The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-09-05

government, county government, NUM-
ctp" government, State government
these are practical issues enough to
take US all for Greeley. They mean
everything in the contest. They mean
Just what the old Democracy in 1890
meant, when they rebclled against til,
Alien aud Sedition acts Of the Federal
government. They are issues Of the
highest, gravest, and most solemn
character, under our form Of Gove:n
ment. They mean the preservation Of
'he Government AS framed for us, OF
It's loss in consolidation and central
cation and inevitably consequent cor.
ruptiOn. The Democrat who whisks
off from issues like these now before
us, ana goes for Graut, is no Demo
cral, never has been one, never can be
one, Tor 1t is moi Greeley, the man,
we are fighting for, against the man,
Grant, but for 4 representation of the
llrsl, greatest, grandesJ principle OF
l)rihocracy,-nay such as that, which
not only Thomas Jefferson and An.
drew jackson reprcsented,--but also,
such men as Henry Clay and Daniel
Webster too"
Aside from all this, Mr.. Greeley is
4 mar Of extraordinary ability, lie
has been inconsistent, hut his incon
sistcncy, i'll many instances if not most,
may be explained by change ofcircum
stances, in which case it is worthy OF
commentator rather than censure.
Let those who are disposed to make
political capital Of his failings in this
particular give due weight TO The fact
that MIR. Greeley was for 80 years, and
upwards, editor Of u ~partizan journal
and wrote under the accepted code
which regulates journalism ofthis kind.
Again we quote from u Democratic cx
change.
But when all has been said that can
be said Of Mr., Grceley's "whims,"
4" isms, and Inconsistencies, let his
opponents weigh his sterling qualities,
extraordinary capacity and probity, OF
which they have made hitherto too lit.
tie account. OF his mental power, it
is not too much to say, that, as con.
trastcd with that Of Gen. Grant he
could master in a week an intricate
problem OF Whatever nature On which
the Latter might eXpend, and to no
purpose, Il lifetime and this would be
due simply to II marked difference in
the natural mental endowment of the
two men, We next refer to Mr.. Gree.
Icy's honesty Of purpose, Of which We
need say no more than that it has pro
cured for him the sobriquct of the
honest"
Here, then, We have great intellect,
uaI power combined with honest inten-
tions--and what qualities, we ask, are
so essential rs these in Il crisis like the
present, when good men almost despair
Of seeing an end Of the widespread
corruption, which has infected the
General Government and State Legis.
latures alike? Having, then, these
qualifications, Mr. Greeley plants him.
self on the Cincinnati platform, and
promises us reform. The question is
no longer Of theories and isms, but
simply this will he make good his
promise? 1t is a qnestion of good faith,
and we answer the inquiry by another:
when has Mr.. Greeley ever been known
TO break his pledge, or fallen under an
imputation of bad faith 1t is not un-
morco JCr, to consider, in
This connection, his probable we
ought rather to say his ineyitable) sur
'oundings. We maintain that every
Indication since Mr.. Greclcy's selection
the Cincinnati Convention has been
If a nature to convince us that he will
about him, and take counsel
rom, the distinguished men who re-
:ently seeded from the Grant party,
md from the ablcst men of the De.
nocracy. The seccdcrs are not no
ices, and it is impossible that they
AN have been duped into supporting
candidate who sets at naught the
cry principles for which they sacri-
iced party connections. They are
turdy reformers, and in advocating
Iorace Greeley's election they must
ave satisfied themselves that he would
i've effect to the reforms tor which
hey are ~contending.