Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-31

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lurics have shown why you, as colOrcd fell !
low citizens, and also all who would uphold 4
your rights and save the colOred race from in /
dignity, should refuse TO sanction the reelection .
Of the president and put your trust in Horace /
Greeley.
ought to add, that with him will lie asSoci .
ated as vice president, Gratz Brown, whom | .
have known for wears rs a most determined /
abOlitionist. The two together will carry into [
the national government an answering deyo- |
ton TO your rights, not to he disturbed by par |
tisan prejudice. Besides all this, which may |
fifty guide you in determining between the two |
candidates, it is my duty 10 remind you that as /
citizens of the United States, and part of the |
country, your welfare is indiSsolubly associat |
with that OF the whole country; where all are |
prosperous yOu will be gamers. Therefore, |
while Justly careful Of your own rights YOU |
cartn0t he indifferent TO the blessing of good
government 1t is for you 10 consider whether
the time has not come for something better
than the sword, and whether character like |
Horace Greeley does not give stronger assur-
anCe of GOOD government than can be found in
the insnlter OF the Colored race, already famous |
for the rings about him and his plain inaptitudc |
for civil life.
The supporters of President Grant compel us
to observe his offences and shortcomings. |
The comparison they challenge cannot he de- |
clined. II will be for others in the present can
vasS to hold it before the ArderiCaH people.
my vote will he given for Horace Greeley; but |
in giving it do not go to the democratic party,
nor am less republican. On the contrary, |
am so mich Il republican that | cannot
support candidate whose conduct in
civil life shows an iucapacity to appreciate
republican principles, and whose administration
is marked by acts of delinquency, especially TO
the cUlOred race, by the side of Witch the allie
cations on the impeachment of Andrew johnson
were technical and trivial UnqueSiionaby
President Grant deserves Impeachment for high
crimes and miSdemeanorS rather than q reuOm-
ination, and in the trial it would have been
enough to exhibit his seizure of the war power;
and his indignity to the BLACK republic, with its
population of 100000, in violation Of tic nation
al constitution and OF international law And
here Il contrast arises between him aud Abraham
Lincoln. The latter, In his first annual message,
recommended the recognition of what he called
the independence and sovereignty Of Ilayti; int
it is at these that President Grant has struck
One OF Abraham linColn's first acts 7tGs to pat
the black republic on an equality with other
powers; one of President Grants acts to de-
grade 1t. am so much Of republican that !
wish TO sec in the presidential chair life time
ahOitiOnist. | wish president sincerely de
voted tU civil service reform, beginning with
the One-term principle, Which President Grant
once accepted but now dis0wns. ! also
wish a president who sets tic en-
auple of industry and unscliSh dedication
to the public good and wish TO see president
through whom we may expect peace and har-
mOny Instead Of discOrd. Strangely, President
Grant ste1is to delight in strife. If he finds no
enemy, he falls upon lis frieudsi as when he
struck at the black republic, insultcd Hussia in
his annual message, offended both France and
Germany, and then in personal relations quar-
relied generally My own personal experience
teaches how futile is the charge that because
Horace Greeley receives democratic votes there
fore he becomes democrat OF lhpses under
democratic control. | was first chosen 10 the
senate by Il coalition of free sellers and demo-
Gratis. Democratic votes helped make me senator
from Massachusetts, as they also helped make
my excellent friend Mr. Chase senator from
Ohio, aud will help make Horace Greeley presi.
dent; but neither Mr.. Chase or myself was on
this account less faithful as free sOilers; and.
answering for myself know that | never be.
came democrat or lapsed under democratic
control do not doubt that Horace Greeley
VIII be equally consistent. The charge 60 the
contrary, so vehementy repeated, seems to re.
hect the character of those who make it, except
that many repeat it by vote.
mere IS common saying, principles, not
men, and on this ground an appeal is made for
President Grant, feeling that in any personal
comparison with Horace Greeley he must fail;
nut better saying is, principles and men" |
am for the principles of the republican party in
contradiction to Grantism, and am for the man
VINO truly represents them. BY these principles
snail stand for them. ! shall labor and in
their triumph shall always rejoice. If any
valued friend separates from me now, it will be
because he places man above principles. Early
in public life declared my little heed for party
ana my indifference to the name by which am
called, and now IcOnleSS my want of symnathy
with those who would cling to the form after its
spirit has fed
Allow me to call attention TO another and
controlling consideration, which cannot be neg-
Nn.l.
markable movement which has ended in the
double nomination of Horace Greeley it is easy
10 see That It did not proceed from politicians,
whether at Cincinnati or Baltimore. Evidently
1t was the heart of the people, Sorcly wrung by
war an the controversies it engendercd which
louhd tIlS expression. Sir Philip Sydney said
OF the uprising in the Netherlands: Otis thcspiri
OF the Lord, and is irresistible" and such
spirit is manifest now, Notwithstanding
the counteracting influence of politicians, re-
publican and democratic In the face of per
slstent rldlcule, and against the extravaganza
and INSCRIPTIONS opposition the nomination at
Cincinnati was triumphantly adopted at Balti-
more Such an Unprecedented victory. without
concert or propulsion of any kind, can be ex.
planned only by suppoSing that it is in har-
mony with popular longing That demo-
Gratis, and especially those of the south, should
adept life time abotionist for presi-
dent is an assurance of willingness TO
respect the rights of their colorcd fell
low citizens with that reconciliation of which
Horace sGrecley was an early representative.
In standing by Jefferson DAVIS at his trial, and
signing his bail bond, he showed the same SEN
tments of humanity he so constantly displayed
in standing by the colored men tbronghout
their prolonged trial, so that the two discordant
races find kindred hospitality in him, and he
thus becomes a tie of union.
Tho nomination has been adopted by the
democrats in convention assembled This was
an event which the supporters of President
Grant declared impossible / do NOT sec
how it can be regarded otherwise than as
n peace offering. As such it is of infinite
value 1t is revolution, and its success in
pacllylng the country will be in proportion TO
its acceptance by us.
dare not neglect the great opportunity, nor
can stand aloof. 1t is in harmony with my
HE, winch places peace above all things except
the rights Of man. Thus far in constant efforts
Tor the colored race, have sincerely sought the
good of all, which was sure would be best OIL
tanned in fulfilling the promises of the declara
ton making all equal in right. The spirit i'm
whlch l acted appears in an carly speech
when said Nothing in hate; nothing in
vengeance" Never have asked for
punishment; most anxiouSly have looked for
the time which seems now ut hand when there
shall be reconciliation, not only between the
north and south, but between the two races. so
that the two sections aud the two races NAV be
lifted from the ruts and grooves in which they are
now fastened, and instead of irritating antago-
nism without end there shall be sympathetic CO.
operation. The existing differences ought to be
ended. There is time for all things, and we
are admoDished by wide spread popular
uprising, bursting the bonds of party, that the
ilhle mas come Tor estrangcment to cease be-
tween people who by the ordinance of God
must live together. Gladly do welcome the
happy signs.
Nor can observe without reorat tbe colorod