origin of the Chilic0thc move
ment which, shorn OF it. ycrbOsity, amount
to this Early last spring some colDred men
in the State SETTLED into the conviction" that
they were not likely to receive any Office,
from the Republican Office holders Of hi,
State. They put their heads together 10 see
what was to be done about it. Your CORE
cut LlIt 'sDIt!itIl kllbl by HhELC1LlHt
a convention. This" says he, met the
approval Of all interested in the matter"
| These are his words csrbatm. II Is ia
order, we presume, to ask just here who IL
meant by "all cOncerned?"
# certainly does not mean the colofrd pcD-
pie Of the State; for the matter Of holding
that con yentiOn was never submitted ~ them,
nor has it 10 this day received their approval.
1t must mean, therefore, those gentlemen
who, discovering the improbabiiity Of their
getting office, proceeded to worE up an inter-
est in that notable convention.
Are the colOred people expected 70 grow
! indignant, hold convention. and damage
| their oSn best interest because a few dissat-
/ isied, hungry, ambitious men discover that
their greed for Office is not likely to be salts
/ fed? Well, /" Depu2h thinks 80, any how.
Your Correspondent admits that the tine
and place Of their preliminary assembling,
l being Identical with that Of the Liberal con
yentiOn, gave very reasonable ground Tor
suspecting them Of willingness % .' sell
OUT TO the Liberal party If the Liberia! Ia TkIs
I was willing" 70 PuTcha5e. Vel, non,
that Is the way II looked g. outsider, and
particularly 50, a. the brain. II the party VA
an original died-in-thc wool New DcIattuusg.
But Of course there was NOTHING ia t. The
two partie.-the Liberals and the Ch.l..s-.
Duly met together by chance.
But, again, be says, Originally !; va, ots
intention u hold IA .ecre, Convention Per
nit me to ask, If this was a convention of the
people, aud in the interest Of the people, why
this need Of secrecy" Oh, | beg pardon, the
writer explains further on, and ~ g.yc hi,
own Language the pnrpo-e Of enforcing
our claims" Yes, yes, ''0ur" means ~,
the gentlemen who "wpgkrl up au interest
because We became convinced early last
spring tina, we are not likely 70 get any Office.
We are told that when they got 10 Chilli
colhe they found d.fcg.tles - contend with.
That statement !. certainly true. la the
fret place, the Grand Lodge, from which
they expected to draw number and respect
ability, gave them the cold shOa!der. This
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