The Shasta courier., 1872-09-21
NUMBER 26.
A GREELEY EFFORT.

the Court House on Saturday evening, ac-
cording to programme. A fair sized audi.
euce we're present including maoy Repub-
licans and goodly proportion Of ladies'
The meeting was called to order by A r.
Andrews, when, upon motion of Mr.. Bick-
ford, DR.. Pelham Was called to the
chair. DR. Shorb was then introduced,
and spoke for couple of hours.
The Doctor took very poor way OF
commencing himself to the Democratic
po. ton Of his audience BY announcing that
be had been Union man and as such had
served in the reg ular army through' ut the
war. Probably this damaging admission
dampened the ardor Of the newly baptiz.
ed converts to Republicanism. VII, torn
the Greeley element hersabouts As the
Doctors speech was not directed against the
Republican party, but solely at Grant and
his administration, we shall let Mr. Greeley
answer him. 10 fact, part of his effort
were 10 the nature of sound Republican
speech, and as such received tremc ndous
applause from the two Greeleyi1ed Repub-
licaDs who form the "head Of the party"
in Shasta, while the new converts listened
in funereal silence. 1t is none of our
funeral" but we cannot help wishing the
Doctor would find more sympathetic audi
ences. 1t is little singular that he never
once spoke of the Democratic party. either
past or present, which, as he re presents the
Democratic element on the electoral ticket,
was ungra' eful, to say the least. That
our readers may compare Dr.. Shorb's i"eas
with those of his chi f, upon some Of the
points, "e append few Of the many opiui
ions which the bucolic Horace has uttered
of Grant and bis administration.
"The insinuation that tho Presiden' was in col:
lusion with the gold gamblers never had fact to
lift it above the level of audacious ealumny, or
motive save the coarsest sensationalism or clumsy
malignity. There was combination to put gold
up. When it assumed dangerous proportions Gen
eral Grant interfered and crushed it. Thereupon
he is charged with having been party TO il !
The country knows its President to be incapable of
such conduct. If it did not, it would still b. able
in plain case to reason that men are not Sc
cretly seeking that which they openly. determined
y and effectively destroy. By their fruits ys shall
know them Tribune, Oct. 18th, 1869.
There is also wide difference of opin-
ion between the Doctor and his chief on
the San Domingo business. Hear Horace:
"Santo Dom ngo. through its only ruler, sought
our Government and preferred annexation The
President gave encouragemt mt till after An in
terval of months the proer renewed, and action
upon it urgently solicited. Then the Presiaent
looked carefully into the matter. and deci1ed that
our country's we'll being would be promoted BY
acceptance of Baez's proposition. Perhaps
this an error of judgement, though we can not
so regard it. Had he decided differently. We be-
lieve the President would have been far moro
vehemently assaied than he has been. Just con-
slider what Democratic howl would ave gone
up if. after we had offered so many millions for
Cuba, Gen. Grant had refused to accept San Do
mingo virtually for nothing Tribune, Nay 5, 1871
Doubtless the old Philosopher hits the
nail square on the head, when he shows
whence all the cavilling at Grants Ad'
ministraton springs;
"Upon General Grants accession to the Presi-
dencv, great number of those wh" had support
ed his election with some who had not. sought office
his hs ads. expected him to bestow it ked.
He unable to crafty their aspirations. Their
amen tations. mingled with the hOws Vt the disap-
pointed, IN de up very dolefu dissonance, where-
of the only meaning deducibe runs thus "Gen-
eral Grant is found wanting--his administration is
failure Failure how? in what? Have We
not peace and plenty in the land {? IL not our flag
displayed and respected on every sea? VIII" fears
insurrection at home or invasion from abroad ?
Yes, General Grant has failed to crafty eager
aspirations and has thereby incurred some In
tense hatreds. These do not and will not fail;
and his administration will prove at least equally
vital. We shall hear lamentation after lamen-
tatinn over his failure from those whose
wish is father 10 the thought; hut the American
people let them pass UNDECIDED. Their strong arms
bore him triumphantly through the war. and into
the White Houe an still uphoda sustain him
they never failed. they never will. Tribune.
This is rough on the Doctor.
"The people of the United States know General
Grant-have known all about him since D, neIson
sad Vicksburg they do not know his slanderers,
and do not care to know them"
We give but two opinions more. The
indications are that the people coincide
with Horace in them The "great upris.
ing, from Maine to Texas," which the
Doctor spoke of 40 feelinsly has truly
commenced, especially in Maine.
IA Democratic triumph involves the ascsndency
Of those who hate the nations creditors because
their m ,ney powerfully contributed to the over
throw of the rebellion, and will find way to chest
them if possible.
the personal views of Mr.. Greeley's inpel
him to deprecate DemOcratlc national triumph As
one Of the qrnvest national caiamties. - Tribune.
Argustls. 1871.
.7.,hould my views he overruled and Gener.i
Grant nominated, hold his election infinitely pre-
ferable 10 that of ANY CANDIDATE whom tho
II m ,crats may nominate. for Democrats triumph
N Olives re urn pnwer of the great mass Of those
WHO for years plotted the disruption Of our Union,
and at length forced the Southern States into seces
sion and rebellion contrary tn the wishes and the
ind msnt of decided majority of their peopie"--
7Yi6 tHe. August IS, 1871.
3 From the few passages We have quoted
above, it is evident that Horace and his
pupil don't exactly "hitch" in their ideas
of General Grants governmental policy
We are incli.ed r. believe the old Philoso-
pher to be the best informed of the two,
aud therefore, the best capable OF judging.
Certain il is, that unsil dazzled with the
hope of Presidential nomination, Re
publican principles had no frmer fupporter
than the same Mr.. Greeley. whom Demo
Gratis now sulogize for the single msrit (it
it can be called such) Of hSy!nG- so@d hio-
self 70. 81 empty aacoE. 50