New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
voTINe I'LL DEMoCRATs.
~ Pardee Rutler.

| hind him; and calling out, "Greeley to the
| rescue; I've got a niger There was a
| number Of Republicans at Atchison, who
/ said not word, but silently gave me up to
my fate. This was true when they put me
on raft, and also when they tarTed and
feathered me. In both cases Democrats
interfered to save my life. Yet now, am
| expected to Join in the hue and cry, "DOwn
/ with the Democrats" Drifting ashore,
after my ride down the river, Democratic
family took mercy on me and carried me
/ down to Weston, and got me aboard the
! steamboat Polar Star, bound for st. Louis.
All on board treated me as they would
| treat man with the leprOsy. / was more
alone in this crowd than when / was on my
solitary raft. A gentleman came on board
at Lexington, who sought me out, offered
me papers TO read, and finally made me a
present Of book of travels. was over
| whelmed, and stammered out in some CON
fusion, "Sir, I can not conceive why you a
total stranger, should do me this kindness"
/ He smiled and replied, ''You are not 50
much stranger as you think. Is not your
name PaFdee Butler I"
! ayes, sir"
"Did they not mob you, and put you on
| a raft at AtcbisOn Z"
"'Yes, sir"
"Well, edit paper at st. Louis, and l
tender you the use of it to tell your story"
| ''What is the name of your paper, sir ?"
''The Missouri Democrat"
"And what is your nameP
"Gratz Brewn."
And thus ~ happened that the name of
Horace Greeley was associated with mine
in common shame and humiliation, because
of common sympathy with the negro,
and Gratz Brown found me after / had
fallen among thieves, and like the good Sa-
maritan had mercy on me. Now, know
that all this is very small matter to men
ton in connection with the presidential
question, but ''straws show which way the
wind blows" and these things, though they
are straws, are not without their sigIIifi-
canoe. For what Horace Greeley was to
me, he was to every Free State man in
Kansas. To us all his name was a tower OF
strenth, and it was well understood, both
by friend and toe, that the New York
Tribune was the head and shoulders of the
Republican party-that it was brains to the
leaders, and inspiration to the masses Of the
Republicans.
So also, what Gratz Brown was to me he
was to all Free State men. At the peril of
his life he edited a paper in a slave State,
which was their avowed friend and ally.
/ am now told "you have changed sides
and have gone over, with Horace Greeley,
to vote with men that tarred and festhered
you"
l answer: When there was no prospect
that negroes could do me any earthly good,
l put my life in peril for them, purely from
sense of Justice and humanity. / did SO
because my Saviour had said to me, RE
member them that are in bonds as bound
with them" Now the same impulse that
made me then the friend of the slave makes
me at this time the friend of the exslave-
holder; for do not believe that in this
nation there is one class of men so unjustly
treated as they. The maxim that animates
the hearts of great mass of Republicans
is, Democrats and rebels have no rights
that white men are bound to respect
But are you not going to vote with the
Democrats and thus destroy the Republican
party'" T3
/ shall be at some pains to give an an
swer to this question, that intend shall be
a fnality. My father was an old Wing, and |
/ was. reared in the faith of my fathers. |
When young man, / left the Wing party |
and joined the "Liberal party" 10 1914 I |
was one of the three men, in Crawford |
county, Ohio, to vote for James g. Birney, |
the Liberal party candidate for President.
In I848, we formed our first coalition with |
Democrats, and voted for Martin Van
Buren,, Democrat, for President. In the
winter of 1915 we formed second coaIi-
ton with Democrats In doing this, we
put ourselves under the lead'Of Montgomery
Blair, ''the father of all the Blairs," and
again voted for Democrat for Presi-
dent. This time it was for ohm G. Fremont.
At the first, we called ourselves Liberty
party men, then we were called Free
Sellers, and at the last coalition we called
ourselves Republicans. From that time
Onward we we're receiving continual acqui
itiOns of Democrats. Now, grant that
Horace Greeley is to be elected President
~ Democratic votes. answer, the pot
hOuld not call the kettle black. For what
President have the Republicans ever elect
Al,.,-z Ia II,
ratio votes ? shall probably be told tfat
hose Democrats who voted for the Repub-
lean candidates accepted the Republican
platform, and thus became true Republi-
ans. l answer, that is 1t exactly; and those
Democrats that vote the Liberal Republi-
an ticket will iDd0rse the Liberal Republic
an platform, and thus become Liberal Re-
ublicans. And so Horace Greeley will be
lected by the votes of his own party, pure
nd simple.
But a majority Of Republicans prefer
ieneral Grant
Admit it. prefer Horace Greeley. Now
That shall do : Shall l vote according to
be dictates of my conscience, or shall |
i've up all freedom Of choice, and submit to |
9 the mere slave and tool to a centralized
over that calls itself the Republican
arty, and that in the style of true military
slaps its sword over my shout
Dent the best energies of my life to build
y the Republican party only to find now
my old age that l am its slave
But the Republican party can not elect
leir candidate unless they are united.
True. What pity Grant Republicans
ld not been more eOnciliatoTy so that they !
light be more united.
"But you are cOnspiring with Democrats
put Democrats into power"
Not SO. Democrats are cOnspiring with
] TO put Horace Greeley into power. I
But they intend to get the power into
cir hands, and undo all the results of the I
Dr."
To elect Horace Greeley will not undo the 4
suits of the war. :
The logic of the Grant Republican party !
the most fimsE and shallow sophistry. =
ley had boundless stomach for Democratic
ties as long as these votes brought grist
their mill; but when Horace Greeley is I
be elected, then to vote with Democrats :
treason. When Democrats formed a CO. !
tion with Free Sellers and voted for Mar =
/ Van Buren,, they we're capital good fell y
VS.. When they formed another coalition q
d voted for Fremont, they were good :
tured gentlemen, and when war Demo =
ats voted for Lincoln, they were high .
nded and patriotic citizens; but when 2
ey vote for Horace Greeley, then they | 4
. dead beats" TRAITORS" and "swash- y
gers" The difference, you see, is the y
ference between fiddle foddle and foddle :.
die. When your votes keep me in the y
stotnee you are an honest and gOOd-na- y
red gentleman and patriotic citizen; but 9
len your vote puts me out of office, you a
} "swasbjigger." o
n London a new terror has been added =
the miseries of the theatre. A lad fell