The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-12-12

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NJ. Greeley's Last Editorial
I. On November S, one day after the
printing Of his famous card, an eai-
torial appeared n the -7ri5ans head
ed Conclusions" It was his last
effort, and reads as fonoEs: fti
The general resdlt'of oar Presi
Dental election indicates that aet
I The objections. to Gen. Grants
rule originally urged by Senator'S
Snmner, Schurz, Trumbuu, &e..
were forcible and wei groundca.A
Many OF the most respectable the
journals whieh, on the other side Of
the Atlantic, vigorously urged she
Presidents reelection, now insist
that the abuses thus proclaimed
must be acknowledged and coreet
ed; some of them demand, il. addia
tiont tt ereforms Specifically prom
ised at Philadelphia, others still
more radical and thorough. 81
II. But, where thousands admit
ted that the criticism aforesaid were
just, far fewer were ready to accept
the only alternative pPesented.-l
Tbey say they would have. support
ed Adams. OF Davis, Or TrumbuH,
but not Greeley. Hence the vote is
quite light, even in States and dis
tricts where the contest was spirited
III. The great mass of the people
feel no sympathy for those they
still regard as rebels. On the con
tray they hold that these have been
treated more IenientIy than
they deserve. The majority viii
tolerate, not approve the gift o.
Office to.a Longstreet, an Akernan,
Settle, who has been baptised into
the Republican church; but they
are not, willing that any other shall
holdofiee wbere-the can Pteyenf it.
". Whichever party carries in
October two or three central Statesr-
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iadianar
is morally certsin to choose the
President in November, There has
been no exception to this rule, save
In 1924, when jackson carried Penn
sylvania and Indiana, and had q
plurality of Che electors chosen, but
Adams was elected by the House.
Y. These two States having gone
Tor GraHt IN October. not only was
the. contest given mp in the North,
bat thousands Of the so-called rebels
went over to Grant believing this
their shortest way to perfect recon
struction-that is, to secure for
themselves a practical equality of
rights with other citizens. Thus
General Kershaw, Of South Carolina,
at one time urged his felloW,rebels
to run no ticket against Grant, as
this would enable them to appeal
with effect for Federal sympathy
against their raseally State Iulers, |
VII The Republicans have won
perllous triumpbs eJohn5 Randolph
said that one was the best possible
Whom the old Republi
can purity had chosen AIf. Monroe
President, with felector dissent
ing, it dissolved and ran four candi-
dates at the next eIec ion.
VII. Though the Democratic
party broke into fragments, no one |
ofz fzthese has distinctly proposed a |
return to the anti-negro policy OF /
other days. On the contrary, the /
Who nrged all fiiahner Of
to .Gfdeley, said nothing
IT his devotion to equal rights re-
yardIess Of Color. We may fairly
conclude that there will be no fur
her formidable, systematic opposi-
ion to impartial Suffrage.
VIII. There is little or no com I
,laint from any quarter Of violence
,r terrorism al the polls. Blacks
md whites swarmed around q thou
and polls, struggling zeaiopsly7 but
scarcely a blow was struck and no.
erious riot occurred. II is thus
ett!ed that whites and blacks may
,pte together without q breach OF
he peace-''rebels" and niger"
reating each other with forbearauce
mi consideration.
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