New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-24

de1 hSn1 vr Tn The other states Courts
work melting out Justice These are Ine GnenGeIS
| whose behalf Wade Hampton and others raised money
/ and employed counsel 60 -. A.. .
Reverdy johnson and Henry stan6eSy were the coun
! sell and read a passage from Mr.. Johnsons argument
sus M Attorney General rud would have 'uppcs
my myself here 70 dsisYd 70 lastly ., :, y,s
that have been rsrpeoes yos s ~ 'ni ssSs
eUd With ah%scd horror Of the testimony which has beer
sS SSSs ADMIT Ss Of S sGS excuse S.
engaged were bes the obligation Of humanity and
religion -, ,,..,uo.. ,,o PRESIDENT has mt an
| end to much of this bloody business; but stopping
murder called "Centralism," und we are being stoned
for that ,. .
The South has been for years fertile field for elec
tioneering sensation. The State Governments in some
OF Southern States have been weak and bad and the
Liberals" to try for that What have veto DO
with it Why they say imposed political dlsaoin
ties the Rebels. Who imposed political disabilities on
Rebels We told that the people pay the depl ou'
hear that the people imposed the % @
yet they did The Fourteenth Amendment vi tno ton
stuton, ratified by the Legislatures OF p
OF the States, is the disability under when e s
have been That Amendment does not t9uch me rlght
TO vote but leaves every Rebel voter IL touches ohy
the right 10 hold office. II provides tnat tno en I
took oath to support the Constitution ort aG
to treason, shall not hold o once ana tw ..
thirds vote may relieve them 1t is foolish 10 pretend
all being allowed to vote that the majority eSela w IU
were peured well traitors were the Only n e at
TO elect State officers and legislators II s od o
the Fourteenth Amendment is not the cause OF pau e
being elected Office in the southern states Inc Tuth
Il u.s. as was abundantly proved before tne Ool
mttee that capable educated men, eligible to Office re-
fused to accept IT. and refused 10 Vote anu P of
the Rebels generally not TO vote, an 1or the PuIPoeV
frustrating reconstruction in the South ana making IL
| odious. =, o,,,n 20 40 ,,itb
Jobs in Southern Legislatures any more than IN our
| own No man has ever asked 10 be relieved VINO mas
stance GI e of such and mercy has been
granted TO the ringleaders OF the Rebellion. a.. .
visit w
being barred from Office Tor committing perjury as wen
as treason and bills for relief began at once and all VINO
asked soon received forgiveness Whether general act
naming one. but covering Rebels IN poay, was q
| compliance with the Fourteenth Amendment, may Wen
| be doubted be this 1t may, the President recon-
mended and Congress on the 2lst of last May adopted
that Liberals who pretended 10 be Tor ClVll Rights
bill" by ITSELF voted avowedY 10 make III as ODhOAiouS
possible aud then when it became part OF the Am
| nesty BILL of them voted against it and others
dOdged-and this when two votes would have carried ~
And now, when not more than 100 or 2OO men III tle
whole south are left ineligible to office, and these men
who s defy and spurn the Constitution we are graHe
told that amnesty Is great issue before tne Aelc"h
| people. ,,.,o. ,,
ished for supporting Mr.. Greeley namely that
Peace good viii toward men" have been for three
years national watchwards Even the old Indian scares
contractors Of For the first time III our history an
Indian peace policy has Iiumphed mas'acres nave Deen
spared, and millions saved to the nation
NO NEED OF A CHANGE.
Such is the Administration and such the stable pros
perty and wholesome condition Of things at home
and abroad which asked TO trade of for we know
not what To suppose will be done would be TO brand
free government as failure, and to insult the of
| the American people.
| What is the change offered us Does anybody knowf
| When did the necessity for any change arisel
| Certainly not when September, 1870 Mr.. Greeley
called the Reform movement conspiracy TO destroy
the Republican party NOT IN -, o pTesent
Admins tration not on the 9Th OF January ISL when IN
Cen Grant viii be far better qualified for that
tous trust in 1872 than he was IN 1865 not when IN req
ruary, IL Mr. Greeley said that defeat OF the RepnD
lcan party in nation would be disgrace and hui
miliaton" not only year ago. when MI: GIeeey G:
frank Interchange Of opinion shall have nominated Republican
Rppbicsns to gy them hearty effective support whether they be
be not Of those original preference has been grsded
Not on the 25h of April 1871, when Mr. Greeley placed
his hostility to President Grant squarely and solely on
the ground Of certain appointments in the City OF New
Who were the discoverers of the need Of changel
Who called the Cincinnati ConventonP Did the bust
of the country call i'll DID the puphcspnled,
unsesh and the patriotic call i'll Every one knows
that it the work Of political outs o few r &c S
movers were, Greeley used to say VI the Democrats
] Nearly every man whose name appeared either
disappointed oficeseeker, man with grievance, or
never be seen again unless the disreputabe women Of
the land should strike and start liberal movement
the yirtuous women of the land There is an
erontery bordering the sublime In professional cor
rupOnists the worst and most notorious starting up 70
vention which, from beginning to end was managed TO
cheat and defraud the respectable men VINO were drawn
was bartered and beloved through we are assured by
the best who were present ana now tine DemGeIauG
! punishment To Horace Greeley.
| Mh GREELEY IsREgIED TO HIS PARTY
An examination of the fitness Of Mr. Greeley, and his
claims to pupc confidence is the duty Of every citizen
That he shown great talent as an editor and writer
| all admit but nearly all else claimed for him now,
DENY The very talents lie has shown unfit him for the
II T. said that great debt is due and unpaid by the
| Republican party to Mr. Greeley The account stands
| very differently, as most persons understands IT.
pa PSSS H That party gave him wealth fame and n
| ence His talent and industry were his owns but The
| mine Of wealth by the Republican party. Who does
not that Republicans, whether private citizens OF
| or committeeman, have made common cause for years
for THE TRIBUNE, have organized clubs, pushed and
begged for subscriptions, and made The TRIBUNE what
Who does not know that this year of thousands of
TRiBUNE while yet its claws half concealed, hold
ing itself out as Republican paper and hat the money
by false pretense is kept 10 sustain the
paper its present and knayish course VINO does
publican party did more than all else TO make sale OF MS
book called the American Conflict winch is sald 10
have paid him more than 100000. He sent canNassers
solicit subscribers for this book ana VINO s93scrneu'
who paid him fortune for bis book kas the Dem
Ocrats the n0pary men, or was thOse 10 whon ne
| saws now {" he owes nothing 2"
II is true that Mr. Greeley been seldom intrused
| with once, though nc mas lOuk Ohh''
| wing and Republican parties. This, however simply
is from want confidence in his practical Judgment
/ and consistency.
Prior TO 1854 Mr. Greeeys extreme craving for office
was not understood ana his letter TO Gov seward Nov.
H. 1881 dissOlviDg the political firm OF Seward, Weed
& Greeley" because office had not been gwen him,
amazed the public
! wanted from the Wing party, and upbraidlng GOV.
seward for appointing hn 10 some office ia 1884, he
|
Now came great smbe Of the wemb Of Ministries and
Washington being counted IN Several regiments
from this city; but Of the whole eo.dhough
should nOthad much toward Gen Hnsons nOm-
nat and election respectfully asked nothing expected
nothing Seward ought have asked that be Post