Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
Why the Democratic Party Cannot
Endorse Mr.. Greeley.

From the New York World, May II.
Mr.. Greeley's friends, having fail.
ed to carry the New York Democ-
racy by sudden strategem and
storm, as they expected, are left to
take their chances against "that So
Der second thought of the "people, 81
which is generally wise and always
deficient" From this day forth,
Greeley stock will decline; and by
the time the Baltimore Convention
meets, his nomination as the Demo
cratic candidate will be deemed as
preposterous as every Democrat in
the land would have unhesitatingly
declared it three weeks ago. The
expectation that the Democratic
party will nominate Horace Greeley
(of all men) for President, is too ri
diculous. All the cooler and wiser
heads Of the party feel it to be so.
The chief and controlling reason
why the Democratic party cannot,
and aciU not, nominate Mr.. Greeley,
is that of all the public men of the
country with any kind of preten-
sions to the Presidency, he is the
farthest from representing its prin-
ciples. What communion can the
chief apostle of Protection have
with free traders? or what concord
can the foremost advocate Of the
bayonet election law have with its
opponents? or what part has a cen
tralizationist with Democrats? or
what agreement a champion Of Bout
Wells policy of grinding burdens
for the rapid reduction of the pub
lie debt with the advocates of light
taxes? Why should the Democratic
be party "unequally yoked together
with one who represents all the
principles and measures it most
earnestly depreciates? When Mr..
Greedy publicly renounces and alb
jures his violent opposition to free
trade, his advocacy Of the KuKlux
law and the infamous election law,
his persistent defence Of exorbitant
taxes to extinguish the national
debt in this generation, and when
he shall have rctracted his many
virulcnt libels on nearly all its
prominent living statesmen as indi-
viduals, it will be easier to endorse
him in that recanting, repenting at
titude, than while he learns nothing
and torgets nothing, like veritable
Bourbon. If he is ready to come
over to us, not merely to get our
votes, but to accept our principles,
let him publicly signify it by a re-
cantation as unequivocal as his op.
position and abuse have been unre-
strained and vituperative! But if his
self-respect forbids him to thus de-
base himself and eat his whole re-
cord, even for the sake of our votes
to put him in the high Office he GOV,
cts, how can he expect us to prac
tice similar ESTABLISHMENT from a
lesser motive?
Even if there were no other rca
son for rejecting Mr.. Greeley as the
Democratic candidate, the license
and wantonness Of his brutal, unre
tracted ISLANDERS would be sufficient
They have been SO coarse and Of
fensive that few Democratic states
men of any eminencc could take Of
fee under him without FORGETTING
their self-respect. Democrats dc
not want an administration in which
their trusted statesmen could no
take part, and with whose heat
they could not even be on speaking
terms unless he should make suita
BILE apologies. We could fill every
column OF our space from now til
the Presidential election with Mr.
! Grcelcy's gross and hideous abus'
of public men whom the Democrat
ic party honors and trusts. W.
can Of course give only specimens
and at present we will give but :
slight fragment of one specimen
his outrageous and insulting abus'
of Governor Seymour, the wiscst
most eminent, and most respected
member of the Democratic party il
this State; an upright, Christian
gentleman, whose life is adorned
with every public and every private
virtue, and who, if anybody in thi
country, should be protected by hi.
character from coarse affronts sucl
as no gentleman should offer and NJ
gentleman can easily forgive.
April 9th, 1868, the Tribune hat
an editorial, by its style, unmistaka
bly, from Mr.. Greelcy's pen, headed
"Gop. Seymour as q Liar." 1t con
sisted of comments on speech Mr.
Seymour had then recently deliver
cd in Bridgeport. We insert sucl
brief extracts as our space will al
low, retaining Mr., Greeley's cap
itals:
"Of all evil-doers, the Political Liar