The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-11-02
THE FINAL CHARGE.

The arguments of the campaign have
been made and little remains but to give
the case to the jury. The great American
public constitute that jury. So great an
effort has seldom been before attempted,
to mslead and deceive that jury in arguing
the questions of Presidential canvass as
there has this Fall. A party of ambitious
politicians, who had by their past history
gained better reputation than they will
ever be credited with in the future, formed
a conspiracy to supplant General Grant
and usurp the place his great deeds have
exalted him to in the hearts of the people
Influenced by envy and jealousy that
comparative stranger should be exalted to
a position by the popular will which they
had vainly strove through years of political
labor to gain, they thought the way was
clear and sure by combining the demora-
lized and scattering elements of the Demo-
cratic party to drive, by a coup, the sue
cessful leader of the Union armies against
the rebellion, from power, and supplant
him by one of their own select circle in the
confidence and hearts of the people.
With this object in view, systematic and
deliberate course of Misrepresentation was
commenced by these conspirators, which
eliminated in the Cincinnati Convention,
and the nomination by that body of Horace
Greeley. This second and NEST important
step of all in the whole undertaking was
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desired; but skillful, and trained politicians
with their own selfish desires ever in the
ascendent, succeeded by tact in completely
circumventing their able colleagues, and
was nominated. The Democratic party
was next to be won over, to make their
plans at all possible, and in order to &C
complish this important result, the hopes
and fears of the leaders of that party were
worked upon by the skillful hand of Horace
Greeley, one of the most accomplished pol
iticians of the day. The. nom inee of the
new party very adroitly announced through
the Tribune, that if the Democrats at
tempted to run candidate of their own
party on an exclusive Democratic platform
that the Liberal " ticket would be with
drawn in favor of General Grant; which of
course would be certain defeat to any
Democratic nominee. On the other hand,
if the Democratic party endorsed the Gin
cinnati candidates and fell in heartily with
the Liberal movement" that no distinc-
CHI ha aHa in ha HiStri Ny of
office. This was enough for the hungry
owners and managers of that party, and
the complete coalition was formed at Bal
timore. The organization of the forces
that were to fight against General Grant
and the Republican party being completed,
the battle of Misrepresentation, abuse and
SANDER was carried on with redoubled fury.
For time the enemy were hopeful that
they had effected their object of abusing
the minds of the people, but when discus
sion was fairly inaugurated, and the un-
scrupulous and stupendous falseboods of
Grants enemies were exposed and held up
to the scorn of the civilized world, it was
very soon apparent that the campaign of
deception and abuse was doomed to most
ignominious failure; and now on the eve of
the great contest, no candid, intelligent
man presumes to assert that Horace Gree
ley has the most distant prospect of being
elected. The rebuke which this dishonest
conspiracy on the part of score Of petted
favorltes Of the people is about to receive,
will be lesson for future statesmen and
politicians, to resist the temptation to again
deceive the people in a great National
campaign.
1t now only remains for the friends of
stable government and every business en-
terprise and best interest of the country to
close up their lines, and by diligently at
tending to the important work of bringing
out the entire Republican and opposition to
Greeley vote on Tuesday next, to insure
one of the most complete triumphs ever
achieved over conspiracy, and vain and
mad ambition, in this or any other country