The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-16
Greeley and Brown.

low 'SlSSlCN llOlu we udlnc5 UelOTc II
a ticket so strong with Republicans
and yet so acceptable to Democrats
generally az that Of Greeley and Brown
The more We examine and consider it,
the stronger and more worthy of Dem
ocrntic support does itappear.
Horace Greeley is not a Democrat
that, we are quite willing to admit
ami yet he is the author Of all that is
liberal in the Republican party 1t WA,
he who first gave us the words, "ULi
vers@I amnesty and to him morethan
any other man, is the South indebted
for the restraint Of that mass Of retail
atory legislation which every pnny
congressional whipster threatened her
with in the summer and fall Of 1865
1t vas Mr.. Greeley, let it be rcmcm
bered, who, by L~incoln's express de
signation, endeavored to bring about a
cessation Of hostilities by his Niagara
Falls conference, in the fall OF 1864
and it vas Mr.. Greeley, rs is well
known, who, when to utter a word in
excuse or defense of Jefferson Davis
was extremely dangerous in the North,
affixed his name to the bond which
made it possible for Mr.. Davis to ap,
peal from the tyranny OF unrcstraincd
military power and the mob, to the
courts and the law,
1t is difficult now TO estimate this
apparently trifing and inconsiderate
act at its proper value; but those who
stop to think how inlamed and rance
rous was Northern public sentiment at
that time, can hardly assign to it too
much. 1t put a stop to the thirst tor
"~vrngeance,' the terrible desire Of for
it non combatants to "make treason
odious.' and, 10y preventing the first
step, saved the country from a reign
of terror which. even though admins
tered by the courts, would have been
dictated by the mob.
A great political leader, who dared
do all this against the protcstation Of
tens Of thousands Of his short sighted
friends, will certainly have the courage
and the manllncss to treat his new al
lies justly.
We do not need to wait and see what
entertainment the ticket finds among
Democratic newspapers and Democrat
ic politicians, to learn whether we will
support it or not. Such vicarious in
tulligencc may suit the readers Of the
Chicago "Times," but does not please
ours. We shall support Mr.. Greeley
and Governor Brown checrfuIIv, By
Iahoring tor an indorsemcn. Of their
candidacy by the Democratic National
Convention, because:
|. We believe they can be elected.
2. Because, if elected, they will free
Us forever from on i-lniiitary despo
tisms like that OF Grants.
3, Because both are able aud hon
est men
4. Because there is no prospect Of
doing any better, and great danger
that we might do much worse.
8. Because, if elected, there is hard
%"countcd out hy the methods so well
known to the Grant party.
Whoever thinks Horace Grceley's
nomination Il weak one, does not read
Tie signs Alright, Let them wait, how
ever, if they desire to he wholly safe,
aud hear the rrvrrbcratiou Of SOulliern
Confederate sentiment, where iiunl-
where, he might expect opposition
Let them wait until the first feeling of
wonder passes away and men take
counsel with their judgment and their
hearts, Then they will see how much
more wisely the convention builded
than they knew. We predict that not
only will the Democratic party endorse
the ticket through their National Con
venlIOn, without dissent or division,
hut that it will acquire new and unex
pcctcd strength and finally he ratified
hy the largest popular and cleo oral
vote given to any candidate since 1872.
Indccd we say it with all candor, we
should not at all be disappointed if
Grant being nominated At Philadelphia
the Greeley and Brown ticket re.
reives every vote cast in the electoral
college.
For these reasons we shall support
the candidates nominated ut Cincinnati
for President and vice President, sub
jcct, of coursr, to the approval 81 the
Democratic National Convention The
conviction that that approval will be
necessary, has constituted the cardinal
point OF difference between us and the
advocates OF the passive policy but
that it will he obtained. we do not have
even So much as n doubt,-[SL. Louis
Times.