The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-16

/ ace 6reeley IS popular and aValla-
bic candidate to run against Gener-
al Grant, the democrats are disap-
I pointed. They wanted the Cincin-
natl Convention to nominate q man
whose views are more in accord
with their own. Nor do many OF
the old leaders like to abandon vir
tually their organization by going
with this new party Of liberal repub-
licans. As a consequence ssme of
the democratic papers and leaders
have opened their batteries against
the nomination Of Mr.. Greeley.
Others, less rigid, are on the fence.
\ Both of these classes of democrats
are from the North. The Southern
Democrats generally, as we under
stand at present, are in favor of
Greeley. He has been the earnest
| advocate of universal amnesty, of
raising the South from her de-
| pressed condition, of promoting
emigration to that section, of blot
ting out the sad memories of our
civil war, of promoting kindly feel
/ ing and harmony between the two
sections, and had the magnaninity
/ to be bail for JEFF Davis. The
SoutheTners, consequently, are will
ling to forget his anti-slayery hos
tility before the war, recognize him
as the friend of the South, and
would gladly give him their votes
with the hope of defeating General
Grant and the party which has kept
them crushed to the earth.
Such, then, is the position Of the
different parties with regard to the
Cincinnati movement and the nom
inee. There is, however, independ-
ent of these parties, the great Amer
lean people to be considered.
While we are aware that the infiu-
ence of party organization is great,
there is large class of independ-
ent voters who act upon their own
preference or judgement The mass
of the people, too, are apt on ex-
traordiuary occasions to ignore
party ties and to follow their i'm
| pulses or patriotic sentiments.
There are, undoubtedly, many and
great elements of popularity in Mr.
Greeley. His supporters under
stand that ana it would not be wise
for his opponents to lose sight of
it. We have given reasons why the
Southern white people, and even
| the old States right democrats
among them, should vote for him.
And who can doubt the favorable
sentiment of the negroes? Horace
Greeley has been the lifelong friend
of the blacks. Ignorant rs they
may be, they know that no man has
done more, if as much, as he has tor
their emancipation and welfare. He
has been more their Moses than
Abraham Lincoln was. We think
that if the choice for President
should be only between Gen. Grant
and Horace Greeley a large majori
ty of the negroes would vote for
Greeley, as we'll as a large majority
Of the whites in the South, and that
he would carry All the Southern
States. In the North he would be
largely supported by the farmers,
and this class of citizens in the
State of New York-particularly in
the western part, where he is popu-
lar together with the large vote he
would get in this city, would prOba-
bly, give him the electoral vote of
the Empire State. The irish every
where remember his sympathy for
them and old Ireland, and are en-
thusiastic over his nomination. A
large portion of the Germans, under
the influence of Carl Schurz and
other leaders, would, undoubtedly,
vote for the Cincinnati nominees.
This is plainly indicated already by
the German Press. The working
men are proud of Greeley as one of
their own class and as their own
friend, and the men Of the press,
q large and very influential body of
citizens, are, irrespective of party,
desirOus of eleyating him to the
Presidency. The manufactures see
in him q warm and constant adyO
cate of their interests. He has been
the friend of the Cubans and every
other people struggling for liberty.
He is loved for his generous and
kind nature. Even his vanity,
quaintness, peculiarities, isms, dog
matisms, and other defects are only
smiled at kindly because of his
good qualities. He is so much a
man ofthe people and so we'll known
that to carricature him only makes
him more popular.
1t may be said, perhaps, that this
is rather an extravagant eulogy of
Mr.. Greeley; but that is not inten-
ded. We are simply speaking of
the candidate for the Presidency and
of facts which bear upon the great
public questions at issue. But with
all these elements of popularity and
advantages with which Mr. Greeley
enters upon the campaign he can
hardly expect to be elected without
the democratic vote or endorsement
Of the democratic party. To obtain
this he must purge his extreme pro
tectionist theories, and consent, in
the language of the Cincinnati plat
form, to be governed by the will of
the people. On this he must be
very outspoken, for 1t is the greatest
obstacle to todemocratic support.
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