The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-10

Mr.. tucker and the Thurman Platform.
we took particular care last week TO chr
raeterize as l,s.anistakes"M r. E. S. GRECO
.nY's published statements as to the action
Of the Lynchburg Convention on the DAN
i lei resolutions, and es to Mr.. fuckers ac-
ccptanee. OF these latter resolutions. we.
were confident that Dir. GREGORY had made
no intentional Misrepresentation. lie has
fully justified our opinion OF him BY writing
10 the, appeal as follows:
: LYScHBuRG, Va, September.,7, .1S78.-,
There are many theories and many state
-ments as to the true inwardness OF what
took place at and before the recent Conscr-
vatiYe District: Convention in this city, and
the truth is no doubt often colored uncon-.
.sciousiy by individual preiudiees and pre-
dispositions. Lam afraid did notget at &
perfectly colorless account Of the situation
in my letter OF Wednesday night; and the
telegram I'sent, by reasoniof IN accidental
omission, embodied considerable error.
AS il is Of ali things to be. desired that the,
long and animated discussion OF these points
should not be revived here, after the re-
markable scene OF peace-makihg and !frater-
nity ut Helcombe Hall on the evening OF
the Convention. it is proper that correc-
ton should be made OF those. details, ia
which, by reason of imperfect information,
[ was unjust to Mr.. Tucker in previous
communications. 4 III: .a:f. +:f ti&sI -
Nj. Tucker never signifed his acceptance
OF the Daniel resolutions, as alleged. What
he did say was that he was willing to be
placed on platform embodyiDg the :.senti-
ments OF his Buckingham letter, and plat
form was accordingly constructed, covering
precisely. that ground, and no other, and
drawn as far as possible from. the language
employed by Mr.. Tucker in that document.
Now, however, as some OF thefeatures OF the
Daniel resolutions are retained in the plat
form, as they had been previously. reflected
from the Buckingham letter, it is perfectly
com petent for any; one who chooses to do so,
to say that the platform consists OF the Daniel
resolutions modified. by the omission OF the
demand forth payment OF therpublic debt
in paper, and bya very significant alteration
OF the language applied to the national-bank
system. But it is not true that Mr.. Tucker
made any sacrifice either Of dignity, con-
sistency, still less OF principle, for the sake
of the nomination. Seeing that every man
in the Convention was enthusiastic for. him
there was no need for any such concession
to have been made, even ii, as he is not, MIR.
Tucker were capable OF making 1t. What
did occur was generous compromise
all around OF opinions and purposes
that had appeared to- be irreconcilable,
and which had tbreateDed, before the
Convention assembled, to convert 1T into
u scene of attack and confusion. The
process, as suggested apparently by Dir.
Tucker, was very simple. Those who cla-
mored for q platform were to be satisfactorily
having the Buckingham letter formulated
into declaration Of principles. Those who
were satisfied with the letter'and the record
OF their fayorite statesman were content
generally to see that nothing except the de-
clarations OF the letter was included in the
PLATFORM. Those who did not like even the
principles of the Buckingham letter saved
themselves at least with all the honors OF
war. And Mr.. Tucker, so far from forfeit
ing any. part Of the great respect and esteem
felt for him by bis constituents, is more than
ever the object Of their affections. -"
Nothing more remarkable has been seen
in politics than the determination that has
succeeded the contest here. Gentlemen
seem to have come to have high opinion
OF each other in the sane degree that they
recently exhibited vigor and valor in the
conduct of mutual war. This is as tshould
be, and shows that feuds are never cureless
while mutual respect is preserved by the
exhibition Of manliness. II the harmony
that prevails at present along the whole line
is maintained till November DIr. Tucker
will be sent back to his seat by solid vote,
probably, of the Greenbackers, bondhold-:
ers, whites and blacks, and would surely
receive the full suffrage OF the ladies If the.
fair creatures had any to beStow on 4 gen.
tleman so refined and so handsome.
We publish the above as au act of justice
to both Mr.. TUCKER and Dir. GREGORY; but
we must repeat that MIR. fuckers platform
is the THURMAN platform plus the State
bank resolution. Nobody IN Virginia has
any right to claim that as his platform. T..