Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-24
ELI Perkins for Greeley.

i am Tor Greeleyl
We have nominated Mr.. Greeley on the
g-e-l-o.r-i-o-u-s Democratic Republican
platform, and now, my friends, we must
elect him. Our candidate is man ofa
great many principles. He has been on
both sides OF almost every political ques-
tion, and there is such good chance for
our oratorsl
Listen to me, and I'll tell you how we
can elect Mr.. Greeley:
/. For the New England States we
must instruct our orators to talk the high
tariff dodge. They must show Mr.
Greeley's record, and point out how he
has always stood for the highest pro.
tective tax on cloth, hoopskirts, and
oroide watches, and favored keeping for
egn cheap articles out of the market.
Then how the Yankee manufacturer will
go for him, but
Out West you must lay low on the tariff.
You must say that Horace has gone back
on protection, and that he don't care
darn about it, for the Western fellows
hate the New England shoemakers like
the devil They wouldn't vote for
President who would protect manufac-
! turers, for they are sharp as lightning out
there, and they know when they wear the
boots that if they didn't pay for the pro-
| lection whistle they would come good
deal cheaper Our Western orators must
say that Horace will leave the tariff ques-
ton to Congress, for you know well
enough that he is head and ears for the
present high tariff, and that when he is
President he can veto any act of Congress
to repeal it. The Western fellows will
catch at this ambiguous dodge, and they
will all 90 for Horace like political sheep.
Q. To the respectable old slave-owners
of the South, read Greeley's old 1862 edi-
torials about Compensation to owners
for emancipated slaves" but.
That national slave.buying idea would
kill us with the old New England Aboli-
tionists. To them read Mr.. Greeley's de-
fense of John Brown, his editorials on
Sharpe's rifles for Kansas slave .helders,
and say how he stood for Owen Loveloy.
This will take such men as Gerritt Smith,
Fred. Douglass, and Mr.. Beecher.
3. For the old Southern secessionists
like Alex. Stephens, jeff. Davis, and
Wade Hampton, reDublish Horaces edi-
torial, "Let the WdyloGrd Sisters 90 IN
Peace" If this don't satisfy them that
our candidate is sound on secession, read
them the sentiment which Mr. Greeley
wrote in 1860: "If dpy respectable number
of the citizens Of GlState desire to sece1e from
the Government, knOU of no poocer Sohsch
can or ought to restrain them" That will
satisfy any reasonable secessionist that in
, case Mr.. Greeley becomes President he
, can walk straight out of the Union with
r out being troubled by such men as Gen.
eral Grant
4. To the lovers of Peace say that our
candidate went to Niagara Falls to treat
with Jake Thompson and 9. G. Clay in
regard to acknowledging the independ-
ence of the South, and that he came back
and wrote advising Lincoln, after Harri-
sons Landing, to "make peace upon
the best attainable terms, but
: : To the war men talk about Mr. Gree
4 ley's "On to Richmond"
i 5. Fool the editors into believing that
, Horace is a great farmer, and
c Make the farmers believe that he is
d great editor. Neither will suspect the
dodge.
l. 6. Prove to the Mormons and the peo-
l. pie of the Oneida Community how our
!. candidate was once a BOaT1ertte, and that
:. he leaned toward and wrote for Free
=. loveism for years, but
= To sensible married people say that
- Mr.. Greeley is regularly married, and
that he can show his certificate of mar
/ rage any time in the Tribune Office
y Z. To cold-water people tell the story
n how our candidate lived for years on veg,
IS etables, such as cabbages, turnips and
i squashes, without a mouthful of meat,
n but
IS To the high livers say that everybody,
al from Dean Richmond down to Lord Cor
m don, have bought him with free lunch,
and that good beefsteak would buy a
,s foreign ministership.
a. s. To orthodox Teligionists say our can
~ ~ didate belongs to the Universalist Church,
: but
\, To the world fellows say that he swears
III like trooper, and damns everybody, II
common conversation, like Flanders
VI soldier.
ne 8. To the officeholders say Mr.. Greeley
re never declined an office, that he has run
for office eleven times, and has always
IN been defeated, and that he split off from
rs his best friends, Weed and Seward, be
ed cause they did not give their ''junior part
an ner' the New York Post Office, but
tv To the "outs' say-why Horace neve
~ held an office in his life-that he wouldn't
=. but don't draw this dodge too strong, TO
=, they might look up his old letter to Sew
~ ard-and-
en- Don't say word about Jay Gould
eu presenting Horace with farm, nor tel
len how he was in the tobacco business will
ter Tweed, but let his enemies bring tina
MS, out.
,od tions. You will find they cover bot
ted sides of every question. If they dout
your words, say You lie, you villaiI
en- you lie" To the specie payment fellow
ap read this:
on on 1.-THE way to resume is to resume.-f
vor Greeley.
,Oi 'Ud If they contradict you bring up his fa'
u ,nu orite saying, which will quiet them
once:
"When fool speaks keep silence" y
any Horace Greeley.
lam e5y" Horace Greeley once said: "Whenev
ith, it shall be clear that the great body of Il
ang Southern people have become conclusive
vel alienated from the Union and anxious to {
mes cape from it, we will do our best to forwa
les, their views" This is true Southern Dem
clips cratic States Rights doctrine, and precise
what the plank on that subject in the Ii
on eral platform means. On this question I
ice, candidate and resolution are doubtless
pie perfect accord; If Mr.. Greeley should
ing elected to the Presidency, there would
another effort made by the Southern Stat
ond to secede, and there is reason to believe Il
the philosopher would use all the power
that the Government to assist them in acco