New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-09-12
1T IL ANOTHER BARGAIN OF TRADERS WITH A
TRAITOR.

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1T IL ANOTHER BARGAIN OF TRADERS WITH A
TRAITOR.
Many Southern Conservatives are sincere
in the reasons they assign for accepting this
nominee. But some of them are insincere.
With these latter, it is mere trade. They
buy Mr.. Greeley he deserts and betrays
his party. Once before, the Virginia Con-
servatives borrowed a New York politician
for this sort of work Once before they
abandoned their sectional platform, adopted
national declaration of principles, and
proclaimed themselves I" true Republicans"
in the present sense OF " liberal" But they
confessed that movement to have been
fraud as soon as its object was attained. They
were not very choice in the instrument they
used on that occasion as they are not at
all choice. now. When a politician is
wanted to do traders and traitors work.
you must fish him up from the sewers of
New York.
A man had then come to Virginia in the
retinue of Gen. Benz. F. Butler, and in the
capacity of camp-follower. He had been
a politician in Chicago and is said 10 have
left that city in disgust at having failed of
election as chief of.police. 1t was this SER
vitor of General Butler, this rejected chief
tain of police, whom the highly respectable
and refined Conservatives of Virginia chose
to be the Governor of this Commonwealth.
They made bargain with their carpet bag
candidate that he should pass himself upon
the voters of the Slate as Republican in
the canvass, and should become proscrip
tive Conservative as soon as he was installed
in office. He has fulfilled his part of the
bargain honorably.
ONE SUCCESSFUL FRAUD TEMPTS TO ANOTHER.
That Job was the handiwork of the old
Wings. The old Democrats were to proud
to take part in the business. They we're sold
by their old Wing associates and simply
acquiesced in the fraud of their partners.
There was no difference between Wells and
Walker in their avowals of principle in the
canvass of 1869; but the old Wings first
whipped the old Democrats into their game,
and then, it was as much as poor Wells
mans character, peace of mind. standing
in society. and even his life were worth, to
be a supporter of the Wells ticket. To 90
for Walker was to he patriot and a gen.
and scallawag.
Some of the same apt leaders have now
picked up another New York politician, to
force him upon the people of Virginia. as
the candidate of the "respectaLles." Mr..
Greeley is said to be honest himself; but he
is VIGOROUSLY managed by the boldest gang
of rogues that ever New York produced.
The most dangerous of all public officers are
those, who, honest themselves in public
estimation, are yet hedged in and controlled
by Rings of Rogues. Mr.. Greeley is no.
toriously that sort of man; he comes from
the quarter to be such man, in spite of
himself; and it is this old blaze politician,
so managed and so surrounded, who bought
and bargained his nomination at Cincin.
natl, that the Conservative managers of Vir-
GINA have hit upon as the man to be sup
ported by their followers.
The old Wings of Virginia have had the
Democrats of Virginia under thumb ever
since they voted the State into secession.
They whipped the Democrats into the move
ment of 1869; but they paid them then the
Difference of putting up a Democrat for
manipulated the Democrats so easily on that
occasion, and found them so thoroughly
demoralized and cowed, that they venture
now upon a holder game. They put up
Horace Greeley, an old high tariff Wing, an
old ally of the Know Nothings, an old agi-
tator against the Free Masons, against the
Catholics, against slavery, against every
thing which the Democrats ever defended,
and call upon the followers of Andrew Jack
son, Thomas Richie, John c. Calhoun,
Wise, Floyd, Hunter, Mason, Davis, and
Lee, to take off their hats and recognize
their lifetime enemy as their master.
GREELEY's FAULT IS HIS TREACHERY.
The Walker movement in 1869 was con.
fessed to have been deception, as soon as
its object was attained. From protesting
to be "true Republicans" the Governor
and his party have been ruthless proscrip.
tionists of Republicans and Republicanism
in every department of our civil administra.
ton. Is the present adoption, by the same
political managers, of another New York
politician, as their candidate, the beginning
of another unblushing game of deception?
Are the supporters of the hodry New York
politician any more sincere than were those
Of the handsome New York politician? /
will borrow some of the infantile credulity
of franklin Stearns, who never did foolish
thing in business. nor a wise thing in poll
tics, and believe that the Greeley Conserva-
tives in Virginia Of to-day. the managers
excep ed. are better Republicans than the
Walker Conservatives were who called
the sincerity Of Mr.. Greeley's Virginia sup
porters than have in their new idol What
ever change the logic of events NAV have at
last wrought in the sentiments of his sup
pOrte's, It is certain that, as Il party, their
policy has heretofore been one of bitter ha
tired, vilitication, and prescription, towards
national men. And this is my first point
against him: that, If he were an honest ma
Iional Republican, he would not accept
much less would he have bought the support
of such a party. None but traitor to the
Republican cause would accept favors from
its enemies. My leading and insurmounta
BILE objection to Horace Greeley is, that he
is a traitor to the faith he processes The
enemy would not adopt him as their leader
if he were faithful When | see soldier
escorted with banners into the camp of the
enemy and placed in command of their
chosen brigades l think of Benedict Ar
mold; and ! not merely fight him as an enc
native Southern man much of feeling, all
that is embraced in the good will of his own
people, to be national man against the
passions and prejudices of the populace sur
rounding him and when we see Northern
Republicans taking sides against us. and
giving countenance to the prescription of
which we are the victims, betraying the
cause 10 which we are martyrs, there is no
word in the language, not even the hateful
word traitor, that can express the indignant
contempt and resentment which we feel for
such men. .--
HIS TREASON is NOT ONLY AUDA"IOUs, BUT
MEAN.
The treason Of Mr. Greeley has in it,
moreover, an exaggerated degree Of mean
ness. We have had in the South hard
struggle over the questions of liberty, citi
zenship, and equal rights for the colored
race. We have fought those question, loaded
with mountain of prejudice, through TO
victory, against the anathemas of the men
of whom Mr.. Greeley is now the leader and