The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-09-20
FOR WHOM SHALL WE VOTE.

EMPoRiA News: In the Empo-
ria Ledger of September 9Th no
tice an article headed "For Whom
Shall we Vote" and signed "Re-
publican" which / fear totally
annihilates the last hope of the
Grant party. However, as our
rule is never die without kicking,
I propose a brief reply to that
noted 4 writer, who calls himself
Republican"
In the first place, he says Gree
ley has brains, brains. / believe
none deny that. So has JEFF Davis
and Tweed and even the meanest
dog in the country has brains, and
of course one glance at Greeley's
photograph, Especially one of
those drawn by Mast in Harper's
Weekly would convince any man
that Greeley had double share of
brains. But that Greeley is a tai
ented man all admit; and also that
his talent has been, displayed in
various ways. In 1861 he was in
favor of secession. LET our err
ring sisters go in peace" was his
doctrine. ION to Richmond" and
abuse of the administration for the
necessary delay in preparing for
the gigantic war which followed,
was his next howl. Total annihi-
lation of all rebels his next;
"peace on any terms his next
cry, and so on, always preparing
some, absurdity or impossibility,
till his name became by-word all
over the country In fact, Secre-
tary Stanton once proposed to
have him arrested for holding COM
munication with the enemy. But,
says Republican, Greeley has a
heart. Well, that is no great thing
to boast of, as it necessarily be-
longs ,to.an animal creation, but
for Greeley s goodness 1 refer you
to the letters of William Lloyd
Garrison, Wendall Phillips and
others of his old associates, for
explanation.
& "Greeley has experience"
Granted; for within my memory
he has been on all sides OF all
parties, and all questions of i'm
portance. He has always been q
first class revolver, ready to turn
in all directions to crafty his own
whims. And no one doubts that
his acts and advice were the cause
of prolonging the war, more than
those. of any other who claimed to
be a Union man and occupied the
same position he did. He was
continually trying to force his
foolish schemes on President Lin
coin, one day advocating his four
hundred million dollar slave
scheme, and the next his Niagara
peace negotiation with cut-throats
and bridge burners who had no
more authority than he himself
had. His course throughout was
that of vacilating demagogue,
A who wished to force himself on the
public notice regardless of all
consequences, and had his schemes
been listened to doubtless the con-
federates would have succeeded in
their efforts to establish their in
dependence. Then his financial
policy is another evidence of his
entire inability to manage the gov
eminent or anything else. And
|, last but not least, his great bar
gain and sell out to Carmichael,
Seymour and the Democratic
! party, his life long enemies, is the
: noted act of his life. LET us clasp
. hands across the bloody chasm''
is q noble expression; 1bnt eman-
ating from such brain as his, and
under the present circumstances,
. it is not well appreciated, except
in connection with that noble
, secesh expression of 1861, to-wit
!. '.Let us die in the last ditch
g The two together have rather q
: noble sound, but separate neither
i is of much force. Then Republi
Q can calls the leaders in the Liberia
q movement men distinguished fol
;, brain, heart and experience, and
points to Sumner, Schurz, Trum
bull and Hendricks, as examples
:. every one of whom are broker
down soreheads, who have failet
in accomplishing their schemes il
y their own party, and they are not
willing to accept the Greeley Dem
ocratic coalition, hoping thereb!
~ to retrieve their fallen fortunes
d He might with equal prophet
le point to Tweed, Conoly and til
l. Tammany ring as examples @
= honesty, or JEFF Davis, Forrest an
= A. S. johnson as patterns of 10y
y atty, and every one of whom ar
L now using all their efforts in fave
of the Greeley movement.
l. But, says Republican, ''that v
E. are giving aid to the Democrat
70 party if we vote for Greeley, is
i: libel on human nature" II
!. truth is, that to elect Greele
- would be to place the Goyernmel
70 in the power of the Democrat
as who already boast that they coul
do exactly Lhsi they please vii
he him, or failing in that, it would !
er easy to dispose of him in the san
way that General Harrison M
a supposed to be disposed of in Is.
ahasthus place the Government