, 1865-08-25

eau Of the Federal Government, Insisted up-
on, encouraged aud justified secession.
mir. GREELEY on TIT CoSDCc7 or THE WAR.
Early in the war, Mr.. Greeley, In spirit oI
coneeit AID arrogance peculiarly lis own, u.s.
ta and issued lis order I'd aon % Riehmond "
authoritat!re.y as Richard the III. exclaimed,
"To horse" or Is Wellington said, "Up
guards and at 'etn." And such WAS tbs power
Of popular, widely circulating. journal, the
Government was actually forced premnturely'
into The disastrous "BuN Run' battle. Whcn
| mischief he had done, and appalled, and
haunted BY spcctres Of dead and dying SOL
dicrs, LIE confessed, In letter to alr. Lincoln,
| and in the Tribune, TINT he had done great
wrong. It was said by those around him that
for, several days his rcino1se was ayonizing.
habit Of lnso1ent lictatton to the army, to the
President, aud to Congress.
subsequently, ut q dark hour, and after
disastrous result of general battle, 3tr. Gree
ley became morbid again, md proclaimed to
The world in lis Tribune, that III, after sixty
or ninety days more hard fighting" we were
the duty Of tie government to make the best
| attnfnab1e peace" THIS craven cream faced
display Of the tWhite feather' in a leading
Northern Journal inspisited the rebel govern
ment and army. Il, as theg were told, they
CQWN guy VA iOt o+AtJ III uu1ClH
days." they were su1c Of their Independence.
MS Mupp1Ep NEGOTIATIONS FoR PEACE.
During the entire last year Of the WAT Mr..
Greeley embarrassed The government dcmor-
allied the amy and bcwildesed the people,
viii perpetual croakings aud muddlca nego
tiations for "Peacc''-" Peace" upon the best
nttainable terms" Peace'' upon any terms.
While Sherman was preparing for bis great
and triumphant campaign; while tho army
and navy were demonstrating upon North
Carolina While Grant was lighting it out on
this line, !" Alr. Greeley, bamboozled By "Col.
orndo Jewell" persisted in drawing tlls Cor.
With the Confederate miscreants in Canada
who were llatchins conspfracies for arson, pi-
rncy, bank robbefics and assasslnntions. in
his letter to Mr.. Lincoln lfr. Greeley imp1ores
him to rclncm ber That "our bleeding, bank
Iapt, Aim nlmost dying country longs for pence"
lion Of lives aud tllree millions Of treasure,
1Ir. Greeley, In the same letter, proposes that
We should offer sl0o, ,oe0,0 900 to slavery, for
peace.
When in the sequel it appeared that San
ders g. 60. Ind no authority to net or speak
for tic Confederate Government, Alr. Greeley
enleavofed to cover his mortityfng retreat by
abusing the President. Saunders says that
MIR Greeley told him that though Mr.. Lin
coin had acted the blackguard, there were
gentlemen In the States -.
LII Tue NnnaQa couSptflthf8 were nQE Wilt
ing to "givc It mp So" Feeling that Mr.
President, Mr. G. C. Clay drew up . call for .
public meeting to sustain A1r. Greeley, which
was sent to ills city for signatures. I have
seen this original call ia the handwriting OF
Mr.. Clay. The meeting, however, failed, as
! nobody would sign the call. But Mr.. Greeley,
dlscrcditubly rs his mission terminated, Is
compensated by the regard and sympathy Of
Sanders, Clay and Thompson, who, while ne
gnttatiug With Mr.. Greeley for Peace" oc-
cupicd the intervals in cousplrncies 10 rob and
murder at St. All'als, bnr,a the city Of New
York, and assassinate the President and Sec
rotary oil State, the Confederate Government
having appropriated and placed In their
hands a 1argc fund for this mode Of warfare
GnEE1EY REINFORCED III s'oLD BLAIR"
And finally, after Mr.. Greeley, is 'spcace"
Ambassador, had played himself out, he reap
pears, playfng second 10 s'old Blair,' who is
found In "eyerybody's mess anl III nnbotly's
watcl,." Dy Mr. Blair's iulportuuity, the
government Was again drawn into abortiye
irreuce occasioned further cn barrasslaent and
decentralization In our army, where dclusivc
hopes Of peace wcrc 1aised only to be disap-
pointed
Had a1r. Greeley or Mr.. Blair, separately or
'sjintlT,f by intimidation or sophistry, Sue
ccedcd III drawing the government into q pre-
mature and inslorious peace, I'll tie fruits Of
the war voulI have ripened for the enemy,
while its shame would have fallen upon our
selves. We should harc Left Charleston, Sd
yannat, Mobile and Richmond nuconqucTed;
deprived Gtnnt, Sherman, Terry, Sheridan,
Porter, md their compatriots, OF the 1aure1s
so justly due robbed our gallant soldiers und
sailors Ut the victories which reward Their
years Of hard service; exposed ourselves to
perpetual aggression ut horne, and to scorn
nn1 contempt abrbnd. These were the luulil-
ictions Alcssrs. Greeley and Blair endeavorcd
to iullsct, in The name and form Of peace upon
our country, Just as the day OF triumph,
after long night of disaster, Tas lawnlng
Not only were VIC called upon, after nearly
four years Of war, ezhaustins onr treasure, and
bleaching and fertllzine rebe}lious soil with
the blood and boues OF our sons, 10 submit to
shameful peace, but 3lT. Greeley, who had
voclferously demanded the Emancipation
Pgoetanlottor, 9n hna o1 proposed to otter slavery
Thinks to patriotic and iaAexihle President,
and al iuvincible army, their otlfciols aud
lernlclous dreams and schemes were thwnrtcd,
nnl m honorable peace was achieved By the
crushing ont Of the rebel government and
armies.
In conclusion, though might fill n page OF
tie Tf,afs In exhibiting Nr. Greeley absurd
ities-lctttnS slip the dogs Of war; to-duy,
pnliag and whining TOR " pcacc' tomorrow,
lcnosucing "Coppcrhcads'' III the tribune
while corresponding and cuddfing with them
personally, protesting to support sir. Lincoln,
while intriguing 10 get up a convention at
Cleveland to nominate third can1ilate-in
conclusion, repeat, | content myself With
showing the utter ln1scIlood Of lii two uccuss-
t1ons, VIZ: that fi1cd' the time Tor holding
both State Conventions, and that "cngi-
nccEel Gov Sefmonr's election in 1s6a.t
TuUr1ow WEED