The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

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The following letter of Mr.. Greeley Of
the Tribune, indicates clearly that he
is taking ticket with the Liberals and
Reformers for Cincinnati instead of with
the Malignants and Corruptionists for
Philadelphia The ranks of thu former are
evidently increasing-good luck to them
-or to any other party which has for its
object the overthrow of the Administra.
ton, which to prolong its power is wage
ing its fierce and unrelenting war upon
the people of the South, expressing them
with insupPortable taxes-dogging them
with spies-loading them with letters
and incarcerating them in Southern
prison walls and Northern Penitentiaries
by authority of tyrannical and unconsti-
tutional legislation
NEW YORK, February g. 1872.
DEAR SIR Il am not for Grant il there is
any help for it. as trust there may be.
Send all you can TO Cincinnati COnven-
ton, and come yourself New York will be
largely represented there.
Yours.
HORACE GREELEY.
j. n. Boyd, Esq. Chillicothe, Mo.
A ta-sr expression from Mr.. Greeley
on the ubject, is contained in the follow
ing letter
NEW YORK TRIBUNEl
NEW YORK, March z, 1872.
Ny DEAR SIR IL am doing my best on
the Conservative movement, and expect TO
DO so 70 the end. i take no care as 10 can
d1dates. but II there should be an att+mpt
TO make free trade plank of the platform :,
| must be counted out.
Yours.
HORACE GREELEY.
A. j. Wedderburn, Editor sentinel,
Alexandria, Va.
And the very last expression from the
same high source is the following tele-
gram:
NEW YORK, March I6.-Horaee Greeley,
in an editorial on the Cincinnati Conven-
ton. says that if free trade be made plank
in the platform he asks to be counted out
All he asks is that there be left freedom to all
classes on economical questions.
1t is no business of ours, but it seems
to us that the words we have italicised
open the way for an adjustment between
Mr.. Greeley and his followers and the
advocates of free trade. They might
agree to disagree upon minor. matters to
remove obstacles to their cooperation
lpon the paramount questions in which
hey all concur.
Parties are an aggregation of in
iividuals who, not coinciding in all
Kings, waive minor differences in order
o bring about harmony in the achieve
nent of common purpose. Thus the
Northern Republican party itself was
of free traders like Gratz
Brown; States Rights men like Chase
nd protectionists like Greeley-all hay
ne subordinated the Tariff question to |
he leading ideas first of preventing the
xtension of slavery to the territories and |
ext of perpetuating the Union. And |
Q like manner why may not the opposers
f the Centralized Despotism, welded by
Irant-and the champions of the right
f local self-government, the subordina-
alton of the military to the civil author
" and the maintenance OF Habeas Cor
us and other safeguards of personal
berty-come together for the achieve
lents of the great ends which are com
ION to them all?
We do not think we err in stating that
he object of supremest desire to the
eople of the South who haveubeen plum
cred and oppressed by irresponsible
lilitary and carpet-bag governments for
lie past seven, years, is to get rid of the
entral Power at Washington, which
as built up and maintained the agencies
and are still doing so) by which these
rongs have been inflicted.
Another reason for the exercise of the
easure of federation suggested by Mr..
reeley. is that there are a large
lmber of the farmer adherents of the
d Wing and American parties who
'ver accepted the theory of free trade, :
1t have consented to hold their protec- !
re notions in allegiance until other ques-
ms in which they have felt more
iding interest could be settled. If
e Cincinnatians expect to receive the
arty and efficient cooperation of the
nth, it would be wise for them not al
yether to disregard this consideration. :,
But after all it is no affair of ours
e are merely chronicling events as ;,
ey occur-watching and waiting and :,
ling our time. y