The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-28
PRYOR ON H. G.
WHAT THE SOUTH THINKS OF
THE PHILOSOPHER.
DIME WILL GO SOLID FOR THE
WHITE HAT.
From the New York sun, May 22,1

General Roger A. Pryor, the WE'LL
known representative southerncr, who rs
practicing law in this city, yesterday COM
municatea his views on the present aspect
of the presidential campaign to II repre-
sentative of the Sun
ado you think the whole southern peo-
pie will support Horace Greeley p in
quired the Sun man.
General Pryor. l do most assurcdly.
II elected president, he would unite the
whole country once again in the bonds Of
peace and prosperity.
Reporter Will the southern delegates
to the Baltimore convention support his
nomination
General Pryor. They are pledged TO
do that. My idea is--and l know it is
shared very generally by the Southern
people-that the democratic party cannot
consistently and in honor nominate an in
dependent candidate, because, By every
form of manifestation, they declared and
pledged themselves, before the meeting of
the Cincinnati convention, that IL the lib
eral republicans would organize and NOM
mate an independent ticket, the demo-
cratic party would not nominate any
ticket but would support the candidates
Of the liberal republicans. The nominal
tion of Horace Greeley is acceptable to the
democracy. Nota single democratic jour
nal or representative democrat, north or
south, has even intimatcd that they would
not support Greeley. 1t is idle to say,
1--WE won't support Mr.. Greeley, because
his principles are not exclusively
democratic" We knew, of course
that the liberal republicans would
not nominate man whose pre-
else political opinions were ours.
We supposed that the liberal republicans
would nominate II republican. Now, Mr
Greeley is us acceptable to US as any man
can be.
Reporter. Then you believe the South,
Ms well rs every other portion of the
country, has good reason TO supper, Mr..
Greeley
| General Pryor. Certainly. Because
! he is in favor of universal amnesty and
against any further prescription of South
ern meu. | have reason - know, having
| travelled there, that the feeling of the
South is overwhelmingly in favor of Mr.
Greeley's nomination. | have heard
however. that a few Democratic politi-
clans are 10 fayer Of putting straight
ticket in the field.
Reporter. II straight Democratic
ticket should be nominated, what do you
think would be the result?
General Pryor. A straight ticket would
be nominated only in the interests of
Grant because it would serve no other
end. The leaders Of the Democratic party
and the Southern people know that we'll
Mr.. Greeley, no doubt, accepted the nom
ination with the understanding that all
classes opposed to the Administration
would 90 for him.
Reporter. Are there any influences at
work to prevent the Baltimore COnv.n-
ton from accepting Mr.. Greelcys noni-
nation
General Pryor. The old leaders-the
mere Bourbons of the Democratic party
are at work very industriously to accom-
plish that object.
Reporter. Can you name any of them?
General Pryor. can name one
Reporter. WHO'S he?
General Pryor. Mr.. August Belmont.
He j, opposed to Greeley, because all his
| (Belmonts) interests are with the Ad-
minis,ration. Belmont represents the
syndicate. He has large dealings with
the treasury department, hence he will
not go against Grant but will do his best
to aid him, by advocating the nomination
Of straight ticket.
Reporter. Do you think he will sue.
coed
Gen. Pryor. / do not. l feel assured
that not only the southern, but nearly all
the delegates to the Baltimore convention
will 60 for Greeley. Mr.. Belmont has
not an impulse nor conviction in syinpa
thy with the democratic party. As fol
the south, they will go solid Tor Horace
Greeley, because, unlike Grant, he recog,
hizes the war AS over, and all its issues II,
settled-because he is willing to ignore
the past, and take new departure on the
basis OF united and pacific country
The election OF Grant means prescription
and class legislaton--the election of Gree
ley means peace, happiness, and equal laws
all over the land.