The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-30
Mr.. Greeley and the Reformers.
Mr. GREELEY's FRIENDS.

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also. The Detroit paper deals with
certain persons in different places rs
Mr.. Greeley's friends. hut there Is mo-
body acquainted with the people Ut
those places who will not see how Inn
perfect the enumeration is. Thus,
for instance. il singles out one man ~
show the nature ri the Greeley Orgai'-
iZation in this city. 1t makes the
choice. no doubt. because General Co.
chrane is in official po>iti"n: but we
in this city Know that that paper
would have kept within the truth had
it gone a good deal beyond this. There
are other persons of notoriciy round
Mr.. Greeley; but will anybody have
| the hardihOod to deny that most OF
them are men of questionable rrputa-
| tious? More than that, VIC ask the
| reader, whether he is Il Greeley man
or not, to look about him and reckon
! the number of respectable, thoughtful
| men in this community who support
| Greeley. We do not mean demo-
Gratis who may accept him Is the par
tv nominee. and that, too. with indef-
mite disgust and loathin"; but men.
we mean, who are free To choose, and
| choose him as a fit candidate for the
Presidency. How many men arc there
of character and reputation who may!
be counted as among his friends! II
| there be any at all, they are very few
so few that it Is difficult 10 recall
their names.
Nor is this less true of other places,
! though the farther we 60 from New
York, where Mr.. Grcclcy's real char
acter is less known than here, the fact
is the less striking. But elsewhere. AS
well as here. his supporters, 70 far as
| they are known ut all rs public men.
are men of exceedingly doubtful po-
litical reputation ut least, and gcner-
! ally something worSe than that. They
are politicians of easy virtue, whose
abilities, they are persuaded, will be
| better appreciated under n new adj
ministration of affairs al Washington.
! One of these said in Il letter to the
| Greeley organ in this city, a day or
| two ago: I've cont cte two States
| South, with Governor Wise of Nir-
GINA. who hung John Brown the mar
lyr, Semmcs the pirate. MOsby the
raider, Stephens and ToOmbs. the
fire -caters, and such for Grant" lie
forgot that among the rebel generals
who are in favor of Greeley there are
in Loui ,ana, Bcaur"gard, Longstrcct
and Hays; in Texas, John Is. Hood
in Mississippi, Fcalhcrston, Walthall
and Humphreys: In Alalmma. Pet
tus and Morgan lJohn T.g in Gieor-
gia, Gordon, Benniny, Woilord and
Wright; in South Carolina. Hampton
and kcrshaw: in North Carolina. ID.
IL. Hill and RAMSEY: ia Virginia, I'M
boden and Pickett: IN Tennessee, For
rest. Bates, Cheatham and BROWN
The Greeley organs have no iIai Il
names for these.
There is no escaping this fact: that
Nreeley is supported 10y the disrcpu-
table and the most dangerous classes
Of the population everywhere. Sure
ly this is not accidental: and II not ac-
cidcntal, it is no totally meaningless.
In the first place. le is supported by
the Democratic party, and This is. po-
litically, as bad H. cln be-. a. bad
rs can be, that l.. To those who be-
lieved in the late war that its cuOr-
nous sacrifices were made for Il high
and holy purpose: that slavery was
rightfully abolished; the blacks right
fully enfranchiscl: the pubic ucbt
| rightfully incurred To be faithfully AMI
%hOnOrabiy discharged in due -,.as'to.
Then he is supported by the Tamlnany
| element in the Democratic party. not
only here but every where. These
people support him while they loatii
| a,.I lnp,tpa him t,-. tta.,. I..,.. Ia.
is to be the instrument, dctc,.abic as
he is to them, OF restoring them 10
/ power. Then the rebels support him.
as indeed they Nominated him ut Gin
| cinna:i: and they LIN. as they
nominated him, through pu.- -
cdness." They don't want reform:
they don't want peace: they don't want
purity. All they want is disorder.
distrust, anarchy-ir possible, another
chance for Instruction.
Ii we come down from the general
to the special again, WE Tfimd that his
friends are the personally bad nlcii in
every community. The observation
Ofeyery one Of our readers m,I,i bear
US out in this assertion. Every right
minded maj must acknowledge: that il
i'll his ward o. village or ncighborhood
there arc any Greeley men, they arr to
be found among those who are never
attracted BY whatsoever is pure or
noble or of good reputc, but by that
| which is low and unworthy and has
an ill name. Ii sometimes rclu-
table men enroll themselves in his par
ty, the cases are exceptional, white it
is universally true -trn" almost with
out any exccptions-that the most OBJ
jectionable characters, the political
''bummers," the men bankrupt in rep
utation, the camp-followcrs of all po-
litical parties, the roIgli> and + W-
dies OF the sluIus oil all the cities, rs
Greeley himself has so often described
them, are rallyiag everywhere around
the Greeley standard. The decent
men r shocked at the compani0nslIip
which is forced upon them: the more
reputable Journals, like the Cincinnati
Commercial and Springfield Rcpubli-
can, are shamcficrd to acknowledge
themselves in such company. But
the fact is notorious, is too patent for
denial, and is confessed with ON
lame attempts at explanation. And
being u fact, we insist il has Il mean
ing.
We need not search far for it,. One
Of two tliingsis true: the people who
flock around Greeley do so simply be-
cause the Democratic party comes
into power with him, with the abiii-
ty and means to reward its followers,
hungrier for spoiIs than ever party
was before; or else the cunning and
corrupt men of ali parties are gather.
u sabout him from all quarters because
they know that the administration of.
affairs under him will be in the hands
Of the worst Of mer, over whom n