The sun., 1872-05-31

to employ ali The powers of his ONCE to make
himself President again.
| GRANT AND GREELEY AS REPUBLICASs.
We also propose that there shall be more rigid
economy in the collection and disburscmen, OF
the public moneys. | believe the Republican
party Is Just as honest one as ever lived lap
plauel. but at the same time. ] believe It Is to-
dav more selhshly and serviiey led than any
tion the Liberals nominated Horace Greeley for
win nominate r.. s Grant Now, ,1dring of
these men by Republican standards which Is
me bet hepnb'an when az Grant He, TO
Grant, the politician. lie was converted to Re
puhlicanism when the Republican convention
the fresidency. lhat was the light which ne
saw. lie had done no Republican act Iofore
that time. lie had never been an anti-elaNcry
man nor an Aboliiioni-t, and had been Demo-
crat up TO the time OF his nomination. tel
these Republicans that, when these young gem
tlemcn were In their nurses arms, Horace Gree
ley was battling against slavery with all the
the country into hostility TO II, and struggling
| earnestly and manlully against all odds. Yet,
iorsu3ih, they have just discovered that ne Is no
ms RepqHllcaq party, honest and pure as It
| denounce the teacher Of Rcpublicanism and
| take ~ and support, on the issue Of Republican
teri do not say Gen Grant is dishonest, nor
| do believe he Is, but believe his education IL
honest. lApplausel Not long before Horace
Greeley came out Of the wlds Of New Ham
| shire, an humble printers boy, Gen. Grant Wns
born in Ohio. One OF them, with nothing in the
| world but strong will, cool head. and an
honest heart has, by The force Of his SS S%p ener,
| is made President or not, no man need bo
| ashamed.
| GREELEY TOO HONEST.
| Our regular friends do not say that Greeley Ia
dishonest. Indeed, they say he Is too honest to
| be President. They say he Is soft. They have
an an IDEA that man m must must have little infusion s
| dency. lLaughterl They have an idea that
| Presidential metal must be treated somewhat
like silver. II you mean to convert IL Into plate
metal to harden 1t. So they Insist that Greeley
rascality TO iit him for tho Presidency. For the
first time in our history we have made mistake
after Greeley's birth. Gen. Grant was born in
the state Of Ohio and, In the course Of time,
Institution at West Point and he was educated
at the expense ~ the country, Now, supposing
| tuuities in life and had worked out their own
salvation. what do YOU think would have been
their relative positions to-dayt
WE WILL ELECT GREELEY.
| think We shall elect Greeley know that
| our REGULAR brethren at first received his nomi-
nation with n regular Eufaw. but have seen,
the mouth. In the first place, they suppose that
there are no Republicans In the country To sup.
these oid-fashioned 1851 Republicans are made
II. They do not seem TO understand these men.
who commenced war upon slavery when It was
supporicd by strong party. and imbcdded in
the Irejudices OF the whole people. These men
Will tght IN any battle where their rconNic,iuus
are involved. And moro than that they know
nothing aboul TIE material that this Democratic
r' ,Sds sa" YSa Si crar6' Sct Horace reeley
without the help ol the Democrats. do not
oxrcci 20. And II Gen. Grant does not get some
Democrats. Horace Greeley will take his place in
the White Hgusc on the ith day OF next March
been frh'iur the Democrats 80 often, are now
appealing 10 thcm to make AN independent nom-
nation At Baltmorc. There IS my friend
| Mp-@pr. best family
r | the county, he loves Dan voorhees, and all
, those patriotic fellows who viii not vote Tor
! | for him. for has he not abused the Democrats
. | They lay, Can you Democrats vote for man
| who has abused you SO muchf And II you
I, | should do II. these regulars would lose their
faith In human nature forever.
