Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-13

recalled the fact that Mr.. Lincoln was
1 elected because two Democrats were
running, and he was convinced that
/ they had better chance for success
than they have known since Pierce,
twenty years ago. For thirty years
4 Horace Greeley had made every form
of brutal and infamous assaults
Oh the Democratic party. His
malevolence had been increasing
unspairing and universal He had
rumaged everywhere for objects Of his
vindictiveness and abuse He had not
( hesitated TO call their foremost men,
( like Horatio Seymour, liars, villains
and traitors He had also signalled
/ the people ia private life, and de.
nounced them as ignorant, sordid and
vicious for selecting Democratic Off
Gals Ii be (VOorhees) should labor
/ TO make such man Democratic can
/ didate for President he would feel that
he bad indeed betrayed them. He
commended Greeley to his own party;
! but how could the Democrats support
( him. He said sometimes man Is sup
ported for small Office on personal
grounds, simply because he is an anna.
BILE and worthy man-good qualitica-
tons for the position Such motives
alone, however, never govern the choice
of President, who, to vast extent,
shapes the whole policy of the govern
ment for veal or woe.
There is nothing in Mr.. Greeley's
personal traits and peculialities to com
mend him for the high position to
which he aspires. On the contrary, a
man personally more unfit to fill the
office of Chief Magistrate ofthis mighty
government was never mentioned III
connection with it.
But when distinguished gentlemen
are mentioned in connection with that
lofty station, their principles determine
the sutfrages of an enlightened people
more than anything else. Tried by this
standard, Horace Greeley repels every
Democrat IN the United States.
Mr.. Voorhees, then dwelt at length
on Mr. Greeley's position III respect
to the tariff question. Also upon the
distribution OF power between the Fed
eral Government and the states, Greeley
had advocated the worst phases Of
military reconstruction. All were known
by their fruits. He saw nothing in the
public life and conduct of Greeley to
gain the favor of any class of American
people, except manufacturers, bond
holders and nonopolists.
He did not think it was necessary to
define his position in relation to Grant.
Those who had charged that he was
about to support him, only Judged him
by themselves, and supposed he could
abandon his principles as easily as they
had theirs.
He thought he knew the hearts OF
the laboring people who compose the
majority of the democratic party, and he
hazarded nothing IN saying that even If
Greeley should be nominated at Balh-
more, and every democrat of disiinc-
ton, whether inpublic or private life,
from one ocean to the other, should
support him, he would not receive an
average Of more than 80 per cent. of
the democratic votes of the United
States
In conclusion he said that he might
be asked what they should do to be
saved and to save the country He
said in reply The voters in the United
States are still without candidate
They could be enumerated in four
classes.
LIST. Genuine and sincere revenue re-
formers heretofore acting with the Re
publican party.
81. The German voters.
81. The Labor Reformers.
It'll. The masses Of the Democratic
party
He spoke in HE interest of no man
as candidate. He has high hopes of
the wisdom and integrity Of the con-
yention to assemble on the 9th of July
lie did not believe that such disaster
could belall them as the nomination OF
Greeley.