The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-13

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to secure the passage OF bill in Con-
rress providing that pensions be paid to
Southern disabled soldiers in fact, that
the pension laws as now existing apply
to all cases of death or injury caused by
the war, wheth in the Union or Con-
federate armies. Mr.. Greeley was writ.
ten to in it relation, and answer asked
foy. In reply, honest (?) Horace said
HE FAVORED THE PENSION PROP.
| OSiTION, AND BELIEVED IT
RIGHT TOWARD THE SOUTH, AL
THOUGH HE FELT SURE CON.
GRESS WOULD NOT ENACT SUCH
A PROVISION. This is no prediction,
for oe read the letter, and, therefore,
know whereof we affirm"
GnEELEYs OWN TESTIMONY AS TO THE KU.
KLUx SPIRIT IN THE SOUTH.
[From ii. G's Memphis Letter to the Tribune.l
"The Republicans uniformly testify
that there was AN ORGANIZED AND
ARMED CONSPIRACY whereby they,
and especially the blacks, were deferred
from voting-that offering to vote would
have cost them their lives-that the
Democrats were determined to carry the
State for Seymour, and did carry 1T, by
SYSTEMATIC TERRORISM, against
which the poor and humble burst not
contend.
Now, the KuKlux orga. ization
may be active in this locality and dorm
ant in that-may seem dead today-AND
BE REVIVED TO MORROW-BUT
THE KU.KLUXS SPIRIT STILL LIVES
AT THE SOUTH AND is VERY FOR
MIDABLE."
| CONDITION OF THE SOUTH IN THE EVENT
| OF GREELEY's ELECTION.
From the regular North Carolina Correspond
ence of the New York Tribune. Greeley's own
| organ.
"The Democrats of the South, if
Horace Greeley is elected, will be the
worst disappointed set of men you ever
saw. don't believe Mr.. Greeley has
sold out to them as they think he has,
and there's sure to be a fight unless
these secessionists down here are al.
lowed to manage him. You don't and
SAINT know them as zoe do; but mind what
/ tell you, this whole country wiH beOvs run
,cuh HI. hlur ,oithin three months after Mr..
G,eeLey'S Inauguration. Then, i he m,'
dertakeS to suppress disorder thsreU be such.d
h0,oL as this country never heard.
REINSTATEMENT OF THE NEGROES.
From the Chicago Tribune. local Greeley organ.l
Recent events which have trans
pired in North Carolina, in connection
with the State campaign and election
are already beginning to suggest the
question whether the political power
welded by the negro element in the
South is not serious menace to Re
publican Institutions
From the New York Express Greeley organ. ownst
. by Hon. James Brooks. Member Of Congress, anC
supporter OF Greeley,I
: The power which a few white Fed
eral over5eers in the South, and the ter
: ror which the negro leagues in
spire, ,Oould seem 10 controvert the dylt-SLaverg
avern,e,u that the negro ,0aS born 10 be free
that is, to be a free man, as the white
: men are free. The Democrats of the
North and West now recognize the alb
solute freedom of the ex-slave-and hi
&. equality with them before the law--anc
: they wish now to see him their equal
and not the slave of others-but wher
i. they see VhoLe race all voting one ,oay, anC
2 that mainly through terror, they must OTTER
a feel that the negro himself loves slavery
better than freedom. We would wish
!. now TO share our freedom and our equal
ity with the negro, but he won't be fire,
:. and he won't be our equal, and henc'
the re-arising of this old discussion
whether the negro was really born to
be slave or not"
1 THE LOST CAUSE RECLAIMED THROUGH GREE
/. LEY-DIRECT PLEDGES TO RESTORE TIL
n REBELS TO POWER.
;. From the speech of Gen. Hodge, Greeley stun
orator. at Louisville. Ky. Aug.
z, - have devoted a lifetime TO tn
e principles Of the Democratic party.
have grown gray in the advocacy o
Y, those principles, and each year the con
= viction has grown deeper that its funda
mental principles are the true founda
7; tons toLes of this Government.
q u have seen upon the battlefield thou
q sands throw away their lives in defens
:. of these principles. The graves of tn
=, , gallant Southern dead who sleep upol
II every hillside in the South. over who's
y graves the night winds sigh, are re
minders 10 me Of the love for thes
'e principles which still fingers in m
heart The second passage in MI
Greeley's letter means that JOHN {
Up BRECKENRIDGE AND 9TH Err CHIN
j., ALROUS SONS OF THE SOUTE
- SHALL BE RESTORED TO THEIl
y FORMER POSITIONS OF POWEl
AND INFLUENCE. Looking bac
upon the once shattered and fruitles
- hopes of the South, i now see that tn
y equal rights and sovereignty of State
- :. shall be restored, and my comrades c
- the lost cause have not died in vair
- tbs ,oiH be vtctory for that for which tn
n fought. Mr.. Greeley promised 10 do a
;, he could TO aid us when we get mi
- iority in Congress. | object 10 Gran
because he is a Republican because h
>; is member of that party which wage
~ successfully the contest against IN
80 brethren of the South, whose orator
&c kept the fires burning that filled tn
= u Federal ranks with soldiers. | hay
T. heard it said by some that the Dem,
- cratic party shall have no part with NJ
10 Greeley in the canquest; but feel tbs
:, they will not be neglected, Not only wt
"a =. Greeley not forget ,oho has helped him to h
}, position, but pledgeS-direc, pledges la
~ been oives us By him hm WE SHALL NJ
- BE FORGOTTEN IN CASE OF SUCCESS"
Oh GREELEY THE sTEPPING-sToNE TO THE Z
TABLIsHxENT OF REELS IN POWER.
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