The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-14
Greeley and Cram.

candidates for the Presidency.
Greeley is admitted to be a man of
truth, and one who has never deceived
his friends or foes. Grant was con.
voted of lying by the whole of President
Johnson's Cabinetl It is O matter of
record. In his explanation about ac-
oeptlng the temporary appointment of
Secretary of the War Department. he
openly hvows his treachery, base trea.
cherry, to his chiell Such conduct would
have dishonored private gentleman in
any society.
Greeley has always been sober man.
Grant was disgraced drunkard before
the war, and had to resign his commits
sion IN the army to keep from being
cashieredl
Greeley has shown himself by his
speeches and writings to be man of
talent and ability. Grant has never
written anything that evinced the least
ability, and he hos never been able to
make speech at alll During the war,
be displayed no military genius what.
ever, and after sacrificing 10000 men,
twice General Lees whole force, he con-
quered only by on overwhelming force
still left under his command.
Greeley is in favor of the constitu.
tlonai rights of the States being respect
ed, and will sacredly guard and protect
them. Grant. throughout his whole
administration. has disregarded the
rights Of the Southern States, and tram.
pied them in the dustl
Greeley is civilian and a statesman,
and will appeal to the civil authorities
for the enforcement of the laws Grant
is a successful military ohieftain, con-
fesses in his inaugural that he ''has no
policy" or, III other words, is no stutes-
man; and he has set all law at defiance,
for the last four years, and governed the
South by military forcel He has filled
the country With his troops. suspended
the writ OF habeds corpus, had innocent
men arrested at tho hour of midnight.
without warrant, and hurried off to Jail.
All this done in time of profound peace,
when the civil authorities we're abund-
antly able to enforce the law.
Greeley is admitted by oil to be oil
honest man, governed by principles, end
II elected President. will appoint none
but honest men to office. Grant has
taken brlbes, under the name of gifts,
OF hundreds OF thousands of dollars, and
appointed the givers to the highest Of
noes In the Government. Hie first Sc
cretary OF the Treasury made him pre-.
sent OF S5O, 600 and was appointed to
once. His Secretary OF the Navy and
Secretary. of State did the same thing.
Many others might be named. Lord
bacon. 1.-The wlsest, greatest of men, !"
was dlsgraced and imBeached for taking
gifts whilst Lord Chancellor, though in
every instance he decided the law cor
rectly. For this taking of gifts from
~
pronounced him the basest of mankind.
Grant has been surrounded by Official
rogues and defaulters from the time he
went into Office. He has protected them.
If Greeley is elected, it will strike ter
ror into the ranks Of the roguish Official
carpet baggers, scalawags and traitors in
South Carolina. They will flee the State
with their ill-gotten gains, as rats leay.
ing burning house. But if Grant ia
reelected, they will go ON stealing, till
there is nothing left in the State to steal
His bayonets will protect them, and the
negroes will be told again if they don't
vote for them, they will be thrown back
into slavery.
Greeley was in favor of amnesty at the
close of the war, and wished .!the North
and South to shake hands over the grave
of slavery" Grant and his partisans
have denied to the wisest and best men
in the Southern States the right of hold
ing Office ever since the war closed. till
1t was forced out of them by the nomi.
nation OF Greeley.
Greeley was for peace after the sur
render of Lee, and magnanimity on tho
part of the conquerors. Grant hypo.
critically cried out, "Let lis have peace, F."
whilst he was marching his standing
armies over the country, committing
outrages on peaceful citizens and stir.
ring up strife and rebellion.
ALI the issues on which Greeley on.
posed the South for the last thirty years.
are dead and buried. There is now no
antagonism between him and us. But
the issues which separate us from Grant
are living issues, and will continue to
live as loSs as he remains in the Presi, IL
dency.
If Greeley is elected, he will restore
the Government to Republican princi-
pies and constitutional rights, and put
down corruption and dishonesty. If
Grant is elected, he will continue his
military despotism and play the tyrant
on grand scale.
II Greeley is elected, he will live at the
seat Of Government and attend TO his
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