The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-08

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|, =. "The powers not delegated to tn,
l. United States by the Constitution, no
l. prohibited 10y ito the States, are reserv
II ed to the States respectively, or to tn,
t people"
II 1t is impossible to reconcile the con
+ duct of the President and his support
e ers with these limitations.
3 In this expectation, large maiorit,
Of the people who voted for him, | be-
lieve, are conscious Of their disappoint
e mcnt, and are unwilling to renew tn,
:. same trust in him. This has beel
!, pretty well established by the proceed
Z lngs at the Cincinnati Convention
e and by the apparent approval of tn,
= nomination of Mr.. Greeley, made ther,
) in May last, and approved by tn,
l Democratic Convention in this city on
the 9th and 10th inst.
proceed now to submit to YOU some
observations in relation to Mr.. Greeley
,, In the first place, his love Of country
cannot be doubted. His ability dis.
played in the arduous position Of an
editor of u leading journal for very
many years, the thousands and hun
drcdS of thousands who have been his
constant readers will readily admit.
lhat he has, at times, inculcated doe
lrlnes which many good and able men
nave thought umsOund, is no doubt
true. But what statesman has not?
On the contrary, they have been di-
rectly violated, and these violations
would continue beyond the period of
the next Presidential election if the
good sense and patriotism of the De-
mocrats in Congress and of many Of
the Republicans had not prevented it.
In this enumeration of the objections
to the election of General Grant, | do
not design TO impugn his motives. |
am willing to concedc that they are
good, and that he believes them to be
patriotic; but my conviction is, and if
am capable of Judging, the facts
which | have stated demonstrate its
soundncss, that cOnceding his motives
! To be good, he does not know what the
| Constitution is, and is entirely ignorant
OF the principles which should govern
II Republic like ours.
His election to the Presidency in 'GS
was owing to Il grateful sense of his
military services during the war, and
to the confidence which the people
then had right to feel, that, with the
aid Of an able Cabinet, which it was
not doubted he would call around him,
he would discharge the important
| duties of the office with ability, and in
strict subOrdinaton to the COnstitu-
tiOn.
His opinion on the doctrine of pro-
lection is now contested by many men
Of ability and patriotism. Whether
his policy is sound or not Is point
upon which even ablo men differ. But
this is certain, that when Mr.. Greeley
adopted ii he had the support of some
Of the ablcst of our statesman, having
at their head Henry Clay, name
never mentioned in the hearing of
Americans without admiration aud |
gratitude. If Mr.. Greeley has erred, it |
should be held to be some eXtcmuution |
that he erred in such company. That |
his opinion is honestly entertained and |
has been maintained with great ability |
must he conceded. But does General !
Grant hold the Opposit on opinion"
Or has he any opinion on this nice
problem of political economy? If he
has one, Owe no idea he hns, his
studies never having run on that line,)
h" certainly never has expressed ii, and
from his enforced rctcrnce, If he was
to do SO, would not be able to give his
reasons. But why should Mr.. Gree
ley's opinion on this point be any
objection to his election? He has nc
ccpted the nomination he received at
Cincinnati, and with an engagement
Il, at l.A i,,In
nounccd. One of them is, | quote it,
that "recogniAing that there are in our
midst honest but irrccOnclablc dilier-
enccS Of opinion with regard to the
respective systems of protection and
free trade, we remit the discussion of
the subject to the people in their Con-
grcS5ional districts, and to the decision
of Congress thereon, wholly free of
Executive interference or dicLation.n
This gives to the friends of free
trade IN opportunity of satisfying the
people that their doctrine is the correct
one, and that if Congress shall so decide
their decision will not be disapprOved
of by Mr.. Greeley.
What more do these gentlemen want
in their opposition to Mr.. Greeley"
Did they desire the nomination of an
avowed Free Trader? With this view,
uiu tncy WISH lor tLc nomination Oh
Mr.. Adams ANA II thty had succeed
ed, ana MIR. Adams had declared ms
adhesion to FREE Trade, DO they be-
li!cve they could have secured his elec-
ton" we have had experiments
enough of presenting /" the people for
Presidency a candidate whose opinions
We're not in accordance with those of
the people generally. And to this, and
to this alone, was the election of Mr..
Lincoln to be referred, and the subse-
Iuent election of General Grant.
Whether Free Trade or Protection is
to receive the sanction OF Congress will
not depend upon the opinion of the
even if he has one, and i.
To act upon it. He can effect
nothing except as he may be able to
influence Congress by his patronage,