New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-10-24

every man of the rank and file of the par
with the most relentless hate. and held eve
one Individually and alone as well as cole
= lively, as a party, responsible not for sha
e only, but for the whole great aggregate s.
Il OF The defeat OF Henry Clay, (Of that we a
3 lett proud, Of the annexation of Texas. fl
IS Mexican war, and all the evils that ever li
L or will result thercfrom; and the Lord onl
+ Knows what other wild, crazy charges ema
$ mated from his added brain, for being guilt
G OF which we were enc and all consigned t
4 inc lowest hell to which a unversalist eve
INDUCES in consigning any one. think h
1 must have regretted that he did not beliey
| III q good square orthodox hell, and that h
must have felt that if there was none. Their
; should be for our special benefit. Not ma,
OF that number has Mr.. Greeley ever for
gwen, and | thank God for the assurance
| leel that every man of them who NAV be alive
anu can possibly do SO, will be at the DOLL.
IN November to record their vote against him
and drive one nail each in his political coffin
80 much for Mr.. GreeIey's anti-slavery SC
late As 1911. Will some one who can see il
please tell where his pioneer work comes in
up to that date: In 1913 nomination was
made at Buffalo, and the platform did suuint
the least bit in the world towards the exclu-
son of slavery from free territory. Did Mr..
Greeley support that nomination. Not
much. The old pro-slavery Wing party put
IN nomination the STAKEHOLDER. General Tay-
! Tor, for President
Horace Greeley opposed the nomination.
not because OF The pro-slavery character of
the party or the man, but, as L believe, be-
cause he already felt that Horace Greeley was
the coming man, or, rather, that he had al
ready arrived, and should himself see that
honor. He fought the nomination with his
| characteristic bitterness until he was offered
nomination for Congress if he would sup
port Gen. Taylor. Two members were TO he
elected, one for a full term, and one to fill
an nheXplred term of two or three months.
lie was offered the full term, and when the
clink OF the So per day sounded i'm his ears
WIN congressional hOnOrs thrown in. Gen.
Taylor was at once transformed into as
great saint with him as Horace himself so
recently was with the Washington Patriot
and Just eight weeks to a day before cleo
ton the name of Taylor was placed at the
masthead OF the Tribune. But, alas for poor
Horace, born to be gulled and fooled, which
process Is about to eliminate in the great
tomtoolry of his life. The party, after using
him as they wished, turned him Off with the
iag"end OF a term, and gave the full term TO
JIM BROOKS, OF THE EXPRESS.
But think it was about an even thing after
all, for it required eight weeks hard work to
unsay the harsh aud bitter things he had
said about Gen. Taylor. Here, as elsewhere
and always,
He riggled in and rigeled out.
And left the people still in doubt
whether the snake that made the track.
Was going South or coming back"
So much for his anti-slavery record to No
vember, 1913. In 1852 the Wings nominated
General Scott, man who felt called upon
now and then to attend the Union slavery
meetings OF that day, the legitimate business
OF which was to denounce all efforts being
made for the overthrow Of slavery and all
persons engaged therein. A portion of the |
platform on which he stood declared. "We
will discomtenance all agitation of the sub |
jcct OF slavery" | do not now t'recollect |
whether Horace Greeley opposed this nomi-
nation or not. think he did, but if so, not |
because OF the pro-slavery character of the |
man or the platform, but eventually know |
1t received his support, he saying of it. "Scott
heads the column forward" This was the |
last nomination made by the Wing party.
Horace Greeley, as was so APPLY remarked by
the gentleman who recently so ably reviewed |
summers letter, "Clung to it till il
dlcd and SUNK on his hands," Such is a
course until the breath of life could no LONGER
be kept in the Wing party What is there
about this, gentlemen of the press, allow Inc
to ask, from which to send the statement over
the land that Horace Greeley was one of the
early pioneers in the anti-slaverv cause
NO, no, gentlemen; greater error was never
Let me entreat of you to say so no more.
Horace Greeley an early anti-slavery man!
Why, these were times that tried mems souls.
II ever that Scripture had literal fulfllment.
which says " "A mans foes shall be they of
his own household" it did at that time. Men
VINO claimed the equal rights of all men be-
ofe the law took their lives in their hands,
ana knew not at what hour they might be
called upon to lay them down. They adj
hered to their principles at Il sacrifice Of the
most warmly cherished friendships. Social
position, lucrative business, relations. time
Talent, money, and sometimes life itself. and
Tor TINS deadly persecution against them Hor-
ace Greeley is far more responsible than anv
other living man, most fully believe.
No such reforms has Mr.. Greeley ever en-
sneered through; not he. Always in the
market at a price, always having an eve to
The main chance, no possible danger that he
would ever embrace truth, 50 unpopular as
TO ehdan9er either life or limb, but he has
i""''t "A''i WV popuidl CulIcHI anu WaXCU
lat and grew rich, a thing very rarely accom-
plished by those who, from fixed and settled
principle, engineer such very unpopular re-
forms as was the anti-slavery movement. and
it might, with just as much Justice and pro-
priety, be claimed for Pilot and Herod-tbat
they were prominent leaders in the Christian
religion. AS for Horace Greeley, that he
was pioneer anti-slavery man." fop what
they accomplished in the case of the founder
of that system he would have done with the
leaders of this movemset had he possessed
the power L most fully believe. One word
more to the gentlemen of the press, Repub-
leans particularly, and L have done with
them. Why is it, gentlemen, that it has 80
often been said in Republican papers, 1--WE
believe Mr.. Greeley to be honest" From
an examination of his record for the last
thirty years where is the evidence to be found.
What important question, with one or two
but he has at different times. if
not in some cases at the same time, taken
both sides of? Why, quite a volume might
be filled with his arguments upon opposite
sides of different subjects, where he has
wheeled around and doubled upon his own
track so suddenly and so bitterly opposed
former arguments, which were scarcely