O. DEMOCRATS GOING FoR HORACE.
ID WHY the Democrats are going to vote for Hor-
ace Greeley. do not believe he will lose five
+ th1- sand IN Illinois. Those who support him
viii d. h upon perfectly rational principles. and
they viii not vote for Gen. Grant am in favor
Z | of letting the Democrats run the machine their
e. own way, flr | know where Il must run. But
, | Tho EeUuilirans who are supporting Horace
| Greeley intend To- vote for him whether Demo
| crats or Republicans do or de- not. You say 20
us: " II they nominate Democrat at baltimore.
! 'lo nj, YOU viii defeat the Republican party .
> 1 say III they nominate a Demo- rat az lialti-
more, had not sou better vote for Greeley, 50 ~
. Go keep Democrat from being elected Is
| ~ It. Is. You will vote for nrst-clas'
Z Republican. and II the Democrats nominate a
1 | III Of my regular brethren 70 come ~ To the
, help of R.mbliCanism; At the best, however
7 | % NDyy small number Of Democratic votes will bt
q given for the nomination made nt baltimore.
, LET Us HAVE PEACE.
/, Now come 70 one question about which there
is some difference. II you eject Cen Grant
| Vou retain In power men VINO, like Morton, insist
that there is still a nyht between the boys in
: hl me- and the boys IN gray the class who are
! | always appealing to public preiudiCes, always
I eager that there shall be- some grounds Of bitter
. strife In the country, that they may have the
4 | LII II Ia aff
q | Horace Greyley-you recollect the admirable
e language of his letter. the people will shake
10 brethren again. what American Is there who
| does not desire 90 see II, when we shall be one
l. The rebellion and recount Its horrors. No mar
e can cXa-Eerate them. But what have we beer
strug4sii ny furf We have not been struggling tu
I lay the foundation Of preiudices that vii
. last forever, but 10 bring back peace to the
u country, and Tetstablish the brotherhood o.
) this great American pcopef II YOU elec
/ Horace Greeley YOU will throw out to the breez,
I the blessed white lag "i peace all overthe hepub
lr and III be strong because II will be united
q | .Auplau8el Now submit to YOU, and even &
1 those who are most earnest In the support o.
= Gen. Grant, de- not you recol.eet that Gen. Gran
i aid " Let us haye. peace = That was sent
i have been most admirable. Horace Greeley i
+ humane, his life II g peaceful one and his let
I tion 70 restore fraternity and kindness through
u out the Republic. But some Of YOU say he |
:. going to recognize the rebels again as American
a citizens. LAgctly ] AN not one OF those WIZ
( shrink from the consequences of any doctrine
: | hat entertain, ] am for saying TO every MAJ
b WITHIN the whole length Of this Republic, "Com
4 back we have put down the rebellion, ard ever
: offence shall be forgotten upon the single cohdi
4 tion that YOU shall sin no more That is tn
o only condition. lApplauscl
. so MORE BTTERNEss NOR HATE
% | Think have a. much reason for hating them n
| any one, ii hate was rational, but hate never wa
| rational, hate never was Htltcsmanlike, hat'
always degraded and never elevated any peo pic
- | say If there were reasons for hating these men
"a | / have a. many as anybody else. From the yer!
l. FIRST until the last day of the war was in th
r. field, separated from all that loved. just u
is other men were. In the spring of lndl | wen
4 | into the field with one Of the first three year
d regiments raised from this Statc-on the III
% day Of May, 1861. remained I'm the service %
II the country, sepa atcd from home, until the Is
Il day OF September 1855. went over the HON,
h OF my childhood dcsolated by war. | saw m
rs kindred in tho South, and my kindred in tn,
r, | Nurth shot down in battle, sometimes on oppo
Is site sides in the same fight saw, too, Ken
N | tucky regiments engaged In tho struggle
II one In the rebel army, and one loyal, Il
e ono regiment there were relatives, and also II
IN the other. / engaged in struggles with mel
20 who fought their own brethren In that Grea
m strife. ! have Hs many reasons, therefore, f.