The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-17

II l. hard 70 renOuce an old political
friend. one whom you have trusted.
sought advice from. ard IN a certain
degree. regarded as q leader. II
awakens feelings Of regret. not 20
much for the loss Of a friend. a. for
the loss Of that confidence which
made friendship possible # there
was one man in the Republican party
whom we deemed more honest IN his
+ convictions than another, that man
was Horace Greeley. We know be
was eccentric. on some questions IN
reliable. but we never doubted bis
honesty until now. We have been
forcedro desert him. for when q man de-
serts from himself how can he expect
his old friends toremsin by him . five
ever believed in his honesty We take
II al back We look IN vain for some
grounds on which 10 Justify our past
faith but We turn unwillingly from
the search. ard confess there are none.
We can accept either horn Of the
dilcmmma. and the result x The same
If be was honest IN the past. be i
dishonest now II be ! honest now.
he has been dishonest al his life,
Out Of his own mouth be i convicted
Of political dishonesty. He advOea-
ted the elevation Il the black race
the granting Of lands 10 freedmen
the necessity Of passing laws for the
protection Of southern l0yalists the
absolute right Of the Federal Govern
meut 10 enforce these laws, and the
vital Importance Of defeating Demo
craev, because is triumph would de-
feat these wise measures. Now be
swallows his past record and de1Ou1-
ees the very acts be first suggested
and advocated. The champion q
protection a bitter, unrelenting for 20
free trade. he has left 0n record more
good reasons for making protection
. plank in the party plaJform-Of en-
grating the policy Oh the administra-
ti0n-than any other political writer
Of our times n his estimation no
greater calamity could befal thenatioD
than the triumph Of the Democratic
party, because the weight Of is ad-
ministrative and legislative influence
would be IN favor 4 free trade. Now
be ignores the past. absndons the pol
iev ofprotec1ion. shakes hands n per
feet fellowship with free traders. and
Is willing 70 be al things 70 al men.
just TO become President Of the United
States
Now that he l. al the feet Of Dem
ocraev. begging for political ard in his
work Of rule OF ruin. doing his best
70 prove that his past life has been g
miserable sham, a career Of deceit
and hypocrisy, In the interest Of his
free-trade friends, letus permit Horace
70 speak for himself lest our words
might do him injustice. Speaking Of
the Democratic party and IL policy.
he not long ago paid II the following
compliment:
Point wherever You please 70 an
election district which vou viii BRO
nOunee morally rotten, given up IN
great part TO debaucherv and vice
and that district VIII be found A.
nearly or every election 70 give q
large majority FOR that which STYLES
itself the Democratic party.
Take al the haunfs Of dehaueberv
in the land and YOU VIII find nine
tenths Of their msster-spirits active
participants Of that same Democracy.
May II be written On nv grave
tEat | never was It's follower. and
lived and died in uothing is debtor
Was be honest then ? II be was.
be i dishonest now. The Democratic
party has not changed. for the same
element rules II to-day that ruled II
when Greeley wrote the above. But
Horace l. not himself He has caught
that terrible malady which has carried
50 many leading men 10 untimelv
grav--the presidential fever He
has a very severe attack. il has turned
his brain. and out Of charity we are
willing 10 forget the wrong be has
done bis party, aud leave 10 his own
conscience the future realization q
the greater wrong be has done HIM
self