Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-30
HORACE GREELEY's woRDsIN 1860.
Greeley tried to lead the public mind 10 favor
Secession. The public would mt follow him,
80 he iurned around and followed the

Greeley tried to lead the public mind to favor
Secession. The public would mt follow him.
so he turned around and followed tho
ubIic.
Those who wish to know just how
strongly and in what terms Greeley
advocated secession and encouraged
the tire-eaters when Lincoln was
first elected, are referred to "Gree-
ley's American Conflict" Vol. /,
page 359. There are plenty of cop
les TO be found. We print the whole
of his celeb ated Tribune article of
Nov. 9th 1860:
"GoING TO Go.-The people of the
United States have indicated, accord
ing to the forms prescribed by the
Constitution, their desire that Abra.
ham Lincoln, of Illinois, shall be their
next President, and Hannibal Ham
lin OF Maine their Vice. President,
A very large plurality of the popu-
lar vote has been cast for them and
a decided majority Of Electors
chosen, who will undoubtedly vote
for and elect them on the first
Wednesday in December next. The
electoral votes will be formally seal
ed up and forwarded to Washington,
there to be opened and counted. on
given day in February next, in the
pr, sence of both Houses of Congress;
and it will then be the duty OF Mr..
John G. Breckenridge, as President
of the Senate, to declare Lincoln and
Hamlin duly elected President and
Vice President of these United
States.
"Some people do not like this, as is
very natural. Dogberry discovered,
good while ago, that"Whon two ride
horse, one must ride behind"
That is not generally deemed the pre-
ferable seat; but the rule remains un-
affected by that circumstance. We
know how TO sympathize with the
defeated; tor we remember how tCe
felt, when Adams was defeated; and
Clay, and Scott, and Fremont. 1t is
decidedly pleasanter to be on the
winning side, especially when-as
now-it happens also to be the right
side.
eve sympathize with the Athlete
but we can not recommend them to
do any thing desperate. What is the
use ? They are beaten now; they
may triumph next tine: N fact, they
have generally had their own way.
had they been subjected to the dis
cipline of adversely 80 often as we
have, they will probably bear it with
more philosophy, and deport them
selves more befttingly. We live to
learn: and one of the most difficult
requirements is that of meeting re
verses with graceful fortitu de.
"The telegraph informs US that
most of the Cotton States are medi-
tating a withdrawal from the Union,
because Of Lincoln's election. Very
well: they have right to mediate,
and meditation is a profitable en-
ployment of leisure. We have
chronic, invincible disbelief in Disu-
MON as remedy for either Northern
or Southern grievances. We cannot
see any necessary conr ection be-
tween the alleged disease and this
ultra-heroic remedy; still, we say, if
any one sees fit to mediate Dis
union, let him do so unmol ,sted
That was a base and hypocritic row
that was once raised, at Southern
dictation, about the ears of John
Quincy Adams, because he presented
petition for the dissolution of the
Union. The petitioner bad a right
to make the request;it was the Mem
ber's duty to present it. And now,
if the Cotton States consider the val
ue of the union debatable, we main
tain their perfect right to discuss it,
Nay: we hold, with Jefferson, to
the inslienable right of communi
ties to alter or abolish forms of gov.
eminent that have become oppress-
i've or injurious, and, if the Cotton
States shall decide they can do bet
ter out of the Union than in it, we
insist on letting them 90 in peace.
The right to secede may be revolu-
tionary one, but exists nevertheless;
and we do not see low one party can
have right to do what another par
ty has a right to prevent. We must
ever resist the asserted right OF any
State to remain in the Union, and
nuIlify or defy the laws thereof: to
withdraw from the Union is quite
another matter, And, whenever q
considerable section of our Union
shall deliberately resolve to go out,
we shall resist al coercive measures
designed tokeep it in.We hope never
to live in republic, whereof one
section is pinned to the residue by
bayonets.
"But, while we thus uphold the
practical liberty, ifnot the abstract
right, of secession, We must insist
that the step be taken, if it ever
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