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8 THE APOLLO HALL FACTIONS, Bho O'Brien-Wickham ‘Scrimmage and Its Probable Consequences. POSITION OF THE WRANGLERS. Who Will the Dolly Varden Democracy - Support—-Grant or Greeley ? Asertions and Denials That O’Brien Has Sold Out'to Grant—A Statement of the Position of the Contending Parties—The Greeley Men Confident and the Assumed Supporters of Grant Stubborn—Great Things Expected from the Louis- ville Convention. ‘The probable action of the Apollo Hall democracy ‘m the Presidential campaign continues to be the al) absorbing topic of conversation in political cir- cles, The course adopted by Mr. Wickham, in attempting to read the communication from Tam- many Hall in deflance of the wishvs of a large num- ber of the delegates, at the meeting on Wednesday nigh is severely commentea upon by the friends ef Senator O’Brien, while on the other hand the sup. porters of Mr. Wickham and the Greeley men are equally severe in their condemnation of what they call the tricky and unfair means which the Senator adopted to control the organization during the Barrett, who was clected to the Supreme Con! by ne area last fall. He has been identified with the Apollo Hi organization, was the successor to Mr. Wickham wren tendered his resignation on Wednesday night. He, however, Lita orig refused to displace so good ined to act. As his opinions of great weight with a section of the party, a @ man and deci are reporter called upon him, at bis office, in Nassau — yesterday, and was most courteously re- ceived, Mr, Barrett is @ keen-looking, little man, with the eye for which little men are famous, and speaks with a rich and pleasing Doric accent, which at once proclaims his nationality. The fol- lowing is his statement :— “I have catled, Mr. Barrett, to ascertain what you bh Aart the split in the Apollo Hall organiza- ion.” “There is no split, sir. The organization is not decimated, nor is it likely to be, so far as I have any knowledge. The matter in dispute le md this:—Mr. ickham called a meeting the other night without, so far as I can understand, consult- ing any members of the Executive Committee, and attempted to for comm: ion upon those en which a large majority were decidedly indisposed to entertain, He called in my office that afternoon to tell me he had summoned a meeting, but did not state for what purpose only that he merely wanted to read a etter, He and I have long been friends, and there is no man I esteem higher, but I think his conduct on Wednesday night was unparliamentary and tyrannical. He had no right to force a letter from many Hall upon the delegates, for a large num- ber of us do not believe in the reformation wrought in the Tammany party, and still enter- tain grave doubts of its purity, believing thata portion of the old leaven lingers there still. Again, our organization was first of all started to correct the gross municipal abuses which then abounded in the city, and the intention of its founders was to confine its attention solely to local issues. When Mr. Wickham, then, called upon us to pronounce upon a national question, by endors- ing one of the Presidential candidates, he, in my opinion, exceeded the limits of his position and attempted to direct the organization from its legitl- mate work.” “I suppose, then, you are acting in sympathy with Senator O’Brien?” “Butirely. T believe Mr. O’Brien is actuated by the purest motives, and has no other motive in view but the public good. His conduct at the meet ing on Wednesday night was fitting to the circum- stances in which he und himself placed, and it is Proceedings of the evening. In the early part of ‘the meeting O’Brien had a decided advantage, and ‘Was almost certain of guining his point, but before ts close the current of opinion changed, and those were loudest in their objections to any letter being read jrom Tammany Hall were just as fervent against the acceptation of Mr. Wickham’s resig- mation when that gentleman tendered it. It 4s pretty evident that there have been plots and counterplots, by both sides in the dispute; and while Mr. Wickham has been in communication with Tammany Hall and the leaders of that section of the democratic party, Senator O’Brien, it is cur- rently reported, has been approached in the in- terest of Grant, and oveftures been made to him to which he has not turned a deaf ear. The plea ad- vanced by himself and those who support him, that they await the action of the Louisville Convention of Straightouts, which is to assemble in September, and by which they hope to have an opportunity of voting for a regular true blue democratic candidate for the Presidency, ts not generally relied upon by the knowing ones, | who claim that the mention of such a remote pro- bability is only a feint by which they hope to cover up their real designs, and secure the support of the Apollo Hall party for General Grant. The issue is mot a square one, they say. There are two can- @idates before the country, Grant and Greeley, and between them they have got to choose; there is no | iddle course left, for it would be madness to sup- pose that at this late day anything will be done to change the complexion of the campaign. “THE HISTORY OF THE INTRIGUES, ‘The following, as near as can be ascertained from the current rumors that are afoat, is the | history of the complications which have arisen in the party that did such good service for reform in the great struggle of right against might in this tity last fall, It is said that about three weeks ago General Grant, in conversation with a friend at Long Branch, expressed his desire to come to terms with O’Brien and the Apollo Hall party, which the latter professed to control. At the same time the President did not like to commit him- welf to any definite proposition until he had ascertained how the regular republicans of the city would relish the appearance in their ranks | efone who has always been 4 staunch democrat. How far this story may be true it fs impossible to say, but the probabilities all point to the conclusion that the action of O’Brien has certainly not been | taken without his previously counting the cost and weighing the chances, {, These statements are entirely denied by the | friends of the Senator. They assert he has always | been faithful to hts part od has endeavored to | advance its interests by all the means in his power, | and that what he is now doing in opposing Greeley originates solely from a desire of doing good