Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-24
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Hints to s Greeley Republican.

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an honest man in search of the truth,
you are willing to read another one, /
proceed.
You say you are an ardent advocate
for Reform" and shsll-yete for-Mr.
Greeley knowing him to be an honest,
pure minded man, and in favor Of re-
forming all national abuses that may
exist.
Now, then, so far as you and I are con-
cerned, there can be no. quarrel on this
first point to wit: a desire for and the
necessity of reforming any existing
abuses in governmental matters. ]
detess fraud, corruption and immorali-
ties both in public and private life as
much as any one.
also admit that our public men are
not universally saints; I confess toe
that there are abuses which exist in the
administration. But if either you or ]
expect to live to see the day when our
government will be administered free
from all abuses we must expect to be on
earth at the millennium. There never
has beena perfectly pure administration
and what is to be regretted there never
will be such an one.
When General Grant came into power
he found q most corrupt state Of things,
and set himself to work at once to
remedy existing evils. This was
gigantic undertaking, but all ~dispassion.
ate men admit that he has done wonders
in this direction. He found great lsxity
and even fraud in the collection Of the
revenues. he bettered this by remov-
ing old officers and appointing more
honest ones. he found whisky rings,
and tobacco rings, and gambling rings,
and broke them up. He had all the
revenue faithfully applied TO the pay
ment of the debt and paying the current
expenses ofthe government. He intro
duced economy into all the Departments,
and has exercised a healthy supervision
over matters generally, so that our
financial condition is now in q most
E TT. |.sH. ..a..a.
healthy state. y s-a-
To expect a man to do everything at
once, or to reform ali existing abuses in
a minute, IS to ask one to perform an
impossibility. When the tendency is all
in one direction, and that toward pure
ness Of administration, we do not see
why one should not be reasonably well
contented, and satisfied to "Let well
enough alone" @
How do you expect to better matters
BY the election of Mr.. Greeley2 You
seem to 60 upon the ~supposition that
Mr.. Greeley, if elected, will be able to
carry out honest Republican principles;
hat he VIII be the great champion of
Now if Mr.. Greeley had been nomin-
ated at Phi" delphis by the party which
nominated General Grant, you might
have supposed with reason that he
would be able to carry out honest Re.
publican principles If elected. ButwhyS
What reason would you have to sup
pose this2 The answer is, because the
ReDT6tieqH party elected him as its
candidate. ,as
Now If Mr.. Greeley should become
President, who will have elected him
Whose candidate viii he be? Do you
say the Liberal Republicans /? This is
absurd ; this is foolish ; this is NOT war
by the facts.
If elected, 1t will be by the votes of
The Democrats North, and the rebels
South. The Liberal Republican vote
win not by any possibility reach more
than one-tenth OF Greeley's vote. So
you see he will be indebted to the
Democracy for his election, and it Will
be claimed as a Democratic triumph,
and Mr.. Greeley win be forced to ad-
minister n government Just as Horafio
Senator Thurman and the
Ring demand. You say you
csn trust Mr.. Greeley because his past
record shows him to be pure and honest.
On the same grounds you cannot trust
The party which will elect him Of elect
ed), for the Democracy by their record
are corrupt and dishonest.
What will be the result? There will
be a want of harmony there viii be a
hot fight; and Mr.. Greeley, honest it
may be, will be forced to succumb and
eopperheadism will triumph.
No, mol you say. Greeley wont suc-
,umb. Why think you so? He has
already. he has forgotten
MS past record; he has gone back on
his friends; he has swallowed his own
words and principles, and accepted the
candidacy from the Democrats.
You know he is vacillating, changeable,
wanting in decision and irmness. He
s Just the man to become a tool in bad
mems hands. When an honest man is
wanting in decision and frmness he is
ar more liable to be imposed upon than
my other.
The best that you can hope for is that
lnder Horace Greeley ue may POSSIBLY
yet q better and purer administration
han the present one. That is: We will,
the Republican party and hope
or something better. We will turn
topsy turveY. and then try
md set matters to rights. AS the quack
loctor said: "I don't know just what's
he matter with Sally; but she's out O.
orts, certain. So III just throw her
nto fits, and then cure her, for I'm death
4 ftsP' So you propose to throw the
government into fits, and then cure
heml Ifthat is all you "know about
Medicine, hadn't you better leave the
ure to other hands?
But the Democracy are in earnest and
mean reform, you urge. Doubtful, my
Suppose that Greeley was q
reform candidate. Suppose that
Ie had divided the Republican party
50 that a " straight out" DEMO-
rat could be elected. Would the De-
nocracy go for Greeley? Would they
Iot nominate and elect a straight out
Democrat? OF course they would. They
Tould then show you that they pre-
erred potcer to reform.
Now, my friend, don't be deceived.
he Democrats don't want reform. They
ont vote for Greeley because they
rant reform. Tammany rules the De-
locratic party, aud Tsmmsuy means
Unlimited corruption.
If you e things in the present
administration that need reforming, we
how we can correct them within the