The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-26

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ri ho 1sR yss Saass 81 ths haadDs
sonal letter from E.hsn. Allen: ohsirmar
Of the National Committee of Idbera
Republicans, in which Colonel Allen
says: = o-4 X . e .s
T. In great movement like ours. oppo.
fsttion wac t, be expected, hs well as don.
bic dealing On the part Of co-workers
and 1 have encountered both. Yet !
say to you. that throughout this whole
nation the Liberal party is already orga-
nized, some States being more advanced
than others; and respecting Baltimore,
twenty days ago it was regarded as O
certainty at these headquarters that Mr..
Greeley would be endorsed by an over
wheiming vote. There may be bolt at
Baltimore. as large as the expenditure
and patronage OF the administration can
afford to make it; but it will amount to
nothing. The enthusiasm for Mr.. Gree
ley increases like the drops of fast ga
therlng storm, and he will surely be
elected President in spite OF the hostility
OF open enemies and the treaohery of
pretended friends.
This contest will be very bitter one.
We should do whatever we can to re-
press Its personalities. trust the arrow
OF slander may not be found in the qui-
yer which I bear. Vituperation never
won battle. but it has lost many. The
truth. without any exsggeration, is quite
sufficient for our purposes. Grant was
q success In war; let us confess this and
honor him for it, as we have already
abundantly done. He has been failure
IN peace; let US as frankly declare this,
and remedy it by electing another aud
better man. He cannot claim that Re-
publicans are ungrateful, even If he be
defeated. He heroized our armies, but
he has jookeyized the White House.
Tho people who applauded the man on
horseback at Appomattox will condemn
the same man who insists on remaining
on horseback in the Executive parlor.
rejoice. not 80 much in the fact that
we will succeed in electing Mr.. Greeley
as In the belief that we ought to sue.
ceed. 1 would rather be defeated in q
good cause than be successful in bad
one. For nearly twenty years you and
nave labored together to free the
southern negro from slavery. We are
now united in effort to free the Southern
white man from oppression. This Is q
paramount issue in this fight. and mercy
.-o~ ~ Wv hAO Oh OuC oAuo. 4C. dE6el6Y
has been the foremost champion of this
idea. aud hence he is our nominee. He
lie the boldest politician ever know; but
the honest man is always bold. He was
the Samaritan to tho rebel chief in face
OF the frowns Of half the nation, and he
proclaimed amnesty to the conquered
when he knew it would cost him seat
in the United States Senate. Henry
Clay said, 81 would rather be right than
be President. Clay. expressed this
thought in language; Greeley has ex-
pressed it in acts.
hope and trust the Democracy will
stand with us, and, if so, for one, shall
insist that both now and hereafter they
be recognized as brethren without dis
tinction. Mr.. Greeley's integrity of
character and devotion to principle COM
mend him to the whole country. The
Government, under the present admins
tration, needs the disinfectant of the
solid, conservative craftsmanship such as
might be expected from the modest phi.
losopher, who. through nearly half
century of busy life, has at tho same
time labored to deserve and to avoid ap-
plause.