and is | andertaken from the purest motives. ‘There is every probability that a serious split will be the re- | sult of the controversy, which is already becoming extremely bitter, and that the Apollo Hall dem racy will share the fate that generally attends all | organizations which are started to effect a parti- cular purpose. WHAT THE GREBLEY MEN SAY. | A HERALD reporter yesterday called upon a umber of the prominent members of the party and | succeeded in getting statements from both sides, | the Greeley and the anti-Greeley men. The follow- ers of Mr. Wickham, who may be called the leader pf the section which endorses the Baltimore Con- vention, believe that the action of Senator O'Brien ts. an act of political swcide, and that it will seri- | pusly impair iis usefulness and destroy _ his shances of political power in the future. Said one promment democrat erday, @ leaaer of opinion in the Sixth ward, “Why, sir, if Senator O'Brien thinks that his action on Wednesday night auly mistaken. No oue | Influence he possesses, | will help Grant he is gt wishes to deny the gre articularly with the Irish portion of our citizens Dut, great as is Nix infuence with the Irish, 1 do oot believe that he could carry fifty | trish votes in the Sixth ward on his present platform. No man has — done more for the Irish than he {nto their wants and made hin gil their grievances, and if there was any man in the city of New York whose lead they would follow maquestion that did not involve any great prin- ciple it wo be hts, But, str, there is a great principle 1volved in the choice between Greeley | and Grant. ‘The Irish people have made up their | minds to vote ior Horace Greeley, who has | becn the ife-long friend of their’ race, and | no power upon earth will shake them’ from | that determination, Ii Senator O'Brien had done | wise thing the other night, he would have the unanimous endorse t of Horace ey by the Apollo Hall demecracy. By doing 0 he would have increased his popularity tenfold. | There is no oMce he might not aspire to int tre if he had done so, but as it is, his chi reatly impaired, and he will never be . He has looked | elf acquainted with pes are | Mayor of his city, an office to which he ardently aspires."’ } than he, endorsed by a large majority of the delegates who were present. In some of the papers itis statea that a large number of those who were present were not delegates. That is entirely incorrect. 'The number of delegates is 210, and nearly the entire body of them was in Apollo Hall, By actual count there were 246 persons present, and of these more than 200 were delegates. I know most of them per- sonally, and I can vouch for the accuracy of the statement which was given to me by a reliable au- thority.” “Are you in favor of the election of Greeley, Mr. Barrett 1” “Most decidedly not. How could I, as a life-long de: wt, Vote for the man who has been tn life- long antagonism to the princtples of my party? It would involve the sacrifice of my political consist- eneys and, furthermore, I do not think that in the eutire country there can be found a man who Is s0 entirely unfitted for the office of President. I do Grant, and do not expect to vote for him; @ n the two men I prefer Grant to Greeley. Mr. Greeley did as much for us as any man in the city; but when he fs nominated for President, and 1am asked to vote tor him, my God, sir, a8 an Irish- man and a democrat, how can Ido It ¥” “You intend to remain neutral, then 9” “L intend to do nothing of the kind. [expect to record my vote for a candidate who will be a gen- teman, a democrat and a scholar, Lam one of the straight-outs, Ido not care who knows my opin- ions. Ihave never been afraid to give utterance to them, and in this Greeley question I would like every one to know them.” “Where do you exp from? The issue seems Grant.” “By no means, sir, 1 anticipate great things from’ the Convention of democrats opposed to Gree- ley which is to assemble at Louiaville in September, 1 believe a democrat will be nominated then, and that I will be enabled to vote for a man of my own political creed.” a “it is. rumored Senator O’Brien means to support jrant. “fhe statement is not correct, and I know him as well as any man in the city. He does not support your candidate to come be between Greeley and | Grant and is opposed to Greeley, but of the two greatly prefers the former. He, too, is waiting for the appearance of ademocratic candidate, and that was the main reason why he opposed the action of My. Wickhat Senator O’Bricn has an aspiration, how- ever, and that is to be Mayor of the city. I have known him from bis boyhood, and though he has done some foolish things, I consider him to be an honest, upright 5 and one who would do credit vo the ofice of Mayor. I think, too, his chances of obtaining the position are good. He is certain of getting the nomination from his party, and if he gets the nomination there is no doubt but he will be elected. His name is a magnet in the city, and he h d thousands to him by his many acts ot ey ene is the strength of your organization in the city}? “The Apollo Hall democracy has a membership of 45,000, and | venture to predict that three-fourths of them will oppose Greciey. Since the meeting have spoken to most of the prominent leaders, and Thave not yet found a single man to say he would vote for him. In the Twenty-first district there is aclear democratic majority of 3,600, and in that district [ do not believe Greeley could muster 100 democratic yotes, He ig not pemaaly napopular, ho one précends to say that, but his principles are cordially disliked. No matter what his present lession® are, no one can forget What he has anv he wiil tind few supporters in the Apollo ocracy.’