Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
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other way, placed Horace Greeley first
in nomination ut Cincinnati. The call
Of that convention pretended to he
based upon tariff reform and civil ser
vice reform, and yet the nominee Of
that party is the most persistent pro-
tectionist in our land, and the leading
opponent of civil service reform,as the
callers Of that convention understand
it.
Since that time Horace Greeley has |
also been nominated by the Democrat
10 party, and avowcdly upon the ground
that his endorsement was essential to
success and the only remaining means
to crush out the Republican party. 1t
is self-evident, conceded by Democrats
and boiling Republicans alike, that tho
only reason why Greeley has been Sc
lccted by either party il the hope Of
success.
ANYBODY TO BEAT GRANT.
Carl Schurz, when opening the Gin.
cinnati Convention, proclaimed that the
cry Anybody to beat Grant," was in
itself an immortality; that it was the
cry Of dcmagogues and of6ce-secke,s
rather than of statesmen. He said
:" Let our motto be, A better man to
beat Grant" Now, since the nonIina-
ton has been consummated, nearly, if
not quite all, the movers in the Cincin
natl Convention have declared that
Horace Greeley, so far from being
better man than Graut, is even less &C.
ceptablo to them personally. BY this
nomination and Endorsement by the
Democratic party Of the man wi for
twenty years has denounced them indi-
vidually, in the aggregate and in de-
tail. and who has graphically described
them az band Of scoundrels and
thieves, united by the common sympa-
thy for public plumber, has introduced
new and demoralizing element into
political discussions. by the nomina-
ton Of Horace Greeley Democrats who
even during the late Congress resisted,
in body,all progressive measures, have
proclaimed that all their opposition TO-
negro suffrage, to civil rights, to recon-
struction, has been without truth or
principle, and they give promise that
having been suddenly converted to a
new departure and better faith, they
will hereafter oppose those which, du-
ring their entire life, they have supper
ted and advocated. That this is false
and hypocritical, that these professions
Of conversion are simulated, is ~ evil
dent that every one who does not ehut
his eyes must perceive it.
WHAT IS THOUGHT OF HIS FITNESS.
Horace Greeley is acknowledged to
be peculiarly unfit for the Presidency.
This testimony comes from every
source.
jeremiah Black says: while he
may be the most available man, he il
certainly the most unfit for the Presi-
dency"
Horace White, Of the Chicago Tri-
dune, declared nearly year ago that
Grecley's untitness for executive Office
was notorious.
Carl Scharz accepts him as neccs-
sity.
The Springfield Republican declares
him weak and vain, approachable only
to those who aatter him, and easily gull
ed by hypocrites.
The Nation declares that his election
would inaugurate gigantic system Of
corruption, and that Greeley is notori-
ously surrounded by the worst New
York city politicians.
Stevens, Of Georgia, says he is a
boiled crow, which may he swallowed,
but for which he has no hankering.
Other prominent men in thu country
have compared him to ipecac, so tina,
there never was q man nominated
by any party against whose character
and fitness there has been so unanimous
a testimony.
But why are the clans rolled to his
support? What is the mighty bond
of union that leads so many n'ea into
the support Of a VIGOROUSLY unit man,
and for whom they confess they have
no sympathy? In the first place there
is the ordinary patronage Of the gov
ernmsnt, consisting Of some fifty thou.
sand appointments, and beyond are
looming up and in preparation about
five hundred million dollars worth oi
cotton claims and claims for the dcstruc.
ton of property in the late war, Nortl,
and South. which can only be secured
by a change Of Administration and Of
administrative Influences.
WHAT SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY Ex-
pECTs.
The rebels say, elf we shall ouly
succeed in having our headquarters
transferred to tho White House and
the Executive Department we will soon
aveugc our former defeats. The Yam.
KEGS heart IL in his pockets, and We
propose to cut hole into them. These
audacious fellows are paying off the ma.
tional debt at the rate OF hundred
millions OF dollars per year, and we in.
tend to put u stop to that. These hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars they owe to
US. They owe them to US for our
slaves which they have stolen, and for
our property that they have destroyed.
If VIC cannot secure u pension for the
ex-rebcl soldier directly, we shall indi.
rectly. We intend to sell to them on.
old houses and tumblc-down stables
and wire fences and under brush, which,
by courtesy va shall call timber, at
rates so enormous that hereafter w
shall be able to live in palaces and al:
fuence. The Yankee North is rich
its riches are inexhaustible, and We in
tend to make the money fly; and since
they would not let us go in peace, and
have fastened US to the Union with
bayoncts, we intend to make them pay
dearly for the whistle: AS far AZ the
!