The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-06

Ing oeen palQ 1ofs tAelr support OF MIN
in their newspaper, they would support
US Individually; thus counteracting at
the polls the work they had been hired
to do in their journal-piling treason
on treason, Ossa on Pelion.
And when we had made no charge
that they had been bought by Averill,
they, in the same letter, protested that
they had not been bought. "a guilty
conscience needs no accuser."
"The thief
Doth fear each bush an officer"
=, I'VE are under no Obligation" they say,
Ito Averill except our promise, and hare not
received cent from him to influence our &C
ton. As Republican journal we felt oblig-
cd to conform to the usages of the party,
although we confess that it is .festering NTH
corruption; there is no question that the
Augean stables need cleaning With our
journal there is no middle ground, and hence
we must sacrifice personal friendship, and
perhaps present or prospective gain ON THE
PARTY ALTAR"
Noble and heroic souls! One would
scarcely believe these were the same
men who wanted lis to do nothing that
would prevent them from driving bar
gain for the chest slice of patronage
they could get p
They were ready ''to sacrifice them
selves on the party altar Yes, to the
tune Of about three thousand dollars a
year. and the Office of collector, to saw
nothing of the unpaid paper bill for
5000.
''They must conform to the usages OF
the party Yes, the same party which
they proposed, a few weeks before, tc
scatter to the winds, even though it
made the State Democratic.
And the party was fostering with
corruption Yes, and the nastiest
Jumps Of pus in the whole great national
ulcer were Todd and Stebbins.
And then they utter another lie:
"Two years ago, after be had professed his
preference for Gen. Grant for President, and
his animosity toward Greeley, we determin-
ed to make him the Republican candidate
for Congress in this district, and as long as
he thought there was chance for his nomi-
nation he left us to labor for this object.
When the reports from the counties in the
district satisfied him that he could not he
nominated. he came out in a public letter
repudiating Gen. Grant, and espousinp
Greeley, and leaving his Republican friends
in very ridiculous position"
Now the fact is, and these men know
it, that we would undoubtedly have
been nominated by the Republican Con-
vention of the I'd District, for Congress,in
1872, if we had agreed to support
Grant.
Major John Kennedy, now postmas-
ter of Hastings, then chairman of the
Republican District Convention, and a
man who, apart from his partisanship,
has some good qualities, very generous
ly interested himself to secure our nom
ination for Congress, and we felt, and
still feel grateful to him for his services:
If any man will consult Major Kennedy
he will tell him that Todd and Stebbins'
statement is false. Major Kennedy
wrote us as follows, just before the
Convention met: 81 have no doubt but
you will be nominated, if you think
best to accept" And if necessary we
can produce SC ores of letters from lead
ing Republicans in all parts of the Dis
trict in which they insisted that we
mast accept the nomination, whether
we wanted it or not
Nothing but high sense of duty to
the cause of truth, and the interests Of
the country, induced us to disap-
point the expectations of all these
kind and generous friends, and refuse
the honor of reelection to Congress
and the emoluments which accompanied
the Office. But we have never regretted
the decision we then made. We are
proud of having supported that great.
hearted, broad-brained patriot and phil.
anthropist, Horace Greeley who was
trampled to death by mob of scoun.
drels of whom Todd and Stebbins are
fit representatives. Since Christ died
on the cross, pursued, bounded, beaten
and Knocked, by the basest and beastli-
est of men, there has been, in this
world, no such cruel tragedy as the
death of Horace Greeley. One pulse Of
his great heart was worth more to man
kind than the whole life of the cold
blooded, arid -souled, sordid little schem-
er, who triumphed over him. When
the time comes that we must pass away
from this breathing world of ours, we
shall ask our children to inscribe upon
our tomb, these words: "He advocated
freedom for the slave and pardon for the
master. He supported Abraham Lin
coin and Horace Greeley"
And when Todd and Stebbins pass
in their checks" we shall cover their
last resting place with Todd's hat, and
and on its shining front we shall in
scribe these words :-'sThey sold their
manhood and honor, their love of
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