The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-09
Greeley and Grant,
The advocates of President tSrant,s

office bnt theyendeavorte offsettit b,
declaring Horace Greeley unstable an,
no~ to be trusted in any position re
curing administrative ability. Til
allegation is very extraordinary whe,
Mr.. Gree)ey's career is considered, I
he, ,ipstead of General Grant, had re
ceivea the nomination efthe Philadel
pldat Convention, We shonidhaye !;
very different story from the Radica
orators and editors. Had such al
event occurred, we should now hea.
and read from these same orators an,
editors how Mr., Greeley commenced
the publication of the New York Tri
bune in 1871, without partner or busi
ness associate, with but six hundred
subscribers. and a cash, capital of ;
thousand dollars, and, by his infloni
table energy, skill, industry, and ad.
ministrative talent. made it one of the
greatest if not the most influential and
lucrative public journals in the United
States. The New York Tribune has
been before tile public for thirty-one
years, and its appreciation is shown
in the patronage it has attained. When
MIR. Gree!ey's nomination for the first
Office in the gift of the nation cau,sed
him to retire from his editorial duties
he was at the head of one of the most
powerful and widely. circulated papers
in the world, the success of which was
incontestibly due to his intellectual
superiority and administrative talent.
Not only has Horace Greeley brought
the Tribune from nothing to its pres.
ent exalted status, but for a quarter Of
a century he has exercised greater in.
flnence over Northern sentiment than
any other man or any other fifty men.
A citizen of such rare intelligence and
business habits ifhoDest and patriotic,
could hardly fail to make aa3good Presi-
dent. The history; and eminent suc-
cess of the Tribune fatty contradict
the accusation that there is anything
unstable or wavering in its former edi-
tors character. As Senator Sumner
observed in this last speech be-
fore leaving for Europe. "Not, to put
faith in Horace Greeley is to act not
only without evidence, but against
evidence so manifest and constant in
anbroEen continuity as Il seem like a
'aw OF nature AS we'll distrust tile
in its appointed course" T2d' ST
If Greeley is elected we shall have
tor the next four years a competent,
wise and honest Chief Magistrate.
The corruptions bred by Grantis,n will
vanish before him as unwliolesome ex-
ialations before the sun, and where all
s corruption and dishonesty. now. will
be straight forward dealing then.
The contrastbetween the two can
ildates for the Presidency is as strik-
ng as between the parties they rep
'esents. Radicalism and Liberalism
Ire not more dissimilar than Horace
Greeley and U. S. Grant. We have
already given briefly an estimate of the
'haracter and qualifications of the one
With the character and qualifications
# the other the people are pretty we'll
acquainted. President Grant has been
'early four years in office, and vet he
las learned nothing of craftsmanship,
nd does not even so much as compre-
END the nature Of our Government.
We have no idea that the present in
umbent at all comprehends what the
'nties and responsibilities of the
Presidential Office are. He seems to be
assessed Of a vague sort Of notion that
he nation is a great military camp.
nd that he is called upon to rule, it
ceordiDgly. Of and contracted
md, and all the education lie has
yer received having been of a purely
Military character, he has no concep-
OF q government that is not arbi.
rary.H 7s.ti3 4af g ..39# 2o die al
The time Of war has passed, and
hat decentralization and peace come.
even years ago the civil war ceased
nd surely it is time that hoostilities
ion)d cease. The results, of the warl
fully appreciated and .ackanowledg-
4 by the South.0 Grant aud his fol-
'wers insist upon keeping the war
before the people. The victory
'hich has long ago been acquiesced in
1th all its results they constantly
aunt in the faces of the vanquished.
his certainly is not calculated to
ing about reconciliation, for frater-
feeling is not terminated by the
iteration, Of ancient feads. The
ounds ofithe mind, as we'll as of the
require the'skillfal touch Of tile
hand. Gentle treatment will
! a tgreat deal further toward effect
g a cure than the 'caustics constantly
piled by the GRANTEES 49, ~,
We have said that there is a world
differences between the two. ccainndi-,
ties for the Presidency. iItzis SOL
ceeley is'an active, industrious, self
and energetic man, WHO has
cceeded in pretty much eyerythiug
has undertaken. Grant, on, tie
her hand, is an ignorant and sell. ~.