The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-08-15

For Member Of Congress, Third District
GEN. II. II. AVERILL.
J0nNsoN AND GREELEY.
In speech Of over two hours in
length at Knoxville, Tennessee, on
Monday evening, ex-President Andy
johnson took tho ground that the oon-
stituticn and the country could be
saved only by the election Of Horace
Greeley. In this sympathy Of john
son with the Liberal movement We see
history repeating itself. Greeley is
now attempting to do what johnson at.
tempted . few years sgo-to break up
the Republican party and construct
new ono devoted to his own personal
fortunes and ambitions. johnson had
Convention; Greeley has had Con-
vsntion. johnson had apology; Gree
10y has = policy. johnson insisted that
tho country would go to the bad un'
lesa he was kept in the Presidential
chair Greeley ands tho country on
tho high road to that destination now,
and bis election q. President is its on.
" salvation. The parallel might be
continued indefinitely, until now We
fiud this brace of w,rthies sailing along
arm.io.arn shouting together for re-
form Of the civil service.
Horace Greeley took care, in his bet
ter days, that the world should never
remain in ignorance as to who and what
ANDY johnson was. 1t il less than
five years ago since he w,ote the follow
log opinion Of his present supporter {:
1--WE believe anything possible Of Mr.:
johnson. His Administration is record
of deception, cunning, disloyalty
ism TO the best interests OF the country
He has made the Administration Of B.l-
il. ohsuan respectable by showing q degrade:
ton to which even Mr.. Buchanan could
not sink"
,'~ In the following sentence in the
same article, Mr.. Greeley not only
# wrote of johnson, but prophetically Of
himself;
"He has betrayed his party; he has be-
trsyed his friends he has betrayed bis
country"
- Some six months afterwards, MIR.
Greeley, full Of noble indignation, wrote
6ercely but truthiully:
Tho time has come to cease triding with
8 Andy johnson. This man who reelsd into
. tho Presidency who has debssed his high
~ Office by unseemly and indecent demon
y strstions !; who has surrounded himself
with the worst members Of tho worst phase
Of Washington life whose retinue consists
Of lobbyists, reoels, and adv enturers who
has polluted the public service by making
espionage honorable, and treaohery the
means Of advsnoemeat; who has deceived
the party that created him, ~ well ~ the
marty that elected him; who has made
T. bis own morbid aud overweening vanity
tho only rule of his administration who
has sought to entrap illustrious servants Of
the people into ignopinious evasion Of the
Law anu who now claims to break that Law
with impunity-this infamous Chief Mag
istrate should be swept out Of Office. Let
him be ,s,peached. And let the Republican
- party show that it not only has the power
10 preserve the country from rebellion un
der jefferson Davis, but also from treach'
cry under Andrew Johnson"
Why do we now find this man who
betrayed bis party aud his country;
who polluted tho public ser-ise and
,,,eeled into the Presidency; who made
i his retinue to consist Of lobbyists add
rebels ; who claimed the right to break
the Law With immunity i; who Was infa.
nous IS Chief Magistrate-why do
We now ind this man publicly e.
pousing the cause of Mr.. Greeley and
making speeches in behalf of his cleo.
ton I Does it betoken any inherent
purity 10 the party that men like An
! drew johnson should be drawn toward
iet1 Does tho success Of such . parry
carry with it any promise for the good
= OF tho country? When, einoe MI.
I. Greeley drew the picture given above,
has Andrew Johnson's publication
taken place? ~, j.. i:
- The ex-President says in hia speech
that no is forced to choose between
Gen. Grant and Mr.. Greeley, and he
''eahnot hesitate to choose Greeley."-
He does this because he finds il the
Republican party and its candidate
nothing ooneeniaI to the ruling pur-
:. poses Of bis life. Between Gen. Grant
and himself there is the strongest 40.
atagonism.s Gen. Grant saved the ooua-
try !; he attempted to betr.y it-Geo.
Grant has faithfully executed tho laws ;
1 he attempted to break them-Geu.
:: Grant has hooorably and economically
managed the affairs Of the government,
sho surrounded himself with lobbyists
snd adventurers, and was the guardian
Of whisky - rings-Gen. Grant has
depor.ed himself like . christian gen.
I. tlemao; he reeled into, the Presidsu.
tial chair . shameless sot-Gen. Grants
administration has reflected honor on
the nation his vas = record Of; Do.
sosption, sunnins and disloyslty, y; sink
! ing to lowest degradation. Ho would
feel as unc,.nfortabls IN the Republi.
can party IS would fallen angel in
heaven.
L i scarcely to DO believed that John.
sons support comes from any love OF
Mr.. Greeley. He cannot but feel some
Iankllng over the bitter things tho lat
ter has said concerning him., But he
sses bis own success united with that
of the party headed BY his old enemy.
The sympathies Of bis retinue are