The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-06-11
THE U7C'kLIE'F'E LETTER.

Tho Now Orleans Times thus ana
lyzes the letter written by Ex-Gov.
Wickliffe, to DR.. w. G. Austin and
others
"Ex-Governor Robert G. Wicklife
deems it necessary to enlighted our
worthy fellow-citizen, DIR. W. G. Aus
tin and others, (not mentioned) re-
specting his views upon the nomina-
tons of the Cincinnati Convention.
The columns Of the Picoyu''e are APP
propriately selected to convey this
valuable addition to political and
historical literature directly and
promptly to the minds Of Dr. Austin
and the people.
The Ex-Governor is emphatic
against the acceptance OF Greeley
and for reason which is at once
novel and startling. 1t is, that Gree
lev. was a secessionist, and the Elk
Governor has never been one, since
he read in Elliott's Debates, or
somewhere else, that Luther Martin
offered in the convention which
ailoptcd the Federal constitution, a
resolution recognizing tho right OF
secession, which said resolution was
adopted.
This action appears to have pro-
, duced two very opposite effects upon
. Luther Martin and Ex-Governor
. WicklifFe. It made the one an in
tense Federalist, and the other an
} ardent Democrat.
/! Old Luther, after being beaten on
< the extreme States rights doctrine,
took to hard drink and abuse OF
, Tom Jefferson and Gov. Wicklifte
: after q like and still more crushing
e decisive movement in the same direc'
D ton, relieves himself by denouncine
Horace Greeley as the chief author
L of the odious heresy of secession
That is pretty strongly made-ou
point against the unhappy Horace
: But tho Ex-Governor's CULVER il
still not exhausted. He charges
Horace with being lifetime enem'
e of the South! Though secession
n list!
IS Now, seeing that the South, bv al
d overwhelming majority, declared il
n favor of secession, we don't thin]
III that it could be SO grave and unfol
" givable an offence in Greeley if h
ct recognized and defended that right
IL And if, after the war had arise
e, between the North and South on til
he subject OF secession, Greeley adhere
81 to the North and the Union, in spit
Ia of his secession sentiments, in VIII
- respect as to consistency does /
ia differ from the Ex-Governor, VIII
~ though a lifetime enemy of secessio
adhered to the South in its fight f
81" ~ that right and doctrine?
We do not know what effect IL
~ exposition may have upon the mil
of DR.. Austin and the unnam'
20 others for whose benefit it was WI
"a ten, but we confess, to our simI
-, facu ties, it is one of the most pc
picking pieces Of political logic viii
~ we have ever attempted to maste
rec Gen. Beauregard expresses himss
lev as follows in q letter to the editor
xiv the New Orleans Times, dated NJ
,ne 81: "To me it appears plain that
90 insure success we must all unite unt
the banner of the Constitution a
the laws reunion and REFORM 'lc
F0A |esty and universal amnesty II
W" banner has been lately raised at G
ne cinnati, under the leadership of CIR
pu- ley and Brown in tlre past, two
, Of our most earnest and dangerous e1
in mics, but two, also, of the purest a
hat most honest Of men, who when I'll
oil shall have said to the country, Il
~, us have peace, will mean it and '
~ give us peace, in spite Of all oppt
ton. For my part, I prefer havi
'1cn as friend one who has been
nus open and fearless antagonist to {