, 1874-04-15
THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION,

........ JAoEaoSv1LIE, ILL.,, April g. 1874.
To tie EdRor Of tho Chicago Tribune:
Sin: Il friond who il fur more skilled in euctl
mattorH than nm, and who Inns ovor Ind tlo
best interests Of the industrial c1asscs docply at
heart, has 30 vol Expressed tho great dangors
mud duties Of tho coming Convention at Bloom
ingtou, in lettor to me, that youture, without
his consent, to mako O fow extracts, will, the
Wow of eliciting thought upon tho,u, in al our
counties, before tho Convention. 1Io says:
"First-We must lo bold and determined.
Timid, half-way measures will invite certain de-
feat. Wo know that tho ends We sock are good
honest, and worthy. We Gnu, aud NO must, u.s.
sumo the aggressive, and 60 into tho fight with
banners aloft and drums beating, determined to
Win.
" Second-All, for tho prescnt,..at leas, will do
pend upon your action Mt Bloomington. The
most desperate attempts will there be mado. by
both of the old parties aa suol,, to capture tho
Convention. 1t must 10 prevented at all Laz-
ards. Wo shnll there bo betwoon scyl]a md
CharSbdis.-the danger Of fulling into the hands
Of tue old parties, OH the one hand, a1,d, on tho
other, Of driving from us really good mon Of
both PARTIES. If wo run tint gauntlet gafoly,
wo ahal Bwcop the State. But how Gun this be-
lono2
Ihi,d-Firatof all. by abrief, torso, clear and
strong declaration Of principles. that stu ropol
old parties, ~ suell, but invite aud attract every
honest man In both Of them. Wo mist make no
war upon Republicans or Democrats, AZ such.
but level all ON. guns. ngnlnst unjust uon0po-
liHtB, corrupti0nBts, pludorerB, defiant cotnora-
tons, tax-eatera, oxtrasaga1lco, and proAigacy OF
expenditures. timo-sorycrs, and Hef-Hoeking
dcmagoguea of all Sorts aud summon tho pco-
plo, irrespective Of past purity ailiationH to join
us in tho holy war:
Fou,lh-hlucll will donond On tina mama
chosen for tho new party. 'Farmors' party will
not do at all; 1t is too narrow, and would put us
ut once on tho defensive aEninHt the charge Of
inconsistency, because tho farmers, AZ suclI, are
n clasB, an much 80 as tho nunu},ollsts tlem-
HelycB. It should bo short, comprehensive
namo. Tho pcoplos' Autobiography party
oxprcssee about tho right thing. but it il too
long, would HuggoBt either 'Aut-Aionopoly'
Or the Peoples party 1t is absolutely esson~
tial that Tie plan Of action should DO agreed
or, ut least, we'll thought over; and TINT til
adoption bo assured ln outline beforehand.
Thia can 10 douo by the timely effort anl
thoughts Of all the mombors. If the Alay Con-
ycntlon finds liz All ut hoa OIL those points, uut-
Ing short Of . nraclo can aavo lis from lestr,lc-
ton"
30 says cur friend, I need not ray that con-
cur most heartily in these sentiments, al!tl will
only add that II wo can ouly manage to organize
our new party 10 that it can naturally grow, like
tho eetlala Of Lebanon, from tho b0ttom up-
wards, all ages viii have reason to biesa oi'r
memory. but, II We 70 on to organize 1t OIL tho
Old caucus-eyAteu,, to he manipulated from tho
top downwhrds, wo shall, in tlo end, hayo tho
hoht corrupt an1 dangerous purity TINT was ever
gu thls contlnont Yours truly
j, d. TURNER,