Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-16
vice PrcsiICut Wilson Oh she Parry
HALEY.


Vico President Wilson has written q lottor to Il
member Of tho Massachusetts Republican state
Committee, from Which tho following extracts
are taken
Your proposed meeting, take it, is, by n full
and frank consultation and comparison OF views,
10 aim to regain what has boon lost, and to place
HnssGclltlsciis ouce more in Its recognized posi-
ton among Republican States. Certainly this
object il worthy Of the thoughtful consideration
aud unseliish attention Of every Republican who
would faithfully serve either his party or lis
| country. In these consultations and cOmpali.
SONS iC should ever DO Remembered that
| nothing will bc gained by lowering the
standard in regard to principles, measures or
men, Iiiinan rlghi8 have over been tho watch
word AMI Inspiration, tho guiding hiar aud domi-
mating idea of t..G Republican party IL can
with riilIUr honor or ratety take no step back
ward Mistakes 'hayo boon made in the Stale
and N the nation. Some men entrusted with
official position hsve proved themselves I'M
worthy. Bnt pI:blic attention has been aroused
and directed 10 such mistakes and misconduct
Republican presses and conventions have spOlipn
aud are speaking loudly for reform Of abuses
and for the removal OF iailhloas and incompetent
oilicials. Mistakes, too, have been corrected
and are being corrected uufaithful officials
have been dismissed, and the public voice i'm
peratiyely demands that all such shall be. And
there is increasing evidence that tho party IN
whose ranks Is found 30 much of the worth and
character of the county looks with regret-as it
was expressed by q British statespan-upon
every hour that passes over recognized and un-
reformed abuses Is there, then, Or can there
be- any sufficient reason why the Republican party
containing the masses of liberty lowing and InF.
liotlc men who fought tho battles of tho Rebel
lion and pilDted the country through the stormy
night Of civil war, should be displaced in the
commonwealth or nation or voluntarily rclin-
Quish the helm of the State to the Democratic
party with its past or present IecOrdy In yUur
1ILutiOls and rOmpnliHDu Of Vttyg 4 fr,.
you will place little confidence in mere party
discipline. In the present temper of the CJun-
try it has lost much of its potency.
It has seemed to me and now seems to me that
the way to strengthen the Republican party in
Massachusetts and in other States il to put it
right on the living issues that divide the coun-
try with the principles and purposes so clearly
expressed and hones tly avowcd that there need
be neither misapprehenslon nor mistake
to open wide Its doors and make tho in
yltatlOn and promised welcome full and free.
Not only should new recruits DO sought, but
those who once belonged TO its ranks and hoiped
to swell its victories, and who, for cgllso or
without cause have loft it, should be prossingly
invited to return, Its tried and trained leaders
should be brought to the front again, and their
wisdom sought for counsel and guidance in their
effort TO retrieve what has been lost and to &C.
store to the party prestige and power.
Republicans should look peril ia the face and
meet the present emergencies with prudont,w wise
and healing cOuusels. They should act too, in
spirit of self abnogation, prepared to sacrifice
for tho cause Of all personal aspirations. Can
dldateH for public statiOn-, high or low, should
sec to it that their individual ainIa aud ambi-
tiuns and their personal rivalries should not be
allowed to be a burden or hindrance to our now
imperied cause. and.that in the presence OF the
dangers that menace the party and the nation
something of tie spirit that prompted tho self
denying ordinance of Cromwolrs time should
animate them and secure like selfsacriice