Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-16

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votes for Mr.. Greetey-Mr. Greeley's or
gan, the Tribune, untruthfully proclaims
you to have been the foremost enemy
of human slavery when abolitionist
was term of reproach from one end of
the country TO the other -" the best
and wisest friend of the freedmen in the
trying years since emancipation =
loved and trusted by the colored race
above all other men in America JUS
tice requires that the deception should
be exposed, and the whole truth told.
In nothing of courage and vigilance, of
zeal and fidelity in securing equal rights
for the colored race, has your respected
ex-senator, Henry Wilson, been out
stripped by you; and no member of
Congress has done more for them. Nay,
long before you were seen or known in
opposition to slavery, he was actively en-
gagged in the noble strife under the ban
ner of immediate and unconditional
emancipation. During thirty-six years
of public life he has made the freedom
of the race, SO long peeled and trodden
down, paramount to all other political
considerations. Instead of persistently
stunning anti-slavery meetings, he was
a frequent attendant upon them, and
freely participated in their proceedings
Now that he has been deservedly nomin-
ated by the republican party for the vice
Presidency of the United States, and, if
elected, may possibly in the turn of
events be the acting President, it should
be matter of pride and gratitude on
the part of colored voters to give him
their united suffrages. AS he is Mas
sachusetts Senator like yourself. has been
warm personal friend and faithful CO.
adjutor, and stood up undoubtedly in
your defence when bloody violence sought
your life, | think it is discreditable to
you that you have not only evinced no
satisfaction with the choice of the repub-
lican party in this particular, but have
treated it as unworthy of recognition.
To make this slight the more noticeable,
you have taken pains to eulogize his po-
litical rival for the Vice Presidency,
Gratz Brown. as one whom you "bave
known for years as a most determined
abolitionist 1t is an immensely ex-
aggerated claim. Put a hundred men
like Gratz Brown into one scale and Hen
ry Wilson into the other, for anti-slavery
service rendered, and for reliable friend
ship for our colored population, and they
would violently kick the beam. There
is no comparison to be made between
these candidates as to trustw0rthiness or
meritorious character. The nomination
of one so openly pronounced on all the
leading reformatory movements of the
age as Henry Wilson is crushing re-
ply to the hollow charge that the repub-
lican party is without mission to give
over to corruption.
Having at last decided to support Mr.
Greeley, (why did you linger so long, in
view Of his extraordinary virtues and
admirable Presidential qualifications y
you naturally proceed to make the most
of him. He was born to poverty"
So were millions besides What then 2
Does Charles Sumner deem himself un-
fortunate for having been born to COM
petence? 2. He educated himself in
a printing Office" Thousands of others
have done the same thing; is it any rea-
son why he or they should be put into
the Presidential chair? 3. az He started
with nothing but industry and charac-
ter.,' An every day occurrence in all
parts of the country. A. Always be-
nifcent with the poor" Is it a rare
trait, and worthy of grave consideration
in determining who shall be the next
President 5. "An honesty which no
suspicion has touched" There is moth
ing peculiar in this. In the ordinary
dealings of business life, no doubt, Mr..
Greeley is honest; he will neither cheat
or pick your pocket. But in his politi-
cal management he has been and con.
tinues to be far from upright, substitut-
ing low expediency for answering rec
titude. The great American compromis-
er, Henry Clay, living and dying, was
alike his idol and model. He does not
find it difficult to believe that the end
sanctifies the means. To adhere to a
fixed principle of right. come what may,
he regards as fanaticism; to sacrifice it
for present attainable advantage in his
opinion craftsmanship. In the treat
ment of public affairs he is unreliable,
and without vision or judgment. The
latest exhibition of his slipperyness is
seen in his high protection dodge at Gin
cinnati to reconcile free traders to his
nomination. He seems to be quite des-
titute of moral sensibility, and when oc-
casion favors can be easily duped. He
sees no reason why fire and gunpowder
should always remain at variance, or
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