The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-30

community rally; while those wht
have nothing to gain by politics, anC
whOse only motive for their pOlitica
course is the good of the country, shuI
and ablior him ~ u leader, and will
have 40 part or lot in his elevation t.
power,
Is there anything unfair or illogica'
in measuring the popular estimate Of
Mr.. Greeley by this visible evidence
Of what sort Of people it is that es'
teem him? Could there be a better
test given of what manncr of Mai 1t
is generally supposed to be? Is it not
plain that his mOtOriety has been mis-.
taken for fame, and the g~Ood-natured
amusement with which the public has
regarded his eccentricities and fUllics
has been unwittingly supposed ia
prove him to lie popnlar?! Put up u:
:: candidate for the Presidency on this
false estimate of his strength with the
people. the magnitude OF the blundcI
Is at once made apparent. The Gree
ley party is composed OF the mel
whose accession to power is fraught
with danger, and who choose him as q
tit instrument for their purposes
There lies his only strength. Good
mea avoid him because they don't be.
lievc in the existence Of his imputed
good qualities. and because they fear
those weak and bad ones of which SO
mischicvous a use can be made
Evening Post.
9oma Samnle Reformera.
W. hone that i, will not be forgotten
that MIR. Greeley is the reform candidate
for President. To be sure the Democra-
cy have taken him up. But it must
never be forgotten that the country owes
the original suggestion of his name for
the Presidency to that glorious band Of
hcroic and self-sacriticing reformers who
assembled ut Cincinnati on the LIST of
May hast, with The single, self-forgetful
aud patriotic purpose of rcscuing the
government from corruption. The Lib
eral Republican Reformers, and none
Others, put Horace Greeley and Baxter
q. Brown in nomination for President
aud tice-President, and the glory of
this unprecedented achievement belongs
to them alone,
We desire. therefore, before the line of
battle between the Democratic and Re-
publican parties become fairly joined. to
render Il modest tribute to the character,
records and eminent claims of some of
the Reform Republicans to whose eff.
forts the nomination Of Mr.. Greeley is
due, and who are now bright and shining
lights among his supporters. We do
no; wish to cucumber this article with
any reference to the patriotism, integrity
and public services Of his Democratic
adhcrrnts. The purity of Tweed and
Sweeney; the judicial uprightness of Bar
nard and Cardoso; the lifelong patriot
ism of Moseby. Inboden, Bradley, John
son. and Fitz Hugh Lee; the consistent
Union record Of Henry Clay Dean, 7.
4. Hendricks and Garrett Davis-these
are topics which must be treated here
after. We must for the present cOn6ne
our attention to that class Of Mr.. Gree
!ey's supporters known as Republican
..cfnrmc.s.
In New York. the head Of this ere
form movement is General John COch-
rane. He was the most prominent Gree
ley manager at Cincinnati, and is now
the head If the National Reformcr's Ex-
ccutivc Committee in New York. Gen.
cral Cochrnne has been for years one OF
the Tammany Republicans Of New York
City, that class Of politicians who, under
the name Of Republicans, have been only
less faithful servants to Tweed and his
ring than the Tamnauy Democrats. lie
was elected president Of the Tammany
Board Of Aldermen last winter, and lent
himself 10 the conspiracy, fortunately
unsuccessful, to defeat the organization
OF the Reform Board Of Aldermen. The
political adventurer, long ago refused
recognition by the Republican party. now
turns up us the principal organizer Of
the new Reform movement.
In New jersey, the princ:p,l leaders
VI the new Reform are Judson Kilpat-
rick and James NJ. Scoyci. The former
was sen, by President johnson Us Minis
ter to Chilli. For alleged impropricties
: - removed by President Grant
soon after the Inauguration Of the latter,
and he is consequently n Of the most
active of the anti-Grant rcformcrs. James
VI Scovel is notorious as a political
ir:ckster and mountcback. During the
conflict between the Republican party
and President Johnson, he was by turns
Republican, johnson man and Demo-
crat, us occasions served. He swclls the
Reform ranks. and leads the Reform CO.
horts in New jersey.
In Pennsylvania, the two most illustri-
on Refurmcrs are Alexander X. Mcclure
and Morrow B. Lowry. The former wus
formerly the most prominent and expert
cneed wire pullcr in the Republican party
of Pennsylvania, always excepting Simon
No form Of political intrigue
IN .n;pulation ONE amiss to him.
He is u valuable accession to reform.
Morrow Il. Lowry has been for years a
leading member of the immaculate legis-
of Pennsylvania ; and it is to him,
as much AZ to any other man, that the
Of Pennsylvania owes its entire
innocence Of bribery, its unspotted free
dom from corruption, and its noble indie
ienlencc Of outside influences! Should
Mr.. Greeley be elected, Mr.. Lowry will
be Of invaluable assistance in intrOdu-
cling the Pennsylvania reform system of
Into Congress.
In Ohio, tieueral James B. Steadman
is among the Greeley Reformers. What
he doesn't know about reforming isn't
worth knowing. His career before the
war, and his shifty political course since,
are sufficiently familiar in this locality,
and We gladly refrain from going into
any particulars. 1t is enough to say that,
personally and politically. General Stead
is worthy Of fellowship in this glo-
company of Reformers. Among the
nther Ohio tireeley Reform leaders arc
Josiah l.. Heck and james S. Fitzger-
aid, Of Cincinnati. These names are we'll
known in Ohio, but it is necessary, in
order that Michigan readers may under
stand their peculiar claims as reform lead
crs, that VIC should explain that there is