Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-10
LETTER FROM HON. JAS. S. BLACK.

WHAT Mr. GREELEY Is AND WILL Do-Errrc,
OF REPUBLICAN LEsIsLATIoN, &c.
Hon, Judge J. s. Black, of Pepnsvlv.n;.
e1United States Attorney General. in a ls,,.
tow. h. Welsh, Esq, one Of the editors of m,
Baltimore Gazette, presents an able reyiex =.
the political situation He draws . .,r;L In.
contrast between General Grnnt and Hnr,c..
Greeley, summarizes the effect OF rep,,bI,ca,
legislation, ami concludes that it is the .luiv =,
the Democracy 10 support Mr. Greeley n.
Ays:
have looked into his past h story o,,v =,
ascertain what he is now aud wha, he i, n Civ
TO be in the future. / am bound to care n,,,,.;,.,
for bis "antecedents," except as they fnrn;sh ne
means Of estimating his character. I th;nk !
have found out with reasonable cer,sinlv h..
fM We may conide in him. deyontIv haI;sv.
that, ifchosen President, he will kee,, h,s o.,h
preserve the institution inviolste. execu,a ,h..
laws faithfully, restore the States to their r;yh,
iu autonomy, protect individual liberty bv ;mrv
trial and habess corpus, put the mil;t.rv IN
proper subordinaIion 10 the civil author,r ,,,.. ~
neither force nor fraud to cary elect,ons ss,,
bis hands clean from corruptinp yifts 80, ~
lace like Hint against all manner Of fn.nc;.i i
dishonesty. purify the administration Of i,.,;c.
much Is in him lies, maintain the ,,,hI;o
credit by prompt discharge Of all i,,,t oi,i;o.e
'lon' economse the revenue and ligbt.n ,..
''olgve to capital the rights which belong IN !,
and at the same time see that labor il M, .,t,',
o. It's earnings He will certainly hold His ,,o,va.
oil appointment - a public trust. and not -.
pan Of his personal possession 10 be nss.j e.. H..
support Of his family, or to encomr..s s,.,
private liberalty of his friends. Hs viii =. s ~
be can without transgrss~ing The limit. ~ L..
sgal authority, relieve the Southern Hls,s. rrn,.
open partnership with the present adm;";..
G,lion. "' "u'''"'s-
th'nk he will do all this: and INV f.,h :,
founded on the testimony Of hi. fr;sn',. ",
n , ~. ," W '"e known facts uf his history, and
u IN as moral '"t1'ence which the .ie,nnracv
,a.sS .'ny - exert upon his past life were
vh;ch ~ ss''a'" evii communications FROM
.,", I1 "s aas clean escape,i. lie heads great
% M, .iGs. S.,sa ~ickedness in high places, and
%;s. ue oelevs sses he will 90 back upon us and
E''ty Of the same wick edness hin,self
n. ua" oetwsen the two candidates be-
Ss Ssy ssly strong, no fair minded democrat can
s;I su.' ns ought to do. Yet The reluctanc.
h.,, many o. Us fsel 20 vote for either ofthem
u,...: Au, ana do, most he's ri. |
G"r1niss with that class which received
n.s sy n nomination 10 much In sorrow.
ns;u s .n's feeling proceeded from no unvor-
ntof I .a. VI prsjuolce, but was the natural |
p,,,. osr tnought on the condition of The |
(sso ''u 'ne ntness Of things pertaining
~. ~, 4, yl.s ~ the controversy between parties
" d m.,s ut u' ulen' and not wholly 90 ques-
kurn. s.s sN, administration. The liberal rr>
ssII o,' .oo some democrats think th., We
n ~ n. suuerlngs to the corruption or incs.
n him s"1ua, p.a. urant and the rings that sur
md . ~. But the prime cause iies for,be,
NIL ~ pet NJ Gown In wrongs for which The
n ~ ;s WI. HIeeley, with all his reforms
,.uedv d"a'e atonement, and only par
araa! aas'and, 40 after every civil oommotiou. III.
NV b, y n" vented his rage and gra,ified its
mi ns1ng bills Of a.tainder and bin, Of
h opnpn.a. es against their fallen and
~ rsp...! poueolS. The best and greatest men
,d,s Jsas ages were the victims of these
ui,sonse,e s,ess - 10 oil the moss notable
n,s'.s. us.t Parliament acknowledged The
isdoo a ,h.s .oe stsaindsss, aud n. sde What
y uch y; could. oas fathers determined
n m, lung ,In;g should ever be done here. and {
~ m.s .aslr solemn inisrdict into piain
as n.i,h". ~ " part Of the fi,ndanental
Aaid i,s. s.s. eonsres. nor any State Lesisis. I
rco.s, ever pass bill Of a,tsiudsr.
w. .uct,on ~"'e oct Of 1872 wss a hill of :
lad .sS.,; sS,s deliberately cruel, and win {
|sy B,a.al Ba.!l'es more comlandiou.iv m, ] ina,
lan war;" vsrs o1 ol'l that ever was passed. In,
~ uu.. s's, oTnclo.'s thar il could not stand
u h.. replace it with something re slss s..u e'r
III ., 'a;S he courts would be surs to e'Ie,! n.o
ui.rn u, ..,l sesids.. The otjec, being 70 p out
.i,so,pp.' p.opls u''dsr The .isuomins,ion ~
s.. a'a'sr' ~ fro" the North, with u"i,a.
nd tLr .. opi'Fs4s and plumber them m.
..i..;s,,, % ss", were not very s.oI .ssa.s .%s
susn,. " o's'nsas. The negroes w,m,d
y. H., oI tyranny much s.ors s...'. sUu
Avhil. ".ao, ~ scs of Congress di.fr.ncI;'
DO over their State xov.ram.n,! .M pu.,
% :. '.,so ssald Be merely .ao.hsr si. oii' Of .,
W !. iasf s.s modiRcation ., n. ~ s,s, -
AdjdS;sea Adjud;o;sa wossa b.. equally VIM" ., ou
aal Correction. IN III. ~ ....;.