The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-08-02
Reform Republic ans.

This numerous class of people desig-
mated ''soreheads' by those who never
change an opinion whether right or
wrong we briefly summarize as promised
in the last issue of the PLAIN DEALER
We presume the reasons they assign,
each for himself, are like those given
by Gen. Milo s. Hascall Grant cleo
tor four years ago for the State of
Indiana. Gen. Hascall who is now an
earnest supporter Of Horace Greeley
writes a letter in which he assigns the
following reasons therefor:
Mr.. Greeley l regard a much better
man for this crisis, than General Grant,
and he is certainly running OH much
better platform. He has been much
better Republican than General Grant,
because, while the latter was voting
the Democratic ticket, Greeley was
educating the public mind through long
years up to that standard of right and
justice which rendered it possible for
the Republican party to exist. If there
had never been any better Republicans
in the country than General Grant
slavery would exist to-day as it did
twelve or fifteen years ago. x *
I oppose Grant now because he is him.
self surrounded by corrupt ring con-
sisting of Senators Morton & Cameron,
Tom Murphy and others who have not
an honest hair in their heads, and who
have absolute control Of Grant and who
are running the Government, not for
the public good, but for their own
private gain. The Democratic party
having enthusiastically endorsed and
approved Of the principles Of the Cincin-
natl platform, and also its candidates,
it matters not to me how wrong they
may have been in the past. 1t is a
blessed satisfaction to NE to find them
back upon their old platform, with a
representative man thereon, simply be-
bause it would be easier to defeat them
in that way. On the contrary l say
they are deserving of infinite credit for
having taken the stand they have, and
I propose to move on side by side with
them-I that most bitterly oppose wher
they were wrong-until every corrupt
carpet-bagger in the land, every sutler
selling Williams, every Baker-defeat
ing ring of Moons and Iddings, ever,
corrupt and demoralizing Cameron all,
Morton have been swept from the pla.
ces they now occupy as with the beson
of destruction.
Of the first cabinet of President Lin
coin, Salmon p. Chase, Gideon Welies
and Montgomery Blair are for Gree
lev. Cameron is for Grant and Sew
ard, is waiting. Of the thirty one re
publicans who were then in the U. S
Senate six are dead, thirteen suppor
Grant and twelve are for Greeley.
Gratz Brown governor of Missouri
was a republican in Mo. when Gran
was hanging about the worst doggerie
Of St. Louis nerving his courage up tt
vote for Buchanan.
| Carl Schurz, United States Senator
of Missouri was one Of the early foun
dcrs Of the republican party. Al
Schurz it Ineligible of the Office Of pres
ident because Of his foreign birth, it i
not very apparent where his "soreheaa'
comes in.
Greeley republicans who helped i
tho republican party and oppos
Grant.
Lyman Trumbull U. s. Senator Ill
Charles Sumner '' Mass
Ruehen Il. Fenton '' 's N. Y
Ira Harris Ex-senator N. y
, Morton S. Wilkinson " Mimi
. j. Donnelly Ex-Mc
Gao W Julian Of Indian a