Year: 1876

THAT CONFERENCE.


The New York Tribune, in noticing re-


sponses to the invitations of the Self-ap-


pointed 81 Am Holie -than-Thou" Com


mittee to meet them in New York and con-


fer upon the state of the country, carefully


refrains from any mention of an elaborate


and caustic letter from Mr.. A. Fl. Morrison,


of Michigan, an old Libersl-associate of


Carl Schurz in 1872, at Cincinnati. Mr..


Morrison regrets his inability to be pres


ent, as he would prefer giving his reasons


for his disspproval of their conference


orally than in writing. He then alludes to


the attempt of the Confederate Democratic


House to attain through the ballot what


they failed to obtain in the field by


the bullet, as exposing the cloven foot of
the demon of rebellion just in time to warn


every true patriot that the Democrats as a


party "will not do to tie to" at all. He
next turns his attention to the cry of "wide-
spread corruption" and finds no man in
the Cabinet to condemn except Belknap


to whom he offers his sympathy, and attrib-
utes his downfall chiefly to his early Demo
cratic training. He declines to condemn
those Republicans like Grant and his Cabi-


net on the corruption charge, because that
while none of it has been traced to their
own doors they have used more persistent
efforts to ferret out and punish fraud and
corruption whenever and wherever found
in their own party than the Democrats ever
did under Jackson, Pierce, Polk or Bu-
chanan. He will, therefore, do nothing
towards the election of Democrat; ''but,


believing that either Republican or a
Democrat must be elected, and that no one
"can be elected. who is not nominated either
sat Cincinnati or St. Louis next month,


81 prefer to do all can, directly and with
"out guide, for the Republican candidate,


"whoever he may be and to work to cor
erect evils that exist within the party, in
(Which effort hope to have your co-ope


Grafton when you have fully reflected on
"and talked over the subject"


Our readers will not be surprised that
the Liberals failed to make public such let-
tiers as that of Mr.. Morrison. Great parade
is made over others that coincide with their
views, but Morrison's is too truthful and
frank for their purposes. They understand
very well that the Bryant Schurz-
Woolsey. Tribune committee insist that all
political wisdom and honor reside in those
few old Pharisees who consider themselves
too good to belong to either political party,
and whom all other politicians of both
parties unanimously insist have outlived
the days Of their political utility in this
world, and now only await translation to
pear to be in such close affinity and assim- |
ilation. They are really too good for any
thing in this world.


And Ben Willis, too, gives these Phari- |
sees the "cold shoulder" in letter which
he means to be at one and the same time
an excuse for his absence and an apology
for considering himself one of those good
men who have special mission to save tne
country. While its predominant charac-
terlstic is kind of everfowing overflow
of Centennial 'tGush," which we sup
pose he cannot help because nature has so
highly endowed him with the milk of
human kindness, he insists upon the Re-
publican principles Of a return to practi-
cal specie basis by the redemption of paper
promises. He condemns the special legis-
lation of which the Democratic House, of
which he is q member, is so fond that it
has now run its number of the current ses-
sion up to over $500, including joint reso-
lutions. He is quite sure that the war is
over and the South fully reconstructed by
the constitutional amendments, and we
have now only to look after the currency
and the tariff, and the State Rights, but
"a third party this year would result in
failure" he says, and adds what we confess
does not appear to us to be very clear: "If
"either party lifts itself to a proper height
"and accommodates itself to the require
"ments of the hour, it would be without
"a mission a, purposeless organization,
with no apology for existence" And
yet, third party would fail if established
upon this dizzy height. Oh, now, Mr..
Willis, you can't mean this, you know.
You cannot mean that the great majority
OF the people, your own constituents even,
are so degraded as to be unable to recog-
nize and approve of the Requirements of
the hour" when placed at the lofty alti-
tude of the proper height" Why, then,
promise to cooperate with these people in
the choice of the lesser evil? Why not |
advise the nomination of third ticket so
as to be able to ascertain the exact number
of pure and honorable politicians the coua-
try contains who are able to sustain them
selves at the proper height"