? jerstood you opposed the resignation of Mr. Wickham ?” “Tdid, because I believed his loss to the party Would be a serious one. AS I said before 1 enter- iain the highest respect Jor him. No one tas worked more gealousiy in the interests of reform The amor of the services he has ren- dered are not known to the publi¢, He is a man of wealth and influence, and has sacrificed his valuable time, and contributea his money freely for the public good, but his = condu on Wednesday night cannot be justified, a by it I think he has jost his infuence over the organiza- tion and sacrificed his power of doing good, Ir ret it excce ly. He was a power in the party, but when he gives up his democratic principles an advocates the election ot Horace Greeley, my sense of duty compels me to disagree with him.” “Do you believe the accusations Senator O’Brien made against him about selling the Apollo Hall party to Tammany Hall?” “Well, [think he is too pure and high-minded @ man to descend to such @ proceeding as that. Stiil, when he was charged with doing so he could noi clearly explain his position, ULhave no per- sonal knowledge of the circumstance and I hope for Mr, Wickham’s own sake it is not true. 1may say in conclusion that Judge Spaulding, Alderman Mehrbach, Mr. Ottenburgh and all the prominent | Members of the party are with Senator O’Brien heart and soul, aud 1 can assure you Horace Gree- ley will have no chance of getting our support. Judge Hogan has ieft the eit: tit is under- stood that he intends to support ley, and does not mean to act with O'brien, Mr, Menrbach has gone to Saratoga, where Senator O'Brien is also Staying. From present appearances the quarrel promises to be a lively one, and no one can predict the result, GRANT AND WILSON BANNER RAISING. There was a grand banner raising in the Seven- teenth ward last evening. The biggest banner of the present political campaign was sent out to flutter on the balmy breezes which have lately swept over the city of “Gotham.” This symbol of the politics which reign in the vicinity was pro- vided by Mr. J. J. Brown and hoisted by his hands. | Its dimensions are thirty-six feet by fifty and up- on it is inscribed the ‘following :—*Fourteenth Assembly District.” Two portraits of Grant and Wilson. Motto, “True to our fag.” Other‘ warty, HIV urtherme utlemen, members of the Apollo Hall nie ance to the same opinions, and | rge majority of the members r Greeley, and that if a | fajr expression of opinion had been'allowed at the | meeting on Wedue night the Philosopher | would have been endo sweeping Vote. At | the same time they th. e conduct of Mr. | Wickham in refusing t un motions which | feetly in ord ay the least of it, , and gave an opening for Senator O'Brien to introduce the thin end of tue wedge. In O'Brien’s own district no means a unit for Lim int while lower down town his conduc! is florcely assailed. The number of delegates entitied to attend the Apollo Hall meeting w 10, but o| that nomber Mr. Wickham asserts that not more than half were present, and the balan eof the attendance was composed of those who lad uo cc rt in the proceedings. t e of contention seems to be suspicion men en lch, real or pretended, the 0) for Tammany Hal! and any proposal that emanates from it. The Greeley men say (hat this is alla farce. The Tammany party in its puri. fied state cannot be compared to the Tammany party which the a Hall democracy waged way upon, Its new list of sachems comprises the purest men of the democratic party. Such men as Jharles O’Conor, Oswald Ottendorfer, Saiuuel jen and John Kelly are not likely to lend them- ea to any corrupt scheme, and the anti-Grant | Men pronounce all such assertions be shams, | which are too transparent to impose upon any _ except people who are extremely stily and biind— mn who refuse to see, The dispute is datly be | coiing more extended, and in every barroom a tavern it is hong 4 eagerly discussed, with more or | tess bitterness, the prevailing opinion being that, | however unanimous the Apolo Mali democracy Was been in its war upon jocal om and fraud, m the great national que: il be two sides, | every one choosing his own candidate The aeence Of Senator O'Brien, Judge Hogan, Alderman Mebrbach and other prominent members of the orgua m from the city renders it dini- | cult to asce real purposes of the former, | but a conversation with Mr. Barett, which is given | below, will convey a fair Wdea of What the Sevator | | | 18 are by nas taken, ‘wants. WHAT MR. BARRETT KNOWS ABOUT O'BRIEN AND GREELEY. Mr, Barrett is a prom 1 lawyer of this city, in awveh de bas jong zesided, and wie Unde oF Judge ‘The concourse of persons assembled was large, and the meeting Inost enthusiastic one, The following gentlemen addressed It :—General Sharpe, Colonel G. W. Gibbons, Major Pope and Alderman Connor, The principal purport of their several speeches was that the fight had only just begun; ntites were confident they would ultt- cure a splendid victory, and that “ffonest * would be nowhere at the termination ‘The speakers treated mately § Old Hori of the campaign. seemed to have much confidence that the party they advocated would “conquer in the end.” GRANT BANNER RAISING IN THE NINTH WARD, The reguiar republicans of the Ninth ward in- duiged in considerable hilarity last evening on the occasion of the unfuriing to the gentle breeze ot a | Grant and Wilsol mpaign .banner at the corner of Bleecker and Morten streets, Seve buildings In the immediate viemtty wer jdsomely decorated with flags and Mlutninated with various devices of Chinese -jan- terns, a8 Was also a stand for the speakers of the ev Ht ommodation of a brass band. volt absurd were ignited and served the purpose of A considerable crowd as Well as amusing the juvenile element of the neigh borhood. —speechtiaking was began abunt eight o'clock, aud indulged in continuously until near ten, One enthusiastic individual, whose name was hot generally known, hud a deal to say about the War, rebeis an idiors, and vainly endeavored to impress hi: rs with tie idee that these things had son x to do with the present campaign. M Smith, General Sharpe, Silas B. Dutet it men foliowed 1D @ sou sensible strain, and elivited hearty and uproarious applause from the assemblage. LIBERAL REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS, CINCINNATI, August 2, 1872, ‘The democrats of the Hléventh district of Onie to-day nominated Samael ”, Nasb, of 6 iibeval republigan, Jor Congrent. as latter “the, pinio- | sopher of Chappaqua” most gently; but, neverthe- | | tess, ockets, Komun candies and other | ipolis, a | GREELEY FREE LUNCH. Grand Barbecue and Jollifica- tion in Lexington. OPEN ARMS TO NORTHERN BRETHREN. Hopes of a Union of Hearts and Hands. Feeling Speeches and Immense Enthusiasm— Honer to the Old Flag and the Boys in Blue—Denunciation of Grant and Cheers for Greeley—Exorcism of the Demons of Discord. LExineron, Ky., August 2, 1872, All Lexington to-day is enjoying a barbecue, and many distinguished people from this and adjoining States are present and participating in the eating, speechmaking and cheering. Leslie Coombs, ex- Governor Jacobs, General George B, Hodge, candidate for Elector at Large; Colonel w. C P. Breckinridge, Judge