The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-12
Mr.. Greeley's Record.

Wnctner the nomination OF HORACE
GREELEY was wise or not, or the acqui.
essence of the Democratic party consis.
tent or not, are questions of but small
practical import at this time, when Gem.
pared with the mOmentOus issues that
are to be determined by the next Prcsi-
tial election. If the principles laid down
in the Cincinnati platform be carried out
to their logical sequence, reform in the
Government will inevitably result. II
is true that Mr.. Greeley has been a life
long, positive and aggressive opponent
OF the Democratic party; but no more
SO than Mr.. buchanan was when, rs n
Fcdcralist, he was proud 10 say that ii
he "had drop of Democratic blood in
his veins, he would let it out. We be-
lievc he made a reasonably fair race
when he went before the people bearing
the endorsement Of a Democratic Con-
vention. BY the way, the Chicago Tri-
bune makes these useful suggestions to
Senator Chandler and his Government
clerks who are compiling q record OF
Mr.. Greeley's abuse of the Democratic
party:
1--WE hope the record will be publish
ed. In it will be found many caustic
reviews OF such Democratic statesmen
as Ben. Butler. John A Logan, George
). Boutwell,, N. T.. Banks, Simon Cam
eron, Dan. Sicklcs, Matt. CARPENTER,
Jim. Nye, Dlanton Duncan. Murphy,
Longstrect, Mosby, sc. These portraits
could not be reproduced more appro-
priately than just at this time. Greeley's
Pen.and-lnk portraits Of these Demo-
cratic champions Of General Grant will
be enthusiastically welcomed by the
people. In that same record will also be
found his able denunciatien of Henry
Wilson's know-Nothing campaign in
New England, and Of the Constitution
al amendment made by the Gardner,
Hiss, and Wilson Legislature in 1854-'5
the same which elected Wilson to the
Senate. If we mistake not the same
record will contain a review of Henry
w iIson's celebi ated Free Trade speech
OF March 1855, in which he successfully
appealed to Manson, Toombs, Hunter,
benjamin. JEFF. Davis, Atchison, Butler.
Clingman, and all the Southern rebels
to vote for his proposition to attach to
one OF the appropriation billsa section
SUBSTANTIALLY repeating all tho duties on
iron and wool. For that speech Henry
Wilson was welcomed by the South as
an enlightened statesman, and he was
the hero of the session. Mr.. Wilson
very soon went back on his speech. and
became a protectionist-just as he went
back on the Know -Nothings because
they preferred Fillmore to Wilson. In
that same record there may be found a
portrait of the rising statesman of Mich
igan, who In his first campaign, use to
crate from speech written for him, and
who, despite frequent corrections, would
insist in attributing to Edmund Burke.
of New Hampshire,a glowing paragraph
copied from q speech of the great Brit
ish statesman. 1t is likely that in that
same record will be found Mr.. Greelev's
comments upon Morton's celebrated
speech dcnouncing negro suffrage. and
declaring that to adopt it would Justly
provoke war Of races, in which either
the blacks or whites Of the South would
be driven out, and in such contest his
sympathies would be with the white
race. BY all means let Mr.. Chandler pro-
duce Grceley's comments on this speech
OF Morton. They will be excellent read
ing for the Democracy, and the Republic
cans, and the negro voters of Indiana