Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-07-25
A BLAST FOR THE GREELEYITES.
Hon. Hiram Price IN Rerly ~ Gree.
Icy ISLANDERS.

'hNtioh mas Just been called 10 tht
following in the issue OF the Dali,
Davenport Democrat of last evening
The bes Moincs State Le1ler says of ou
fellow citizen: :. The Hon. Hiram Price
who for many years has been a most radi
cal active work in Iowa politics, is 60
ing to Europe. 1t Is asserted that he i.
Disguised with Grant and his party, ant
while he does not desire to take cpcr
grounds against Grant and the party tina
supports him fer reelection, he will alb
sent himself from the contest to avoid tn,
persistent opportunities on either side t,
take the stump. It's a great loss to tn,
Grant force,in the State, and especially in
Scott county, and the second con gressiona
district to work without Hiram Price"
l have known, ever since tho Gin
cinnati Convention, that the enemies
of President Grant, and Of his ad
ministration, were hard driven to
find material out Of which to manu-
facturc capital to bolster up the dis.
honest cause in which they are EN-.
gagged.
But until l saw the above quta-
ton from the Leader l did not know
tha, they themselves considered their
cause so desperate.
1t will be news indeed, to those
who know me, to hear that occupy
so doubtful position in the present
Presidential contest as to De COM
PEELED to "absent myself from the
contest, to avoid the persistent i'm.
portunit,es of either side to take the
stump" 1 believe this is the first
time I was ever charged with beng
on the fence III reference to any CUES
ton about which l pretended TO
know anything; and risk nothing
in saying that il is the last thing that
any one, either friend or foe, will be-
lieve OF me. Whatever faults l may
have, hating between two opinions
is not one Of them. was not among
those who cried "On to Richmond"
one day, and the next day pleaded
to allow the "erring sisters to co.
/ was not one of those who whined
and larented over the evils Of slav-
erv, and yet when the time came to
strike the shackles from the limbs Of
the slave, hesitatcd and debated
whether it would not be better to
wait until rust and time should wear
out the chains, even though the heart
of the slave should break before the
links Of the chain that bound him
Some of the would.be leaders OF the
Greeley faction cannot truthtully say
this.
l was among those who believed
that the only way 10 subdue the re-
bellion and bring peace to the coun-
try was to uh,p the rebellious spirit
out Of the rebels. and wash on: with
blood the stains of treason.
Therefore, l believed in General
Grants policy during the war. and
as a member Of Congress. l did
what I could to make him Lieuten-
ant General, and have never regretted
1t since. When he took command
OF the army OF the Potomac, the
spade, kid glove and cologne water
policy Of Mcclellan was abandoned,
and the rebels were taught that war
meant hard knocks, and hard knocks
continued until somebody was
whipped They and their friends
did not like him then, and they do
not like him now. The same battle
cry that rallied their forces then,
rings along their entire line to-day.
Anything to beat Grant was then
inscribed upon sfsheir banners. and
not one letter Of that inscription has
been changed.
The rebel element of the South is
almost so!ilayainst Grant. Ikaoac this
from some months residence there
last Winter. The men in the North
who proclaimed the "war a failure"
who refused to vote for men and
money in Congress to carry on the
war, and those out OF Congress who
refused to take government bonds,
and who asserted that greenbacks
were worthless trash, are almost to
man opposed to Grant, and in favor
of anybody or anything that will
beat him. To this list of somewhat
opposers, has been added
a small company OF uneasy, dissatis-
fed, disappointed, soreheaded poll
who, because they
could not be allowed to control the
ship, are doing what they can to run
her upon the rocks among the break
ers. Men who, because they could
not rule, are determined to do what
they can to ruin. Men who once
pretended to be warm friends and
of Gen. Grant, AMI OF the
very policy which he has been, and
is now pursuing, but who now bark
londest of any OF the pack that fol
low swapping and snarling at his
heels. To such 1t is only necessary
to say, 60, ye holiday, ye sunshine
friends, We time servers, We criers Of
hosann.h to-day and crucifers to-
morrow-go hide your guilty heads,
get, if possible, an act Of the Legis-
lature changing your names, one and
all OF you, 10 Arnold.
Grant was success in tho army;
he gave us peace, and az the head of
the government he has been equally
if not more successful in maintaining
that peace at home and sbroad.--
Never in tho history of the world
has nation Immediately at the close
of war started on such brilliant
course of uninterrupted prosperity
as ours. If our credit as nation
had declined; if our financial system
had been crippled or deranged; if
the complications with other nations
growing ont Of tho war had given us
serious trouble or embarrassment, it
would not have been strange consid-
eripg all the circumstances; and if
any or all OF these things had DC
Cured, the enemies of the admins
tration would have had some shadow
Of reason for opposition. But the