The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-28


In the fan of 1872, Horace Greeley tie
editor ola newspaper in New York, was
elected President Of The United States.
The people voted for him because they
thought he wa M homes man And so
he was. But be was also vain aud W eak
and be entertained certain nnatical and
prcposterous notionsabout agricultural
matters, for instance (which he was de-
termined to force upon the people at all
hazards and despite all opposition. lie
believed, among ether things, that every
man ought to 90 TO the West to earn his
bread, and long before he was chosen
President he used to advise every body
TO move TO that region, as a cure for all
the disasters that could hetall the human
family
DRIVING THE sEABoARD POPULATION WEST
As soon as he reached the Executive
Mansion, which we used to call the White
House, Pres dent Greeley organized an
army of two hundred thousand men, and
proceeded to force the entire population
Of the seaboard states westward at the
point OF the bayonet. The utmost yio-
lenoe was used. Those who resisted were
shot down, and their dead bodies were
carted of to a national factory which the
President had established for making
some kind OF fantastca fertilizer. All
the large cities of the East were depopu-
lated, and the towns were entirely empty.
The army swept before il millions ofmen,
women, and children, until the vast plains
of Kansas werereached, when the pursuit
ceased and the army was drawn up in a
continuous line, with orders to shoot any
person who attempted to visit the East.
OF course hundreds of thousands of these
poor creatures perished from starvation.
This seemed to frighten President Gree
ley, and he sent message to Congress
recommending that seven hundred thous-
and volumes of q book Of his, entitled
:" What Know About Farming" should
be voted for the relief Of the starving suf-
ferers. This was done, and farming i'm
plements and seeds were supplied, and
then the millions of wretched outcasts
made an effort to till the ground. OF the
result ofthis will speak further on.
ALL EUROPE N ARMS AGAINST AMERICA.
In the mean time the President was do
ing infinite harm to the country iii anoth-
er way. Ills handwriting was So fear
fully and wonderfully bad that no living
man could read it. And 50 when he sent
his first annual message to Congrcss-the
document was devoted wholly to the tar
i'll and agriculture sentence appeared
which subsequently was ascertained to be
Large culture Of rutabagas and beans i,
the only hope of the American nation
am sure" The printers, not being able
to interpret this, put il in the following
form, in which ii went to the world:
"The Car oc Russia couldn't keep clean
II he washed himself with the whole At
lantie ocean once day." This pcrver
sion Of the message was Immediately tel
cgraphcd to Russia by the Russian Min.
lister, and the Gar was 50 indignant that
he Immediately declared war
Just at this time President Greeley I'M
dcriook to write some letters TO Prince
Bismarck upon the subject Of potato rot
and after giving his singular views al
great length, he concluded with the state
ment that if the Emperor William saic
that subsoil ploughing was not good in
/ light soils, or that guano was better thar
/ bone dust, he was "a liar, villain, anC
slayew Ofcourse the Emperor also i'm
mcdiatcly declared war, and became AZ
ally Of Russia and Of England, agains
which latter country Mr. Greeley had ac
tually begun hostilities already, becaus,
I the Queen, in her speech from tue throne
i had declared the 7ii5gae's adyocasy Of
tariff on pig iron iucendiary, and calcu
lated to disturb the peace OF nations.
Unhnppily this was not tho full meas
+ ure Of our disasters The President ha,
sent 70 the Emperor Of Austria a copy 0
bis book "What Know, etc, with hi
autograph on fy leaf "The Empero
mistook tie signature for caricature o
The Austrian eagle, aud be readily joiuet
ia the war agains, the United State.
while France was provoked q the SAM
act BY the fact that when the French Min
lister came to call upon Mr.. Greeley e
present hi. credentials, tie President
who was writing an editorial at th
time, not comprebcnding the French ian
guagc, misto6k the Ambassador for
beggar, and without looking up hande'
him quarter aud az order ior elcal
shirt, aud said 70 him, 60 West, y0nn.
man-- 20 West"
rKEsiBExT GKKEiKY AAn c2ErSEs uANGEp
50 all these nations joined 10 maxim
war upou tic United STATES The
swo0ped down uron our eoasts and land
ed without opposition, for those expose
posious of oar uuhappy country wer
absolutely deserted The PnsileBt wa
afraid 10 call away lie army ifon kansa
ior fear tie outraged people upon ID
plains would come East 10 spite of him