, 1876-08-03

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A., a,n1. i't3,ty y asso' nesu &st'Er,en r,,e
knny {hat Ill e. grtpatest p ra{roal.roIhrr IN TX
country has Just been nominated Tor the prcsI-
dcncy OF the United Status.
nncahtoR 1 AND FATHER. >
Reading from thc sir. n few eyeninrs aoo, to
I q pafty ol ladies, the paragraph: "Thcy hare
9seoyesen tnat ltIdcn was the father Of the
,a,Esd 'a,c y tv, one o. thetn earnestly IG,
''' '"oesNs Nv M" oasneio''
| aa,s,c 1,1>ncD,so
ooov, M, -,,,,a .e,, $3.50,
'N E~o 6'N cnaTa Aao oEAo-
70 tie Editor o1 Tas Tribune,
LINCOLN, ILL.,. Aug. lin my last letter
~. ~ ,,,,,,r,,,a, ~ ,,s D.. oI'a
144An -. 1'1 -. .ne Cv'.'l''..ce on .'at~
ioffn ID Tue Dcmocsatlc Convention Of 1871,
and, not desiring by nlsstaterneut OF any fact, >,
historical or otherwise, to do Mr.. Tildcn or the
party vhosn candidate h, i. anv f,h,,attfp. T
,,nta ,,,o M sn5o hnno.a,,. ~ MY A''Aos'>''
'aahe ". tnc "nehoe honofaole.
Inc 'aet, however, tn relation to tho matter
In no way changes TElden's responsibility. lie
,mnr,ant onc, I,cra,,,c ,,nor n ic ~
~ ..sa. ", Was va ns .sp'sssaea
a1e Ercas s,a.e o. SeH iofK. hy Inc adoption
| favor of n ncacc tint inrn1vrt1 thc dast,ctt,n
~ th, 1,,vn~,,,r.,,. ~. f,as..a..s. Ge.S
~ ~. w ~ sun., na. .uo suo'.'ttec, Hoh'en-
tlo1, and Democrntlc party 'scrn committed to
At least moral treason against thu Government.
Slippery Sam, so far from breathing even a
whisper Of dissent, agreed to It, and 80 stated In
the Convention wien TINT a,,rust w II ,,ottr br ~ a.
dtsunionlsts were awaiting tho work OF the SUBJ
| Committee that Ind been appojntcd to rey!se
the resolutions and nut them into ehspc. The
rorl, xns that of the f,ommtttee mn, r., rar.
vcn'ton. Slippery Sam assisted III the outrage,
anu eEnphattcllly indorscd It.
This article Is not, however, intended to
discuss ti,at matter, but to call attention yery
brtcy to anotlrr resolntto, tho o,,,ha1.h,r W. -
.",t.l ~ s,.p NV nu'no,'.'p
Wnleh Is attfiDated to sl'ppeTy salu, and found
III tae platform 81 Inc. .ne q. r; LOUIS Convention.
=, leaving out u s!ew the bo'nbasttc denisncia-
| parry lntenu tnat document to y understood
as committing u 70 reform. The dcnuneia-
I'on Hon., ,9an,, anu atemptea ar'agnnsn. Of tn:
p nepoplisan parry based upon Measurements Of
# ad II t ,he sys
cratic party; as inelegans as would he used hy.
On ignorant quaek ~ Hortrnyng thu virtue Of
freely supplied by eiirontcry.
The n,ntn feature II tue financial plank Of tho
st. Louis platform III It ilas any feature at ALL,
When cnlle'! from m nassSf clar2cs and innves,
tic Republican purity tas obstructcd It ly wasting
our RESOURCES, cxiiaustiag our surplus income,
ana annually enncttnE frrsh hinafances to rc-
qS Ss e q s s aaa besaass M naea sa4se
s1,mptio,n' its repeal !. demanded. -,
We will defy any person to take tho plank on
tlat question, interpret hy the language used,
51d make a1 senff ont o. It Is EnrGose to
| perceived. Slippery Sam doubtless cl'ucklcd Us
he Jut 4 on papyr, and l!is sol!loquy was:
T., IN the t1st placc, TIC Rcpubliea'! party must
| nc arra!gncu upon strong, or at least high
sounding. Indictment. flint will r1penh rho
| Uetnocfats, particularly the unrcpentant Rchcl
portion of them. whose strength must be
reached to proeurc my nomination, and upon
n:f a acpsnd aost ns Tor
| 1oh',, the ex.CongressInan of 1arnn,any. pIsGi-
list, mud causblcr, aidcd by Tammany, esln pro-
cure 1t.
J, Tldcn, Governor of the great State of New
furk, atn iard-lnoney man; my party IL i
party who tyr tl1c last tscnty.ave or thirty
! ftsst, loares and fishesi second, hard money;
and third, the destruction Of the
uoyernncnt; Our effort to &c enforce tho third
cost as ta9 loss OF power. lle nftces are lost
70 us; har1 money Is gene, and, unfortunately,
| the GoPcfnnacnt haa becn preserved. Imitation
Is aellao'l, pnt o Gouy OF polit1cal sinpletuns,
tno numerous 10 ne iGnole.l| claiming TO %
Dehaortate' nave aaon1eu the insane idea tlint
paper money aud tie repeal 0t the Resumption
/ act. TAey ARC strong, IT. Ohio, Indiana, and
possess some poHcr II llino1s,-tiree great
Anu poplloas statcs' It is necessary to sec,rc
their cooperation; wc Will probably have to
take one VI them Tor V!ce-Frcstdcnt, and, to
ha!monize al diilerrhces, VT VIII suEnr-coat the
pill, ausl sattsfy them by making meaningless
M demand ior repeal u the Resumption act;
Tickle them thus, md giye them tic sccund
plarn IN thu ticket, VIII satIsfy them.
-" Surrender my Earl-tnoncy principles
Never: That word Is not known In my vocabu-
a'ary wt tereto1S' am' slmply ~ S aet a,, @
VT will mako the fight Oh the all-absorbng
question of reform. Reform is the talislnan!e
worl and must lo proclaimed the great c.n.
After this so'i!nquy, slippery sam wrote 1t.
The Convention a&lnptGd IT, Thu 1iaFds Btanl