Middletown transcript., 1872-06-01
lgssa - LeaBvilis (Ky.) Ledssr.l
AtR IL achievement Of Greeley a
A Ualtimore- e-.Then Whaf9


A very good friend, wtoss good opiu,
lon We prise highly. bat Who, 10 rcere,
70 ssy. thoagh . !" lifelong Democrat, =
h:s lett the camp---askcd Us yesterday
that ve should do after tho Baltimore
Convention shall have indorscd the nomi.
hation Of Greeley; aud how We can cx-
plsin away tho force Of our present sr.
raignmeut Of that great and good" man
and his record.
The first proposition We have responded
- II alssost every issue Of the LEDGER
slpcs the adjournment Of the Cincinnati
Ussvesties. We have, day sitcr dsy,
announced that II forced to the dire ex,
sremity n supporting Greeley or Grant--
we should isks the formcr-not for any
good to be found 10 hjm--but upon the
tdes that NO change can make matters
worse.
As Tor modifying or retraciug, or cx-
planning away any Of the facts which we
have from time 10 time stated concerning
him and his record, and tho deductions
drawn from those fac,s--wc shall simply
not pretend to do so. We cannot fron,
oar standpoint defend the record of lior-
aes 1secicy. and We shall not under,akc
tbs impossible task. n ve arc forced to
support him. il will bs in spite Of his
record, ard because nS,hing better is pre-
~entod.
II thosc be 20 other candidate oppos-
ing Grats, l,on the mavihs Of the De.
sAocracy will be closed. so far as par,ic;-
pasiug actively in the campaign is con-
Serued. No Democrat can defend q reclcy
without utter staltiGcstion /; aud our hon
rat con,iction il that there are q n,illiou
.of Democrats in the United States who
canuot bc brought. iu any sta,c Of case,
IL vote for him.
II j. !lccaysc Of this that We chose TO
discuss lin aui bis record candidly before
il il too late. We DO not think the De.
p,ocraey ought to touch him. aud We pre-
tsr 70 say so in time, aud to give tho
Fcrops. There is no use Of attempting
10 cover pp the past life Of Greeley. /,
easnst he done. His record is too well
known by every man in the iaud.
It's a fact thoroughly understood by
the mcre-t :.rLoolboy, that he is the ipcar-
nation Of Radi, ,'sm--thc father, foun.
der. and ablrs. a-fcnicr If all that Raji-
csli.m in its most oncn.,;re sense; that he
originated the cloud not bles.r than d
ansu's hand" and uevcr ceased TO '.e'-
aaic" till it spread aud settled like fu.
neral pail over the Whole country
.criug and strangling the liberties Of a
.sholc action that he was the Fri, ul and
defender aud instisa,or Of old John Brown.
and his 6rst act in tue bloody drama
which has crushed the South aud nadc i,
= mere satrapy; that having cggcI ,ha,
people on, aud induced them to believe
that they would be, and ough. to be. per.
mittcd to withdraw from the Cniou. he
became the most savage AMI dcyili,h OF
all those who clamorcd for their blood, so
room as his advice vas acted upon By
them that he was Que of the very few
-sncn laying claim to dcccncy. who ap.
plauded beast Buffers hcll.iuspircd order
ut New Orleans, melting his soldicry to
treat the ladies Of that city as " women
upon the town plying their vocation !
that after the war was over, aud the gal
lant Southrons who had made a tight a.
suinst odds Of which history presents nc
parallel grounded their arms a.d lay
PROSTATE aud powcrlcss u, the e. & Of Fed.
cral power, yielding iu good .aith all the
issucs upon which IT, H.. at was made he,
With mock magu' min ..y begging .ha. the
be spared the sihJct, aud nj the same tim,
urged tb'. cn' .ct,nent by Congress. and the
excc"lon oy the President. Of every infa
Nous Measure proposed for their oppres'
si.n and humiliation; sparing their lives
that he might torture them; refusing Il
hang that he might still further degrad,
thcn letting them live that he nigh,
little by little. crush out their manhood
that up TO this very moment no ,ncasur,
Of oppression upen the people at the South
has been proposed by Butler. Marion
Sumner, Coukliug, Chandler. Poncroy,
Dr anybody else which has no, met his
hearty advocacy; that he fell out will
tGrsrf. not because OF any disagreement
on principles or policy. but only because
ahe lla..U placed the official -latc Of New
York in the hands of Coukling; that h'
has not nov. s~a never had. n sentimcn
bM ef hostility of Democrats aud tn
Democratic theory Of the Government
and. ssvagely ~ he dcncuaces Grant 70
weakness. vsui,s ssd corruption. prefer
him to the purcst Democrat in the land
We say all these facts are known. an'
cannot bc smo,hcred out or covered mp
asA they render il simply impossible 70
any Dcmocrat to defend Greeley. There
fore We think bis Endorsement at Bal'i
more would be fatal. aud we want to pre-
ven. z. Ts this cad ve propose to rails
;aSt voice IN warning before il is too late
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