The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-26

Surtlus, tnOngntful cores.
'pondent of The Nation, submits
the following reasons why Mr..
Greeley should be elected, and
why he should be supported by
those who participated, in the Gin
cinnati Convention: .ru go,
r" 1. His election will dissolve ex.
listing parties, and enable the best
men of both old parties to unite
for needed reforms. -'s >.
Q. 1t prom ses to withdraw from
the field all antagonisms growing
ont of slavery and the war.
3. 1t will establish the one.term
principle AS a political maxim. and
thus take from the President the
temptation to use the public Offices
to secure his own re election :: i'm
short, will be The first step to real
civil service reform
4. 1t will enable the Revenue
Reformers of both old parties to
work together, thus practically
doubling their strength in every
doubtful Congressional district.
5. The responsibility of putting
Mr.. Greeley in the field rests at
last upon those who drew the Gin.
cinnati Convention together. and
they cannot avoid it. But for
them there would have been no
man of the name of Greeley avail
able for the peoples votes. n
6 If elected, his advisers must
be either those who drew the Gin.
cinnati Convention together or
those who jumped on after it start.
ed-either tho soldiers or the
camp,followers. Ifthe soldiers go
to the rear, the camp.followers will
Of course take possession of the
field, and will not be chiefly to
blame und,r the circumstances.
Z. IT those who drew the Gin.
cinnati Convention together aban-
don Greelev, or even talter, they
contribute to that extent to the
election of Grant. Looking upon
the question as choice of evils,
they must decide that Grant and
old party tyranny are better than
Greeley and emancipation.
8. 10 attempt 10 substitute any.
body else fer Greeley now, is not
only to undo the field work that
has already been done, but 70 cast
the shadow OF irresolution upon
the whole movement. its authors
and abettors. There will be no
certainty in the minds Of the pub.
lie that, having made one change
in the face of the enemy, we shall
not make another. Voters will
scatter, newspapers will slide back
to the old grooves, leaders who are
now waiting for Baltimore will
conclude that this is boys' play,
and will cling to their accustomed
allegiance This applies to Dem~
ocrats as well as Republicans.
8. Those who drew the Cincin.
natl Convention together will be
the leaders and directors of Gree.
leys administration, unless by
their own acts they elect not to be
go. ~ Greeley must lean upon them
for support, for they are the only
ones who can give him support.
He must lean upon those who can
stand alone, and not upon those
who need something else TO lean
upon. Since he has no organized
party to look TO, he must look to
the, foremost men in the mob for
help. You know who those fore.
most men are. rr.'.." ~'.'.
10. Since Mr.. Greeley is not
looking to second term, he has
no motive but to make a high
toned administration. What mo.
tive has he to run his ship on the
very rock where Grant split9 Is
not that rock plainly visible2 Ii
it likely that Mr.. Greeley Is the
only one who has seen IT'D
A NEGRO preacher at a, Geor-
gia camp meeting told bis hear
ers that they could never enter
Heaven with whisky bottles in
their pockets, and urged them to
I" bring 'em right up to the pulpit,
and he yvonld offer Darn a eaorif,ca
10 de Lord" The consequence
was that the good shepherd was in
the evening 50 overcome by the
spirit as to be unable to preach.
A MICHIGAN family had to be
chiseled out of their residence re.
Gently, because two of the posts
on which the house stood had
given way, settling the doors
and windows to all unmovable
tiohtness bs' - - ,sl7.