The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-06-27
Greeley and Brown Letter fiCm
Gen. HcauTGCurd.

Nrw ORLEANS, May q, 1872.
To the Editor OF the New Orleans
Times; am informed That many Of
my friends were disappointed at not Oh
tanning response to their call Tor my
views relative to the subject under con-
bidcratiou at the great meeting Of the
people at the st. Charles Theatre, on
the 25th inst, especially when was one
OF the siguers of the call Of that meet
ing, and had been selected rs one Of the
Tice-P Presidents on that occasion. Ibid
not respond for two reasona---in the
FIRST place, able orators lad been selec
tod 10 address the meeting, and they
were entitled to the floor; secondly, not
being a public speaker, might have
used language which miglt not hayc
expressed exactly my meaning, thereby
doing perhaps more harm than good.
1t is but seldom that I taLo pant in
politics, which of}.r generally but l.ltlc
attraction 10 me; bat when the questions
at issue are vital to the safety Of cur in.
s,i;uNons and welfare of the State or
country, every patriot should step to the
front and assume the individual re,uun-
siLilitv which belongs to Proper Irul-
hood We have reached, uhi.l;, one
of those critical periods Of our L.a.r:y
when We should chang cat cur banners
Oh the ou,cr wall" We are now il. great
/ cr danger uf losing our Liberties and the
: little thl; is LETT OF our property tulu
. il the .;,taI vgur Of 1865. We haa then
.lopa" to auide and cheer us alorr the
drra1y path we Ind beiora MS. but NOW
all is darkness and gloom above the
horizoa. and we should be carem! in the
cbojrc al the rilots who ure to take H.
,oa,.or, Of sa;c,y. tl,cy sborld I've we'll
o,,p,.i, s.l u,,r, IN. l,psn,,d op;cJ.yo,ls g
wine. Law on oar course.
J,rorIp,o, il ns NV c9uy;crop lot
/ tLr bor,. has s,i.u.,. vLon the y,-c. O.
the pcop!r shall Le Heard. Ie,,r,.rD..ga
in Iond and cl, ny tones from o,n. ,rt
,ft III. I-,,or tn tba ,fl,, r. ,ir.,s ,f
,stinrnl p,,l IL iy ,,r;y,l,,, .,,l,
~ o,,,. ,ioLt 10 be heard in nrnlic os-
scub,j.s and no citizen should s,,l,
,lIat sacred duty.
The old PARTIES are powcrlcsq to save
ug Ne must ,uu uu all digngntc,,rd
clements and pnrt;rs to ,uita with us I,
resist the cncrouchments and corruptiua
Influences Of the Government uudgi
which ws are living or, [ should more
properly say, "dyiug;" lor SLOW but
sure political death is staring us in til,
face. What, then, may be asked is the
remedy that We have ut hand? 1t may
be an unpleasant one to many Of ua, but
we had bette makca yiaue Of necessity
and accept it cCe 1t be too late.
To me it appears plan tint to insure
success we must all unite under the mn.
ner Of "Lho Constitution and the laws,
Ie.ulion and rotorm,' "honcSty AND
universal amnesty. That banner NN'
been l@Lcly raised at Cincinnati uHdcI
the leadership Of Greeley and BroWn---
in the past, two of our most earnest ant
dangerous enemies, but two also of tn,
Euest and most honest Of mcn, who
when they Shall have s"id to the country
Let us have peace, Will mean it, anC
will give us peace in spite Of all opposi
ton. For my part, / prefer having a'
a friend one who has been my open auC
fearless antagonist TO one who ia!
1riondahip on lis lips, out hatred in Iii
, heart"
In corrlusion, may ask my friend
= if we are like to 20 anliss by foliowiN;
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