Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-21
HI. G.'s STRENGTH.

The New York World, (which has Of late
been working very industriously in the in
terest of Mr.. Adams, first to get him nomi-
mated at Cincinnati, and now to induce the
Democracy to take him up at Baltimore,
recently published an editorial intended to
make the impression that Mr.. Greeley had
always been unpopular with the Republi-
cans. 1t gave one-sided statement of the
vote of Mr.. Greeley in the various races
wherein he had been q candidate, which
was calculated to deceive. The Tribune
answers with facts from the record as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Greeley was first a candidate for
Congress, from the With (up-town) Dis
trict, at the election OF 184S, when Gen.
Taylor was elected President. The dele
gates to the Wing Congress Convention
were chosen to nominate James Brooks,
and did nominate him, with the Hon.
James Monroe to fill the seat in the exist
ing CXXXth) Congress. The total vote Of
the district was as follows:
President. .. Zachary Taylor .1O,O66
O1ngress james Brooks.
Do. Udcdncy... Horace Greeley. 1872
Congress in 1S66-this time from the WITH
(doWn-town) District, where no Republican
could fail of defeat by at least 10000 ma
iority. But Gov. Fenton was a candidate
for reelection, with Andrew johnson as
President and the Weed-Seward interest
conspiring to defeat him, and it was sup
posed that Mr.. Greeley'S running for Con-
gress might call out a few more vOters-so
he was nominated. Gov. FantOn was re-
elected by an increased majority in the
State, but the vote in this district stood:
Governor. Fent0n. 453
Congress. Greeley.
Nh. Greeley was next candidate in 1867
for a delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention, when sixteen delegates of each
party were chosen on general ticket. He
was, Of course, electe J, but we have not
the vote at hand.
In 1859, a Republican State ticket was
duly nominated at Syracuse, but in a few
DAYS three Of the candidates declined. The
State Committee met in this City, while Mr..
Greeley was absent at the West, and filed
up the ticket Is was thought best-putting
Mr.. Greeley on it for Controller. He was
not permitted to decline, though there was
no hope of his election, and he could not
well have served, if chosen. The whole
ticket was defeated. Its vote was as fol-
lows:
Secretary Gen. Franz Sigel. 31O,73S
Controller. Horace Gresley. ..3O7 ,66S
Treasurer. Thomas /. Chatfeld BOG, 800
Attorney General. Martin l. Townsend. BOO, 1873
state Engineer William B. Taylor. .507 ,397
Canal COm'r. Stephen L. Hayt.... 3O9,S62
Prison Inspector Daniel d. COnger.. .907 235
Judge of Appeols. Charles Mason. 290, 23S
Lewis b. Woodruff. 2S9, 1865
Gen. Sigel, receiving German vote large
ly irrespective Of party, ran ahead. Mr..
Greeley, likewise receiving some votes ir-
respective Of party, also ran ahead of the
rtst Of the ticket, but not so largely. II
should b.. borne in mind that this was after
and not long after-he had aIienated
many old supporters by bailing Jefferson
Davis.
In 1870, Mr.. Greeley was once more a
candidate for Congress-this time, in the
With (west side) District, then and still rem
resented by Samuel S. Cox. Mr.. G. was
at that time so sick as TO be unable even IN
visit the district, where no one even sus-
pected that he sought the nomination.
But the Republican party in the district
was distracted by bitter feud, and had to
90 out of their own ranks to find a cand-
date on whom their votes could be united.
They accordingly pitched upon him; and
be-hop:ng to aid Mr.. Woodford-con-
sented. Thereupon, the Free Traders,
headed by william q. Bryant, issued
fornidably signed circular, urging the vo-
tiers to defeat him. The Republican vote
of the district was as follows.
Goperuor. WOodford ..........7, 903
Congress. Greeley. ...........s,2O3
These are all the returns that tend to
elucidate the subject, and 10 each case Mr..
Greeley is found ahead Of his ticket. We
submit the figures without comment on
their lesson, or reply to recent perversions
Of the record.