The true northerner., 1872-09-06

scene, without deliberaton, hastily, rashly,
recklessly, | pushed this question before the
country" Surely, no true friend of human
ty would have made such hing, and the
poss BILE sneers of its enemies were not de-
serving moments consideration. Besides,
the discussion had been going on through
out the land ever since the passage of the
Fugitive Slave bill, so that to talk of"push-
| ing the question" upon the public attention
was misapplication of language.
Nevertheless, once putting your hand TO
| the plow, you did not look hack; once break
ing the painful silence, you have not ceased
to speak with great boldness and rare elo-
quence, for the complete eniranchisement of
the colored race; nor have | failed TO stand
by you through evil report and through
good report, cheering you on. and both in
public and in private vindicating you from
the unjust attacks of your pro-slavery ira
ducers. My reference 10 the early days of
anti-slavery trial is not TO tear from your
brow one of the laurels with which IL is so
hsnorably bound; but when-to make your
influence potential with the coored electors
TO secure their votes for Mr.. Greeley-Mr.
Greeley's organ, the Tribune, untruthfully
proclaims you to have been "the foremost
enemy Of human slavery, when Abolition
ist was a term Of reproach from one end of
the country TO the other"-"the best and
wisest friend of the freedmen in the trying
years since OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
trsuted by the colored race above all other
men in America Justice requires that the
deception should be exposed, and the whole
truth told. In nothing of courage and vigi-
lance, of zeal and fidelity in securing equal
rights for the colored race, has your respect
ed co-Senator, Henry Wilson, been outstrip-
ped by you; and no member of Congress has
done more for them. Nay, long before you
were seen or known in opposition to slave
| l. IN thA fnh1a
strife under the banner of immediate and
unconditional emancipation. During thir-
ty-six years of public life he has made the
freedom of the. race, so long peeled and trod-
den down, paramount to all other political
considerations. Instead of persstently
stunning anti slavery meetings, he was
| frequent attendant upon them, and freely
participated in their proceedings. Now that
| he has been deservedly nominated by the
Republican party for the Vice Presidency
of the United States, and if elected may pos
| sibly, in the turn of events, be the acting
| President, it should be matter of pride and
gratitude on the part of colored voters to
| give him their united sutfrages AS he is a
| Massachusetts, Senator like yourself, has
| been warm personal friend and faithful
coadutor, aad stood up undauntedly in
your defense when bloody violence sought
your life, think it is discreditable to you
| that you have not only evinced no satisfac-
ton with the choice of the Republican party
| in this particular, but have treated il as un-
worthy of recognition. To make this slight
the more noticeable, you have taken the
| pains to eulogize his political rival for the
| Vice Presidency, Gratx Brown, as one whom
you "have known for years as a most deter
mined Abolitionistl' 1t is an immensely
exaggerated claim. Put hundred men
like Gratz Brown into one scale and Henry
| Wilson into the other, for anti-slavery SER
| vices rendered, and for reliable friendship
for our colored population, and tney would
violently kick the beam. There is no COM
| parison TO be made bstween these candi-
dates as to trustworthiness or meritorious
character. The nomination of one so openly
pronounced on all the leading reformatory
movements of the age as Henry Wilson is a
crushing reply to the hollow charge that the
Republican party is without mission and
given over to corruption.
Having at last decided to support Mr..
Greeley why did you linger so long, in
view of his extraordinary virtues and ad-
mirable Presidential qualifications p you
naturally proceed to make the most of him.
l. He was born to poverty" So were
millions besides. What then? Does Charles
Sumner deem himself unfortunate for hav-
ing been born to com petence? 2. 4" He edu-
Gated himself in a printing Office" Thou
sands of others have done the same thing.
Is it any reason why they should
be put into the Presidential chair? 8. He
started with nothing but industry and a
character" An every day occurrence in all
parts of the country. L. Always benef-
cent with the poor" Is that rare trait
and worthy of grave consideration in de-
termining who shall be the next President
5. " An honesty which no suspicion has
touched" There is nothing peculiar in this
In the ordinary dealings OF business life
no doubt, Mr.. Greeley is honest; he will
neither cheat nor pick your pocket. But in
, his political management he has been, and
continues to be, far from upright, substtu-
ting low eXpediency for answering r, cti-
tude. The great American compromser
Henry Clay, living and dying, was alike his
idol and model. He does not find it difficult
, to believe that the end sanctifes the means
To adhere to n fixed principle of right, come
wha. may. he regards as fanaticism tC
: sacrifice it for present attainable advantage
is, in his opinion, craftsmanship. In the
treatment of public affairs he is unreliable
and without vision or judgment. The lates
exhibition of his slippern ess is seen in mis-
: high protection dodge at Cincinnati TO recon.
cle free traders to his nomination. He seems
to be quite destitute Of moral sensibility ,anC
when occasion favors can easily be duped
He. sees no good reason why FIRE and gun
powder should always remain at variance
= or why light and darkness should neve
/, coalesce. II is only for Southern disloyalty
to put on the guise of patriotism to be ac
t cepted as a proof of repentance and regener
, alton. The adversary, when dressed as al
! angel Of light, is not to be repulsed or sus
e pected, but it Will be Christian act to shak
| hands with him, whether over "blOod,
s chasm" or the bottomless pit! His clamo
$ for universal amnesty, and for tota
= oblivion of the causes and consequences o
{ the late dreadful war, is directly in the in
o terest of another Southern rebellion; ant
: should he be our next President, as he ha
: repeatedly proclaimed his belief in the righ
4 Of secession, if agreed upon by a controllin
{ sectional majority, there is reason for tn
# gravest apprehensions as to what may trans
e pire under his Administration. There nee
D be adduced no case for greater dstrust o
h stronger condemnation than is found in th
b fact that the great body of Southern white
y loyal in form by necessity, not choice
!, are eager for his success, while as large
: proportion of the Southern freedmen ar
: trembling in fear of it, for they instinctivel
h perceive what will be the sal consequence
II to themselves. They may not, indeed, gai
4 be reduced to bondage but, short of thi
n there will be little regard paid to their per
e sonal or political rights. For this reason
p is that they are feeling so alarmed and il