Kinkead, James B, Beck, M. ©.; William M. Cocke, and a multitude of others are on the grounds, The scene of the barbecue ts a grove west of the town, and there are congregated in the vicinity about two hundred and fifty carriages, one hundred saddle horses and three thowsand persons on foot. Two long trenches, filled with live coals, are covered with the carcasses of forty Southdown sheep, Bread is piled up in hillocks and burgoo is sending forth its aroma from a_ score of caldrons. Among those in attendance there are at least six hundred ladies, These have brought in their carriages nicely packed ham- pers, and private collations are spread at intervals throughout the grove. During the forenoon Speeches were delivered by Congressmen James B, Beck and Captain Joseph Blackburn, Both were brimful of enthusiasm, and arraigned Grant, bit- terly denouncing his course in office. Blackburn said “Grant had placed upon record in the archives of the nation his statement that the South had ACOEPTED THE I8SUB of the war manfally, and the Southern people wero disposed to peacefully abide by it. In that report the close-sealed lips of the President-General had Jee atte, Perhaps, the greatest truth he ever ut- The first speech of the afternoon was that ef Gen- eral Bot ee, who said he would vote for Horace Greeley cause Greeley rendered amnesty pos- ssibie. Not only would he accept Greeley, at the platform upon which he stood, and that without crossing a single tor dotting a single i. ‘The speaker then read Mr. Greeley’s letter of ac- ceptance. The first clause when divested of porbiere read:—The freedom of the colored men is secured to them and shall be in perpetuity, “and to that clause he could, with all his record behind him, pony say “‘Ay.”” He added :—‘Throwing aside our prejudices and our beliefs, TUB LEGISLATION OF EVENTS has decided the enfranchisement of the blacks, and the arte of events is more powerful than that of kings or legislatures. In regard to the amnesty clause you all know what that means. (Sensation.) It means that the dead past is to be indeed buried and that we for instance, right here, may show the love and admiration we all feel for Jobm ©. Breckinriage, (Cheers.) It means that the great heart of the people North and South will not beat in unison in vain; that their charity and good will may fil up that bloody chasm which the demons of Grant's administration are determined to keep open. And of tho clause relating to THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 would say, and I know every comrade of imine honor to the brave men who lost limb or life in de- fending the ensign which is now ours, and which represents our common country. I have heard some say they could cheerfully support Gratz Brown, but they could not support Greeley, It re- minds me of the anecdote in which A BAD NEGRO CAUGHT PLAYING CARDS apologized by saying he was ‘not playing jor his- self, but it was anudder nigger’s hand.” “An ‘who refuses to vote for Greeley practically Grant. Grant, whose heachmen and satellites hay preyed upon the South, already impoverished \ e War. bled up the receipts of reckless taxation, bui have felzed the States themselves and buried hem beneath eformous public debts. Ala- bama owed four millions before the war and her expenses of government were a litte more than $800,000 per annum. It cost the people for ay carpet-bag government last year $4,900,000, ani the State debt was increased to $19,000,000. Georgia owning htr raiiroad, reaching to the Gulf, was never in debt. The carpet-baggers seized the rail- road and heaped upon the State a debt of $20,000,000, The remainder of the speech was an eloquent, but a bitter denunciation of the adminis- tration. Colonel Breckinridge followed in an address of an hour and a half, which was a mixture of the passionate and Indicrous, keeping the audience alternately convulsed with laughter and roaring with cheers. In both these speeches and the pre- ceding ones THE SPEAKERS WERE DEEPLY MOVED when they came to mention the old flag and to picture the whole union as their common country once more, only greater and better now that old sources of bitterness were taken away, and new and generous impulses, bringing the whole nation nearer together. At such times the people cneered, laughed and clapped their hands, showing a feeling of delight that was almost. childish, After the speeches there was dancing on the green by scores of country people, and the fes- tivities were kept up till nightfal GREELEY AND BROWN. ARE iy A Large Meeting at Hamilton Park Last Evening. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of Greeley and Brown took place last evening at Landmann’s Hamilton Park, Sixty-eighth street and Third avenue. It was announced that there would be a grand rally of the Nineteenth ward to Tatify the nomination of Grecley and Brown, and some 3,000 people responded to the call, The meeting was called to order by Mr. A C. Johnson, who, after a few introductory remarks, introduced Mr. Jasper W. Johnson, of Oregon, to the audience. Mr. Johnson made a very effective and telling speech against the present administra- tion, He reviewed the system of railroad grants, and was, particularly severe on the Northern Pacific. He said that the United States government were at present donating away more land and power to railroad corporations than any titled lordin the United Kingdom of Great Britain and [retand ever possessed. Le was in favor of Horace Greeley, be- cause Horace believed that the land belonged to the people and not toa few monopolists, and that tie Jaborer was worthy of his hir News to Greeley,” the wh enthusiastically, After the chorus the introduced Judge D. ©, Birdsall. In bringi — | before the audience Mr. Johnson said am | going to introduce to you a life-long democrat, a man whom I have fought for tor nty years, from Kingsbriige to the Battery, and he has always been a consistent man to his party.” Judge Birdsall told his hearer: he was always a@ true descipie of Jefferson and Madison, but now he telt that © man must be an American above everything, and therefore he gave his whole support ‘to Honest Horace Greeley, | the champion of honesty and reform. Judge ia letter from the Hon, Fernando retting lis absence from the meeting, and | calling upon his friends to support the candidate | of truth and justice, Judge Birdsall was followed by Mr. Charles F. Shaw, General Thomas PF. Hourke anc er aud the meeting adjourned with tremendous chee ing