, 1876-06-01


Convention aro disavowing nll responsibility
for that extraordinary platform, which, for
isa imbeciity, incongruity, betrayal Of donse
ignorance, n,isBtatc1nonts Of facts aud at
tempted qualification OF tho party, has NJ
ready been Indignantly repudiated by tho
Republicans OF Illinois. Tie latest Of tho
Committeeman to clcnr his skirts of rcspon-
sibiiity for it is Cnpt. KENT, Of Quincy, III
whoso behalf tho Wig Of that city says:
In Justice to Capt. KEirit, Of this city, who was
a member OF the Committee on Resolutions nt
Springfield Il is proper to explain that he Ia nat nt
ali responsible for The foolahncss and inslpiltty
which distinguishes tho Springfield platform. the
style Of which he by no means approved. This ex.
rlanon IL made for the Information Of Alr KE,Tns
friends, who might otherwise be appEc1iensiye that
the Captain had hecomc dcmcnte1 entirely. In
fact. for the reputation Of Quincy Republicans
nlroai It is proper 10 explain further that there Ia
not ono Of ihcsn who would nut spit vigorously
upon thc plattorm It It's very rldiculousncss did
not compel hlm 10 laugh at it.
In few days, doubtless, several other
members Of tho Comn,ittcc-porhaps all of
them except the writer Of TINT astounding
declaration Of foundation principles"
haye washed their hands of tho whole per-
formancc. In view of TINT, evidently, mud
to hedge upon his responsibility to the Re-
publicans OF Illinois, whom in TINT platform
he has atrociously libolcd, belittlcd, md
miBrepreaonted, tho author Of tho platform
in the 1Vhsky- Tdierea' Organ, Of which he is
editor, has issued revised md corrected
edition of the platform,-"t to correct errors"
lis pretext is, So That crept into tho to1o.
graphic report" That this is a nero eharn
is conclusively shown by tho State Journal,
which states distinctly that tho platform Us
telcgraphct md rs furnished the Journal
is the platform as reported to and rushed
through tho Convention. Further, tho Jour-
nal Btntcs that tho "absurditics and info
liciticB" Gas it mildly puts it) Of the platform
attracted attention in tho Journa! Office, and
SO glaring were they that reporter was dis
patched to the Chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions to have him correct the alb
surdities and infclicities aforeaaiL The
journal Bays:
The question having been propoundcd a. to the
accuracy Of tho report, the Chairman read over the
resolutions two Or three times, finally, In nnswcF
10 all suggcstons that there were omissions or In
accuracics, insiang that the document WA corroct
IN form, and It was thus printed.
So it seems TINT nll tho bluntlcrs, and ig-
norance, and stupidity, and qualification of
the Republican party, and arraignment Of it
for It's Reconstruction policy, wore imper-
ceptible to the Chairman of the Committee
On Resolutions when pointed out TO him.
Now the Journal sharply demands to know
by what right at this ime he sets about
tinkering the platform, 1t occurs to us.
however, that there is no ground for alarm
on that scoro. Tho platform has already
beon ropudIated by tho Republicans Of I'LL.
nois, whom it cannot worso misreprcaont
than 1t does. Tho revision, it is true, is
oven worse bungled than WIS tile original
but 1t retains tho marks At nll the IGNORANCE
and stupidity, aud hostility to true 1sopub
licanism in its arraign,nent Of the policy ol
tho party, that characterized tho original
and cannot bo mistaken for other than AZ
o,nanation from tho Office of the IAieces
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