Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-26
Horace Greeley a Secessionist.

The democratic press are very zealous
in endesvoring to cover up the fact that
Horace Greeley is Il secessionist. They
know it is Il damning record, and hide
it under his insane appeals of "On to
Richmond" during the war. But that
dodge won't win. Let us have his re-
cord. On the 9th oi November. 1869. he
published his views OF secession as fol-
lows:
'And now. if the cotton States con-
slider the value of the Union debatable.
we maintain her perfect right to discuss
it. Nay, we hold with Jefferson to the
inalieuable right of communities to al
TER or abolish forms of government that
have become oppressive or injurious: ::
and, If the Cotton States shall dcci Ic
that they can do better out of the l. uiun
than i'll it, we insist on lettin" them 20
in peace. The right to Secede may be-
Il revolutionary one. but it exists never
theieSs and we do not see how one
party can have Il right to Go what an
other party has right to prevent. We
must ever resist the asserted right OF
any Safe to remain in lha Union. and
nullify or defy the laws thereof: to
withdraw from the Union is quite an
ether matter. And. whenever Il con
siderable section of our Union shall de
libcrat- IL resolve to 90 out, we shall re-
siet all Cocrcive measures designed to
keep it in. We hope never to live in a
Republic whereof enc section is pinned
TO the residue by baYoncts."
On the 23ril Of february, 1SGi, five cay
after the Inauguration of JEFF. Davis a.
President ofthe Confedcracy, Mr.. Gree
ley published the following editorial:
I'VE have repeatedly said, aud we
once more insist. talt the great princi-
pie en- boiled by jefferson in the Dec
laration OF American independence,
that Governments derive their just
powers from the consent OF the govern
ed. is sound and just and that if the
slave States. the cotton States, or the
Gulf States only, choose to form an in
dependent Nation, they have Il clear
moral right 10 do so We have said
and still maintain, that, provided the
cotton States have fully and defnilively
made up their minds to 90 by themselves
there is no need of fighting about it
for they have only to exercise reasona-
Bile patience, and they will be let Off in
peace and good will. Whenever it shall
be clear that the great body OF South
ern PEE pie have become exclusively
aliented from the Union, and anxious
to escape from it. we will do our best to
forward their views"
After the close OF the war he publish
cd and placed before the the people.
"Greeley's American Conflict" in
which lie places upon record as a
matter ofhi>tory, his opinion. thus:
Vol l. page 355)
Nay, we hold with Jeflerfon to the
inali0nable right of communities To
alter or abolish forms of government
that have become oppressive or injuri-
out, t,,at if the Cotton States shall be-
come satisfied that they can do better
! out of the Union than in it, we insist on
letting them go in peace. The right tu
! secede may be a revolutionary one but
it exists, nevertheless, and we do net
see how one party has right tc dc
what another has right to pre-
vent. We must ever resist the asserted
right OF any State to remain in the I'm
ion and nullity and defy the laws
| thereof. 10 Withdraw from the Union
Is qnite another matter; and whenever
considerable section of our Union
shall deliberately resolve TO go out we
Which resist all coerceiye measures de
signedto keep them in it. Wehope never
to live in Il republic where one section i,
pinned to another by bayon
Let no attempts to make denial of q
fact that like this, has passed into his
history and been placed among the
archieves of our country. Let every
! patriot remember that Horace Greeley
stands before the people an avowed Sc
cessionist and a traitor, in the genera
acceptance Of the term, to this country
Can any man who holds that DO State
| has a riglt-to withdraw and destroy the
| Union, conscienciously vote TO place {
! man in the Chief Executive Chair OF
| the government. who recognizes tho
right ofseccssion? Soldiers, you who
| fought four years to eiiectually destroy
! this hCreSy.-citiZcn. YOU who gave
! your brave sons to die that the Union
might live, patriots, you who love yOul
country and its institutions, shall your
| votes be gwen to one who recognize:
secession rs right and balls jeff Davi:
to uphold that doctrine? No, Yor
are not vet ready to forget those foul
long years of dark ana terrible war ant
give up what proved ST dear to you tC
establish.-a permanent Union of til,
States and the people-a thorough anC
lasting peace
Nv c Il ereu'on asked our cotem-
Uor1rv 10 state frankly whether th,
/ pus.iists, bla,:klogs. thieves, burglar
keepers IF dens of prostitution, DC
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