American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-06-15
Can Greeley be Elected 2

Can Greeley be Elected2
The Democratic and COnserva-
tive advocates of Mr.. Greeley's
nomination at Baltimore, strenuous
" contend that the contest is neces-
sarily between him and Grant-tlat
no other person nominated at Bal
timOre-nOt even the f;lvOrite of the
Democratic party, "chiefest among
ten thousand, and altogether lovely
in purity of character, as soldier
and a statesman, Gen. Winfield s.
HancOck-wOuld stand the ghost
of chance. BY what sort of ratio
cination the supporters of Hor'
ace bring themselves to this cOnclu-
sion, passeth our comprehension.
OF all the men thought of or put in
nomination at Cincinnati, Mr.. Gree
ley was the most Objectionable to
Democrats everywhere. The nOmi-
nation of Charles Francis Adams,
or Judge David Davis, or b. Gratz
Brown, would have given far more
satisfaction indeed, up to the time
of the assembling of the Cincinnati
Convention, the nomination of Judge
Davis was regarded as fOregOne
conclusiOn-the Southern Democrat
ic press had published his biography
and INDUCED in long columns OF
eulogy of him; even the "Bourbons''
were willing to compromise on him ;
the Atlanta Sun, the Columbus Sun,
the Mobile Register, the Louisville
Ledger, and many other journals
classed as " BOurbOns throughout
the South, spoke favorably of him
as a compromise candidate-as one
whom they oo~ld support, in the last
resort, without qualification and the
sacrifice of selfrespect: but Horace
Greeley! the most pronounced, the
deepest dyed-in-the-wOOl of all the
Radicals, Sumner not excepted +!
W-h-e-w!! Not one of us BOurbOns
ever dreampt that such a "poisoned
chalicen as this would be commend
ed to our lips.n Old Horace will be
a heavy dose for true Democrats any
where, but doubly SO to Southern
Democrats. Pah! Gan ounce of
civet, good apothecaryw
But our article is headed, "Can
Greeley be Elected p and ON that
point we will use the argument of
the Columbus (Ga.) Sun, whose edit
ors head is "level," and his Demo
cratic tones clear as q bell:
The impression is attempted to
be made that Greeley is the only
man that can defeat Grant and
very uncharitably and ignorantly it
is argued that all who do not en-
dOrse this idea favor the reelection
of Gen. Grant. 1t could be urged
with more strength and propriety
that the support of Greeley as the
only opposing candidate, is the GER
tain election of his twin political
brother. Such articles as we copy
today, from the Washington Pdtri-
OF, may cause the scales to fall from
many eyes, and we have no doubt
that the Greeley enthusiasm will
grow small by degrees and beauti-
fully less, and the views of the wri-
ter increase in strength to tn day
Of the meeting of the Baltimore
Convention. The late Convention
at Rochester, N. Y. was very sig
nificant. While it adopted the Gin
cinnati platform it refused to en-
dOrse the nominees of that platform,
but pretermitted and agreed to
wait further light and instructions
from the people. The New York
World, too, challenges the Tribune
to point to a single Democratic pa
per IN the State in favor of the Phi
losopher and farmer of Chappaqua.
We believe that Greeley's nomi-
nation, or failure to nominate, al
Baltimore, would unite the Radicals
to a man for Grant. They would
see in such action nothing but a
trick. Greeley never can receive
Southern votes only as a choice Of
evils. Like the good old lady who
was no member of a temperance So
ciety, and when pressed could wor
~ down little soith sugar in it, we
may shut our eyes, hold our nose
and bolt the dose, however nause
GUS. Grant, to swallow. would be I'M
adulterated arsenic, Greeley would
be the same poison dipped in honey.
We think the salvation of the
country depends on a straight Dem
Ocratic nomination. With General
Hancock and a united front and
valOr, a victory, a glorious victory
a victory without a stain, would
crown our arms. Let the fierce res
OlutiOn which nerved the arm and
fired the heart of Richard III at the
bloody field of BoswOrth inspire ev
cry patriotic American mind:
"Advanee your standards, draw your willing
Fight. gentlemen of England fight, bolt
yeomen
Draw, archers, draw your GROW To the head r
P. 8. Since The foregoing was
written, the correspondence (Which
we know is genuine, and publish,
today between III. &. and the rso-
Their of Capt. Brain has Eeen exhib-
tied to the editor. We withdraw all
We have said about the goodness CT
Horaca Graalav,s heart. The man