The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-19
Grne Nortberner.


from the Hon. n. IN. .norrfs0a.
The Hon. A. H. Morrison, of st. 10
seph, was invited to participate in th,
conference to be held in New York OF
the 18th of May. He has written re
ply, which is published in the st. JOSEPH
Traceler and Herald, and from which
the following is taken:
To my mind your circular means this
That the Presidential nominee must be
one such as you will indicate to the one
party or the other, or third candidate
will be placed in the field. 1 can sup.
port no third party candidate, because il
10 the event that he should carry one or
two or three States it will throw the
election into the House of Representa-.
tives, which would elect the Democratic
candidates. While 1 should be ex.
tremel y pleased to support Charles Fran.
CTS Adams or William NJ. Evarts as the
Republican candidate, | should oppose
either of them as Democratic candi-
the last named party as now composed,
either of them would be compelled to
adopt and carry out policy, in order to
have any backing at all, that l would
deem extremely unjust to that large
class of men who saved the Nations
life from utter humiliation, and to whom
we owe SO much, and really all we have
to-day as Nation else accept the fate
Of Tyler and johnson.
1t is true, reform is needed in many
departments of the Government, and
this Nation is no exception to the rule
which all governments have been SUBJ
jected to Immediately following great
war but | prefer to look for true re-
former as President among those who
were the truest where so many were
faithless and l notice that the indie.
pendent Press" ,so.called appear to make
war generally upon and criticise more
severely that class of Republican party
leaders who hit the rebels the hardest
during our late civil war, and who have
since its close been devotedly working
to the end that the conquest over the
enemies of the Republic might not be so
barren that its repetition would only
have to be a question of time. The
most prominent gentlemen who have
been thus vilified and traduced as no
men under like circumstances have ever
been. are Gov. Morton, Mr. Blaine, Sen.
ator Conkling and Secretary Bristow !;
either of whom, permit me to say, is the
peer Of any statesman in the United
States, in my opinion. Gov. Tilden has
been held up by the most prominent of
that class of journals as model states.
man in all respects.
All third party roads seem to lead to
Tilden, who, believe to be by all odds
the most extreme partisan of all the dis.
tinguished gentlemen who have been
banned in connection with the next Pres.
idency. Now my mind is made up be-
tween Senator Morton and Gov. Tilden
| would support the former, and so
would the masses of Northern men.
| am not unmindful of the fact, and
you cannot be, that Mr.. Tilden trained
with and was of the political party that
helped Boss" Tweed in his gigantic
robberies, and was member of Tam
many side by side with the Boss"
True, he came in to help put him down
at the eleventh hour after the New
York Times, the leading Republican
journal of New York city, had unearthed
the villanies; but it speaks poorly for
his sagacity if he did not know of
Tweed's robberies land he a first class
lawyer, which were being and had been
perpetrated in his city for number of
years.
defy any man to truthfully arraign
either Of the four leaders of the Repub
lican party have named of so great a
dereliction of duty as may be charged
10 the political account of Samuel j.
Tilden, in this Tweed corruption bust.
ness. You will find that the agricultural,
manufacturing and commercial interests
of the country would sympathize with
Oliver p. Morton, should he be the can.
dida;e opposed by Gov. Tilden, as the
last named gentleman's whole life has
been in the line of aiding corporations
to acquire more than is considered wise
in republican government to grant.
l have only mentioned few points that
occur to me as demanded from the drift
our political affairs would take in Ger.
tain contingency which seems to alarm
you unnecessarily.
The people of this country deposed
the Republican party from power in the
popular branch of the National Legisla.
ture in 1874. You will find that they
will replace them in 1876, as they are
not quite ready to allow done by the
ballot what failed with the bullet to
make the States in power and authority
paramount to the National Government.
| think you greatly magnify what you
are pleased to term " the widespread
corruption in our public service" 1t is
true few of the lowest employees of the
Government, such as gaugers and store.
keepers at distilleries, have been found