The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-08
A PRESIDENTIAL INTRIGUE.
Vaccinations Of the BristOw-Jewell Forces
i'm the South.


The following extracts from private
letter, written by prominent Georgia
Republican, have been handed to the
Herald by parties in this city interested
in pushing the claims of an aspirant to
Presidential honors having much to fear
from the use of Federal official positions
in the manner and on behalf of the par
ties below described. The value Of the
communication, however, lies outside
OF the mere interests Of contending fac
tions and shows the reality of the
danger to which the people are exposed
by the use to which Federal patronage
can be put in pushing the claims of
candidates ''by order" from Washington
or the other headquarters OF daring in
triguers. The letter is dated Atlanta, i'm
the last days of January. The extracts
are us follows:
MORTON AND THE THIRD TERMERs.
''You needn t be afraid that Grant is go
ing to carry this State or the solid South
in the National Convention. It looked
so while ago, and there are still plenty
Of third termers but Senator Morton,
of Indiana, is at work very busily in
the promise of Gov. Ames' support if
he can, for his part, keep Ames at the
head OF the party, and he has Jealous
friends and agents in other States. You
probably saw the effect of their efforts
in the way in which the National Com
mittee was swayed the other day in
Washington.
LOSING HORSE.
''But even Morton is only q losing
horse. Ii zeal and pertinacity, and con-
siderable opportunity can do anything, =
1t begins to be clear that the Bristow
and Jewell ticket will carry q consider
oh hnr fn hn
SO considerable, indeed, that the South
ern third termers will make but mod
crate array. Marshal Packard, of Lou
isiana, the head Of the Southern third
term movement, Is an adroit and able
wire puller, and he is working in every
direction and in every way, and 1t is said
he Is not averse to an alliance with the
Morton forces, considering that Morton
has no chance, and that he may safely
promise them his aid IL they will help
him first.
THE BRIsTOw-JEwELL INTRIGUE.
But the most notable phenomenon in
our politics-not only in Georgia, but all
through the Southern States at present
Is the effort in progress to secure dele
gates to the Republican National Con-
vention for the joint ticket Of Bristow
and Jewell. Whether these gentlemen
are themselves cognizant of all that is
going on, certain it is that the subordi-
mates in the Treasury and Postoffice
particular end.
HISTORIC PARALLEL.
'Iam old in my knowledge Of fSouthern
politics, and l well remember that
Peter G. Washington, as early as 1868
when he was Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, began to peregrinate and .
calculate for the nomination of Mr..
Secretary Guthrie as the Democratic
Presidential candidate in 1860. He was
aided by all .that{ the Postoffice Depart
ment could then do, under Aaron V.
Brown. History repeats itself. Again
q Kentucky aspirant to the Presidency
has the patronage of the Treasury De-
partment in his hands -tenfold as great
the POsotffice Department as corps dc
yeserre, and both departments are flung
into the contest in q way which Guthrie
and Brown, with their old-fashioned
Democratic notions, would never have
permitted.
HOW IT rs WORKED.
"Judging by the general experience
about here, no revenue officer visits
Washington in these days from the
Southern States without being inter-
viewed. Instructions have been given
to all the internal revenue officers Of
this State. Isham $. Tanning, Collector
openly, am told, that they q. c., rev.
enue officers) have set this State for
Bristow and Jewell, and that nothing
can undo the work. JEWELS interests
for the Vice Presidency are being care
fully guarded by Chamberlain, the rev.
enue supervisor of this district, COM
prising several States. 1t is said that
Jewell insisted on having some one in
the Revenue Department on whom he
could personally depend, and so, by
some shiftings OF supervisors last year,
Of the Postof1ice Department, was ap-
pointed Supervisor, and, gossip here
about says, for the special benefit OF the
Postmaster General first, and for the
interests Of the revenue second.
THE POSTOFFICE OFFICIALS.
''But the whole corps Of Postoffice
special agents in the South are busy in
their manipulation, and, with that
happy accord which should always
the different departments
Of great government, they are in abb
solute harmony with the Treasury
agents. In ali my political life, now q
long one, / have never known any such
as is now being made to place
officials over the heads OF the people
and to dictate delegates to nominating
through the influence Of ex-
ecutive patronage.
WORKING UP THE SUPPORT
zone little incident which was re-
lated to me recently, however, has q bad
A gentleman from the
South happened in one Of the Washing
ton hotels to express preference for
Mr.. Bristow, and he was at once cor
daily seized by one of his hearers and
taken to Mr.. Burnham, the Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. He after
ward said that he understood Mr.. Burn
ham, in his own vernacular, to be the
'Cheerman' Of the private and conf
Dental committee OF the Treasury De-
partment that is running the Bristow
machine. ~. Y. Herald.
ELopEMENT.- Between the sherry and
champagne, Mr.. Watterson thus NOR
alizes on the Mackenzie elopement:
'She is gone, this Canadian beauty,
and Brydges with her; and where's the
good Of recalling her, and what use is
She now to anybody? The world is no
wiser and no better than before. The
ignorant are led astray. The vicious
follow their desires. Those that have
the preteXt Of domestic infelicity affect