The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Political lSOnlersanifs.
CWm. LLOYD Garrison in the n Y Indenena

! Political SOmersaHifs.
VIM. Lloyd Garrisonin then Y. Independent.
" d Many instances of this kind
are seen in the ranks of the so.called
Liberal Republican party"-most lib
eral toward all that has been traitorous
in the land most llliberal toward all
that is eminently loyal. The most nota-
bic one is found in tie person of its
principal leader Mr.. Horace Greeley
Prominently identified with the Repub.
lican party from its organization, essay.
ing to be its redoubtable champion
against all its adverSaries, proudly hold.
ing it up as the embodiment Of the in
telligence, virtue and patriotism of the
nation, glorying in its brilliant record,
and cordially sustaining sometimes orig,
inating) its ably constructive and pre-.
servatiye measures, till within a few
months, he is now its fierce assailant,
doing what in him lies to insure its dis
ruptiOn and cover it with shame and dis.
grace. From eulogizing President Grant
for his sterling qualities, his we'll tried
patriotism, his modest bearing, his honest
endeavor to administer the Government
in furtherance of the rights aud interests
of the whole people aud of all sections
of the country, without fear or favor,
and strictly within the limits of con.
siitutional authority, and renominating
him for the Presidency as better quail.
fed in 1872 than in 1868, Mr.. Greeley
has turned to blackening his character as
one totally unfit for the station he occu
pies, utterly venal in spirit and conduct,
degraded in companionship, deficient in
understanding, and military usurper
under whose iron hand the sorely visited
South lies crushed and bleeding, the
prey of remorseless { Northern carpet.
baggers," alike defenseless and despair.
ing Through his mouthpiece, the 7rib.
une, he is filling the air with the vilest
of those who will not follow
his lead and echo his sentiments; brand.
ing the Presidents administration. with
out qualification, as THIS DAuYARLE
ADN'NlsTRATloN'-a charge made in
public speech by prominent Liberal
Republican, and conspicuous!y printed
in capitals in the Tr,buae, IN order to
give it emphasis
Now, here Is somersault SO astound.
ing as to challenge the closest scrutiny.
Is there particle of evidence to show
that it has been made conscientiously. in
the service of the people, without any
personal self seeking or hope of supplant
Ing the President ? If so, it remains to
be produced. All the facts bear in an
opposite direction. Last year, after pro
posing the reelection of President Grant,
Mr.. Greeley had sudden change come
over :" the spirit of his dream and.
from what motive or at whose suggestions
be best knows, was induced to visit the
Southern States, extending his tour to
Texas, the last to yield to the Govern.
ment, the most shameless in its career.
the most dctestable in its history. He
spoke and lectured to the people as op.
portunity presented, daubing with un.
tempered mortar, complimenting and
being complimented, dealing in honeyed
phrases and gushing with professional
sympathy and good will, protesting
against the withholding of universal am,
nesty, shaking hands over the bloody
chasm" with Jefferson Davis and other
leading rebels, and getting in return a
rebel nomination for the next Presidency.
They took his measure as vain and
man, and instinctively saw to
what purpose he could be put ir their
behalf. Returning home, inflated with
a reception which was anything but cred
table to him, he began to be more FIRE.
luent and more violent in his attacks
upon the President and his Administra.
tion, until his nomination by an ire.
sponsible conclave at Cincinnati. and
his subsequent Endorsement by the Bal.
timore Convention, representing what
ever was factious in spirit at the North
and disloyal in conduct at the South
during the conspiracy for the disember.
ment of the Republic; since which time,
having ostensibly withdrawn from the
of bis paper, the Tribune
has made itself infamous by its surpass