Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-18
THESE BE OUR BRETHREN.


In letter of Horace Greedy to friend,
made public since bis death, be alluded TO
two notable events in his life: first, that be
Ilrew away the United States Senatorial
sip when be published az editorial in the
wv York Tribune, following close upon
% end Of our civil war, in favor Of uniVer-
as' amnesty; and second, That be did him
Sill great pecUniary harm in 1867, by bail
i'm JEFF. Davis. The Hartford ColTdpt
s2Ys this last statement undoubtedly has
reference to the sale of his "AmeTican Con-
1l.ct." The first volume of this work had
an immense sale. No book previously pub
lished had met with such rapid sale, ex-
Cepting perhaps Mrs. Stoves famous novel,
"Uncle TOMS Cabin" Near
", if rot quite, two hundred
and fifty thousand copies of the first volume
were disposed of, and the sac was still 60
ing on successfully when the second
volume appeared. The publishers were
justified in supposipg that the second would
have as extensive sale as the first volume,
IS every one who had purchased the book
for It's historical value would surely get the
complete thing. When the sale Of the sec
oud volume had reached some GO,0OO Or
10000 copies, and lightning presses were
rushing it Of by hundreds every day to
meet the urgent call of agents in the field
MIR. Greeley signed the bail bond of JEFF.
Bavis, and from that time the sale virtually
ceased, and to this day there has been
but little demand for the book, the profits
citing Mr.. Greeley only about $l75a year;
whereas his share of tie profits previous to
The signing Of Davis bail bond had amount
Cd 10 $4,000. II can be readily imasined
i-om this statement, what it cost Mr.. Gree
icy to do an act which be believed to be
9th msgnanimous and just. The people
no thus punished him for doing q noble
,oed, are the same who struck him down
when he became a candidate for President,
FOR the reason that they believed he
would, if elected, be magnanimous
:; $ well as just TO the people Of the South,
md they will treat every man who takes
he position in the fame manner. Norman
IN the North, however prominent his post
ton, however influential among bis people,
care to favor any proposition looking to Il e
disenthrslment of the white people of the
South. If he does, from that moment be
is marked man, and his Influence is gone.
These be our brethren, and we are required
10 kiss the hand with which they smite not
only us but cur friends among themselves.
They are as bitter in their resentments
against US as at any time during the war,
and there seems little probability that this
feeling will die out while they live. 1t is
evident that this Tevengeful spirit is
not confined 10 tie leaders of the Radical
Republicans: it crops out, as in the case Of
Dir. Greeley, among those who compose
the rank and file Of that wing Of the party.
1t was instilled tito them by their leaders /
during our civil war, and they have not |
forgotten the teachings If the men who |
profit by keeping alive fle passions engend- |
cred by that strife. These prejudicss are
pandered 10 by those high in authority, and |
the South made TO suffer in consequence. |
We have but to turn to the States of Ala
bsna, Louisiana and Arkansas, to find =
yerifcation OF ills assertion. Grant dare
rot, if he were so disposed, do justice 10
the people Of these States, for be knows full
well it would bring down upon bis admin
is,Iation a war more bitter and yindictiye
tl.an that with which Horace Greeley was
pursued to his grave. These be our breth-
reD, but the brotheIly love has al 10 come |
from the people of the South. Brave, |
chivalrous and forgiving, they have strug-
ged manfull to appesss these Northern |
brethren, and with what result, the world |
knows. A sublimer spectacle is furnished
by no people than the patient endurance
wdh which the high-spirited, chivalrcus
men of the South have submitted to what |
ever has been imposed upon them at the be-
hesis Of their Nc tbern brethren, and in
tie efforts they have made to win the COZ
idence and respect they would have received
in almost any other government in the
world. 1t is not their fault that we are not