Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-26

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never govern the choice of President, who to q
vast extent, shapes the whole policy of the Gov
eminent Tor veal and woe. There is nothing,
however, in Mr.. Greeley's 80 =, ?
Personal Trials and PecuIIarities.
to commend him for the high place to which he
aspires- on the contrary man personally more
unfit to I'LL the Office OF chief magistrate of the
mighty government was never mentioned in con-
neetion with 1t. But when distinguished gentle
men are mentioned in connection with that lofty
station, their PRINCIPLES determine the suffrages
OF an enlightened people more than any thing
else. Tried by this standard Horace Greeley IT.
reslstibly repels every Democrat In the United
states. what is he for and what is he against at
this time One Of the living issues that has been
before congress during the whole OF the present
session is Mr.. Summers iuaas E
Civil Rights Bill. ~
1t establishes by law and enforces with heavy
penalties OF fne, damages and imprisonment the
absolute and unqualified equality of the blacks
with the whites in every schoolhouse, seminary,
college, church, tavern, boarding house, railroad
the United States. After a long contest and
much debate this most odious measure, I'M uri-
Gus TO both races, passed the Senate on two
dli1erent occasions, Senators Morton and Pratt
both voting for it on the ayes and noes. L
thought OF making an issue against these two
Senators before the people OF Indiana during the
coming canvass. an account OF these votes IN
which they so grossly mfsrepresented the senti-
ments and wishes of the people OF the State.
But Mr.. Greeley warmly endorses this measure
and If L supported him, how could censure the
Indiana Senators. A bill substantially the same
as that which passed the Senate has been before
the House for months past, and the Democratic
members under the lead on that subject
Of that very able, reliable and upright
statesmen, Charles A. Eldridge Of Wisconsin,
have resorted to every method known TO Parlia-
mentary law to prevent its passage. Mr.. Gree
ley is so much in favor of the principles which
it contains that within ten days after the nomna-
ton he went into
A Negro Church
at Pougkeepsie, New York, and there declared
them as his own with special emphasis in behalf
of mixed schools. What harmony there will be
between the entire Democratic side of the House
in Congress and their candidate if Mr.. Greedy
should be nominated at Baltimore on the point
of equality in schools! Let me call the especial
attention OF the poor and laboring classes
to its working. You must rely on the
common schools. You are not able to take your
children out of them. You cannot send them way
as a rich man can his. This kind OF legislation,
therefore, mainly affects you.YOu must schOOlyOur
children with the negroes, or not at all. would
provide schools for both races, but apart from
each other. would deprive no human being
of the opportunities Tor learning. But If history
has recorded any one lesson for our warning in
more striking cOors than any other, it is the evil
which follows the close contact and Social mixture
of different and distinct races. Such policy
elevates neither, and finally degrades both.
Mr.. voorhees, then took up the question OF
The Tariff,
ana asked whether 1t was a live issue not at
this time in the American mind? For weeks past
Congress has been engaged upon it, and the la
boring people of the country have been hoping
for reduction of the high protective tariff tax
alton on all the necessaries of life. The Demo-
cratic members and Senators in Congress have
been earnestly struggling to obtain this reduc-
ton MIR. Greeley, on the other hand, has la
bored, in season and out of season, for more than
quarter OF a century, to fasIen all the robber-
les Of high protection upon the industry of the
land. The public opinion which has eliminated
IN such legislation, is more the offspring OF his
lifetime work than of any other man in America.
The farmers, the mechanics and labOring classes
generally are now paying over four hundred mil
lions year to the manufacturing mOnOpoles of
the country, not one dollar of which goes to the
public treasury, all OF which is the clear gain of
capital from the toll and sweat of labor. This
appalling fact which has been again and again
demonstrated, year after year, in Congress and
out of it, cannot be successfully disputed. We,
as Democrats, have denounced this vast system
of plumber from the birth of our party to the pre-
sent hour. We arraigned the old Wing party on
1t, and we have fought tho Republican party inch
by inch upon it. We have shown that every five
years the oppressed and outraged labor of this
gOodly land pays enough in the increased cost of
living, owing to high protective tariff to liqui-
date the national debt, not a dollar of which is
applied to that or any other public purpose.
