Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-08-08
MOSBY ON THE STUMP FOR GRANT.
Why Southern Men Ought TO oppose
Grepley

Why Southern Men Ought to oppose
Greeley.
| AT Salem, Virginia, on the 3rd, Col. JnO.
S. Mosby and Gen. Eppa. Hunton had a
| discussion on the political issues of the day,
Mosby for Grant, Hunton for Greeley. A
large crowd was present, and the New
York Herald correspondent says in refer
ence to Mosby: --s
His voice is peculiar, as is the man, be-
ing in higher notes sharp and decisive, and
in the lower ones soft and melodious. Peo-
pie may say what they will, if the gather
ing of yesterday was any index to the opin-
ion of the stay-at-homes, then the eX-COn-
federate chief has far more strength than
they have been willing to admit.
He gave these among other reasons, why
he supported Grant and opposed Greeley ::
One Indictment against Grant was the
bayonet law. Both Mr.. Greeley and his
platform endorse that. Grant didn't ask
Congress to pass it Greeley did and insist
ed on it, and he thought that man advo-
eating Mr.. Greeley's election had hard
cheek to come before Southern people and
find fault with Grant for enforcing it,
General Hunton objects to having Mr.
Greeley's past record produced and says he
is not here to defend it. This also was
new phase in politics, gentlemen on the
stump avowing that they are ashamed of
the record of their candidate. He intend
ed, though, to introduce it and show gentle
men that it was so impish-( -(applause)-
that even his friends had to turn their
backs on it. If he were forced to that strait
he would never ask a friend to vote for his
candidate. (Applause.) How did he get
the nomination ? Why, as everybody
knows, by the chicanery of the Tammany
thieves, who, in order to get possession of
the government, picked man they knew
they could use man who had been the
alIeged..scarecrow of both continents for the
past ten years. Horace Greeley was man
whose chief claim to distinction was his in
tolerant hate of the South, the wearing of
white hat and walking down Broadway
with one leg of his breeches stuck in his
boot. daughter and applause.) They
wanted to make the masquerade complete,
and they could not have selected more
appropriate candidate, not even Dolly Var
den herself. And still Southern men
thought he could be elected and give them
Office. If that was what they wanted he
advised them to take chances in voting for
Grant, who was sure to be elected. These
promises reminded him of the devil taking
the Savior to the top of the mountain and
offering to give Him all the world, though
at the time he did not own an acre, ZAP
plause.)
HE PREFERRED GRANT TO GREELEY,
because one was soldier and the other
fanatic. He supported Grant because of his
terms to Lee, and surely no conqueror ever
bore himself more magnanimously to a
vanauished foe than idGrant when he re-
turned his sword to Lee and bade him go
in peace. The covenant made that day has
been sacredly kept. For him there was no
triumphal procession chanting pens of
victory to humble his conquered foe.
He was no Achilles to drag the
body of his enemy around the walls
of the conquered city
He would support Grant because,
with all his faults, nobody ever accused
him of deserting friend or violating a
covenant. applause and cheers for
Grant.)
MIR. SUMNER MIGHT WRITE
all he chose about the regenerated Democ-
racy, of which Mr.. Hunton was speci-
men, but for himself, if the regenerating
waters consisted in voting for Greeley, he
preferred to remain among the unregenef~
ated. (Long applause.) He closed by
urging upon his hearers, for the reason he
had given, to vote for Grant, and when he
took his seat, for several minutes, the
grove rang with the hearty cheers given
for Grant and Mosby.