for Gree North Carolin: THE LABOR REFORMERS. The following circular has been issued by the Jeaders of the so-called jabor reform party :— New Yous, August 1, 1872, As some of the papers throughont the country have pub- lished rethat there was a bolt tromt thé Labor Re furm © Mt prop | not one of the } ecedings. On the contrary, th couvenuon or delegates to Ve helt in 1 P a ust DY A LHANIMOLS Vote. sy ivracesh aaa HUGH DALTON, Member BB ad Ps cama Executive Commitee trom the vannpaigsies at 6 TORAH H. DAY, i , Vice President of the National Labor Untdn. | JAMES CONNOLLY, Chairman of the Labor Reform General Commities, ‘city | or New York, CONGRESSIUNAL NOMINATION IN COLORADO. Denver, Col,, August 2, 1872, The Republican Convention met here to-day. The attendance was very large, every county being rep- resented. ‘The utmest harmony prevailed. The Convention organized promptly, aml unanimously ) nvuiMeded J.B, Chages ‘a Gouurcas, Wy substantially that he pro- conference ordered a ladelphia on the who was in the Army of the South will say, ail | | Powerless against the Congress y man | est hose carpet-bagrers have not only gob- | and Brown, and the last news from | BLAINE TO SUMNER. The Speaker’s Letter in Reply to Sumner’s Sambe Counsel, UGLY REMINISCENCES. The Ghost of the Would-Be Assas- sin of °66 Brought Up. EXEMPLA SUNT ODIOSA. The Massachusetts Liberator Harmoniz- ing. with Toombs and Jeff Davis. CALLING A SPADE A SPADE. Under a Democratic Administration Negro Rights Would Vanish in Two Years, Avausta, Me., July $1, 1872, Hon. CHARLES SUMNER, United States Senator :— Dear Sin—Yonr letter, published in the papers of this morning, will create profound pain and regret among your former political friends throughout New England, Your power to injure General Grant was exhausted in your remarkable speech in the Senate. Your power to injure yourself was not fully exercised until you announced an open alli- ance with the Southern secessionists in their efforts to destroy the republican party of the nation, : Ihave but recently read with much interest the circumstantial and minute account given by you in the fourth volume of your works, of the man- ner in which you were struck down in the Senate Chamber in 1856 for defending the rights of the negro. The democratic party throughout the South, and, according to your own showing, to some extent in the North also, approved that assault upon you. Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, openly announced his approval of it in the Senate, and Jefferson Davis, four months after its occurrence, wrote a letter to South Carolina in ‘fulsome eulogy of Brooks for having so nearly taken your Ife, It is safe to say that every man in the South who rejoiced over the attempt to murder you was afterward found in the rebel conspiracy to mur- der the nation, It is still safer to say that every one of them who survives 1s to-day your fellow laborer in support of Horace Greeley. In 1856 tie would indeed have been a rash prophet who predicted your fast alliance, sixteen years after, with Messrs. Toombs and Davis in their efforts to reinstate their own party in power. In all the startling mutations of American politics nothing 80 marvellous has ever occurred as the fellowship of Robert Toombs, Jeffer- son Davis and Charles Sumner in a joint effort to drive the republican party from power and hand over the government to the practical control of those who so recently sought to destroy it. It is of ‘no avail for you to TAKE REFUGE BEHIND THE REPUBLICAN RECORD OF HORACE GREELEY. Conceding, for the sake of argument (as I do not 1n fact believe), that Horace Greeley would remain firm in his republican principles, he would be that would come into power with him in the event of his election, We have had a recent and striking illustration in the case of Andrew John- on of the inability of the President to enforce a licy, or even a measure, against the will of Con- What more power would there be in Horace eley to enforce @ republican policy against a democratic Congress than there was in Andrew Joinson to enforce a democratic — policy against @ republican Congress? And besides, Horace Greeley has already, in his letter of acceptance, taken ground practically Pa soe 4 the republican doctrine so often " énforced by yourself, of the duty of the national government to secure the rights of every citizen to pecan, of tiie, person and via erty. In Mr. reeley’s letter ba ied Aa 8 the Cincinnati nomina- tion, he pleases every Ku Klux villain in the South by repeating the democratic cant about “local self- overnment,’? and inveighing in good rebel, par- ince against “centralization,” and finally declar- ing that “there shall be no federal subversion of the internal policy of the several States and mu- nicipalities, but that each shall be left free to enforce the Higuta and promote the well-being of its inhabit- ants by such means as the judgment of its own people shall prescribe.” The meaning of all this in plain English is that, no matter how the colored citizens of the South may be abused, poorged and | oppressed, Congress shall not interfere for their rotection, but leave them to the tender mercies of he “local self-government” administered by the white rebels. Do you as a friend to the colored man approve this position of Mr. Greeley ? YOU CANNOT FORGET, MR. SUMNER, how often during the late session of Congress you conferred with me in regard to the possiblity of having your Civil Rights bill passed by the House. It was introduced by your personal friend, Mr. Hooper, and nothing prevented its passage by the House except the rancorous and fac- tious hostility of the democratic members. have eorrectl: examined the Globe, the democratic members on seventeen different occasions resisted the passage of the Civil Rights bill by the parliamentary process known as fili- bustering. ‘hey would not even allow it to come to a vote. Two intelligent colored members from South Carolina, Elliott and Rainey, begged of the democratic side of the House to merely allow the Civil Rights bill to be voted on, and they were answered with a denial so absolute that it amounted to a scornful jeer of the rights of the colored man. And now you lend your voice and influence to the re-election of these democratic members who are co-operating with you in the support of Mr. Greeley, Do you not know, Mr. Sumner, and will you not as a candid man ac- knowledge, that with these men in power in Con- gress the rights of the