Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

ever visited the South, he IS beginning
to open his eyes, while heretofore he
has only opened his mouth, regarding
the Southern people. He tells the
Southern people that he cherishes no
hatred against them, and the old gen
tleman probably tells the truth. He
also reminds them of the fact that he
was in favor of general amnesty five
years ago, and candidly admits a party
error when he says that there would not
be a Ku-Klux in the land to-day if this
policy had been adopted. Here, again,
1T is not unlikely that Mr.. Horace Gree
ley Is telling exactly what he feels to
be true. But Horace Greeley as man,
and Horace Greeley as journalist, are
two very different individuals. We re-
member that Mr.. Horace Greeley did
say something about general amnesty
some time ago,-said enough just to
vindicate his honesty and save his
Judgment. But Mr.. Horace Greeley, as
a partisan journalist, has not criticised
his party for refusing general amnesty,
has not urged the policy upon those
who alone had the power of enforcing
1t. On the contrary, his journal has
contributed more than any other means
to the creation of the Ku-Klux, by false
reports to begin with, exaggerated ac-
counts afterward, and by favoring The
Personal Government act always. Mr..
Horace Greeley, after his tour. in the
South jas a private individual, will be a
thorough believer in the honesty and
decency of the people there; but this
is no reason to anticipate that Mr.. Hor-
ace Greeley's Journal will cease misrep-
resenting these people, > Or goading a
Radical Congress on to new persecu-
tions. The dual character, of this old
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fore the public as at once an honest man
and an unscrupulous partisan.-Er. D.
Z GOVERNOR GEARY is reported as saying
to the laboring men at Harrisburg a
few days since ;" You have a remedy at
the ballot-box for whatever. wrongs or
expressions you may suffer- The
theory is a very nice one, and just ex
actly the thing to be enunicated by the
gentleman who may be the Presidential
candidate of the Workingmen's party
in 1872. But, practically applied as
Governor Geary desires it, the principle
is just that which will defeat the inter
ests of the laboring classes. 1t means
that they should continue and enlarge
their political organization, holding
separate conventions and running their
own candidate. The result of this system
has already been experienced in local
and state government, and may be
demonstrated at the coming Presiden-
tial election. 1t is that the laboring men
withdraw sufficient strength from the
political party in which they have al
was been represented, and which is en-
titled to their confidence, and thereby
increase the strength of the only politi-
cal party which has ever dared to ignore
their claims. The laboring men make
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their rights as class with the political
questions of the nation. The spirit of
our government should secure all..these
rights and liberties, and would do so
were it not crushed out and stamped
under foot by the party in power.
When the working classes desert the
Democratic party to organize party of
their own, for the success of which no
reasonable and honest man can enter
tain any hopes, they simply contribute
to. the success of the radical party,
which has deceived them -persistently,
which gives away the homesteads,
which supports the monopolies, which
makes the high tariff. and which has
prosecuted and betrayed all the labor
in classes of this country for years.
Er. ...-
GEN, GRANTS friend, the Commits
SlOner OF internal heVenue, QOeS mol
get on very we'll in his contest. with the
Secretary of the Treasury. His deci-
sions are set aside and oyerruled be-
cause they are contrary to the law, and
in some respects contrary to common
sense. We grieve to think that the
plan of making Gen. Pleasanton SecreA
tary of the Interior, when Mr.. Delano
is promoted to be Secretary of the
Treasury, Vice Boutwell, dismissed, is so
wofully injured by these little inaccura-
cies on his part.-Er. fEt
A New YoRk journal says that John
A. Logan is E'played out" as Presiden-
tial candidate already, as the man who
hadn't, the pluck to make straight
fight against Grant in the Boston army
convention isn't the man to lead big
fight in ~. This is probably true, but
as long as the contest for the Radical
nomination is confined to Grant and ]
Logan, the Democracy will be eminently
satisfied. ,3S@as tsA'i's5sss list ga
q The Chicago Tribune says that " the
people are against the denomination of
Grant" True. And they will beat
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