New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

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| him ;ncapable of selling himself. he Is =
| man of culture; he is a man OF genius, . 10
| Is q man of honor. But he has the lnnrInlty
| which belongs to an ardent, ambitious SenE
| neran,ent. and for all the decorations WHICH,
| have been thrown about naCurSlAy 49, 49,
| ing stock by a studious industry, no j 70 H T.
| man wise in his generation OF ms OLu eLo,iS
| annlv the epithet which he appheo 10 M
| Greeley's bailing of jefferson DAVIS ~ I H1S
| own RESTLESS and unreasonable display IN t1s .
| Honse But If we should do so we snould
| exceed him in accuracy, and we desire IN
what we have to say, above an 'nins's "
be accurate. go. A..
To be sure, to begin at the beginning, tho
sition which the pOsltlylty OF ms OPaNiO1 .s
and the bluntness of his utteranees are
capable of arousing in the mind tnaI taxes
only a partisan view of affairs, ana getS AGs
sustenanoe not from the natural truutlon OF
the season about it, but from sundry se Ii
| ard unwholesOme jars and cans OF Pi 15I
prejudices and preserved passions 1neto
is no defending MIR. Greeleys antece aS Is
before a partisan tribunal composer oL
Democrats. He has done all that q man
can do. he has said all that man can say,
( and he is on record in blackand Wnlt6, ana
| the record is ineonveniently salient, voium-
nous and accessible, in contradiction Oh
| the Old-line Democratic notions aO0uI na-
tiOnal banks, about the tariff, a4otlJ slavery
! and 50 on TO the end of Tno enarrgeE $50
we see, particularly at the South, to wi>44H0
the disagreeable pecularities of Mr.. Gree
ley's philosophy and vocabulary have
chiefly addressed themselves, a slngularly
spontaneous and enthusiastic uprising Ia
favor of our old adversary as candidate
for the first place in the gift Of the people.
There must be reason for this which the
plea of political necessity does not account
for. What is it.
1t has been said by Bacon or Montaigne,
that those friends are most attached who
differ in opinions but agree in sentiment.
This is the old doctrine and the true one,
of natural affinities There is no doubt,
taking it as a suggestion merely, that Mr..
Greeley's character, simple, credulous, ar
dent, strong, honest, kindly and humane
haPmOnizes with many elements which Mr.
Greeley himself has not commonly reeOg-
nized as belonging to the Southern people;
while he possesses one trait in his hatred Of
oppression and his sympathy with suffer
ing, which makes the whole world kin. He
did in truth do us much injustice in his
treatment of the slavery question. But We
fail to find his anti-slavery diatribes any
thing that does not accord with the LIFE
long tenOr-of career which took its cue
from heart naturally overlooking, and
therefore exposed to those virtuOus and
well-meaning errors which sometimes en9
dear men to us in spite of ourselves. Mr.
Greeley turn for farming has made him =
home in the breast of many man who has
not always agreed with Mr.. Greeley in Opin-
ions, but who has found sufficient senti-
mental concurrence in his company to
keep it.
With Us, at the South, there is one point
which we place above all others. We do
lOt ask who fought us during the war. We
want to know who has really felt a desire
10 help US since the war. Nor are we criti-
ally disposed as to the mode by which any
nan proposed to help US, for we have had
IOme helpers whom we might have spared.
There was man who made a great pre-
ense of helping us. That was Andrew
Johnson. Was he real friend and helper.
lisinterested in his aims and wise in his
Methods? Assuredly nobody will claim
hat he was. On the other hand. whas
AVE We to expect of the hot-headed and
'Owerless faction represented by Mr.. Yo0r-
ees3 With all his rhetoric, does Mr.. Voor-
ices give us a surer earnest of real, and
lso of efficient, sympathy and suceOr than
iorace Greeley? MIR. Voorhees, was of no
se to US during the war, and we do not
ee that he has done us any especial good
lnce the war. He has maintained himself
Congress and before the country, and
as made the sacrifice of keeping Wen in
nth the preJudices which prevail in his part
Indiana.
Mr.. Greeley has not the harmonious flow
English which marks Mr.. Voorhees, ora
1rical flights in exaltation of the Goddess
Liberty; nor has he that safely consistenk
5cOrd which is so sound that its virtues
Ike the OdOr of certain flower, are con
ned to narrowly circumseribed limits. But
e IeeI, mstlnotlYelY, that at bottom Mr.
reeley feels as kindly toward us, and
ouId go as far to do us friendly office, al
II. voorhees,; and we know that he ia in 4.
eGGer position to make his friendship pal
able and direct. Mr.. Greeley has not ex-
bited himself as scheming and self
q politician. He has made sacrifices and
ken risks to save us from persecution and
description; and, il he be elected President
g are satisfied that we shall not be troubled
TN bayonets. His government will be a
VII government, and not the government
a military ring that would be still dan
'rous If 1t were friendly. Mr.. Greeley il
himself peace platform. But, stand
g on the platform of the Liberals. and
ected by Democrats and Liberals he ia a
larantee for the future which could hardly
obtained IN the person of any other
oOaoIy successful candidate for the White
Ouse.
Now, as the Southern people desire mora
an all else surcease from the misfortunes
war, and the atf1ictiOn of martial ruIe-
ey nave but one political principle, and
at Is peace. They recognize Mr. GreeIev
embodying that principle, and thew are
r him with all their heart They see in
N the only possible deliverance from
ant and Grantism, and though the Grant
rty should make never so many oonces-
ms and form never so many combinations
In leaders whose ambition or cupiditv tba
may be able to Sc
ce, or who may be led off by mistaken
innate OF the popular prejudice and ignor-
&c, the people of the South will 90 into
lonal campaign with hope, only if thew
led by the Liberal ticket, which thew he
We has the one sole chance of success pre-
lted the opposition at this time. They
nix that all roads which lead from Cree
go to Grant, and this opinion is so fixed
their minds that they can be united on
other line.
t is here that Mr.. Voorhees, has made bis
stake His proposal not to support Gree
would produce, if it prevailed, division
the opposition forces through which the
ant party would be enabled to walk over
course The people are Thoroughly sat-
ted with the impression that GreelevcaH
elected. The politicians may bauIk this
they can only do it to the ADVANTAGE of
Radicals; and this is proposition "a
,lous and so plain as not to be worth ar
ng. -
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