Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-07
THE PURE PATRIOT.

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THE PURE PATRIOT.
Quite sarcastically Horace Greeley has
been called Honest Horace" "Old Hon
esty," and similar pet names by those who
profess to be his admirers. They recoil
at the thought that any one should see the
slightest similarity between Greeley and
JEFF Davis, and cry out in. terrible anguish
when Greeley's record on secession is pro-
duced. They and their leader wish that
record to be reckoned among the by
cones, and well they may. They would
have the American people believe that
Greeley and JEFF Davis were not agreed
onthe doctrines oftheright of sovereign"
States to secede from the Union, whenev-
er they pleased; that the war on the part
of the government was cruel and unjust
that the wailing cry of the "wayward Sis
ters'' to be ''let alone should have been
heard, and they be allowed to depart in
peace" But no entreaties OF sophistries
of cunning or wicked politicians can make
the American people forget these things
that have become part of the history of the
country. They hold place in the men,
ory that cannot be overthrown by any
eleventh hour conversion. ''Son, remem-
ber!' is the warning voice they would
return to the travelling candidate who
asks the people to forget the past.
The American people will never elect
man to the chief magistracy Of this coun-
try whose record is we'll known and writ
ten by his own pen, for the disruption of
the country. The idea of itself is an abb
surdity and unworthy serious thought.
They will not elect man President, who,
as the victorious armies were about gain
ing the final victory, met in solemn con-
clave with southern leaders and propos.
ed to the government a humiliating COM
promise. Such thought is an insult to
the intelligence of the American people.
They will not elect man President who
is in full sympathy with, and receives his
warmest support from. the unrepentant
rebels of the South. To do this would be
to lose the fruits of the terrible war that
cost the country so much and we are
not quite ready for that.
Would Greeley make an honest Presi-
dents A Senator Of the United States says
that Horace Greeley was the only man
that ever approached him in his place in
the Senate with an attempt to influence his
vote with money. There was at one time
q certain bill to be carried through the
House for the benefit and behoof of cor
poration called the Des Moines Improve
ment Company-a corporation which even
then had not sweet SAVIOR about it, and
has ever since been as stencil in the nos
trils of men. To pass the bill it was
deemed necessary that the vote or the in
fuence, or both, Of certain member
should be bought, and. either because he
demanded it, or to give him assurance
that the money should be forthcoming
when he had fulfilled his part of the bar
gain. it was put In the hands of third
party. That confidential friend of knave |
and his purchaser was Mr.. Horace Gree
ley.
This same 'honest" man has been
charged lately, on the strength of proceed
ings in Court Of Justice, with taking
stock with Tweed in tobacco company.
without paying for it, allowing his name
to be used to induce others TO Join, and ac-
forwards conniving at Yeaton's black
mailing of other stockholders? Through
out his life he has been the upholder of
precisely that system of legislation which
admits and encourages the sort OF schemes
charged upon the Pacific Railroad Com
pany. He believes in subsidies and boun-
ties which induce "seliish, cunning and
INSCRIPTIONS men to try and sell legisla-
ton and legislators" His entire theory
OF the political function is moth
ing else, and il infamous Hobbies
beset our legislatures, both State
apd national, it is largely owing to
the pernicious doctrines he has taught, as
10 the right and duties of Government to
mingle in private interests, and lend the
nd Of the State TO this or that enterprise