Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21


office, is building on a quicksand. With
the exception of Mr.. Sumner, no leading
Liberal Republican does really put any faith
in those protestations. Theirs is not case
of delusiOn. They are hypOcrites, not dupes
They know well the plot, and for the sake
of office are willing to help and risk the con-
They know that MIR. Greeley's
election means the negro surrender to the
hate of the Southern States, with no IN
reference from the nation In his behalf;
that it means the constitutional amendments
neutrallzed by Copperhead Congress; our
debt tempered with, and our bonds falling
twenty per cent. in every market. The
Democratic millionaire who is willing to risk
this has already - hedged.' he holds mill
ions of Confederate bonds, and IL plotting
to make on them more than enough to pay
four times over for all he loses on the ma
tionaI securities, and then safely laughs at
the small bondholders he has duped.
Observe that | count Mr.. Greeley's allies
only the copperheads of the Democratic
party; it is loose talk TO say he has Joined
the Democrats. Such Il statement Is an
insult to the Democracy. The exact truth
IS, he has joined the copperhead wing Of the
DemOcracy-its worst element They are
his reliance.
| know some honest war Democrats wish
to change their base and accept heartily the
result of the war. All honor &c them, Bat
their place is not with Greeley, but with
Grant. They fought at his side; there they
should stand to-day. | know it is hard to
confess mistakes but | practice what |
preach,
If General Grant is set aside, who is Of
fered us in his place Horace Greeley.
need not tell you, my friends, what Horace
70 oh
only too well in the weary years Of our strug-
gle. tie had enough OF clear moral vision
to see the justice of our cause. But he
never had courage enough to confess his
faith. If events had ever given him the
courage, he never would have had principle
enough to risk anything for an idea. A
trimmer by nature and purpose, he has
abused even an American politician priv
llege of trading principles for success. But
for lack Of ability he would have been the
chief timeserver OF his age. | neyer knew
tall now any of his eulogists 50 needless and
undiscriminating as even to claim that he
was a sincere man. As for honesty-fOr
twenty years he has been a byword with US &,
that it would be safe to leave your open
purse in the same room with him but as
for any other honesty, no one was ever wit
less enough to connect the idea with his
name.
Mr.. Sumner trusts him a. a ~ lifetime alb
olitionist. This is certainly news to you
and me. You and | know we'll. when 150I-
tigHist was term OF reprOaeh, how timidIy
be held up has skirts about him, careful 10
nut a wide distance between himself and US
You Will find few working abolitiOdists who
stood IN the trenches from 1910 u 1860,
willing TO trust the negro race 70 Horace
Greeley. / can remember the day when he
and his tcllow-Republica quoted our criti-
cisms upon them as certificates that they
We're no abolitionistS. We can give him
Just such a certificate now with a clear con-
science. Judged by the files of the Tri51He
itself there never was an hour when Horace
Greeley could have been trusted with the
care Of the black man rights
No man has known better than he how 70
manufacture political and pecuniary success
ont ot the convictions of other men For
himself he never had conviction. Men
contrast his former praise of Gen era mt
with his tault-hndinE now Neither his
praise nor hIs blame Is of any account
Neither comes from the heart Both are
measured ami weighed out With shrewd cal
culatl0n for effect. Examine the files OF
the Ir17uas, and you Will see that whenever
men = convictions On any subject got "A keen
edge, Mr.. Greeley was always ready II blunt
them with q compromise. lie is only acting
now the part he has always PLAYED Men
laugh when some stirring and loyal sentence
Is quoted from the Tribune of I~6. or lS64.
and Horace Greeley Immediately proves that
lac did not write iJ But yOu aud / ALWAYS
knew that threequartcrs of the loyalty OF
the Irl1uEe was smuggici into Ii IN his alb
eence, OF IN spite Of him. III his letters and
communications To Lincoln, during the dark
years OF loo2 and lN63, are ever published.
the world viii see what YOU ami ! have
always known, that he could hardly have
aided the Coniederacy more, unless be had
enlisted in its ranks, OF taken "a seat IN its
Cabinet.
II, a. Mr.. sumner says. Mr.. Grcelcy is a
= lifetime abOltionist. how comes IL that
-ll within three years Mr. Summer hardly
ever got = kind VOID and never bad any
hearty support from the TJIJlme2 How
liten have Mr.. Summers friends heard him
.zTatiate at length OLA this point On the
loor ct Congress he has stood, for many
'cdr, the Inearna ton of the autI-slaverv
movement. But he has again aud again
complained that instead OF giving him any
support, the TrttuRe has constantly belittled
MS efforts and put obstacles in his way
.hecrIns his opponents and carping at his
or at best. Gamnug them with I
amt praise Ny recollection Of these we'll /
grounded complaints is 80 fresh that LOOK /.
It Mr. Summers picture ol Mr. Greeley
With unteiGnci astonishment Even the /.
supposed conversion OF tie southern rebels /
: not 50 wonderful as that of the Tribune /
nto supporter of Charles Sumner
Doubtless we could find a man who would !
ven If elected by rebels, still use them Tor 1
lis own purposes. And it is possible that, |
n rare moments of exceptional courage or .
irtue, Mr.. Greeley may dream of doing so. 1
Gut IN cool and sane moments he knows he /
S their tool, and is cCntentei u be 50.
very man OF common sense sees that, of /
curse, II copperheads and seceSsionists lift I
lr Greeley INTO the White House, ,hey will /
lalm-and it is now understood that thew
hall have-their full share IN shaping the
Obey and SLING the Offices ut the admins
ration. They are no bunglers, but shrewd
a bargain, and sure to get good security
Jr promise. The corner stone OF their
olIcy Is 10 repudIate our debt, or assume
1eir own. We shall surely hear that advo-
ated. We shall probably see Jefferson Davis
o the Senate, and certainly have his agents
4 the Cabinet. No doubt he will be con
Tilted In the construction OF the Cabinet.
his Is to put in peril all the war has gained
am not ready Tor such an experiment.
n old friend, now residing in Georgia,
no stood, rifle IN hand, in Kansas all
trough that fight, told me, just after the
inclnnati Convention:
- Slr, Before Grant arrested those twenty
u hlux in North Carolina | never slept
ithOut loaded musket at nv bed-head,
nd never ventured into the village unless
My armed. Since that stern intolerance in
orth Carolina 1, eren ofar Of in Georgia,
eep and walk about as safe, careless and
zee as you do here
. II Greeley is elected, | suppose, " said l,
you ii load those revolvers again
- Never. / know by Southern boast what
lat election means. I'll never risk living
! Georgia under Greeley. I'll sell out and
,me North"