, 1880-05-15
GRANT AND WASIIDURNE,
SOME EilNOl,s CutlnECrEp.

n, an ln.is s., SsaGi,.T1ta,ng e t.,
f,ls yet received is tho reportGl '!efcstion nr
Mashi,,lr.lc nll event nf IN slight stgnIilcnnct
MMsarS as ' to thiS Il tino eo !astiy s
expressed Himself t recent ut,er4lnccs. flis e-
l'artu1y from Tho camp or tho GrInt cllitte ts
Tho reasonable explanation ut Washbnrnv's
tnbse catn anly consst IN tic fnct TINT he htls
cni'ie to Il trtsi persuasion that Grsnts nu1ntlln.
upn cn!lHtt be cnrral through, md thnt even II
i,'ys}saSle.-Ns,s s1: i"sk zelN'v. '''' "'N ~
The New York Zett,tnu Is grOping blfhdly
Iii thu tlark. Apparently Its n.rn,,s Ut infor-
nntlull arc very limited, Tor this Is the only
way to explain Its assumption lint AIr. WASH
hurnc Ind nny part iii what las happencl Il,
Chicago during tho Inst eight days.
We therefore desire to inform it that Mr.:
Waslsburile left Chicago Tuess!ny, tho ,atIl Of
May: TINT liz IL somewhere III the East; that
HERE for thu. Mashbur,!e nnnselnbnt l,aye l.aI
H0 communication with him by letter 1r te!e-:
graph; tltnt he has III no lnatlier fnyorcA tile
movement for ls no'ltinatiol, but, on tho con-.
tho last ,nOnleis{ Ut Ills stay hero; that tliero
has beeIt liO cllAfge lii Ills personal posltIo1I,|
atnt, consequently, iln chi ,ritliGr be Charged;
With tlescrtEUn tyr srcessiun, i.nr, us s0ul1s
liz Inl. always oppressed to his frlelt.ls the
op'nann tint he GulAtf not bu ll0MiAateh us
Ills pnrty''ss caadake, but lis frleHtIs hnye,
on tetr Side, stuck lhrsisten.iy Il, their Uplli-
here, nnt IN -nccordance with Ills. but their
avn bullet !,
lis not Washburrp, bnt those who COLI
sittr hin the best cailitlatt, who have "cDile
- Il iirln persuasion that tirlMt's nnrnlna!
should be hts defeat In November would be-
Inevitable" Owing to this belief they hnye
netEu without colisnlting the Wishes or tho
tnc'lnatiolas ut ,A[r. WslsnbMrnc,. with whit
SUCCESS thu primaries Of tho Stll OF Muy
| shnW.
Wo would also inform tho New York zct-
tltnY FOR its further Instruction t!llt NIL which
! we iiaye stated nb0ys Is well known to tho
their thr0nts ~llel, tlity deno.lnca Wasll-
burl,e as y trattor: They do 1t fnr n PURPOSE,
| fur Of all the hecnnlluAtfs, exctpttaTanL Wash.
l'tlrlo - tle org Ml,ois tho l,ngan g'.,tg and
Would lv equivalentto to tho nn,lihilatlon Of ~
l.osan's ilnprs Of being II Presidential cula{-
tntc Ill 1854. Fur that reason, nlll fur TINT
reasnl. 9,ly, lave they laboretl, ,after thoy
to bcsprtMkle Waslil,Irne with their venoin.
ols saliva. This IL duno to prevent tllo
seeu,ld choice: ,nf the defentel Logan
surfs tnl!lng On Washburne utter t}ranl IN
biz, Lognn's next trun.p-car.l. Is. EtMt1nds,
Of Vermont, n!ltl, aitsr Him, .nllybUily except
WNshburi,e, for l!e IL FROM Illinois, md, wero
l!e nominated, llli7IplS nllu Logan would
naturally ilnyc l!p change fur years 'tencc..:
Fur three months MD Mora> Lognn, with
his crowd, lns baen !aborlnE to make .Wasil'
burnc ..'iuposslblo"'; hns been trying tn
tlans" thut ,e Has not a ear.l .lItnte. hit they
i,Aye not Ulico during tint whole time stated
tlnt they, II tho GrnMt 1t!olll were to tail,
would support him tNasl,burne). ,Thuy
llnSe not for moment entertained any
other though, regarsllng Washtllrne tllaIl
l tHut nf rtiIHiNtf him. NnS1LIltrnilf
friends .nro. Justified III reproagl,lng l!im
for not having seen tl!s. put when I.ogat.
md Ills crowd Rccns4 Wnshl,Arl1b ut being a
seGet!er alll u traltnr, that IL pEccu Of supcr-
lAtlyo lmput0nc3 Which must nst0nlsll gwen
themselves.
Luckily, Lognn's power over Ills Grant
army comes to I'LL end the moment tic mt
1urlty i, tlie Stats Convention SLIPS from blu.
II this happens alMl lrInt'S nomination
thcrcby becomes impossible, MI tIose hottest
Grant prnpiu wlC nr9 not tieru litrelEnEs will
ma ke II sucontl Ci0ic1 IN nccOrunncu will
their owl, views, tlltl 1t Will not bo Eamunls,
| but WASllbNrll0, y =