The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-09-28

"GRNTL8NRN CT PENNsYLvANrA: am among |
you . citizen, face to face with his fellow
citizens, simply to say that my being candi.
date before you was not my work. II was
the choice OF others, whether wisely or not
will not say but stand be fore you tonight
one Of those who believe that there is neces-
sity for reform in the administra tion of our
government"
Do you think no ore in that crowd re.xem.
bered his intrigue with Seymour through the
Carmichael correspondence? Did they not re-
member the partnership OF the great "refor-
er"wiih Tweed in the tobacco business?Some
people have been foolish enough to deny that,
but Greeley don't deny it; and the results,
which are simply disgraceiul, may be found
on record in The Supreme Court of New York.
"Reform!' Greeley has made that word dis
gushing to every honest man, aud for years
to come, q politician who talks OF "refurm'
will be laughed at. All of Grecley's leaders
Of "rcform" are men who have either been
turned out ct Office or have a rage to get in.
They are not only "soreheads," but they ere
bold and open dealers in public plumber. But,
let US "swiug round"
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horror awaited him. There had been an i'm.
mense convention Of soldiers, who loved and
fought !or their country, and who, because
they loved their country, preferred Gen. Grant
for Pres ident. This was gall and .yormwood
to Greeley. He could not help letting his
bitterness out. so he sneered at the soldiers:
. wanted to know what an army was doing
there in peace; boldly declared that if it was
to choose between civil war and letting the
rebels 60. lie preferred the last! Now the war
was made because the people preferred the
former; because they preferred the unity and
glory of the republic to the particular inter.
ests of The shareholders. Mr.. Greeley was
frank and fair in his declaration at Pittsburg.
He did prefer the dissolution of the republic
to the punishment Of the rebels-aye, even to
the abolition Of slavery-and he was of the
same mind in 1864, on the Niagara frontier,
when he wanted to give the rebels &4eo, 0e0,-
600 for their slave property! Aud be has
been Of the same mind ever since. There was
and is rital difference Of opinion from the
beginning between Mr.. Greeley and the Ameri.
can people, and that difference will be much
more apparent after the election in November.
Mr.. Greeley showed more consistency than
he has in any other part of his lie in his
speech At Pittsburg. He was agai1st the war;
he was fox letting the cotton States go; he
was for paying the shareholders for property
which never existed, in order that said slave
holders should be "reconciled," and that is
what he is about to-day. What his country
required, what justice required, what human
nature, pleading for human wrongs, required
was nothing. Country, justice, the dead on
the battle.felds, the one armed and one
legged soldiers, all we're nothing to him who
was at once the disciple of Fourier, the friend
of secession, the pleaden for the rights OF
property in slaves, and the bailer Of JEFF
Davis!''
Mr.. Greeley was frank at Pitts
burg. He expressed the ideas Of
his life. He hates war in any
case; he hates soldiers; he hates
the cause in which they fought; he
hates their success, for their sue
ccss has placed the successful sol.
der in the presidency and con
quered the rebels, whom he woulG
reconcile" There is an old pro
verb, that ain wine there is truth.
So it is when a man is in pas
sion. lilo tells the truth strongly
Greeley hate.l the way. lie ha.et
the soldiers. He hated the result
which they accomplished. Ant
now good reader, there is re
sponsibility resting on you. Wher
| you so to the ballot box you mus
say by your emphatic vote tina
with Greeley you hate the wal
hate the soldier, hate the abolition
Of slavery or you must say ths
you are glad of the results of til
war, glad that the republic ha
been saved, glad that human free
dom is established, and glad
honor the soldier and rejoice
his success. You must say one Q
the other. Which shall it be
But Greeley swings round tn
circle and arrives at Cincinnati
There he finds that he has con
mittcd q great blunder. 1t was |
no means the first, nor will be Ill
last; but it was an awful blunde
1t won't do for o candida
] for the presidency to denount
| soldiers or say that lie prefers 6
| cession to Union. Oh, no So {
I tho steps Of the Burnett House,
! proclsims . new gospel-tho &c
4 pel OF fernando Wood" "I." so
Y the illustrious humbug, twas mi
4 represented 1t was thought ! v
| in favor Of secession I am not
I favor Of Secession now! VIII
I Secession had just been put do
| by the boyonet, and not q regime
I could be found in its favor-w
y supposed the prince Of humbu
I Was in its favor No. but
! Scriptures say, 'sby their fruits
II shall know them" On the 9th
November, 1862, in the Tribr
Greeley announced the doctrine
secession and stuck to it. At Pit
huro he reiterates it. At Cine