Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-19
LRTTTR From ID. TaU1loW
WEED.
The Relations Of Horace Greeley
with tho Rebellion.
NEW Yoak, March II, 1865

NEW YORK, March II, 1868.
Henry J. Raymond, Esp
DsAw STA LA the response 10 the
otter which you gave to your readers
Mr.. Greeley says: Il
1.-THE personal assaults OF Mr.. Weeo
ire Of little consequence, because OF MS
liter rccklessness OF truth. lie says
for instance, that ] iapiied the Cotton
States TO withdraw from the union'-a
Ie-that I, Sin tho darkest hour OF The
war. traitorously proclaimed that we
must nut down the rebellion 10 sixty
d.ys. or make peace on the best Obtain
aLIo terms'-ano,her le--tbat | con.
spired with Val!andigbam'-and 80 on
10 the end Of the chapter. The man 10
utterly blind and mad with hate Of
,to,e hc has betrayed and deserted.
IN proof of my charge that Mr.. Gree
lev "invited the Cotton States to with
draw from the Unlon," ! I. fier Mr.. Greo.
ley himself as the witness:
From the Tribuns Of Nov. 9th, 1860
1.-THE Cotton States shall become sat
isied that they can do better out OF the
Uoion than 10 it, we Insist op letting
them 90 in peace Tho right TO secede
NAV he A revolutionary one, but It cx-
,sts nevertheless. \ We must ever
re.i.t the right Of any State to remain
in the Union and nullity or defy tue
laws thereof. To withdra~ from the
Union 10 quite another matter; wben-
ever a considerable section OF our Union
shall deliberately resolve 10 70 ost, we
shall resist all coercIvc measures design
ed 10 keep it in. We hope never TO
live in . Republic whereof one section
is pinned to another by bsyo1ets.
From tho Tribune .. Nov. 2e,h, 1901
II tho Cotton States unitedly and
earnestly wish 10 Withdraw peacefully
from Tho Union, wo think they should
and would be allowed TO do so. Any
attempt to compel them by force 70 re-
main would be contrary 10 the primer
pea cnunciatod in the immortal Decla,a
ton OF Indcper dence-contrary to thu
fundamental ideas on which human lib
er,y 10 based.
From the Tribune Of Feb. ed. 1862
Whenever it shall be clear that tho
great body Of the Southern people have
become conelus'yely alienaied from thu
Union, aud anxious to escape from II
We viii co our best to forward thelI
views.
On tho 9th Of November, 1860. Mr.
Greeley not only vindicsted the fright
Of the Cotton States TO leave TIC Union
lu, said that la would sresist all coer
eiue means 10 Keep hloa in i.
On The 90 h OF tie same month. b
ne. only said ,ha; 70 thought the Got
ton States" ,honld be allowed ITO with
draw from the Uniou." bu; objected {.
the use OF "iorce' to preserve the Un'o1
On the 23d Of Feb, 1862, he declare
that when the Southern people becom
"siiena,ed from the Union, and auxiou
TO escape from it." he would "do hi
best to forward their vlews.'
II will soon be seer, therefore, tbs
Mr.. Greeley not only inrtted the Cotto
States to go out OF the Un!ou, but IN
sisted that they should be permitted +,
90, adding that be would do his best t
forward their views
At whose door docs the ''lic" rest -
In one particular, Mr.. Greeley hs. KEEP
his word lie has done "hs best" I
get the rlavc States cut Of tho Unto,
and to keep them ont. His great bu
bauetui influence has been potent
uniting the South. aud in dividiag tb
Moth.
Again, as 10 his saying 10 the darke'
day Of the war, tina: we must put dow
the rebellion in 'six'y days" or max
peace on the best st,ainable terms,"
summon MIR. Greeley into court as - wi
nos:
III three months more OF earnel
fighting shall not serve TO make ser
Gus impression on the rebels--if III
end oil that term shall find us no farthe
advanced than its beginning-if rom
nal gnant fate has deer, ed that the bloo
and lrcssvre Of the nat on shall ever b
4, 'quan1sred in frutiess efforts let q
Ior 10 our destiny, and make the BE-
attainoJte peoc..'
. Though the NINETY instead OF the sia
t " days were & veD t, the government ,
D conquer the rebellion, before "bowin
. TO our destiny" and making the best a
tainable peace yet his argument md,
the auspices OF Gen. Burnside wcul
he decisive. His language was that
e the conflicts then daily apprehended, v
Is must either "whip" or be "whipped
Q aud if "~hipped' We must show TO 0,
;. destiny"
Mr.. Greeley. however, did not able
:, his own time tor his country's humll
u ton, for no rushed Immediately into &C
4 resp, ndcnce with the French Alinis,
J. aud MIR. Vsllaudighsm for ''ihe best .
. taiOsble peace"
Finally, upon this point, Mr.. Greeley
- po'ition is