Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-24

date. His name does not suggest to the
country either of the two great executive
qualities-discretion and decision. Bred
in the school Of Henry Clay, whose mem
ory he piously reveres, he Is naturally
timid and a compromiser He has the
credulity which belongs to certain sim
pliclty of nature, and which destroys all
sound judgment of persons. His sympa-
thies are limited; his prejudices deep and
strong. He has been always politician,
and OF an unsuspected personal honesty.
Yet he is not free from suspicion of per-
sonal grievance, for he undoubtedly con-
sidered himself betrayed by the action Of
the New York Republican Convention in
1870; and 1t is plain that he has felt the
want Of what Is called influence with the
Administration; and although personal
feeling in politics Is not n thing which a
man readily admits, such motives may
sometimes be properly inferred in pub.
! lie career
The Convention that nominated him
must be supposed to accept him as can
didate who represents its principles. Mr..
Horace White, for instance, as Chairman,
signs the report upon the platform. Mr.
| White is, first of all, free-trader. The
| question at issue is one of administration,
of sound policy of government, and he
| invites all good citizens to vote for the
arch protectionist. The platform vlrtu-
ally denounces the Ku-Klux legislation,
but that policy has no stancher advocate
than Mr.. Greeley. 1t would also purge
politics of politicians-a difficult task; but
Mr. Greeley is peculiarly politician. In
Mr.. Schurz's speech the Convention de-
manded great statesman, steady, calm,
sagacious, Did that speech describe Mr.
Greeley?
We invite all thoughtful American citi.
zens to consider the Influences that nom.
mated Mr.. Greeley, known to none SO
well as to the best men in the Conven.
tion; then to consider his attitude during
the war, when the real character of every
man was tried. He would have allowed
the States 20 decide whether they would
secede. Tie sorely perplexed the open
ing of Mr.. Lincoln's Administration, fore
ing the army into the field before it was
ready. He begged Mr.. Lincoln to try &c
buy peace by paying for the slaves. HC
represented Mr.. Lincoln's action in the
Niagara Conference in a manner which
Mr.. Lincoln declared put him in a false
position before the country And he
signed letter to the loyal Governors after
MIR. Lincoln was re-nominated in 1864
substantially asking whether he should
not be set aside and a new candidate
selected. Consider such facts as these
occurring at moments of great nationa
eXigency, and decide what would have
CHANGED had Horace Greeley been in the
place of Abraham Lincoln.
If there is one quality which is indis
pensable in President, it is sound iudg
ment. If there is one public man who i!
totally destitute of it, it Is Horace Gree
ley. A certain kindly feeling with which
he is regarded will not blind the country
to his natural unfitness for the Office t
which he has been nominated.
MIR. Greeley himself comedies the per
sonal rectitude of General Grant. 1t i,
the allegation of the best men who wen
to Cincinnati, not that the President i,
dishonest, but that he is influenced by
unworthy counselors. They would have
a man whose will is adamant. 1t is no
enough for them that his purpose is pure
But is there a human human being com
petent to judge who supposes that Gen
eral Grant is easily moulded by his as
sociates, and that Mr.. Greeley would no
be wax in the hands of fiatterers ? TC
intrust the national government to hi!
direction would be TO abandon the shiT
of state to be blown about by every
whimsical gust. The present Admin
stration may be Justly amenable to cen
sure i'll some points, as, indeed, every
Administration must be- But it is in
conceivable that the patriotic intelligence
of this country could substitute Horace
Greeley for General Grant. Harper
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