Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-07-15
GREELET'S SUPPORTERS.

GREELET'S SUPPORTERS.
A man is known BY the company he
keeps. Judging by this standard Mr..
Greeley rs a candidate for the Presidency
stands below any man that ever occupied
the position. Whatever Mr. Greeley has
been he is not in the kind of company at
present which can recommend him to the
support of republicans or honest demo-
Gratis. Granting that he means well, and
if left to himself would commit no wrong.
what hope can there be of good govern
ment from President controlled by such
men as surround him. to whom he owes
his nomination and what faint prospect of
an election he may have, and whose
wishes and purposes he is bound to carry
out
1t can be no secret that he entered into
this alliance deliberately and with pledges
to those who have aided him to become a
candidate. A New York paper gives
dates and term Of the bargain, as early as
last October. But it is not necessary to be
as definite as this. The proceedings prove
the alliance. The egg Matched at Balti-
more wasnot brought to that state with
ont careful and anxious incubation.
And what are the men and influences
that surround Mr.. Greeley
The account Of the Baltimore conven-
ton tells us that its chief managers were
Tammanyites. This notorious organiza-
ton, which fosters such rascals as Tweed.
Hall, Connolly, furnishes the advisers of
Mr.. Greeley. Its flag waves over its
headquarters with the names Of Greeley
and Brown upon it.. Should he be elected
it must have the principal place in his
cabinet. In its wake follow the prize-fght-
ers, gamblers, thieves, .jail-birds and all
the other vile elements that make up the
democratic party of New York city, which
no person has painted in darker colors
than Mr.. Greeley in the Tribune.
Next to Tammany the support Of the
democratic candidate comes from unre-
generate rebels. Every unrepentant Sc
cessionist is for Greeley. Men like Long
street who frankly accept the result of the
War and honestly mean to abide by it and
support the old flag are not found in that
company but favor the election of Grant.
But such as Toombs, Semmes, the ku-
Klux. all who have been engaged in As
sassinating, bullying, robbing, and driv-
ing otit whites and blacks from the South,
and who hate and despise the government
are for Greeley. They were at the Bati-
more Convention in force. All were for
Greeley. The Convention saluted them
with rebel airs. The nomination was
made and hailed with such tunes as Dix
ie," Maryland my Maryland" the Bon
ME Blue Flag" No doubt assurances
were given that the soldier who fought
against his country in the rebel ranks
should be made equal with the soldier
who fought for his country in the Union
and loyal ranks, providing Mr.. Greeley
were elected; disloyalty Is to be paid rs
well as loyalty; the rebel flag and the
Union flag are to Irvine in harmony and
the chasm OF the war To be bridged by
trampling under foot the patriotic men
who saved the country. Such are the
hopes inspired by the nomination Of Mr..
Greeley. Such the influences that aided
to nominate him, and by which he must
inevitably be governed if elected presi-
dent or prove the experience of the past
in snch cases lie.
Outside Of Tammany and Rebellion the
supporters OF MIR. Greeley are men disap-
pointed in their desires for office. with
others who are greedily in search OF il.
These cluster around him like yultures
upon eafrion. Revenge and cupid;y arc
the ruling motives. They are Tor "any-
body to beat Grant" They are snch men
rs would have thrown Lincoln overheard
in the crisis of the war to make places for
themselves, reckless Of the effect which
such stepswonld have upon the fate of
the country.
These are the leading elements in favor
OF Mr.. Greeley. The machinery is the
democratic organization, the same that
was employed to bring on the rebellion,
10 aid and uphold it, and for the sins of
which the nation was stricken in nearly