Hon. C. E. Stuart For Greeley

Kalaïiazöo, June 10, 1872. Hon. Wiu. A. Moore : M y Dear Sik - I am in ïeceipt of your letter of the 6t.h inst., requesting a statement of ray views in regard to tho political situation of the country. Itaffords me pleasuro tocoiuply, though I' am coinpellod by infirm hcalth to do se as briefly as practicable. Froiu tho inoeption of tho Circcinnati ïhovement I havo regarded it favorably. The high character and groat ability of tho gentlemen engaged in it, were a suffioient guaraittee that they would honestly endoavor to present a platform üpon vrhich all could agreo who eavnestly dosire to rcsGuo tho country from the dangors which thruaten its destruction. This it seems ta be geaeríílly coucodod thoy have done. But souie men, and especinlly souic Domocrats, object touniting in this movement becanso they do not liko Mr Greeley. and they insist that tho Baltimoro Ctfflvontiou suould nominato a straight Democratie ticket. Such a course would, in niy opinión, be mi wise in the extreme, beoause the experience of the last tea years must satisfy every candid man that tho rcsult would prove disastrous. 3am thereforo in favor of indorsing at Biltimore the Cincinuati platform and candidates in the most emphatic mannor, and to that end I would rocomiuend the Juost proinpt and vigilant action Let the delogates froni twery State and Aitrict be fully advised of the sentimeuts of those they are sent to represent in that Oonvention, and let tfeein be cotttposed of men who will faithfully execute the trust. Tho idoa tf kfleping stiíl and waiting for the aötion of the Bultimoro Convention msaras to me not only unwisfi, but at war with. íirst principies. It assumes the delegates to that Convention will bo men of inspired wisdom ; that they will know what those who soud them cannot possi bly kuow ; and therefore will be ablo to ftdopt a plan of action much better than the millions of Democrats at homo could ever find out. But, sir, the reverse of this is the truth. Those delegatos will go tbere to represent and carry out the opinions of ihose ■Who sorid them. And how are they to loiiru tiiojie opinions unlcss every Deinocrat makos his views known ?' But again, sir, you'have hadexperience enough in national conventions to kaow that anything like careful deliboration in süöti a body is practically impossible Seveu to eigat huudred men brought suddenly togetaer from all parts of the Union is a niass meeting of itself ; and whon assembled in a room, as is usual, with several thousand spectators, careful deliberation is out of the question. Hènce, I repeat thaty they shönM act only as representativos and faithfully oarry out the wishes of those who eend them. Lot mp now inquire, is thsre any sound reason growing out of tho Democratie Creed why the party should hesitate to adopt the Cincinuati platform and candidates ï The foundation stone of that creed is "principies - not men," and none deny the soundness of tho Cineinnati declaration of principie's. Again, if tried by tho Jeffersonian' sta'ndard, is there any valid objection to the candidates? Are they not " houest, capable, aad faithful to the Constitution 't" No candid man will dony that they afe. Why then, sir, should you or I or any other Democrat refuse out cordial and energetic support of those men, when the object we are all struggling to acoomplish is nothing else than to reseño onr beloved country from certain destruction,' by taking it out of the control of the mst corrupt men who have ever wielded its authority 'i If an invading army were already landcd upon our shores, could any citizen preserve his oharaoter as a patriot if he ref used to aid in repolling it 'becausc he was not pleased with the commanding geueral ? I regard the country as being in greater pcril now at the liandg of those in power tban it would be in cas of such au invasion. And I am therefore ready to unite my efl'orts with those of every other man, without reforonco to tormer opinions or affiliations, who is honestly and earnestly in favor of rescuing it from the bands of those who constantly viólate its Constituiion with impunity, and plunder its Treasury at will It is only in this way thfittho rights of tho States and the liberties of the people eau be rendered safe and perpetual. T& be bucuessful we must carry the larger States ; for if we secure ouly a b-irt nïajojity of the doctoral votes, and this by including ome of the Southern fHates, 'he mou now in power will not hesitate to legislate us out of it by such action as they took in regard to Georgia four years ftgo. That was the most dimgerouffot a41 the violations of the Constitution" they have ever perpe tra ted. Cougrcss has no more authority to declare that the vote oí' a State shall not be counted than it has to enact a law that the peoplo of a State shall not vote. By uniting cr.rdially with the Cincinuati uiuveuieut we can carry all the larger Status and most -of th-B smaller ones. We can thus secure control of the fixecutive departmtnt and a largo majority in the House of Representatives. Then will every patriot " brcatha deeper and ïteer" becauae he will havo seen the salvation of his country. And if in surveying the fiold of viotory it shall be fouii'l thut the Democratie party furnished thrüe-fourths of the vote that gained it-, will thoie then be foun-.l any Douiocrat who will wish it had been a vote less 't 1 aui, sir, truly your fiiend, CHAS. E. S1UART.