Yet we are now asked to support for the Pres-
dency the man who has always said and now says
that this mOnstrous system Of
Licensed PiIIaSe
is right. He is known as far as the keels Of COM
merce extend, and wherever the pillow turns a
turrOw as its boldest and most avOwed champion
in the world. 1t is claimed however in some
quarters that he has changed his position on this
great question, that he has agreed to leave it to
the people. My answer to this IS brief. A man
OF mature age changing the deliberate and in
tense convictions OF his whole life for the sake OF
Office whether high or low, is a miserable spec
tacle. If MIR. Greeley has done so, it proves him
to be dishonest and unworthy of confidence. II
he is capable of doing violence to his conscience
for the sake of the Presidency, he will betray the
| people II he is elected and he should be again
| tempted as he is now. But in fact there is
| no change announced He does not say that he
| has been wrong and ask pardon of the labOTing
/ masses for assisting to rob them. He gTaCiously
condescends to say that if elected he viii llo "
/ the people to make their own laws on this sub
| ject. / was under the impression that this had
always been their right. believe no Admins
tTatiOn has ever tried to take it away from them
but we all know the vast power which the fav-
| orite views of President has over every depart
ment of the Government. His messages % Con-
| gress TEEN with them. They make themselves
/ his patronage commend themselves by echOing
Mr.. Greeley will fill his Cabinet with those who
| think as he thinks. His Secretary of the
! Treasury will believe religiously il
| high protection and high tariff tax OF
| wOOlens, linens, SALT coal, mon, steel, and al
| other prime necessities of the people. To sup
! pose otherwise is to admit that Mr.. Greeley
| would sell his dearest principles for place anC
| power. No, we would have a high protective
| tariff administration, and the Democratic party
would be in solid opposition to it on that point
| well as all others Of Importance, in less thar
! ninety days after it commenced. Mr.. Greeley;
| ideas in regard to the distribution of power be-
tween the Federal government and
The States
was next discussed. Wehave law of Congress,
providing that the local elections of all States il
| precincts numbering population of 10000 anC
| over, shall be subject to the control and inspec
ton of United States officers, and whenever these
otiials deem it necessary, subject also to the con-
| troll of United States troops. No worse law thai
| this ever menaced the liberties of the people
1t Is the direct offspring of the awless and unhOly
spirits of despOtism. 1t is the boldest step evel
yet taken in the destruction of local selt-gOvern
| ment. 1t was Ostensibly aimed at the people anC
| the States of the South, but it asSails the very
| foundations Of American liberty in every section
| Regarded its enactment with horror and dread
| as did the entire Democratic party and press O
| the country. What more sinister legis
latiOn ever disgraced the worst DAYS o.
| Rome, or the most utiOnary times of France
The bayOnet at the ballot-bOx, the cannon at tht
| voting place, all this is authorized now by law
| and Mr.. Greeley was one of its loudest and stern
| est advocates. He urged its enactment on Con
| gress with all the power of his influential jour
| nal Has he recaaited? Has he asked for il
repeal2 Nothing of tie kind, Has the Demo
| cratic party Shated its hostility to it? I thinl
| not. But Greeley wente farther in his notion
| that the Federal Government may totally destrO!
local self government. Two years ago when thu
! Republican party suffered defeat in thu
| State of New York, he clamOred fO
! a law of Congress similar to tho one
have just mentioned, to be applied to the voting
| precincts of the Empire State without reference
| to the number Of population. These facts are 81
! well known that l only allude to them here anC
/ now tor the purpose of asking whether a mar
| with such ideas of the powers Of the Federal
| Government can be consistently and hOnOrably
| made the candidate of Democrats. Would sucl
| mOnstrOus doctrines be in their proper place a
| the head of the Government? is 8 Ian to bC
| trusted by the people who entertafns them
Should Horace Greeley with such views he made
craftsmanship what the country needs and what
| the people demand? 1t is the worst that was
I ever proclaimed, the most dangerous ever pro
| mulgated in the American history. appeal t
| the honest Eheart and candid judgment of the
| country to bear witness to the truth of what
| say. What would the great men of other days
| say to such doctrines? Where would jackson
| and Benton and Silas Wright and Clay and
| Webster stand in regard to making the man
| President who entertains the notion that the
| Federal Government can authorize the United
| States army to conduct and govern all the cleo
lions of the people? 1t is mockery to ask. May
| their immortal spirits come to the hearts of the
| people and guide them in the ways Of LIQUOR,
| truth and patriotism. But it IS said that Mr.
Greeley's election will bIiAg thrift to the South;
| and on what is the claim based2 Has II
| any rati0hal fOundation2 Can good
Come out of evil2 Can wise and beneficial adj
| minlstration spring from dangerous and uncOn-
| stitutiOnal principles honestly entertained? Ii
! so, why should a man ever be chosen to OH &c
with reference to his principles2 Can The South
trust the man who preached tue right Of seces-
| a 48fag to- go