Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-09-25

OF restored, and will give tone and cha
n acter to Mr.. Greeley's administration
to The rights of the lately enslaved rat
IN will be disregarded. A reign of te
c. rOr, cruelty and blood may be Intro
re duced, which will rob the colore
Is men and original Union men of tn
al South of the substance of civil right
re which the constitutional amendment
rs were intended to secure.
ie But some Liberal Republican ma,
Is say that my fears are groundless-tha
i Greeley is a Republican, and even
X elected by Democratic votes, wheI
d once in Office he will be true TO hi
: original principles. If the Democrac,
s believed this they would not suppof
S him. Somebody is to be cheated
T somebody is to be betrayed. Ibeliey,
s the very condition of things which ]
t have described is an inevitable result
But suppose the probabilities are the
: other way. 1t certainly is possible
J and from any such possibility the
country should be saved. We want
no eXperiments-no such risks-no
such contingency. The safe way is
the true way. And cur only safety
lies in excluding Tammany and the
COnfederacy from power. ANY vote
which tends to enthrOne these men
at Washington is vote against the
best Interests and welfare of the ma
ton.
Thus far have gone upon the very
reasonable suppositiOn that the ad-
minIstration OF Greeley should be
! judged of from the known charac-
/ ter of his supporters and friends
! This class eOntains-the rebels of the
! South, the thieves of New York city,
the corrupt and bargaining politicians
/ of both sections. Men who plotted
and planned the nations destruction
men who plotted and planned the
burning of Northern cities, who tried
to spread pestilence in our Northern
homes-men whom good people and
true men scorn and despise-whom
the civilized world has denounced as
outlaws and enemies of society, are
to day in close communion and on
terms of intimate relationship with
Mr.. Greeley. Never in the history of
politics was there so much of corrup-
tion and sin and uncleanness gathered
within the folds of a political party as
are now TO be found marshaled under |
the Greeley banner.
Honest and true men NAV be found !
among his adherents, but they, L re-
gret to say, are in the same bundle |
with the worst and the vilest.
WHAT WILL GREELEY DO IF LEFT
ALONE?
For the sake of the argument, how
ever, let us suppose that Greeley, as
soon as he is lifted to power, intends
'tO turn his back upon his supporters,
and administer the Government unin-
fuenced by their opinions or wishes.
Has he the qualities which will make
him a wise, judicious President? Is
Is he man of comprehensive views?
Is he stable in principles and conduct?
Let us see. In November and De
cember, 1860, when the Southern
States were about to secede, he advo-
Gated the policy of permitting them
to go in peace, and denied the right of ,
the Government to coerce them into
obedience. In February, 1861, he
again advocated he same doctrine. I
am glad he was not President then :
Secession would have been an accom- :
Dlished fact, and the Union of the I,
States lost forever. In 1864, after the ,
ilaves had been emancipated, he came
,ut with the astonishing proposition ;
hat the Government should pay S400, :
)00, COO for the slaves TO their former :
nasters-issue its bonds and tax the .
,eople to pay the amount. =
1t is fortunate that he was not Presi- =
lent then. 1t would have been a very =
,ad financial speculation, and invOl-
ed the nation in the most humilia :
ing and disgraceful compromise :
,nOwn in history-purchasing peace !.
f traitors in arms, and acknowledge I
ng the right of property in the blood, :,
ones, nerves and souls of men, wo- r
1en and children. His course upon :
be whole subject, relating to the war T.
nd TO slavery, has been changeable :;
nd impTaeticable. One day advo- T.
oting secession and the dissolution of Il
be Union; another day shouting on :,
} Richmond, and abusing Lincoln y,
n not moving fast enough; another .;
ay proposing a compromise with :,
ebels in arms and q dishonorable =
eace; one day denouncing slavery; -
mother day advocating the purchase q
slaves, and trying to make the na- 81
on bargainer and dealer in human a
battles; one day denouncing rebels =,
nd praying that death and desola- a.
on may be their portion, and next ~
~ bailing the very chief ofcriminals ~
I'd traitors to keep him out of pris- 10
/: one day charging the whole Demo- 20
attic population of the country as ~ ~
ling drunkards, thieves and muir -
,rers, and the next day embracing "
em with tender affection, and sell of
lg himself out to them, body, soul, NJ
putation and all. y.
GREELEY AS A FINANCIER. of
Let us examine his qualifications as ne
financier and determine if we can, IN
hat would be the character of his ad- by
in this regard. IN
In 1862 he opposed the issuing of WI
gal tender notes. 1 Will not stop re:
read extracts from his article un- IN
IS called for. w
In 1864 he not only favored legal viz
lders, but charged that any man an
10 should oppose them or favor spe- 70
, payment, desired the rebellion to no
cceed. IN
In 1866, when prices were inflated tn
d gold stood at lac, he advocated the De
mediate resumption of specie pay ma
INT. Such resumption would have 20
ought financial ruin upon the land IoI
IN one emu 10 tue OtueI. -
On the 5th of June, 1867, he advo- VIC
ed taxing the people so heavily an
1t the National debt should be paid res
in ten wears. And as one means sW
doing this, he proposed that there
luld be a tax of ten per cent. levied
all incomes in the United States.
As far back as 1868, he took similar ha
FUNDS, claiming that the income ty.
, was the fairest that could be me
led. lei.
IN the 26th of June, 1869, he had the
irely changed his mind, and decla- enc
that the income tax was unjust an'
burdensome. nv,
20 1 might spend hours, setting int
tn the contradictory views and thi
inns of this man upon the subject wo
1ur financial affairs. Changeable to
a aweathercock-one day advocating pro
leasure with intemperate zeal, and cur
next day, without any conceiva- me
reason, ranting against it with ally
lal fierceness. Are the immense fgI
netary affairs of this great nation, yoU
be entrusted to the control of a viii
nd so unsteady and brain so un- the
able as this? Who knows what upC
ane project might take possession 7
him at any moment, which, if car Go,
out, would involve the country the
financial ruin. If one policy were Tht
)e inaugurated, who could tell how wal
n that policy would be changed the
some new fancy of his erratic At
in substituted in its stead der
hara is NOT n single financial scheme x,,oe