The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-06


IKE 0ratz Brown into one scale and Henry Wilson
Into the other, for anti,slavery service rendered.
o and they would kick the See e
IL no comparison to be made between these candl-
dates az to trustworthness or meritorious char
nounced on all the leading reformatory movements
~ the age as Henry Wilson Is Q crushing reply to
ths hollow charge thai me republican petty is with
out mission afd given over to corruption.
Having at last decided to support Mr.. Greeley
lwhy did you lnger SO long, In view Of his extraor
tons you naturally proceed to make the most Of
nun. ]. "he WAS born TO poverty SO were mil
lions besides; What then Does Charles Sumner
printing oilcen Thousands Of others have done the
should be put into the Presidential Chair 8. "He
started with nothing but industry and charac-
Country Way VIA e us
that rare trait and worthy OF grave consldera
ton In determining who shall he the next Pres
touched" There is nothing peculiar IN this. In
the ordinary dealings OF business life, no doubt
Greeley sSr pds goa bocs as T n n n Ss
political management he has been and con-
tinues to be far from upright substituting low
American compromser, Henry Clay, living and dy-
ing, was alike his idol and model. file does not find
means. To adhere to fixed principle OF right
come what may, ne regards as lanaticism; to sacrt
nee i Tor present attainabe advantage IT, in bis
affairs he is unreliable and without vision Or judg
ment. The latest exhibition OF his slipperiness Is
to reconcile nee traders to his nomination. He
seems to be quite destitute OF. moral sensibity
sees no good reason why fire ana gunpowder should
always remain at variance, or why light and dark
60 %U oS hs % for
aS Sn Se Of ns
with him, whether over "bioody chasm' or "' the
bottomless pit! His clamor for universal amnesty
ana for total oblivion of the causes and consc,
quences Of the late dreadful is directly in the
interest of another Southern rebellion; and should
he be our next President he has repeatedly pro-
claimed his belief in the right OF secession II
agreed agree upon ny controlling sectional majority
as to what may transpire under his administra-
ton There need be adduced no case for greater dis
trust or stronger condemnation than is found In
the fact that the great body OF Southern whites
loyal In form by necessity. not chOce-are eager
Southern freedmen arc trembling in fear irV Of it. for
they instinctlvely perceive what will be the sad
consequences to themselves. They may not in.
deed, be again reduced to bondage but short of
this there viii be little regard paid to their personal
or political rights For this IL that they are
feeling SO alarmed and indignant at the stupidity or
perlidy Of any OF their number In voting for the
Greeley ticket; and well may wide margin Of al
loWance DC made for them 4 IN any case they have
violence: Their object is not to strike down free
dom OF choice, but to save themselves from cruel
Tor they have much clearer vision than your own
ana practical knowledge Of men ana things
apoI mem nem dhat you DO not Talk not
tell them not of the superior virtues OF Mr. Greeley
AS q matter Of common sense and ordinary prii-
dence, they only ask-they need only ask-on
which side are their despisers and prosecutors
rallyng, Ku Kluxes and all to come to The sensible
conclusion that their safety lies in an opposite
direction. Yet 1t Is Charles Sumner who Is exerting
all his powers to persuade them to the contrary
BY what wttchcraft has this been brought about
madness of DISCOURSE
aathoyP where When sra aSa esn rsHot
s e. sna e so o s sSH'0n
The special point that you press upon the crate.
Greeley, from early life, was earnest and constant
race and always foremost il the great bat:
o republican that wish to see in the Presidential
chair lifetime abolitionist." Here, again, as
cannot be substantiated. Mr.. Greeley never WAS
and never assumed to be an abolitionlst. He never
denounced slaveholdlng as a a,dstn IN Sc, nor adj
vocated the immediate liberation OF the slaves nor
recommended direct assault upon slavery itself,
nor discountenanced all pro slavery compromises,
gress or to the legal rendition Ofugitve slaves nor
connected himself with any anti-slavery Organza-
was trimmer throughout the whole struggle not
wfthstanding that he wrote and published much
that was serviceable to the cause OF freedom. He
whig until republicanism supplanted the wing and
free-soil parties. Even after the slaves were set
free under Abraham Iinc0ns proclamation of
emancipation he was in favor Of paying those who
had robbed them OF every right and Tioted upon
their unpaid toll not less than four hundred mil
lions of dollars Far different was the manner in
Which your friend, Mr.. II. w. Emerson, regarded
this pecuniary adjustment between the slave mas
ter and slave
Give the owner compensation
Fill mp the bag 70 The briml
And ever wasI Pay himI . '""'''
Not so, said Mr.. Greeley; pay the money to the
slave masters IA Ana this to- after they had risen
horrors of civil war to perpetuate their despotic
power, and ut the cost OF thousands OF millions OF
And this is your 'Hife time abolitionIst,n Mr..
Sumner, always foremost In the great battle for
for themi' Why even their colonization In Africa
was an agreeable device to him; for, personally he
cherished the common prejudice against them,
though certainly ready no beffiend any suffering
applicant, black or white, being naturally OF q
benevolent disposition. IL is to his credit that he
was opposed TO the introduction Of new slave States
into the Union and also to the annexation of
new territory for the extension Of slavery; never
theess, with his compromising tendencies and
sentimental views OF peace, If he had been In the
Presidential chair when tie rebellion broke out,
the chances would have been that the Confederate
States might have dictated terms to the whole
country, even to the extent of recognizing their
ilndepenaence, ana leaving the slaves to their
peacemakers who vocieroEsIy cry "Peace peace"
when there Is no peace. lie believes In Gaping
Vcsuvus
It is exultingly announced by his organ, the
Trsbet,ae, that "a few years a0D il Horace Greeley
had ventured into Georgia or South Carolina he
would have been hanged on the nearest lamppost;
now his name is cheered to the echo IN every
Southern city, and the ex-slavehOlders and soldiers
of the rebellion, the men who always made South
ern opinion, are unanimously in favor OF electing
him PRESIDENT" boast like this should be eau
valent to tying q milestone around his neck to
drown him In the depth of the patriotic sentiment
Of the country. 1t is rebel cunning and duplicity
the broadcast scale.
In fact North and South, the Greeley movement
Is characterized linn
Read what the New York World says OF your letter
now under review 1--we suppose all democrats
wish to divide the colored vote, and detach q part
OF IL nom Grant; and If they desire the end
they must consent to endure the means.
What If Mr.. Sumner does assure the negro voters
tIt ha nri % rnI.u nor