New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-01
NEW.JERSEYoS NEW SENATOR.

MR. LsHBEL GREENS LINEAGE NOT AN OVERFLOW
ERING RECoMMENDATION-MR MPHERSON A
MAN HAVING GREAT ABILITY FOR BUSINESS
COMMON PEOPLE AND THE NOBILITY.
To the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: viii you allow space for brief commentary
upon letter i'll this mornings TRIBUNE, sghed
"Bergenfo Bergen" appears to be an adherent oil
the Hon. Ashbel Green, and writes III the evident
interest of that gentleman as a candidate for the
United States Senate. Mr.. Green's ambition Is alto
gether praiseworthy and he is fortunate in possess
ing followers who are fired with passionate ardor IN
his cause even if they prove at times more Jealous
than discreet. If Mr. Green carries enough metal 10
win this fight, no whining will be heard from the
friends of other candidates. and he Will be accepted
as the representative of the Democrats OF New
Jersey. But, then, Mr.. Green's friend would have
been wiser if he had refrained from tinging wanton
slurs upon the character Of the rivals of Mr. Green
from his airy gOrlcation of Mr.. Green and MI
Green's retinue.
Mr.. Green's reliance, according to Bergen" is
mainly upon blood" and couture" As to the
oualty of the former l have nothing to say, never
having seen chemical analysis of that gentlemans
animal fluids, and upon the whole will chcerfully
accord TO Mr. Green any amount of Lineage" he
NAV claim. and will have no controversy with the
herald who assumes to adjust the ensigns armorlal
of the Green's As to the latter, few people have
been made aware that Mr.. Ashbe Green was afflicted
with culture" of such an aggravated type that IL
occasioned alarm to his immediate family and
friends 1t may be that blood" 9nd the sort OF
"culturc' from which Mr.. Green appears to be SUI
fering tend to elicit the sympathy OF gentlemen with
geneaogies. But after all, was it the bachelors oil
arts and parties who frank themselves as exalted IN
the social scaer who carried the New-Jcrsey Legs
lature Seriously this claim of social superiority
and phenomenal grasp of mind is the assumption OF
uettcd chidishness. If the contest narrows down
to a struggle between Mr.. Green and Mr. Mcpherson
the Legislature will have tochoose between second
class lawyer and iirst-class man OF business. Inc
sneers at Mr.. Mcpherson a boss butcher with
which Mr. Green's arl-tocratIc TRENDS aIuse thcH-
selves do not blind plain people 10 the fact that he IL
t the head of one of the largest aud most prosperous
establishments in the world, and that the magnitude
and success of this business Is largely OWING 10 his
enterprise and energy. He makes no professions as
a literary man, but his mental equipment might not
compare uufaYOrably with that OF ms adversary,
whose narrow training has been among qmbbles
been constant and substantial and ii any man has a
right To assert his claims Mr.. Mcpherson mas
earned that right In short, there are many people
who imagine they are quite "a respectable as MI
Green's admirers who prefer Mr.. Mcpherson Tor
United States Senator. They do not object 20 uclhg
classified as common or vulgar but ihsy h2 3
that common people have privileges rs well as the
New-Jersey nobility. They do not shrink from any
contest but they call attention TO the fact that an
the bitterness of this struggle has been Infused INTO
II by Mr. Green's supcTScTvlcclblc friends
Jcrsey CitH " D., Nov. % 1876. HUDSON