The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

thus had-in a State Convention held at St
Paul-publicly degraded himself by crawl
ing on his belly back into the Republican
party, acknowledging, in terms of abiect
penitence and submission, his past con-
sclenceless escapade, and piteously begging
70 De received once more into the fold from
which his self-conceit and lack of principle
combined had induced him to stray.
This also we brand as lie. We en-
tered that State Contention and left
1t as conqueror. We dictated its
platform upon the question of Free
Trade; we wrote it; and it was re-
ported back by this very man Sinclair,
as chairman of the Committee on Reso-
lutions. Uho knew we wrote 1t. without
the alteration of a word or letter, and
adopted amid thunders of applause.
The st. Paul Press, Infatuated and
disappointed, denounced the action of
the State Convention the next dav !:
and Sinclair retorted upon the Press
for so doing. We made the adoption
Of that platform the condition of oar
further support Of the Republican
party, AND THE PARTY YIELDED TO Orr
DEMAND.
But. the following spring, the Ma
tional Republican Convention met in
Philadelphia to nominate Grant, and
that Convention adopted Protective
platform. This action decided the at
titude of the party throughout the
whole nation On that most important
question: and the opinions Of Minnesota
Republicans had, of course, to be sub
ordinated to the action of the national
party. The editor Of this paper then
had to choose between giving up his
principles or deserving his party. He
gave up his party and adhered to his
principles.
But Sinclair,-a dirty lank, cadav
erous, starved and greedy dog,
like ourself, free-trader. He approved
of that platform of ours, he insisted
upon it; he demanded it he defended
our course. But when the crucial test
was applied to him Of giving up either
his principles or his party he swallowed
his principles at one gulp, without ever.
wry face
" A mercitul Providence fashioned him hol-
low,
On purpose that he might his principles
swallow"
He saw the Winona post-office before
him; he saw that abject seryility to
William Window, whom he despised.
might be rewarded, and he fol-
lowed him, as the boor of Rus.
s:a follows his oxen to pick up
the droppings. He has get his reward.
His apron is full. His impecuniosity is
satisfied. And now,-ashamed to the
very core Of his being of his own self
degradation, he attacks the man who
refused to follow him in his abnegation
Of principle.
We dismiss as false his pretense that
the assault upon us was made without.
his knowledge; that, in fact, it was
good-natured piece Of fun-a pleasant
joke--a harmless fight Of fancy. He
saw it in his paper; he knew it was
greedily copied by Republican papers
all over the State; that it was flung in
the faces Of our friends everywhere. |
And now he says some one else wrote
II; that it "meant nothing and he
admits that it was lie.
And then, forsooth, initiating that
other dirty dog, Elihu Washburne, he
makes a fling at our
religion, or rather our want
OF religion. We thought his
church was based on 1.-The right OF pri.
vate judgment" We have dared to
think for oursclf on every subject, and
this We find, in Sinclair eyes, is a
crime. All, that philosopher was right
who said "a Scotchman could rise high
er and sink lower than any ether man
on earth" Sinclair has reached, in
that one assault, depth Of shameful
degradation sounded before by no other
man in Minnesota