New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-09-12

Citation, that we shall let them select oul
candidate for the Presidency.
Will you tell me why any person who
really favors reconciliation at the South
should not vote for General Grant?
One other consideration strikes me pretty
forcibly. If the rebels of the South are re
concled to the colored men; if the feelings
which prompted them to buy and sell anc
scourge the colored men have passed away
and given place to love and kindness, why
have not the colored men of the South, who
live and work by their side, found it out
How happens it that they hear of it first from
Mr.. Sumner, and don't believe it at that?
Mr.. Sumner commends to you reconcilia
ton. Let him show little willingness tc
be reconciled to President Grant. He car
overlook the four years of bloody war, the
! the attempt on the life of the Republic, The
holding millions Of his countrymen in slavery
on the part Of men who still justify and boas
of their exploits, but he cannot forgive the
maintaining Baez against hostilities from
Hayti during a negotiation and the aban
doned attempt to annex St. Domingo. He
can write letter to aid the election of Zeb
ulon Vance to the United States Senate, who
wanted to gil hell so full of Yankees thai
their feet would stick out of the windows and
who never has repented of the utterance, but
he cannot forgive President Grant for detail
ing couple of boys from the army to aid
him as clerks at the White House. He car
forgive the attemptto destroy the Union, the
bengnant mother of US all, but he cannot
forgive the man who saved it, if he has put
few of his kinsmen into office. And thi:
is reconciliation.
This nomination was not made for recon
cilation by either convention. Two parties
went to Cincinnati. One, honest and zeal
Gus enthusiasts, seeking purer government
than either affords. These returned baffled
and disguised to renew their support of Gen
eral Grant. The others, represented by the
Blairs and Gratz Brown, Of Missouri; by
Fenton, of New York by Mcclure, of Penn
sylvania, led and managed the meeting
They chose their candidate, not for reform
not for reconciliation, but as a man who
could be b the tool of managing politicians.
Mr.. Sumner complained of the Senate
that they violated parliamentary courtesy in
not giving an investigation which he moved
to a committee of his friends, saying thai
they put out the child to a nurse who cared
not for it. But he is now for putting out the
would strangle it.
The KEYNOTE of his whole movement is
the renewal of the old exploded doctrine Of
State rights. The words may vary, but the
tone is always the same. Sometimes the
song is "no Capitalization, which means
that the nation shall not protect loyal lives
when the States fail. Sometimes it is
"down with carpet-baggers, which means
that the constitutional rights of citizens to
dwell where they choose in the whole coun-
try shall not be respected.
Two hands stretch out to you. One is the
hand of the Southern loyalist, a true, hon.
est hand, never raised in hatred, even
against his bitterest foe. The other, stained
with blood, stretches over a chasm filled with
the blood itself has shed. While the hand
stretches over the chasm the voice utters
nothing but threats and curses. | am afraid
the man who stretches his hand over the
chasm may possibly drag us into it. Mr..
Sumner compares the Republican party to a
life boat, which swims upon every wave.
The life. boat, indeed, may be saved. The
crew itself may not perish. | for one would
not like to put to sea in a storm even in a
life boat with Horace Greeley, as his friends
describe him, for captain, and Brown, for
second officer, to succeed to the helm. |
think even life boat in some peril when a
pirate ship is seeking to run her down. A
pirate is never more dangerous than when
she hoists false colors. But suppose the
the lives which the boat has put forth to
save? While the men on board are quarrel
ing, their sinking brethren perish.
Fellow-c citizens, how can you hesitate? Is
there anything in the Republican record
which any Republican would blot out? Is
there anything in the Democratic record
which any honest Democrat would not wish
to blot out? How can you hesitate between
the two candidates? Greeley would have let
the South 60; Grant would have conquered
them. Greeley encouraged the rebellion
Grant destroyed it. Greeley would have paid
the slave owners from the national Treasury
Grant would educate the freedmen. Gree
ley, more than any one man in the coun-
try, is responsible for Bull Rum Grant for
DOnelson, Henry. Vicksburg, Appomattox.
Greeley would leave the colored man half a
slave, dissuade him from asserting his own
Constitutional right, and recognize a domi-
nant race, as still existing under the Consti-
tuition; Grant would enforce for him those
civil rights which every citizen ought to
have. Greeley would denounce centralism
and return to the old mischievous doctrine
of State rights Grant would protect human
rights by the strongest exertion of the ma.
tional power. Greeley's friends are every
rebel, every opponent of the war, every
Tammany Democrat, every man who is
soured and dissatisfied Grants, the entire
army of freedom, who have won her Veto
ries, 10y sea and land, in war and in peace.
1t is a great thing to change the Admins,
tration of the Government. New issues,
new questions. and new dangers, constantly,
must arise. TO which party will you trust
the Republic2 | have not spoken of your
business interests. What, in your Judgment,
will become of them in the hands of the
Democrats, with nothing but Horace Gree.
ley for a restraint? Nothing but financial
disaster can he the result. You must expect
legislation, hostile to all your interests
capital must live under different laws; work
men must seek new occupations; our grow
ing cities and towns must lose their stimulus.
Hatreds will survive and discords again
spring up, with the revived power for mis-
chief of those who have hitherto caused
them.
On the other hand, under the same wise
and safe legislation, you may hope for a
more rapid growth, an ampler return for
capital, better reward for labor, more as,
sured quiet, larger prosperity; and, under
their beneficial influence, what is best and
noblest yet, "a nobler liberty, a better
friendship, rurer justice, more lasting
brotherhood.
One More SANDER Disposed Of.