The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-19

has he become in his dotage. that
any sentiment. any opinion, on a.
most any subject given to the pub
lie as Mr. Greely's, is almost GER
tain to provoke, If not universal
contempt, very general derision. !
He is not unlike q blind and vi !,
cious mule-you never can calcu.
late with certainty when or whom
he will kick, friend or foe.
Now this is the genial philoso
pher. whose letter to the editor of
the Golden Age" Mr.. Tilton, of
date of August 7, is being publish
tad with such relish in various
newspapers. See this weeks Rich
mond papers.
One would suppose that the ami :
able and Christian and philanthro.
pic Horace would have had his
isympathies warmed up in behalf of
1.-THE woman sufFragists, more par
ticularly Is among the leading ad-
vocates of that very proper mea-
sure we find not only the names Of
such noble women as Mrs. Stanton,
Miss Anthony, Mrs. Livermore,
Mrs. Stowe. Mrs. Mott, Mrs. C.
Burleigh, Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Howe,
Mrs. Phelps and others; whose su-
periors, morally and intellectually,
can not be found, but also Mrs.
'Greely and daughter, both most
estimable ladies. refined, highly
educated and well informed.
And yet this eccentric creature
must slep out Of his way, and with
piquant relish unworthy Of any
gentleman having ordinary respect
for his wife and daughter, slime
over the character of as pure, no
bic, moral and religious and INTEL
ligent band OF woman as cah be
found in this or any other country,
simply because he thinks he has
discovered one frail sister, whose
eccentricities, so similar to his
own, he doubtless envies, and who
happens to advocate woman suf
frage! And pray, admitting all
that Mr. Greely asserts to be true.
and eren more, does it follow tina,
in this boasted land Of the free and
home of the brave" there can be
found any one SO poor, so degra-
ded, so abnormal in his moral at
tributes, that he Is not entitled to
equality before the law, in all re-
spects equal TO the most favored
nabob--for instance that besutiful
band of brothers in New York city
who. right under Mir. G.'s nose
have been reveling in pilfered mil
lions, and whom yet the New York
Tribune was one of the last to at
tack! it being well understood
that all the New York dailies haG
been measurably silenced for .
consideration, except the Times!
, Suppose, Mr.. Editor, the write
> were to suggest the probability, i
, such state of things were not i'm
. possible, and the very idea pre-
j, posterous, that in Mr.. Greely's OWL
, psrty there were numerous vel
known liber.ines and inebriates
high in official pasi,ion. in compar
- ison with whose impurity, tn
, frailty of the erring sister he sup
!. poses himself to have discovered
y is virtue personified, and shoul'
thence argue that the political OF
ganization Of which these men ar
!, the trusted and honored leaders
. was rotten, unworthy the supper
= of all decent men, what sort of rea
soning would you consider m
). guilty of?
!, No. Mr.. Editor, the contemptibl
> object who shows himself incapa
!, BILE of discriminating between an
;. noble cause and the disapprove
:. misconduct of few erratic advc
= Gates Of that cause, "should hav
), blood let and be put on low die
. and if need be in straiet
y jacket!
e In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, pei
= ,nit me to add an expression c
G profound and inehablc DISCUS
r Cor conservatism, and all its dey
f ilish destructive "deiusions"- "--ths
Il conservatism which fears to salut
q the new moon for fear Of offendip
the old--that conservatism whic
= fancies a ghost in every step {
y progress-that odious conservatisl
; which is satisfied with everythin
=, inst as il is. and which swears th