Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-08

his organ, says that 1.-THE letier-"seems
entirely unworthy Of the Senator'S repule as
a statesman and philanthropic politician, and
the opposite Of vigorous. II Ia by no means
pleasant taking the past into account TO be
forced to say this; but truth, the gtigency q
the hour, and fidelity 70 The interests Of the
country, all Of trausccndenlly greater lmpor-
lance than any personal reiercnoo TO NJ.
Sumner as public man, compel the saying
Of Il for the ascertSlnment Of duty" Further
on the same Journal says The logical
weakness Of the letter 10 Ia main object--the
purpose to convince the colorcd people that
President Grant Is the lnsultcr Of their race
and therefore undosorying Of their ballots
seems painfully evident beyond denial when
read In an impartial spirit"
"who are the South 2" Is something that
the Columbia Daily Union Is. c. Is very
anxious 10 find out. It answers Itself In this
wise, "Grcclcy IL said TO be the special friend
aud champion ot tho South. What South
The 2OO, 900 ex-slayeholdcrs and their families
and the Invisible Empire, or the Union men
and cDlorcd pooplo2 What impudent AFRO
yance In the few broken down aristocrats TO
style themselves the South Greeley Is ours.
inE and traduciug President Grant through
his organ because he (Gran) Is porsecutlng
the South. Is he pcrsecutlpg anybody but
yiolAtors Of the law-thosC who outrage and
murder for political purpOses7 No one pre-
tends he docs. Are these, then, the South p
The organ Of the Democratic party Ia
Pennsylvania, tho Age, comes to the defence
Of Banks and Schurz and Upton rs follows
mo sooner does some prominent man In the
radical party furl the grand colors aud fling
TO tho breeze those Of Greeley than tho ring
journals of the country attribute his change
TO improper motives sumner could not con
troll Grant as be pleased, sohurz did not gel
all the patronage he desired, Banks was ro-
fused place In the Cabinet, Upton could
not procure au important consulship for hlt
son." Well, Is Il not all true2 The Age say,
II Is not but the Age canuot be well posted
on this subject.
\ bright, intelligent weekly, the Auuapolli
(Md.) Gazette, considers Mr.. Grccloy's claims
and comes 10 the conclusion that he Il
neither "a statesman whose labors and whost
life has commanded the appreciation Of th'
world, a follower Of the fathers Of the Demo
cratic faith who believed that faith to be es
scntial to good government; nor a hero who's,
sword has added 10 lis empire, while his pa
triotism has evoked the plaudits Of his coun
trymen." II goes on 10 ask why, II AL tina
Democrats have been taught Is fAllacy, an,
Greeley's creed Ia the true faith, maintain
Democratic organization The oman
(Neb.) Tribune may perhaps afford III
Gdzette the information II desires. In Rn ar
ticle entitled Push the Battle, which
by-the-way, Is very excellent advice, an,
might be taken with good deal Of adyan
tage In quarters not very far from the Con
gross campaign committcc-ruoms at the Capl
tol II says; THE present contest is an at
tempt on the part Of the Democrats 10 &c
possession of the Government al the expens
Of every principle for which the Republlca
party was founded, aud for which II has bee
maintained v
The Boys in Blue" continue to give goo
deal Of trouble to that sound Greeley organ
the Buffalo Courier. 1t believes that III
rank and Gle will support Mr.. Greeley, an
Rs an indication Of the military set of III
tide prints a list Of generals who have an
nOunecd that they will support the Baltmor
nominee. Among them we nnd the name
of Banks and Mcclellan and Burbridge an
Carl schurz. The noteworthy thing abou
Greeley's generals Is that they were the fol
lows who did ali the running during the wal
The Boys 10 Blue aud large portion Of IN
Boys 10 Gray will make them run again /
/ uart Nnvpmher