colored men are absolutely sacrificed so far as those rights depend on federal legislation ? SECURITY OF COLORED RIGHTS. Still further—the rights ofthe colored men in this country are secured, if secured at all, by the three great constitutional amendments, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth. To give these amend- ments full scope and effect legislation by Congress is imperatively required, as you have so often and 80 eloquently demonstrated. But the democratic party are on record in the most conspicuous man- her against any legislation on the subject. It was only in the mopth of February last that my colleague, Mr. Peters, offered a resolution in the House of Representatives, afiirming the “validity of the constitutional amendments and of such reasonable jegislation of Congress as may be necessary to make them in their letter and spirit most effectual,” This resolution—very mild and guarded, as you will see—was adopted by 124 yeas to 58 nays; only eight of the yeas were democrats; all the nays were democrats, The resolution of Mr. Peters was followed, a week later, by one offered by Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, a8 follows :— Resolved, That we recognize ae valid and binding all existing laws passed by Congress for the enforcement the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments the Constitution of the United States, and for the protec: tion of citizens in their rights under the Constitution as amended. On the vote upon this resolution there were 107 yeas to 65 nays, All the yeas were republicans, and they are now nnanimous in support of Presi- dent Grant. All the nays were democrats, who are | now equally unanimous in support of Mr. Greeley. | Itis idi¢ toafirm, as some democrats did ina | resolution offered by Mr. Brooks, of New York, that “these amendments are valid parts of the con- | stitution’ ¢o jong as the same men on the same day vote that the provisions of thos nend- | ménts should not be Ong sional legisiation. The “sounding orass and tinkling symbals” to the | eolored man until Congress makes them effective | and practical. more, if the rights of | the colored man are to be left to the legislation | Of the Southern States, without Congressional intervention, he would, under a Democratic administration, be deprived of the right of sale: in less than two years, and he would be very ‘y if he escaped some form of chattel | Slavery or peonage. And in proof ofthis danger I might quote volumes of wisdom and warning from the speeches of Charles Sumner! DELUDING THY BLACK MAN, enforced by When, therefore, you point out to the colored men that their rights will be safe in the hands | of the demucratic party, you delude and mis- lead them—I do not say wilfuily, but none the less ey The small handfal of republicans, compar with the whole mass, who unite with yourself and Mr. Greeley in going over to the democratic party, cannot leaven that lamp of political unsoundness even if you preserve your own original principles in the contact. The ad- ministration of Mr. Greéley, therefore, should he be elected, would be in the whole and in detail a democratic pdministration, and you would be ompelled tO go With the current or repent and amendments ure but | nent. The not fa Dersanaly. but #rret. You very Mr. Sumner, that, if . Greele} in clooted Prositent, ngress is handed control of the ‘who have_per- sistently dented the right of the black man, t course you will pursue toward the colered map is of small lence after you have transferred the power of Government to his enemy. yi men of this country aré not as a ed, but they have wonderful in- stincts, and when they read your letter they wil know that at a great crisis In their fate you @eserted them. Charles Sumner co-operating with Jefferson Davis is not the same Charles $ same Horace Greeley whom the a have hitherto trusted. The will never be ungrateful u have done for them in the nor, ness of their hearts, will they ever for- get that, heated and blinded by pers hatred of one man, you turned your back on the millions to whom in past ears you have stood as a shield and — of defense, ue & ery respectfully, your obedient servan: JAMES G. BLAINE. SUMNER REPUDIATED, Indignant Negroes Detach the Colors from the Senator’s Party. INDIANAPOLIS, August 2, 1872, At avery large meeting of colored people, held here to-night, resolutions were adopted repudiat- ing Charles Sumner and reaffirming their attach- ment to the republican party. HALL’S DRIVING PARK, L. I. Lae ve Four Trotting Events—Dan Butterfly, Mystery and Fanny Fern the Winners. There were four trotting events yesterday at Hall’s Driving Park, on the Coney Island road. The interest manifested in the results of these was more than usually developed, and the betting tor a ‘time was quite lively. The first contest—a match of $200—was between owner's brown gelding Dan, to wagon, and M. Rogers’ bay gelding Abe, in harness. The wagon horse had the call In the betting, and won the race in three straight heats. ‘The second event was between Campbell’s brown mare Lady Wheeler, Carroll’s bay gelding Bay George, Johnson's brown mare Lily, Heard’s gray mare Butterfly, and Gilbert's sorrel gelding; mile heats, best three in five, for a purse of $100. Lacy ‘Wheeler was the favorite, but she was stiff and sore from her work of the day before, and Butter- fly, the second in the pools, won the contest in three straight heats, The third heat was a match of $500, two miles and repeat, between Hiram Howe’s bay gelding Constitution, to wagon, and Tom Jackson’s bay gelding Mystery. Constitution was a great favor- ite, put he was beaten, and three heats were trotted before the race was decided. In the mat- ter of this event there was much talk among those present—charges of fraud being trequently made; and without commenting on the character of the contest, it well to remind Mr. Hall, if ne wishes the support of the public, not to be misled by men of wi faith and astute policy in the future. Straightforward work pays best in: the end, e fourth race was a match between the sorrel mare Fanny Fern and the sorrel gelding Climax. it was nicely contested, Fern winning after five eats, bie following are the summaries of the day's events:— HALL’s DRIVING PaRK, L. I., August 2, 1872,— Match $200; mile heats, best three in five; catch ‘weights, Owner named br. M. Rogers named . Dan, to wagon.. g. Abe, TIM! », in harness. BE. Third heat. ~ 42: 1:26 2: SAME Day—Purse $100, for horses that never beat 2:45; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, C. H. Heard entered gr. m. Butterfly G, Gilbert entered 8. g. No Name. 5 Willis Johnson entered br. m. Lily. 2 dames Campbell entered br. m. Lady Wheeler 4 J. V. Carroll entered b. g. Bay George....... 