St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-16

"fpaNing SlOO.O0O.OOO lis compensation
for the loss of their slaves
We will go ahead Il little further
jeff Davis W;lS considerable of IL char
arter III the south during the rebellion
We. mp north. men and women. bows
and girls. all said we would hang JEFF
Davis on Il >"ur apple tree" Yet the
/ first man I" 90 and back his bail bond
/ WAS Horace Greeley
have NOW made three points against
| Horace Greeley. think they are pref
! ~ good points. and | defy amy one tu
/ prove that | am wrong
This conspiracy against Gcm. Grant
has been brewing about two wears. and
It Wa> and Is based on the idea that the
Democracy are prIrcIra>rahlc and dcliv-
rr;rhle. ! suppose | was in the invent
"rN on the LIST of January last. but. gen
tlcmrn. they can neither sell nor dcliN -
cr me. Enthusiastic cheers.
suppose we sec what Horace Greeley
has done III the past. and. especially. .
III recent times. He went to Texas.
and all through the great state he made
the sam" kind of spccchc, patting
rebels on the back. and duin. all he
could to make rebellion Il comfortable
theory. He then went To NirkSburu.
among rebel Soldirl<. and said that he
hoped the time would come. when the
soldier that fought with Lee and John
>t"n. would occupy a> prcGd Il position
III the hcIrl:, of The American people,
;t> the >"ldcr hat fought under Grant
and sherman. Did he not then place
hIu,-..lf
date f"r president , Cheers Was
there ANY Drm"cracN in that Their,
never was Il Republican or Democrat
north of Mason and DiN"n'> line. that
spoke "ut plain and plump for >rcc>-
sion except Horace Greeley. II i writ
ten III his own hand and published in
his own paper. It i his own language.
which Is unlmi>1ahahlc, and lli> annc>-
~ resolution at Cincinnati j. almost in
the identical lan@uayr. He, went bail
for .Irtt Davis. and then lc adv or:ltcd
giving pensions To- southern >uldirr>
some of N"u may NaN that To do 80
would ht Inconsistent with the cunSti-
tuition of the nilrd States Great
G'"d W hat does he cal, for the con
~tltutIuu lie SAYS. If the cnm>titu
tI"n l. IN the way. rub it out In The.
New ! "rk I,IbHnc for the last turnt,
Years. N"n can get adv ice and doctrines
I" rub "ut ANY section "i the ruu>tiiu
ti"m.
hclirNc II p">~hl, that some men.
VII" were unworthy 81 Incompetent. uI
both. have got office under President
Grant. ais" believe that there have
been declarations III the accounts nt
such men. he most that l. claimed
10y the "pP"mrnt> "i Grant i SIOO. .UUu.
Now. " hat dIi Iamm;tmN dn It had
sold >IO.WhI. .uOu "i bonds on The uca>-
urN "i New "Ik city. They thought
that NIlh tins money they could drive
ilN" hundred tlI"m>Hmd people INTO the
Doubtful state of Indiana that hN
dropping some more in Pcnm>l lNami:..
and u similar practice in other states.
they could buy thrir WAY to the. tlra-u-
~ "t The mItrd States. and quarter
life blood "t the nation
lh, best l.nd plans men and ni,,.
W al -in- iuIr'.
And :" in this case. There WAS Il Iittl,
lri~hmau named Jrmml O'Brirm. He,
wanted I" hr ma "r of New "rk. They
went {" HIM and offered him -9UU. 900
I" Withdraw from the cImlidarulr. He
refused Ih,N then told him lac Was an
lr1>hmAn. and could net haze the posi-
ton amy WAY. He Icplird II will show
You. He went and rot the best ac-
c"rImtamt in \rN York. and rumtri,rd
t" get him int" office under Hu>~ l'w,,.d
>lN months lrim~pircd. and then he
went round aud said. II want IN, >!uu.
WHf. lie could not have it they told
him T." get il if hr could. " hat did Ia,
It," lie went I" the IIu,,> office. open
ed hi hud@ct. aud all these men were
discounted and Iammanl Wa~ bn>hd
he only difference between Grant
and the lammElmN >"rirtN j. thi-. that
Grant >rmd> thieves Il" the pruirruian.
and lLmluanl >cld> hcI Ih,lr~ to the
New York city offices. llat j. all the
difference. Great applause. and laugh
ter.
Mr. ,;rccl,N has !rld ont. and the
south expects of him. that in the. con
at his election. nom eight hun
drcd t" Il lh"u>lnd millions will hc.>ut-
eel I" them in the WY al rnmlprll>:rtiuu.
la pay t"r property destroyed and ne
.r"r> freed h} the rebellion. There. is
where the issue comes im Nnu see.
that from my standpoint. no cum>idrra-
li"m could induce me t" go fur Mir.
Greeley. He WAS never in our huur>,.-
hold never with iI~ ALWAYS dcmoumc-
in% m~ dc>pI>Ing rs hating Ms His
position to-day i diSgIIcctul To u>. a>
It Il di~@lacctul to him. and ,i>gllcctII
I" the American name ami people
am not Wiling To see the Democratic
party. L" which belong. placed in any
such false position.
GRANT N\p MS Po>ITIo\
There is another man before the
country il man who. twelve Years AGO,
Wis selling leather and sI"r-tag> in Ga
lena. He came from the common pcn-
pie: he did not hrlumg t" the ari>tocra-
rN he il not an Adams. hut he has the
fresh. honest blood of the common ptu-
pie of this country in his veins. !
(ChrrrS.) lie went into he army aS Il
private. He got down to Springfield. .
and "tr great Governor. Richard atr>.
gay" hmm commission ;> colonel of Il
regiment. He went to belmont. and
with an occidcni there. licked
some rebels. He went to DonrIsou
he met with another accident. and
whipped some more rebels. He went /
I" \IrkNburg. and another accident be .
fell hmm. ana some more rebels were /
thlashcd. N Missionary Ridge. the
same fate het'll him. In Virginia. even
up to the time of Lees surrender. he
MAS peculiarly liable to the same kind
of accident. In l-G- Ir had another
accident happen Cl.au%IrtcI) He he |
came President "t the | mitcd States :
and on the 9TH day of November next |