Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-08-21

Z ing to vote this way. They would a
soon be killed as to vote for Horac
Greeley. They are not going to th
polls. They Will vote at the Stat
! election, but will not vote any further
, and it is the quiet element that is 90
ing TO do the business through tn
whole land. 1t is the lightning tha
| kills, not the thunder. 1t isn't tn
t noise, it's the energy and force ant
, viii of the American people tha
|, counts.
REASONS FOR OPPOSING GREELEY.
1 oppose Horace Greeley as a citi
zen of the United States because I an
opposed to secession.
GREELEYis sECEssIONIsAI.
In the New York Tribune of Dec
"a, 1860, Mr. Greeley says: "Let the
Cotton States, or any six or more
States, say uDequivOeally that they
want to go out of the Union, and pro-
pose to effect their end peaeably and
inotfensively, and we will do our best
to help them out not that we want
them to 90, but we loathe the idea OF
compelling them to stay. Most GER
tainly we believe that government
was made for the people, not the peo-
pie for the government; that the lat
ter derive their just power from the
consent of the governed. Whenever
a portion of this Nation, large enough
to form an independent, self-sustain-
ing Nation, shall see fit to say au-
thentically to the residue, we want
to get away from you, we shall say
and we trust self-respect, if not regard
for the principle of self-government,
will restrain the residue of the Ameri-
can people to say, Co."
Now, if any gentleman denies that,
1 have the proof here, and for all say
1 have the proof here. Mr.. Greeley
declared that then for a purpose. He
said whenever; not in the past, not in
the present, but in the future and il
Mr.. Greeley becomes President of the
United States then he stands, I pre-
sumo, by his declaration, or else he
lies. Do you believe he meantit when
he said it? Do you believe that he
proclaimed it as his honest sentiment
and belief? Or do you think it was
simply for the purpose of inducing the
Southern States to go out? 1t was
for one thing or the other. What
would be the result, supposing Mr..
Greeley became President ofthe Uni
ted States-and you can not find
secessionist in the United States that
won't vote for him, not one. That is
his secession doctrine, and il he be-
comes President of the United States,
then these States may go out by a
majority being in favor of It, and how
are they to be kept back if they vote
ia favor of going out? Who is to be
the commander of your armies HOr-
ace Greeley. Whoi is to call them out?
Horace Greeley. What does Horace
Greeley say: "If you want to go-go
in peace. shall not exercise the
war power to keep you in. I will al
low you to go whenever you want to |
go. 1 shall not retain you. Burst the |
Union from one end to the other.-
The different States are like so many |
different farms, and I can exercise |
no power to keep you together But, |
says gentleman here, "the Southern |
men who fought during the war are |
not now in favor of secession" They |
fought for it once, and if they risked |
their lives for it then, why are they |
not willing to go out now? if, under |
Greeley's administration, they could
go out peaceablY? Now, if you have
a vote, my brother Democrats, for that
kind of man, I want you to cast it.
GREELEY's ENDORSEMENT OF GRANT.
Now in political matters 1 would
like for any gentleman to tell me
what General Grant has recommen-
ded to Congress that Horace Greeley
has not endorsed. Speak out; don't
be ashamed; this is a free and easy
Laughter.) I'd like to
know it. l am thirsting for Informa-
ton. 1 am almost dying to know
what public measures Grant recon-
mended that Greeley dind't stand by.
Greeley was death for the Ku Klux
bill. Why, he just went for wiping
these fellows entirely outof existence,
and now these Southern traitors would
come up and butt all the hair off their
heads against the part which his
mother used to spank. (Laughter,) |
What advantage then has Greeley
over Grant.
DEMOCRATS CAN'T COUNT ON GREELEY
Greeley has no Democracy. He new
II was a Democrat in his life. Grant
/
.gainstthe Democrats. Greeley spoke
Igainst them constantly, uniformly,
neanly, violently. You Democrats
Who go for Greeley think if you elect
lin that you may use him. don't
,nOw about this, but I don't believe
-ou can. / think you will be badly {
OOled. Laughter.l He is not much
f Democrat. He is like a wood
huck that went back to his hole and 2
Ound a skunk in it. The skunk in !
listed that he was a Woodchuck.- I
Laughter and cheers-) Well, says he
ou don't act like wOOdchuck, nor !
ou don't look like a wOodchuck, nor '
ou don't smell like a woodchuck.- 2
Renewed laughteT.) And if Greeley a
cts or speaks or writes like Demo-
rat, would like to know when or
there. would like TO know when or i
here he has ever endorsed the Demo-
ratio party in any shape or form.
Yet you are going toreward him for n
is abuse. You are going about q
lercenary set Of fellows. q
A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY. "
You have all abandoned the party, =
nd l am the only rem nant. Here l e
and. Judge Thurman, John g. ii
thompson and Judge Green, and the 4
ord knows who al ?, have left the q,
arty, and here am standing alone, sf
nd feel like one ''who treads alone .,
,me banquet hall deserted" Laugh Y
~ Now, am a pretty specimen to Y
,present the Democratic party. IRE n
ewed laughter.) It's a mighty heavy W
b, too. / never had such a weight \,
responsibility upon me before in fo
v life. Yet I am denounced because Il
won't desert il and Join the Greeley N
ew. If had said six months ago ~
at you would vote for Horace Gree 90
Y you would have said that 1 was a M
lr and a puppy, but now you take it r,
strate. You are told to ''go in" tV
i'd you go, IN
WITHOUT RUDDER OR SAIL. en-
The Democratic party has no plat 81
rm and no candidate, still it is a tlr
party, and you stand by frC
with just as much fidelity as the 81
ltchman had in Andrew Jackson. an
e lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylva- III
q, when Jackson was President of av
e United States. A gentleman had III
en- at Washington, and on return ms
z told a neighbor, named Zinn, that ira
had been over at Washington.- ab,
Vel, !" said Zinn, "did you see Gen. rel
Al Jackson there p" ''NO," said ne, alt
didn't go to see him, but heard i
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