Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-11-08
The Late Presidential Contest.


Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati
and presented TO the nation the name Of Hon
ACE GRgELEY for the position of President of
the United States.
We feel bound 10 accord TO these few men n
proper sense OF what was due TO the now
Southern provinces Of these United States
We believe they were actuated BY sense Of
justice, right and patriotism; that as statesmen
they were looking 30 the future prosperity Of
the whole nation, and in that general pros
perity the Southern States should share an
equal part.
In presenting the name Of Horace GREELEY,
they selected a man Of known integrity and
ability, and MS the great issue heretofore pre-.
sented In our national contest was upon the
question Of slavery, the selection of Mr..
Greeley was such as to forbid the Northern
people Of raising the cry that The purpose OF
eleciing Mr.. Greeley was TO re-establish the in
siitution Of slavery. His whole life, his con-
duct, his action, forbid charge of this kind :;
for, in truth, he had devoted his life 10 the
abolition Of slavery. Thus, the Northern peo-
pie were left without this excuse 10 further
prosecute the South.
In fact there was nothing in the presidents
of Mr.. Greeley which the Northern peope
could Object to, unless 1t was that Mt the close
of the war he had word of Kindness for our
Southern brethren. and with the true feelings
Of philanhropist he sought 10 heal the
wounds and sooihe the acerbiies created by
The war aud reqtnre ,brouobop, ,i,a I,,l H.,
kindly feeling and mutual interest which musl
exist, if i; is contemplated in the future, we
are to live together rs an entire nation having
common ln,erest
Looking TO these grea. ends, nnd knowing
that in the former slaves there had been
large political element drought about by the
war; solidlY errayed against the white race Of
the South by Inscriptions Office. seekers and
vampires feeding upon nations lifr-blood
the Democratic party, knowing and recosniz
ing the fact that slavery was n dead issue. and
the Southern portion of our people being will
Ing 10 convince The colored race that they
were wiling 10 accord to them every right and
the fullest protection; the Democratic Conyen.
uon IN Baltimore also presented 10 The nation
The naiae of Horace Greeley as its candidate
Tor President Of the United States. The Urea,
and only iadueemcnt of the Democratic Marty
ana especially The Southern portion, was to
Sh"" 10 the Northern people that they were
capable OF rising above sectional ,ate--tbo,
tAey were homes. in their motives and n
the eolorcd race they desired at the same time
their prosperity, and were willing TO take for
theif candidate man who had ever bean ono
Q. me most Jealous and answering advocates
OF their rights
IL was not that the Democrats of the son,b
loved Mr. Greeley, or that they admired md
approved his past life but for the sake of has.
mony, for the restoration Of friendship md
mutual prosperity, actuated by principles the
"o'''s' 'hnt can dwell in man, they were will
ing 10 forget the past, with all its wrongs, its
ac's ofgross injustice, and support a man who
hHa been their enemy, hoping thereby to re-
store our country to what il WAS in fnrmsr
Fenrs-the pride Of lis own people and the nd
miration OF the world.
Against This nomination the s.rairh,out
inscriptions, llundcr-loving Radicals presep
ted the name of Gen. GRAFT 1t is not our
present purpose to enter INTO any dissertation
as to bis fitness for the place, or his capacity
10 fill il. The few years ofihe past admins
traliod are matter Of history. No one doubts
that Caligula, MS emperor Of Rome, had his
retinue of worshippcrs, or that a Nero lived
and aourshed, surrounded by bis votaries. -
History has accorded TO each his just dues, and
pos,erity has duly appreciated them. So, like
wise. will il be with Gen Grant
We propose to present the direct Issues upon
which This late Presidential contest was fought.
and enaeavor to draw from them some correct
conclusions in relation 10 the present condi-
ton of the country and the motives which are
aciualnE the great mass of the people North
OF Mason's and Dixon's line.
One OF the issues most urgently pressed in
the contest by the advocates OF Grant against
Mr.. Greeley in the North was, that he had ev-
ideneed in his actions some feelings OF kind
ness 10 the white people Of the South that he
desired to ace them prosperous again; restored
as equal States in the Union. and see them rid
OF carret-bag, scalawag and military rule. He
desired them to bs States, not only in name,
but in reali'y--he desired them to be repre-
scented in the councis Of the nation, no, by
men elected by the bayonets of Grants sa-
traps. ou, by mcn chosen 10y the free express
sion of their people.
For these evidences OF kindly feeling toward
the white people of the South, Mr. Greeley has
been arraignrd before the Northern people and
the coored race OF the South. Their passions
and feelings have been appealed 10 10y stump
orators and wood-cut gravings and all the
past with its war horrors have been narrowed
mp TO prejudice the public mind superadded
thereto great expenditure of money, aud
when truth failed TO accomplish their purpose
they had no seruples of going outside OF the
fields Of fiction to secure their ends. The
Northern people and the colored race of the
South have acted upon these issues-that at
tion in the late election is promulgated TO the
world and that action has been such that
there can scarcely be found Southern mau
having just sense of pride, but will excam
that be now stands aghast at the damning
ranking venom that still dwells ia the heart
of the Yankee race--a venom which is only
exceeded by their selfish greed of plumber and
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Their unbounded
patriotism is circumscribed only by their purse
strings, aud their philanthropy to thei- own
-, ~, nd III trrpO aud