The New York herald., 1872-07-24

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MR. GREELEY AS POLITICIAN.
Eccentrtclty and hckleness Mr.. Greelcy@
traits; as politician he has bolted and advised
bolting he has opposed the nomination or electio4
years; he has quarrelled with every administra1
ton he has assailed the character OF those he dif
corruption to 0the merely for not voting Think
ing as he did; he sought by intrigue the defeat Of
Mr. Lincoln after he was nominated the second
to light, to concoct measures to prevent
Grant against capable and honest republicans and
advised him to exclude from his councils mcn
trained IN public affairs ne has RECOMMENDED nn % nni
ment; after endorsing and appauding everything
involving principle or rNating to the public inter-
est done by the administration, he has struck att
the President account OF 'patronage" andA
bolted the party after manGuvring more than a
year to get its nomination. en- the e4th Of May, 1871
quired whether he would be a candidate for PresiI
dent before the Republican Convention this year,
responsibility which my political friends 1T tOi
devove upon me" and having thus put himself in(
tie held he started for the South 10 make speeches.;
In OF which he asserted over again the right Of
secession, and in another hoped Tor the time whem
his cOuntrymen would feel pride in Lee and Stone1
wall jackson. He apoloyized for lammany robbers4
enjoying from them at the same time an tmnnensei
advei tsing patronage, and blocking the wheeia
OF reform after the Tammany frauds were known
to the whole nation; he colluded with men KNOWN
to be In the interest OF Tammany Hall, and whom3
he had previously so branded himself to prevent
the republican party being purged OF Tammany in;
nuence; for two years before h open desertion he!
sought to divide and destroy the republican parity
OF New York, and traduced many upright mem
because OF their resistance to the domination OF
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the free trade Missouri pl.tlorm, he turned
his back on the only political principle or
had had not before been on nj both sides Yet in the
b no staggers of faction the American people arei
Such coalition and such omnaton mean chaOa
and disorder You see this already In North Caro-
lima, where the American flag Ia shOwcred with
stale eggs, and where the mob refuses to allow,
hon0red citizens born there to speak and you win
gee s at every STEP @nt the
movements have been tried In other StatesJ
and until the results were felt they succeeded.{
They tried in Virginia nominating republican fori
Governor on bargain with the democrats Many
republicans were entrapped, and Virginia fs cursedi
with rule which the best democrats are ashamed
Of They tried In West Virginia a fusion betweeR
'Outs" and democrats and now West Virginia
holds debate in her Constitutional Convention oni
the question Of nullifying the constitution OF the
United States and depriving the blacks OF the
right to vote. They tried In Tennessee m0veS
ment of boilers and democrats and the result 6 the
destruction OF common schools, In which 10000
thousand children were cultured. They tried the
experiment In Missouri, and the fruit II bore is
democratic State government and Frank Blalrl
In the Senate. In all these cases one side or the
other was cheated and the public interest was
harmed, and now it Is proposed to attempt the
same thing q national scale. NO wonder that
leading democratic journals and large BODY or
democrats refuse to be parties TO such cnlcanery,
and no wonder that 1t draws to itself as
no other movement ever did, the very worst
elements, North and SOUTH The issue stands be-
fore you. On the one side Ia sale tried and stabe'
government, peace with all nations and prosperity
at home, with business thriving and debt and taxes
melting away; on the other side Is hybrid con-,
glomeratiOn made up Of the crotchets, dtstemperS
and personal aims Of restl ess and disappointed.
men. What ills might come OF committing to thena.
the affairs OF the nation no Judgment can fath0my
no prophecy can fOretell The result Is very SAFE,
because IL rests with the same generation which,
was given by Providence to see through the dark
ness of the rebellion, and that generation cannot
be blind now.
The proceedings were brought to close shortly
after eleven O'Clock.