Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-23
II, G, and II Moral.

h u. ana II ukOTni.
HORACE GREELEY, dubbed the Philoso-
pher, doubtless upon the LucuS q non
l,tcendo principle) has recently returned to
the Editorial sanctum of the Tribune after
extensive periginations through the
South diversified by various junketings
and feastings He has experienced ere
ception" in Gotham at the hands of his
political admirers, congratulating him
upon his safe deliVerance from the South
ern heather, aud ovatory OF linn as pres
pectiye candidate for the Presidential nom
ination.
AS we have heretofore had occasion to
observe, Mr.. Greeley is not without touch
of natural kindness of heart, In an abstract
sort of way. He became bail for Mr.
DAVIS at time when it required some
moral courage to take such step and
yet, inasmuch as the Tribune taught seces-
sion before the South acted upon it, it
would seem that the graceful deed was but
the instructive prompting of common
justice. He is theoretical advocate of
amnesty, but his avowals in this direction
are too conditional to be useful or infuen-
tiaI He is the leader of most of the hu-
manitarian enterprises 10 the great metro
polls, and yet his tendencies in them all
are to iSnaS and -practicabilities.
We are inclined to think however, that
h. G. has at last struck one tangible and
practical conclusion. His visit to the
South has had the happy effccS of lifting
the scales from his philosophic optics, and
letting him into great secret of whatever
discomfort and disaffection exist In the
South. He is right in mainly attributing
both to the carpet-bag manipulation of the
negro,-to the general bad character OF
the INSCRIPTIONS adventures who have
ridden Cuffee into office,-to their impu-
dent and unblushing efrontery in forcing
themselves into the places of trust and
profit, and to their reckless sWludllng
operations, whenever the opportunity Of
despoiling an already impoverished people
presented itself. 1t is pity that the in
formation comes SO late. All that
was worth stealing has been we'll
nigh appropriated mercenary and up
start carpet-bag aliens, elected 10y
the bayonet which MI. Greeley has assist
ed to invest with the porer Of representa-
ton, assume to speak in both Houses Of
the National Legislature for the people
who scorn and despise them-and this OPP
pressed and insulted people have been
visited with fresh and constantly -recur-
ring humiliations and injuries, because they
thus hated these "loyal" bummers and
thieves. Mr.. Greeley's new revelations
cannot help to cure evils we have already
endured, but they may assist to pillory the
men whom he now SO fifty denounces, and
to elevate the Northern estimate of the
white men of the South, for their detesta
ton of the scum that the snbsiding waves
Of war and the eff1ux tide of greedy ad-
venture deposited in our midst.
While Mr.. G. has eliminated this
sensible idea out of his travels, we do not
find him on his return to New York near
so emphatic or favorable in other utter
ances as when, under the influence of the
genial feelings of the festive board, he
made those after dinner speeches in Gal
weston, and elsewhere, brim-full of soul
and sentiment. 1t 1rdS, indeed, matter
of surprise that philosophers like Mr..
Greeley, thin bloodad vegetarians like II.
G., or great Temperance Reformers like the
Editor of the Tribune could glow and spar
kle so generously under predial infiu-
enoes
But this is our moral That while it
might be policy, it savored rather much
of toady- ism; all this feasting of, and parade
over, Horace Greeley. For ourselves we
are pleased to see Northern politicians in
search of information in our midst. We
are anxious to afford them any opportu
nifty of arriving at correct appreciation
of our condition. But when it comes to
banquets, star-spangled-bAnner serenades,
congratulatory and Mandatory addresses,
and all the fulsome fanfaronade of public
reception, with view of counting or buy
ing that fvorable expression of sentiment
which ought to be the prompting of JUS
tice and magnanimity-w beg to be ex-
cused. Mr.. Greeley has visited the South
we are glad of it. So far as he was treated
with courtesy and consideration, we are
glad, very glad of that. For any kindly
views he may entertain or express, he has
our thanks. But really we must say that, in
our acquaintance with the general current
OF his political antecedents, we see nothing
worthy OF symposiums, music and ban
nerE-tt the South
Translated for the Journal from recent Frencb |
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