New-York tribune., 1872-06-04


candidate o IN who was once opposed to them'
DEMocR nc OBJECTIONS TO GREELEY ANSWERED.
II is charged against Horace Greeley by Democrats
mat he their btterest enemy, that he founded
abohtionsm and favored negro surage bnt they nave
accepted his doctrines they not also accept nss
He has changed, too, and they not allow Diin tne
same credit for honest intentions tnat tey and the
themselvesf He favored the ku-klu& "a" ,itrhnd u
election law when ne t5onss but now
that they TO be used only Tor partisan pI % ~
force the gase Of 5e e PSCRe PSSRr And
may be proper for me to say thas ~ me tT nS of
Ex law was PssfS a"nH Hbat something had TO
be SOne to bands RT6 an Of enG armed men 10
States So strong was this feeling that
when The bill under discussion IN inc Den9oac % m
cratic members of Congress should themselves frame an
act TO carry into effect the Ffeenth Amehalneht, anu
voted down and cnly got rid OF by adjournment But
now the pTetense Of KukluX crimes IL only ii
hoy No longer is there any justification for 1t; ana
when was passed Republicans, under sense 9i pro
canvass and expressly made IL expire with the emu m
the present session Of Congress II H s revived ~ WI M
good OF "a race or the nation
THE CURSE OF CoRRUPTIoN.
1 am giving you reasons why ], as Democrat ''iu
why other Democrats like me can sustain MI "roe'9'
can nominate him at Baltimore and help elect h al'er.
ward But there are other reasons still more potent
,ybv GOOD men everywhere should unite in his support
The greatest curse Of public life to-day, curse when
threatens eat out the vtas OF our haon au
our Government but the semblanee OF Iree
Is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in high places and low places
in state and city and National Government 10 WaSh53
ton where Republican majority suppressed ne Iese t
of an investigation which exhibited disgraceiu sIae @
of affairs under the very eyes OF the president as wen en-
m I'm NewYork where last year we made so desperate an
effort 70 free ourselves from its nflueuce-corrnption
fostering and fattenine, growing more h9rIloIe az ~
crows more powerfu extending like some dreadful can
GER spreading and spreading and bringing us day oy
day nearer political aud national death Ne%1sy % p pvu
l,ffo from nd
SoSt politics into universal dsrepute until the very
name of politician Is byword and reproaeh Against
this crime Of crimes Mr. Greeley has set ns laee a
used his ren and his power from the first When corrupt
Republicans at Albany assisted corrupt RING III Ihs
cty To deprive our citizens Of their rights and thelr
wealth he exposed and denounced the criminals in Ian
Care v heh was only eGualed In erseness by us uun
He published their names in black lls n ms anu
sent manv Of them back 10 private life, which they
oneht never 10 have left and condemned all OF them 10
infamy which they deserved ne, aitnougn Sn
ncan was willing denouuce corruption IN ME own
party For this he deserves the sufages OF al no
''' GRFELEY's AMNESTY FLAG"
Rut he has eudeared himself tOlDemocrats Tor sun
stronger reasons he has always favored liberal policy
towards the South in settling the consequences OF he
war Other Republicans have favored Amnesty 10 tne
South when it was their interest to do So partial ren
has been udingy dealt out to the disrancnsed when
i'm snbecton hut the first TO the last mas horace
Greeley raised the standard on his nagshlp, lE ~ ne
of universal Amnesty and Impartial Suffrage lie only
keeps the old flag flying now that ne & noSu & L d
he
crossbOnes they much preferred, Democrats eho2d
not forget that the credit was que 70 r % aUd loss 70
bmsef In the years aud 1867 less tan 10 honlhs
aId vindictive towards the South which had re-
fused to approve the Fourteenth amendment. %
hin and a very bitter feeling OF sectional
anagonism had been engendered ana the od ahlinos-
candidate for the United States Senatorship and one
of his ardent supporters-wnon many OF You nave
known and admired ana some OF YOU nave ioNtu ds
Miles oReillv-Cen Charles G. Halpne, associated
politically and iOurnalistcally with myself so lhal
working with all energy of his nature aud the en-
thusiasIn of his Celtic race for man to whom ne was
hound by many ties OF gratitude and election He was
much encouraged with the prospect ana cOnhdent OF e
result. Votes were being gained daiiy @ ana No ME-
utterly despondent and broken down IN IepN 70 my my
question he said that Greeley had utterly ruined hi
self and then went on TO give the following explanation:
lie had called on Mr. Greeley, VINO was BUSY Wilting W
on on a desk as high as his head ana wltn ms
ewes within an inch Of the paper, 10 announce
tie accession Of new adhcrent, when the latter
said 1t is Of no use C9STey ar ysod In1niva ah
am writing" continued the philosopher, with ms pen
stratching away as hard as ever, an s - Good
in nc oresent temper of the public mind" q" know
th ,G mr. can't bep il: must say what think Ought
he done But you need not say II lGst & now pGT ,e
ourht 10 say il; will not be elected ON false pre-
fences" In vain were all Gen. Halpnes arguments
ished and that was the end Of Mr. Greeeys chances to
he limited States Senator as many who hear me will
recollect The people mad just then but we have
10 thank that hev refused 70 make man senator
whom the country wants for President.
THE IfoPIE IN Favor OF THE FARMER CANDIDATE.
Were there no other reason, this alone should be su
cent for Democrats nominate Horace Greeley at Bal
timore And if he is nominated he will be sustained
unanimously There may be fanatics VINO will oppose
him before nomination there will be traitors who will
onnose him afterward. Some Of those Northern men
Who were COpperheads during the war VIII he his bitter
foes and the man who disOya during the days OF
Inc nations trial may readily be false 10 his party after
ward Others there may be who will seek their reward
from the present occupant Of the White House. but they
will he few To Judge by the sentiment Of the nation
tbe growing sentiment III favor OF Mr. Greeley through
our Inc whole land and with the people whose interest he
has had so dearly at heart, II he is nominated at
for myself / cannot refuse 10 pay this tribute TO one
whom have always admired and respected, even When
have differed from him I'm my views, and whose good
ness of heart and honesty of purpose no person
aconainted with him can doubt. When he arrested
i'm Paris and thrown into Cchy prison for some debts
incurred bv the American International Exhibition, Of
winch he was director he exhibited the former quality.
In the same place he found confined number OF Ameri
cans for debt when he released he paid these
liabilities out of his moderate means, and secured
the discharge of his fellOW-cOuntrymen, saying that
(lichy might he good place for Frenchmen, but II
was poor for Americans surely we cannot go lar
wrong In selecting such for President, and in
choosing farmer ana an editor we Will have represented
tile most important interests Of our country.
SPEECH OF COL. A. K. MCLURE.
CITIZENS OF NEw-YoRK: The last great battle of our
civil war is about TO be fought The armies are being