Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-30

Mt. Greeley her made he pilgrimage he
intended, add returned to his home In New
York. His fileuds pronounce his swing
around the circle a marvellous achievement,
and claim that he has made thousands OF
converts to Democracy, Or, rs they phrase u,
has converted many persons who would
otherwise have voted for Grant, to liberal
ism. All such pretcusions rest uuon an as
sumption that the future eau alone reveal
and develop. It docs not follow that be-
cause mutitudcs turned out to hear and to
sec Mr.. Greeley they were convinced by
his logic, or that they became converts ~ Ills
doctrines. The american people like shows;
are amused with humbugs, and mountchanks
aud harlcQuins usually draw. There must
he something more than the fact that the
people turned out to sec and hear Mr.. tree
ley upon which to predicate a conclusion
that he has made converts and given added
strength to the fOrlorn aud desperate cause
which he champions.
When man comes before the American
people and axis for their SURFACES for the
highest office In their gift, he OughN At least
to be able to satisfy them that there Is robl
necessity for a change. II lie q hazardous
business, to say the least, for a man to take
the stump for the Presidency, and not play
the demagoguc and thus disgust all rejecting
aud sensible people with the mlsrepresenta-
tiuu. aud brayadu he uses against his Oppo-
uunts, aud with the silly aud slckly cgUtism
in which he indulgus.
The summing up Of his speeches show
three PROMINENT points OfautaCOnistlc prinCi-
pies which he attempts to announce that place
him In an attitude of opposition to the Ad-
ministratiOn. All else he says besides these
things Is simply Leather and pTunella."
lie complains that amnesty Is not unlver-
sal, that reconciliation Is not sought by the
powers that be with our Southern brethren +.
aud that our finances arc somehow ont OF
Joint, and not adjusted upon proper basis.
Mark you now how plain a tale shall put
this demagogue downi
Amnesty-hc pirates Of amnesty; aud sobS
aud wnincs that JEFF. Davis, Robert Toombs,
aud some two hundred others, all traitors Of
| the worst kind aud Of the deepest die, are not
amncstiel and allowed 10 hold Office under n
Government they sought to destroy. Ger
tainly 1t Is marvcously unkind Of this people
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crnmcut Of the United States and bow them
into office, while they have such patriots as
Grant aud Sherman and Burnside aud Logan
with all their brave comrades out This Is
what Greeley wants, aud Ills desire Is To lead
tho hosts OF rebels to power. Amnesty
Grant has done more for II just and proper
amnesty than Greeley ever thought Of doing.
Grant n the true and magnanimous friend
of the South-mOro so than Greeley with all
his pretonslons. Amnesty with Greeley Is a
sham, device, trick, rcsortcd to for his
own selfish purposes Reconciliation II
there 10 any persons 10 the South or In the
| North who are not reCOnclled, let them &C.
cept the Constitution as IL Is; let th0m obey
the laws, which are equal and Just TO all; lei
them respect and honor the old Gag, and
keep step 10 the music Of the Union. This Ia
all that Is required Of them. Every Ameri-
can citizen must do this, whether In the
North or in the South, and when he does II,
reconciliation is perfect and complete, but
not till then. More than this no man can do,
and just this is required Of every man.
Mr.. Grecley's financial speech. delivered al
Cincinnati, is certainly unique. 1t Is a com.
plant against the Administration. It Ia an
attempt to explain something which Is mud
died, aud more muddled by him TO the end,
aud II Mr.. Greeley understood what he was
saying lie was the most fortunate man In the
crowd, for certainly nobody else understood
It. He don't like rings, and don't like cor
nCrs. lie thinks that corners ought to DO
| nrpvpnted lint he dnnI knoW how IN Dreyent