Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-30
HONEST OLD HORACE "
How the Liberals were sold.

shrewdly guessed in the minds Of
most Republicans who have learned
to be shy and cautious of strange
movements bat it was not till since
our last issue, that the details of the
plot began to be unfoldtd to US. The
facts first published in q country
paper in New York, then in the N.
Y. Times, and now all over the Union,
have national Importance and
when the whole case against III. e.
in all its unblushing duplicity and un-
principled cunning, shall have been
laid before our readers, it must lead
every honest man 20 cry out in thank
fulness, that this foulest scandal in
the history of party strife was so
early exposed and as we expect, de-
feated Al
We shall print as much Of the facts
as our space will permit, and add the
following summing up of the method
of the intrigue, from the Milwaukee
Sentinel
The people of the country are be-
coming convinced that "Honest
Horace is the slipperiest old political
rat in the nation. The details of his
bargain with the corrupt Democracy
have been tele5raphed from Bing.
hamton, and despair is already clutch
ing coldly at the heart of the Opposi-
ton. Many of the Republican leaders
were made cognizant of the negoli-
atoms going on between Greeley and
the Democratic politicians Of New
York, but they held their tongues,
being perfectly willing that the in
iquity should be consummated. 1t
would be time enough to expose the
whole business to the people when
the desperate Democracy should
swallow the poison of it's own brew
ing. The conspirators supposed they
were working in the dark. Horace
Greeley did not imagine that his let
ters written to one Carmichael would
ever see the light. When he begun
assailing the Administration as one
Of the steps in the process of selling
out his party for Democratic nomi-
nation, he did not believe that he was
already watched by those who were
well-informed of his political treason.
The real dupes in the business were
the Reformers ofCincinnati. Fenton
understood the programme well
The Blairs were fully initiated.
Gratz Brown had carefully rehearsed
his part Governor Seymour and
Waldo Hutchins were directing the
movement of the stage scenery be-
hind the curtain. Trumbull was not
aware that no was throwing against
the DEVILS loaded dice. Wells, Akin.
son, Cox, Bowles and Chase were
among the slaughtered innocents
Adams suspected something-he
knew not what--and proposed to him
self to keep out of that crowd.
August Belmont lowered near
enough to keep the orchestra playing
the right tune. The wounded ego
'tism of Solemn Sumner was piled
with fattery till be Numbered forth
his philippe amid the supposed ruins
of the Republican party. Presi dent.
Grant and those in his confidence
comprehended the shallow strategy of
the enemy. The old Chappaqua rat,
with q look that indicated the very
personification of guilelessness, view
ed the development of the plot from
q distance, with sense Of supreme
self-satisfaction. Tammany, fully
initiated, scented spoils and trembled
with the hope Of coming victory.
The old machinery Of the Democratic
party was put in motion, and dele
gates from all the states were secured
TO consummate the nefarious schem
at Baltimore. "Give them rope t.
hang themselves" said Grant private.
| ly to his confidential friends. While
rhetoricians like Schurz, were calling
him Indifferent, dull sordid, ETC., he
was the silent master Of the situation
and showed himself as great 10 the
strategy of politics as in the strategy
of war. Owing TO his admirable self.
possession and reticence, the enemy
has been enticed into a position
where he is doomed TO per-
ish, with deserved infamy, The
Democracy has achieved for itself the
lowest possible disgrace by taking
as its Presidential candidate, the man
who has heaped upon it epithets toe
foul for the decency Of print, in 9
coalition that is unparalleled fol
shameless abandonment of principle
for corrupt bargaining, for totally
depraved attempt to make sale Of
political confidence and association
As a fit comcomitant of this nefar,
ious business, the Coalition enter
upon a campaign of misrepresenta.
ton and SANDER. They have no is
sues to discuss. They have no prin.
ciples to urge. With them both is
sues and principles are dead. They
are really seeking the spoils of of.
fee. Large assets of falsehoods arc
their only stock 10 trade. The ma
tons property in the good name
of its public men is not at all sacred
in their eyes. They invent and pub
lish calumnies day by day, with
reckless audacity, with fiendish
atrocity. Those who have saved
the Republic with sword voice and
pen are especial obi ects of their ab.
use. They do not pretend to ad-
vance any arguments. The Coali
tion was conceived in political sin
and born in political iniquity. The
parties to it would persuade the
people to believe lie in order that
they may be politically damned
They deal only in accusations. Their
press is wholly occupied with draw
ing indictments. Charges are made
against the best men in the land
and the people are impudentIy
asked to condemn them without q