Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
What L Know About the Greeley
Club.

For short time previous to the as
sembling of the meeting to organize the
s.Upper Sandusky Greeley Club" 1 was
engaged in an argument with new
and Jealous convert from the Rep ubll-
can party, who was endeavoring to per-
suade me to embrace the new faith. l
told him that did not object so much
to eating cro,c, as to the sauce of copper
headism in which found it served.
If there is anything in the new move
ment which can commend it to the ap-
proval of an honest Republican, L main
tanned that it Was in the prospect of a
reform, and that nine-tenths of the men
who had embraced it. were of the party
who had always, during my recollec-
ton, been opposed to euery reform, and
foremost in every political corruption,
and that was unable to observe any
substantial evidence of their repentance
in the present movement. My convert
assured me that thiS was a great mis-
take, that all Democratic issues and the
Democratic party were so dead that Ca
briers trumpet could never wake them
more, and that this was a genuine re-
form movement, an entire new party.
The band haYihg ..'ouskerspciled' at
this point of the argument, and having
lively curiosity to see how ihc corpse
of the cussed thing would look, now
went to the meeting.
nrpcnnf1v nla1n fO
procure n:.mC5 tor this club, and
to initiate this move the Hon. Il. Nick.
said in substance that he thought that
Mr.. Greeley said the right thing when
he told the chairman of the committee
who announced to him that the Balti-
more Convention had nominated him
for President, that he supposed that III
nominating him the Democratic party
had not proposed to give up any of its
Democracy, and that he would therefore
accept their lion il,atlon with the un-
dcrstanling that in so doing he should
not give up any of his Republicanism
Hon. II. McK. then said that that is
the way he supposed this club is to be
organized, that he proposed to join it
but in doing so, he did not propose to
give up any of his Democracy, AMI die
not expect the proselytes with Republi-
can antecedcnts, to give up any OF theil
Republicauism.
I / thought 1 observed slight naoUe-
ment of the corpse in this proceeding
Soon after this, motion was carried tC
appoint a committee to procure addi-
| tiOnal members 20 the club, when Hon.
II. A. Nick. moved that "au Libera! Re
pubticans be appointed on that commit
tee," Gas this motion was carried the
corpse was not allowed to move muck at
this point).
Finally, it was suggested by an old
liner, that the Democratic branch OF the
coalition, had Central Committee ap.
pointed, armed and equipped in the
several townships, in the county, and
that it would probably be policy for the
Liberal Republican branch of the coal
lition to appoint 4 similar committee
A motion to this effect was now carried
when the southern army withdrew and
the deserters from the northern forces
organized for cooperation.
This move did not meet the approval
of Gen. Alb. He said in substance, rs he
withdrew his command, Odd if ]
like this move. 1t looks rs il we and
our committees were not good enough
for THEM. BY Cd We'll make 'enl
swallow worse things than that when
we get things fix't." But with this eX-
ception Alb subsided gracefully. Gree
Icy y-like, he concluded to Danish his life
lOug and most dearly cherished convic-
tions Of propriety and right for the good
of the job.
Me thinks Democracy is not dead, but
sleepeth-yea unsoundly.
If any. lesson is taught by the result
OF 4 similar coalition between the mare
and the jack, it is, that the progeny o.
this hybrid sailing under the flag "Any-
thing to beat Grant," will be barren
of good, at least. Stand from under
honest men. "
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.