The true northerner., 1872-09-06

lcdn tnhL i WISH 10 see III int ftSAutnNlhl
chair a lifetime Aboltionst" Here, again,
as in the ease of Gratz Brown, you make a
claim that cannot be substantiated. Mr..
Greeley never was and never assumed To be
an AbolitiOnst He never denounced slave
holding as a NAHUM in sc, nor advocated tue
immediate Liberation of the slaves, nor rec
commended direct assault upon slavery IT.
self, nor discorntenauced all pro-slavery
compromises, nor objected to a slave repre-
sentatioa in Congress, or TO the legal rendl'
ton of fugitive slaves, nor connected him
self with any anti-slavery organization, nor
sanctioned the abolition movement. He
WAS trimmer throughout the whole strug-
gle, notwithstanding that he wrote and pub
lished much that was serviceable 10 the
cause Of freedom. He was not even a Free
Soldier, but always Henry Clay Whig un-
til Republicanism supplanted the Whig and
Free Soil parties. Even after the slaves were
set free under Abraham Lincoln's proclama-
ton of emancipation, he was in favor of
paving those who had robbed them of every
right and rioted upon their unpaid toll, not
less than SAC, 900 600 Far different was the
manner in which your friend, Mr. r. W.
Emerson, regarded this pecunary adjust
ment between slave-master and save:
Give the oigner compensation;
Who is the owner7 The siave is owner
Aud ever was Pay him ~
Not SO, said Mr.. Greeley: pay the money
to the slave masters. And this, too, after
they had risen in rebellion, and involved
the country in all the horrors of civil war
10 perpetuste their despotc power, aud at
the c.st of thousands 81 millions of dollars.
And this is your "life-time Abolitionist."
Mr.. Sumner, "always foremost in the gres.
battle for the rights OF the colored race, and
full of sympathy for themp Why, even
their colonization in Africa was an agreeable
device to him; for personally, he cherished
the common prejudice against them though
certainly ready to befriend any suffering
| applicant, black or white, being naturally
OF a benevolent disposition. 1t is to his
credit that he was opposed to the introduc-
| tion of new slave States into the Union. and
also to the annexation of new territory for
tn extension of slavery; nevertheless, with
his compromising tendencies and senti-
mental views of peace, if he had been in the
Presidential chair when the rebellion broke
out, the chances would have been that the
Confederate States might have dictated
terms to the whole country, even to the ex-
tent of recognizing their independence, and
leaving the slaves to their fate. For Mr..
Greeley belongs TO that class of peace
makers who vocferously cry, Peace,
peace" when there is no peace. He believes
in Gaping Vesuvius.
1t is exultingly y announced by his organ the
Tribune, that ga few years ago, if Horace
Greeley had venturcd into Georgia or South
| Carolina, he would have been hanged on the
nearest lamp post now his name is cheered
TO the echo in every Southern city, and the
shareholders and soldiers of the rebellion,
the men who always made Southern opin-
ion, are unanimously In favor of making
him President" A boast like this should
be equivalent to tying q milestone around
his neck to drown him in the depths of the
patriotic sentiment of the country. 1t is
rebel cunning and duplicty on the broadest
scale.
In fact, North and South, the Greeley
movement is characterized by the crosses.
dissimulaton. Read what the New York
World says of your letter now under re
view: " We suppose all Democrats wish to
divide the colored vote and detach a part of
it from Grant; and if they desire the end
they must consent TO endure the means.
What if Mr.. Sumner does assure the negro
voters that the Democratic party have be-
come converts to the principles of the Re-
publican party? He is only adapting his
language to their apprehenslons and preju-
dices"-i. C., he is only attempting TO play
upon their credulity, and so secure their
votes for Greeley, for the Democratic party
have not become converts to the principles
of the Republican party they are simply in
masquerade. 1t is frank, truthful but au-
dacious confession.
With a great show Of magnanimity you
say " am against tanning ancient flames
into continued life. | am against raking in
the ashes of the past for Goals of fire yet
burning. ! am against the policy of hate
Freely | accept the hand that is offered
Art thou in health, nay brother p and reach
forth my own in friendly grasp" Why
this gushing display of fraternal feeling :
Have you therto been animated by spirit
of vengeance? In your present amicable
state of mind, wherein do you differ from
the whole body of the people of the North I
! To insinuate that any portion of them-that
President Grant or the Republican party
have at any previous period cherished, ol
do now cherish, any wrath, or malice, ol
, dnkindness toward the people of the South
} is t. libel them grievously. To accuse them
, OF wishing TO "ian ancient flames into con
t tinued life" pursue "the policy of hate il
to bear false witness; for there is among
them but one universal feeling of good
will, and they desire nothing so much as t
"let by-gones be by-gones" in good faith
But, seeing how contumacious has been tn,
rebel spirit tewdrd every needfu measure
, for the restoration Of puoic order and tn,
r protection of all classes alike, they canno
allow themselves 20 be deceived into tn,
: belief that it is no longer what it was, bu
: thoroughly loyal and patriotic, merely be
cause of its verbal assent 20 any form of pa
triotc averment, however unexceptionabl
e seeing that it has, at this Presidential
Y opportunity, the most powerful temptation
= To lie and assemble, in order to clutch tn
j rens o; Government as of old.
1 1t was a liar from the beginning, AM
= 4" full of all deceivableness of righteousness,
1 having broken the most solemn pledges
$ multiplied its perjuries, and committed sucl
I abomlnations as to make the earth stan'
G aghast. Under these circumstances,
e must not and cannot be trusted, even thougI
: the shouts for Horace Greeley are heard il
d every Southern city, town and village
r &" The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hand
c are the hands of Esau."
IS Ny letter is already much too long I
allow me space to notice your sweeping i'm
a peschment of President Grant, which is bu
e a repetition of your speech in the Senat'
y Thrice you have slain the slain yet tn
IS President will no. down at your bidding
n In charging upon his Administration the
5, ait is marked by acts of delinquency, es
= pecially toward the colored race, O. by tn
it side of which the allegations on the i'm
l. peachment of Andrew Johnson were techn
)f cal and trivial" and that, compassionate.
& he deserves impeachment for high crim'
v and misdemeanors rather than renomina
y tlon," your extravagance of speech is /
i best refutation. The blow is not felt
is him: the recoil is upou Yourself.