8 ax omen & RF anew First heat.. Second heat. Third heat. . 42 20 Same Day—Match $500; two miles and repeat :— T. Jackson named b. g. Mystery, in harness 2 1 1 H. Howe named b. g. Constitution (former- Res erly Greenhorn), to wagon......... -122 TIME, Mile ana Two Half. Mile, Half, Miles, 2358 4:28 659 2:54 4:17 She +1:203g © 2:55 4:28 535636 Purse and stake $500, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, J. Phillips entered s.m. Fanny Fern. Colonel Dickey entered s. g. Climax. J. Campbell entered bik. g. Othell W. Borst entered b. m. Lady Bacchus TIME, Half. 1:17 Quarier, First heat.... Second heat. Third heat. Fourth heat. Fifth heat. LONG BRANOH RACES. The Events for the Opening Day—The Schell Cup Handicap. Lone BRANCH, August 2, 1872. The prospect to-day is fine for a capital meeting at Monmouth Park. We shall have three events to-morrow, the first being a hurdle race, with five starters; the second race will be a dash of a mile, and this will have seven starters; the third event is for the Occan Hotel Stakes, one mile and three- quarters, which will have five starters at least. The following is one pool sold on each of the races to take piace te the hurdle race Lochiel brought $250; Milesian, $200; Vesuvius, $15; Gayo, $10; Impecunious, $20. In the mile dash Fadladeen sold for $31 Breakness, $25; Platina, $20; Venetia, $13; Bazaine, $13; Henrietta, $8, and Jamesbury, $8. In the Ocean late Conti- nental Stakes, Sandford’s entries sold for $55; MeDaniel’s, $20; McGrath’s, $12; John Harper's, $10; Morris’, $15. The handicap or the Schell Cup was made to-day, and the following are the weights imposed: Gerald, 105 Ibs.; Milesian, 108 Ibs.; Impecunious, 96 Ibs.; Brennus, 85 Ibs.; Venetia, 80 lbs.; Susan Ann, 1i1 Ibs.; Bazaine, 90 lbs.; John Doe, 82 Ibs., and Jury 82 Ibs, fo Sti PEACEFUL RED MEN, The Cheyennes and Arrapahoes Deter- mined to Keep the Peace. Sr, Lovis, August 2, 1872. Aletter from Robert Campbell, of this city, @ member of the Indian Commission, has been re- ceived here, with information from Fort Sill to July 24, Mr. Deede, of the Central Superintendency, who had been to the Wichitas and Cheyenne agencies, reports encouragingly of the condition of Indian matters in that section. All of the Chey- enne tribe, except a few old men and women, and the entire tribe of Arrapahoes were in, and all ex- pressed the determination to keep peace, and they would attend the Wichita Connetl. Nothing has been heard from the Kiowas, but they were ex- pected to be present, THE PACIFIO COAST, Nomination of a Fall Republican Elec- | toral Ticket in San Francisco. SAN Francisco, August 2, 1872. ‘The republican convention to-day nominated a full electoral ticket. General Miller, of the Alaska | company, and John B, Felton were chosen electors at large. S. 0. Houghton was renominated | for Congress from the Fourth District, and Tl. F. Page was nominated for Congress from the Second Dis- trict. John Simpson, aged 14 years, quarrelled with Charles Wilson,’ an old thief, about a division of the proceeds of a robbery on the Barbara coast last night, and Simpson plunged a dirk knife in Wilson's neck, severing the jugular vein and killing him instantly. Simpson was arrested. D. Ledig, a tailor at Pleasanton, while ina fit of jealousy yesterday, shot his wife and then shot him- self, Bosharedead, THR A. 0, H, AND CHUROH OF ST. MIOHAEL, | To THe Forron of THR HERALD:— Appended to an advertisement. in yesterday's HERALD, of a requiem mass im this church, were | two notices of certain lodges of the A. U. H., direct- ing the members to attend “in fall regalia,” &o, Suspecting from previous similar deceptions at- tempted by the order, that these notices were in- tended as a decoy to insnare unthinking Catholics, I deem it my duty to publish that no secret, societ; (as the authors of the notices very well knew) permitted to enter this church. So that if any member of the A. O. H. “attended in fil regalia,” it was after the “full regalia’ was disposed of, as are—hidde! night. dishonest things nenally 6 ‘i Donne ig) CuURON OF Rg. MIGUALL, August 2, 167% | HERALD reporter, No Pent-Up Utica Contracts His Powers. The Whole, the Boundless Continent is His and Conkling’s, Visit to Watertown and a Milk and Water Reception. Characteristic Speech of the President—Con asa Claquenr—Tapering Off of the Grant ‘ Enthusiasm—Porter Ailing, WarTERTOWN, N. Y., August 2, 1872. ‘The Presidential party arrived here from Utica at three o'clock this afternoon, They left Senato: Conkling’s residence at half-past ten o’clock this morning, and were escorted to the railroad depot by the veterans and Fire Zouaves of Utica, with a, brass band in front and another behind, A smait crowd of people on the balconies and stoops of Bogg’s Hotel, and along the sidewalk in fro: awaited their arrival and followed them across the. Square to the depot, where a special engine, witl two shabby looking cars attached, wi waiting to bear them away. The: was no enthusiasm whatever Tanned and nothing brought even that small crowd) together except curiosity, idieness and brass, bands. For some reason or other the at least apparent popularity of General Grant in Utica felf off lamentably in two brief days. The rumors this’ morning about the defeat of his Party may have, something to do with it, but I think the real cause,. at least I have heard widespread complaints to ini effect, is that he has been seized and monopolize as a piece of personal property by Senator Conk- ling, and by him hawked around, EXHIBITED LIKE TOM THUMB OR THE WOOLLY: HORSE, 4 However it may be accounted for, there is no doubt of the fact that if General Grant went up im Utica like a rocket he came down there like asticks ‘The special train containing President Grant and’ his family and a number of devoted Uticans, headed by Mr. Conkling, started at half-past eleven, and for over three mortal hours bore an unenviable jolting over what I suppose I must call a railroad, for it isnamed the Black River of that ilk. Tha stations along the route were thickly thronged! with country people who -came to get a Peep at Conkling’s show. At two o'clock the train and its occupants were meb at Carthage, a small town about twenty miles