The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-10-24
A GLANCE AT Mr. GREELEY's REC
CORD


A GLANCE AT Mr. GREELEY-s REC
CORD
VIII serve to dispel that illusion. G.,
over the act of his life and you viii
find that the essential elements of his
character are fickleless, instability
and 50 far as financial capacity is
concerned, incapseity, also.
It is sometimes asserted that, sal
though be bas failed a. a farmer, he ha:
succeeded as newspapers man." Ltt
the contrary be shown By the fact
that, while Mr.. Greeley had control Of
the Tribune, it descended 70 the very
verge Of bankruptcy, and was rescued
only when placed in charge Of the
managers OF the Tribune Co., by
: whom it is now published. If, how.
ever 1T Il meant that he has succeeded
: as a digDified and consistent editor
= merely, then let his editorial wisdom
be displayed in the light of the facts
and quotations which follow. What
is more sacred than the domestic re-
latiOn? Mr.. G.. has advocated the
, Free Love doctrines which PROSTATE
the divine sentiments Of the soul al
the feet Of burning passion. What Is
q 6AIeNNlA l0AALC ~ AAE AlA4oNLA04s
farmer than the consciousness that
the fee simple in his well husbs nded
acres may be enjoyed unmOlested and
lawfully transmitted to his heirs for
ever? And yet, Mr.. q. has defended
the agraTian doctrine that no man
can any more own the soil than the
air. FOurierism, Free Love aud
Agrarianism are features of COmmun-
ism, ana Communism would uprOOt
the very basis Of society
In these words, Mr.. Greeley abetted
secession:
I'VE have repeatedly said that, If
the slave States, the cJIton States, or
the Gulf States only, choose to form
an independent nation they have a
clear and moral right to do so. &c,
&c.n-[ Feb. %, 1861. If Horace
Greeley had been President Instead of
Abraham Lincoln, in that perilOus
crisis which required so much wis
dom and firmness, where would be
our Union? That Greeley afterWard
advised a headlOng prosecution of the
war is only additional evidence of his
vaeillatiOn. When he had had enough
of war, and long before it closed, he
returned to his vOmit and demanded
peace at any price. He was ever
ready to pay for the loss of slaves
without regard to Ithe loyalty Of the
MASTER See his History american
Conflict.
Mr.. Greeley defended secession and
then demanded coercion; he denounc-
ed a paper currency February 10,
1862, and then he applauded it, feb
ruary IS, 1863, he was frothing mad
for Ku KJux legislation (seveFer and
more Of it,, then he bitterly condemn
/ ed it; he lauded Grant as a statesman,
| General and incOrruptible patriot
now he prOnOunces him a blOckhead
and tyrant; he declared that Grant
never would be beaten, now he pre-
tends to think he will-he poured out
the vials of his prOfane wrath upon B.
GratZ Brown, and now he marches by
his side and they carry the "Stars and
Rars.h What further need to illus
trate his tCedkResS, his vacillation, his
Treaehery? Is such a man q suitable
person, directly or indirectly, to ad-
minister the financial and other in
terests of this nation? This is an inn
portant question. 1t is presented to
every voter in the land. An answer
must be rendered at the polls. No
ciJiZen can evade it and not prove un-
worthy of his great privileges. Mind
full of the dignity and responsibility
which invest the inestimable right of
election, let every man consider this
question with candOr and decide it
with discretion.
The Democrats ask why turn to
the past.h Because there is "but one
lamp by which our fees are guided and
that is the lamp of experience. We
know no way Of judging the future but
by the past" Republicans turn to
the past because their recOr fills them
with pride and satisfaction. Demo-
Gratis shun every allusiOn to the past
because it fills them with mOrtifica-
ton and shame, and that, not with
out ample reason.
ONE MORE REMINIsCENCE.
Mr.. Greeley's business connections
with the Tammany leaders of New
York city have already been shown.
Those leaders dictated his nomination.
They stand at the head of the demo
cratic party. The democratic party
expects to control Mr.. Greeley If he
should be elected. This expectation
Is lu5lAllcu UJ LLC ldCL LlldL Tic AEAuO-
cratic party will furnish more than
nineteen-twentieths of all the votes
he will probably receive. In view Of
these facts it will be profitable to eX-
anime the manner in which Tam
many manages the finances of the
people.
According to the official statement of
the debt of New York city and county,
the total amount on the 3lst of De-
cember, 1868, was S50,62S, $50. Ac-
cOrding to the official statement the
debt on the 1st of July, 1872, was
sos, $50, ,475; showing an increase In
[ three years and One-half of $50, 226, GA.
| Adding to this amount, The amount
received, as nearly as can be ascertain
/ ed from the books and from estimates,
on account of taxes and assessments
/ SS7, ,STS, 1854, we have the sum of S143,-
/ I05,3 This vast sum which has
been added to the Indebtedness in
three and One-half years, shows an all
nual expenditure of over S38 for each
| person-mOre than twenty.Oae times
the annual per capita expense Of run
ming the General Government under
President Grant. Now, suppose the
national finances to be put under the
same control and apply the same ratio
of expenditure, and it will be found
that our national ex oenditures would
exceed the highest expenditure OF any
year of the war, viz: 81 $50, ,OOO,OO or
more than One-halfthe whole national
debt. Are the people prepared to turn
the Treasury Department over to
! TammRny guardianship
I a mn rlr~ nrUU
GREELEY AS A FINANCIER.
A manufacturer and wholesale deal
| er of New Yofly- city was asked 10 JOIN
an organization for active work Cn
behalf of Grant and Wilson. His an
swer was as follows: 81 did not in
tend to take an dctiUe part IN the cam
pdign but 1 find I cannot afford to be
indctiUe. Aly business suffers through
the fear entertained By dealers Of the
possible election Of Greeley and Of its
disastrous consequences, and for the
sake Of mn business / must ICOTE for
the election Of Grant"
CAN YOU AFFORD TO VOTE FOR Mr..
GREELEY?
Looking at our financial interest,
let every man candidly answer this
question. Are you prepared to face
those dangers which would be immi-
nent, if not inevitable, were Mr.. Gree
lev to be elected?
Let none believe that financial dis
aster will not affect them. Such con-
vulsions injure labor, unsettle trade,
disturb agriculture and affect all the
relations of life, Can the labOrer af-
ford to become an instrument in
bringing about a state Of affairs which
might diminish his opportunities for
employment? Can the mechanic af-
| ford to aid a movement which might
close the machine-shOps and manu-
I factories, or reduce their business ?
Can the farmer afford to assist
scheme which would tend to suspend
operations in our pOpulOus centres and
thus injure the market for his pro-
ducts q? Can the merchant afford TO
discharge his obligations, made upon
a paper basis; with gOld-dOllar for
dOllar-withOut warning? Can the
/ fnancier afford to eOuntenance a pro-
I ject, headed by a visionary whose
ideas logically conduct to financial
/ disaster?
/ If the foregoing question can not be
affirmatively answered, then the path
Of duty and interest is clear-yOu can
not afford to vote for Horace Greeley.