The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-18
Do We Want This.

Men who appear to have forgotten noth'
ing and persist in learning nothing, ask
with an air of triumph What will we
gain by electing Greeley This intcrroga-
tory suggests that they do not feel the
pressure of Grant Government upon them,
crushing their energies and blighting their
peace and happiness. They do not feel
that they are yet thoroughly pressed to the
wall They have not yet reached that state
oldcsperation which rejolces at any change,
Ifthey succeed in giving Grant four more
years of rule they will then be able to de
termne what might have been averted by
elcctng Greeley. 1t is not difficult to state
what will be gained by the election of him
1t is more difficult to conjecture what We
would escape by the defeat of Grant. by
the election of Greeley we would gam gen,
eral amnesty and not partial, as adopted
by Congress just adjourned, measure
that would overcome the animOstieS that
the policy of the Republican party has
kept alive and intensified; the breaking
up Of the oppressive military rule in the
South and the carpet-bag governments tnat
have disgraccd the nation; It would bring
to an end the nepotism and favorltlsm that
have brought reproach upon this admins
tration, and dishonor, if not disgrace, upon
the country it would stop the corruption
that has been developed in the custom.
houses in New York, New Orleans, and
wherever there has been chance to steal
it would stop San Domingo jobs, subsidies,
railroad grants and similar schemes to rob
the Treasury or the public domain to az
.,.,I oh "a
cost. there would be no more whitcwash-
ing of officials for robbing the Treasury
under any pretence vide Robeson and 9th,
ers; the policy of the administration would
aim to local sclEgoyernWent and not to
ccntralzation, as now; the civil authority
would be supreme over the military the writ
of habcas corpus would be jealousy up
held as the safeguard of personal freedom;
there would be no Federal supervision OF
the internal policy of the several States
and municipalities, but each left free to IN
force the rights and promote the well belng
of It's inhabitants by such IN cans as the
Judgment of the people shall prescribe
Memphis Ledger
CAMPAIGN NOTES
In Oneida county. New York 1000 Re
publicans have ah"ady pror unced tor
Greeley,
The Irish Republican Greely club OF Sy-
racuse, New York, has two hundred mem
bers.
One hundred Republicans have joined
the Greeley club in Elbrldge, Onondaga
county, New York.
Goodbue county Minnesota, boasts ov-
or three hundred Greeley Republicans.
Red Wing Mimi has Republican Gree
lev club of fifty members.
The Greeley Liberal club OF Syracuse,
New York, has already three hundred Re
nublican names enrolled andis steadily IN
creasing.
Ex.Goy. Vance is already on the stump
c,r Greeley and Brown in North Carolina.
We saws the old North state will give them
10000 majority.
Senator Trumbull says that the chances
osGreeley in the Northwest are better than
I;ncoln's were in 1862 He is going to
take an active part in the campaign
The administration has scalped COM
ro,ent hrother-in- law of Senator Upton.
Tbe unhappy relative held position IN the Z
General land office and Upton is a Greeley
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