Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11
Cur View York Letter.
PoLITICAL-THB SPRING TRADE-FAlLuREs-
TIE LE-sNow-PooR-T TIE HIPPoDEoNE.
NEW York, Feb. 18th. 1876.

PoLTIIcAL-THB SPRING TRADE-FAlLuREs-
TIE LE-syow-rooR-Tu HIPfoDEoNE-
New York, Feb. 4th, 1876.
To the Editor of the Free Press ard Times;
The Liberal Republicans of the city coz
tinue TO meet every few days, and resolve
that they will continue to labor for the
publication OF the Government, and tie
restoration of integrity in oaicials. Those
who did not know might suppose that there
was actually such party as the Liberal
Republican" and might suppose that 1t had
vitality Don't let it alarm you. When
Gen. John Cochrsue walks down the street,
it is customary to observe there goes the
Liberal Republican party" Gen. John
and about dozen others are all that are
left of the men who killed poor old Horace
Greeley and they would not be left if they
were of sufficient importance to give an Of
fee, or any position of honor, in the Repub-
lican party, to. They meet and resolve,
and have their speeches reported, as a
means of advertising that they are still
alive, and in the market. They are
trying to create the impression that they
are strong enough TO be worth buying
and are horribly disappointed that Meth
er of the dominan: parties will pat in
bid for them. 1t is a noticeable fact
that after the Greeley fasco the liberals still
continued to believe that the Government
needed purifying, but that it would have to
be dore through the old parties. It Is
equally noticeable that each individual Lii
eral quite as firmly believed that the party
that could best rescue the Government from
ruin was the one that could and would give
him good, warm place. If he was in a
Republican district he believed the Republi-
can party to be the salvation Of the country,
and if in 4 Democratic district, r5cs-rcrSa.
And in either case, if he got his place he
subsidized into as good partizan as you ever
saw. All that these blatherers want Is
recognition. which is exactly what they
will not get. They are not worth it.
The Democracy Of New York are in bad
way. \ portion Of them want Tilden for
the Presidency, on hard-money platform,
but unfortunately they feel that in the West
there Is a strong party in favor Of imitation.
which would never forget the part he took
last fall against Allen. Still. the Democracy
OF New York will present Tilden, and trust
to the power Of party drill to whip in the
malcontents in the West aud South. Tilien
will 20 into the Democratic convention with
more money behind him than any candidate
vet spoken of, and We all know what money
means in Democratic convention. But he
will not be nominated. The Democracy Of
the rural districts are suspicious Of the
money power Of New York, as they have
right TO be-
The Republicans Of the ity were in favor
very strongly, of Roscoe Conkling. But Of
late a very strong feeling Is showing Itself
for Bristow, the secretary Of the treasury.
Bristow Is making hosts Of friends by his
vigorous prosecution Of the whi,key swind-
lers, and every conviction that is procured
sweeps him 50 much closer to the Presi1en-
tial chair If he j. the leyel-headed man
that his friends SAYS he i. he stands verT
close to the head. 1t would be very CRATE
ful to the staunch Republicans OF Kentucky
TO have one Of their number 50 honored. and
a. the Secretary i showing his fitness to rule
over a few things, it j. not improbable that
lie may he called TO rule over many.