Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-08-28

idol and model. He does not find
t difficult to believe that the end sane
: titles .he means. To adhere TO a fiXe,
/ principle of right, come what may, h
! regards as fanaticism to sacrifice
for a present attainable advantage
in his opinion craftsmanship. In tn
treatment of public affairs lie is unre
liable, and without vision or judg
ment. The latest exhibition of hi
; slipperineSs is seen in his high pro
, lection dodge at Cincinnati to recon
: cile free traders to his nomination.
He seems to be quite destitute o
moral sensibility, and when occasion
favors can easily be duped. He see
no good reason why fire and gun
powder should always remain al
variance, or why light and darknes:
should never cOalesce. 1t is only fol
Southern disloyalty TO put on the
guise of patriotism to be accepted as {
proof of repentance and regeneration.
The adversary, when dressed as an
angel of light, is not to be repulsed oil
suspected, but it will be a Christian
act to shake hands with him, wheth-
er over a "bloody chasmn or the bot
tomless pit! His clamOr for universal
amnesty, and for q total Oblivion Ot
the causes and consequences of the
| late dreadful war, is directly in the
! interest of another Southern rebel
! lion; and should he be our next
President, as he has repeatedly pro-
claimed his belief in the right OF
secession if agreed upon by control
ing sectional majority, there is reason
/ hn q
what may transpire uLder his admin
/ istratiOn. There need be adduced no
case for great distrust or stronger
condemnation than is found in the
| fact that the great body of Southern
whites-lOyal in form by necessity
not choice-aIe eager for his success,
while as large a proportion of the
Southern freemen are trembling in
fear of il; for they instinctively per-
eeive what will be the sad consequent
ces 10 themselves. They may not,
indeed, be again reduced to bondage;
but short of this, there will be little
regard paid to their personal or politi-
cal rights. For this reason it is that
they are feeling so alarmed and
indignant at the stupidity or perfidy
of any of their number voting for the
Greeley ticket, and well may a wide
margin of allowance be made for them
if, in any case, they attempted to
prevent this by threatening personal
violence. Their object is not to strike
down freedom of choice, but to save
themselves from q cruel betrayal.
You can shed no light on their path
way, for they have q much clearer
vision than your own. and practical
knowledge of men and things around
them that you do not possess. Talk
not to them in disparagement of
President Grant; tell them not of the
superior virtues of Mr.. Greeley! As
a matter of common sense and Ordi-
nary prudence they only ask-on
which side are their dispisers and
prosecutors rallying, Ku Kluxes and
all, to come to the sensible conclusion
that their safety lies in an opposite
direction. Yet it is Charles Sumner
who i, exerting all his power to per-
suade them to the contrary! By
what witchcraft has this been brought
about?
"Oh madness of discourse.
That cause sets up with and against itself!
Bi-fold authority where reason can revolt
without prediiion, and loss assume all
Without revolt, this is. and ia not, Cressid,"
The special point that you press
upon grateful consideration of colOred
voters is this: Horace Greeley from
early life was earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy
with the colored race and dlI0dys
foremost in the great battle for rights.
/ am so much of a Republi-
can that 1 wish to see in the Presi-
Dental chair life time dbOLitiOnfSt. e."
Here again, as in the case of Gratz
Brown, you make a claim that can
not be substantiated. Mr.. Greeley |
never Was and never assumed to be !
an abolitionist. He never denounced |
as a nahum in sc, nor |
the immediate liberation |
Of the slaves, nor recommended q |
direct assault upon slavery itself, nor
all pro-slavery COM
promise. nor objected to slave rep |
in Congress or in the
legal rendition of fugitive slaves, nor
himself with any anti
slavery organization, nor sanctioned !
the abolition movement. He was a
trimmer throughout the whole strug-
gle, Notwithstanding that he wrote
and published much that was SER
to the cause of freedom. He
was not even Free-Soiler but always
4 Henry Clay Whig until Republican,
SIN sIpplanted the Wing and Free
Soil parties. Even after the slaves
we're set free under Abraham Lin
,oln's Proclamation of Emancipation,
ne was in favor of paying those who
lad robbed them of every right and
-ioted upon their unpaid toll. not less
han four hundred millions of dollars!
Far different was the manner in
which your friend, Mr.. R. w. Emer-
ON, regarded this pecuniary adjust
nent between the slave masters and
lave:
"Give the owner compensation;
Fill up the bag to the brim
Who is the owner: The slave is owner!
And ever was! Pay hinl"'
Not go, said Mr.. Greeley, pay the
money to the slave masters. And
his, too, after they had risen in re- .
,elIion, and involved the country in
II the horrors of civil war to perpet-
late their despotic power, and at the {
ost of thousands of millions of dol [
arsl 1
And this is your life long abuli- 1
ionist," Mr.. Sumner, always fore {
most in the great battle for the rights
t the colOred race, and full OF SYM [
,athy for them J" Why, even their ]
in Africa was an agreea-
lie device to him; for, personally, he |
herished the common prejudice
gainst them, though certainly ready
0 beffiend any suffering applicant
lack or white, being naturally of
disposition. 1t is to his
redit he was opposed to the intro {
uction of new slave States into the |
Union, and also to the annexation of '
ew territory for the extension of 1
lavery; nevertheless, with his COM 7
tendencies and sentiment T
al views of peace, if he had been in 1
he Presidential chair when the re-
ellion broke out, the chances would I
ave been that the Confederate States !
hight have dictated terms to the '
yhole country, even to the extent of i
their independence, and (
.aving the slaves to their fate. For O
Ir. Greeley belongs TO that class of L
who vociferOusly cry I
Peace, peace" when there is no Il
eace. He believes in Gaping Vesu- n
ius. u