The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-16
THE UNDYING DEMOCRACY
AND MONTGOMERY BLAIR.


THE democracy Of New York city,
represented by the Manhattan club,
had a reunion on the seventh inst. The
meeting was glori6cation over the
recent democratic victories, with all
their glorious promises for the future.
Many gentlemen Of distinction were
invited to be present and the invita-
lions were signed by such erst shining
lights Of the democratic party as
August Belmont, Samuel j. Tilden
and Augustus Schcll. One was sent
to the Hon. Montgomery Blair We pub
lish the response below. 1t is
worthy the pen Of a Western
granger Of man who fully
understands that the gentlemen Of
the Manhattan club have Bourbonic
Interpretation Of the lato uprising
against existing political conditions
that one of the monopolies which the
democratic-in the best sense Of that
worldwide. nwake voter Of to-day has
determined to put his heel upon and
crush, is the monopoly which wealth,
in the person Of such men as August
Belmont, has long exercised in the Sc
lection and election Of candidates for
Office that the force which is to OPP
pose and break down the corruption
the greed Of wealth and power now
feeding of the very vitals Of the gov
eminent, is not to be found. within the
limits of any existing political organi.
zation that this is the province Of the
new party, toward which statesmen like
Carl Schurz, no less than the grang.
ers and the anti. monopolists, are tend.
ing the party which the events Of
each succeeding day form into more
perfect whole, and which, when tn,
time is ripe, will rise In its might, tn,
conquering political organization of tn,
country.
Mcssrs. John Brady, August Belmont
Samuel j. Tilden, and others, com
mittee Of Manhattan club:
GENTLEMEN:-I thank you for YOU
invitation to the democratic reunion q
the Manhattan club house, on the 27tl
inst, and regret that cannot be will
you. | rejoice with you in the upris
ing OF the people, manifested in the re
cent election against the gross abus
Of their confidence by the present ad
ministration, and earnestly hope tina
such counsels may prevail among it
opponents as that the centennial yea
may witness vindic alton of the prin
ciples of l776, in the restoration Of
responsible government. This is really
the true issue, and the motto of al
friends of popular government should
be that of Benton-"Union, harmony
compromise, concession, everything fol
the cause, nothing for men," The
issue is not and will not be between re-
sumption and imitation, protection and
free trade, civil service reform, free
Cuba, etc. and our friends must not
be deceived by the present divisions
and controversies among our oppo-
nents on these and other questions,
The money power which holds the
party organization will quickly silence
all such divisions, when the time comes
a. it has done heretofore.
Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley,
Senator Fenton, Carl Schurz, the New
York and Chicago 'Tribune's the Gin.
cinnati Commercial and the Spring
field Republican and other presse and
leaders failed to get q single delegate
TO the Philadelphia convention, in
1872. Would the detection Of any of
the lesser lights which remain be more
effective? Who of Summers mourners
stood by him when stricken down by
Morton and other republican imitation.
lists now more pronounced for imitation
than they were for greenbacks in 1868.
But what was crime in Pendletion
then, did not at all impair the conf
dence Of the money power in Morton,
OF deduct dollar from the subscrip-
ton for his reelection. Nor did Sey-
mour who paid the New York interest
in gold during the war recommend him.
self thereby,whilst Greeley, the most de .
cided Of resumptionists, was certified
to be unsafe" by Jay Cooke d Co.,
for and on behalf Of the money organ.
ization. Ii is manifest, indeed tina,
Gov. Morton's attitude on imitation
now, like that on greenbacks' in 1868
IL taken to protect the organization
just as an old hunter on the plains
hires the prairie about him TO protect
himself from the fame which is sweep.
ING towards him. Nor will Simons or
Sanborn or Jayne affect the solidity of
the organization any more than Leet 4
Stocking and the Credit Mobiler and
the wide spread corruption which
everybody knew pervadsd the govern.
ment in 1872. "Corruption is N.
strength Of ohgarehy," said old Bullion
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