south of this city, a special train bearing, Mayor Lord, the Board of Aldermen and several, leading citizens from Watertown. The greeting, was pretty much the same as that between hint and the Uticans at New York Mills, except on tha part of@the President, who this time bowed to Mayor Lord, and ABSOLUTELY SAID, “THANK YOU," when 'the Mayor had delivered a short address im’ the usual form of speech welcoming him to th city. The Presidential train then pursued its to this city, and when it arrived here ft was met a the depot by a brass band and an enormous crows of Sownsneople and rustics, through which was made for the city’s guest to the Woodru! Haat a ane (bul rae er heacree near hostei forming one side of a good, clean-loo} jal The crowd followed and surrounded the "foused After a few minutes the President and his par: appeared on the balcony, and after waiting for thi cessation of a hearty cheer from the populace the President said:— After an absence of more than twenty years I fall reeogtlee aeingio one Or all the thoes 1 now we, betoral ime asfamillar to me then. Your city has altered very, much, indeed, since I saw it. At that time I wi & heutenant stationed at Sackett's Harbor, which place expect to see before I return. | General Grant then bowed and drew back a pace or two. The crowd made no demonstration loyalty, observing which Conkling merped, to the platform, waved his hat vigorously, and then ar @ very respectable cheer. At the end of every sen4 tence, while speaking, the President would anxiously at Conkling, who would assent when the; President would resume, and so he finished threé sentences, at the end of which ‘THE PRT SENATOR WINKED, and it was all over. I should have stated that the’ President was introduced by Mr. James Starbuc! of this city, that duty having been delegated i by Mayor Lord, who has the reputation ing able to discount Grant in the game of silence. After the President followed Senator Conkling. He said:— If I had a thonsand voices and eagh yolce trampet~ fongned, T could not express to you ry satisfaction setey holding this vast assemblage come here to-day to wel- come the President of the United States. He coines here, on no political errand. The President is not aman for making speeches. He is a man of words; but‘those wor are deeds—deeds that will live as long’as the history our country. ‘The propricties of the occasion prohibit me from making any extended remarks, and I shall there- fore only repeat how satistied T am to see you here to-day.: When the Senator concluded he seized the Pre: dent and drew him in, as it were, to his cage an shut him up. Then some wag in the crowd call for Porter, at which there was a laugh, and whei some green and injudicious friend of the Secreta answered from the balcony, “GENERAL PORTER IS SICK,’ there was a mighty loud smile indeed. ‘The speechmaking over, the party on the balcony withdrew and sat down to such a dinner as the Woodruff House could afford; after which the Presi- dent and his at Slipped into the spectal trait awaiting them and started, at half-past four, for’ Cape Vincent, where they will go aboard a private yacht of Mr. Pullman’s and be taken to that gen- tleman’s island in Alexandria Bay, which they will, reach by daylight to-morrow morning. CONKLING, GRANT AND COCK-CROWING, 7 When coming up in the train Mr. Conkling said he had jpst received a private despatch saying that North Carolina had gone Grant by 8,000 majority., When questioned afterwards he only said ‘he had reason to believe,” &c,; but the story took, and is all over town here now. A WHARF SUBMERGED. A City Pler Caves In—Where the Fault Lies—Facta. About one o’clock on Thursday night pier No. 96 | Was suddenly converted into a sheer wreck. Th@ bark Maggie L. Carvill, hailing from St. Johns, N. B., owned by William Hickman and others, and commanded by Captain Bissett, arrived at the ex- tension and began discharging scrap iron. She continued doing so until the dock caved in and 150 tons of ivon were deposited upon the muddy bed of the East River. Of course everybody who has any interest in the, matter blames the other who is in any way simf~ larly situated. The probabilities are thatthe | government is to blame for not providing pie’ which will stand a greater strain, What docks im any other civilized country cannot sustain a stralm ‘of 160 tons, even though the weight placed in a’ mass? ‘The pier master, judg ing from the information obtaiped by the, was clearly no®@ to blames but those persons who are supposed to regulate: our city government most certainly were. it was @ wonder that no lives were lost. Stevedores ar rather reckless and refuse to obey the orders of the | pler masters and those placed in authority over them. To load down a few square feet ofa semi- rotten wooden pier 13 to insure the destruction of the place upon which that same cargo is deposited, Scraps and pig tron, though enabdied to be stow: a in a very small compass, 1s weighty, and no exe pier of ancient date can stand the strain. It very evident, from the appearance of the crush piles and ruined timbers, that the jetty had give way from sheer inability to sustain the weight placed upon it. If some regulation is not made which will retard stevedores and “lumpers” from doing as they choose to please, a very serious acci- dent will occur some day when least expected, ‘rhe Soy of the vessel M. L. Oarrill may posst~ bly be slightly damaged by the Iron as it shot from the wharfinto the stream below, or the apikes in th trestles of the heavy piles and thiabers broken may, have impaled her, ‘It serves her right, to a certain, extent, however, for her sxipper was warned by the Inspector and Comptroller of the Dock, Captain Richarason, that he was placing upon 16 “q burden far greater than it could bear,” DETEOTIVE DOINGS, Carl Wagner was brought from Philadelphia yeso terday afternoon by OMicer Heidelberg. charged with having stolen from some fellow boarders & uantity of clothing, valued at about two hundre dontars. The complainants in the case report to Captain Irving on Tuesday last that Wagnor had run away and they then iiased the goods, ee this Captain Irving gave the case in charge of Om- cer Heidelberg, und after boda for the supposed: defaulter all over New York he Snally ascertained that the man waa in Philadelphia. ‘The detective mn hy Pastor. tored lis prisoner and will take itn to Cor } morning.” to that city the day before yesterday, ca wenton to that city the efore yi aye 4