St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-31
What Wendell Phillips Thinks of
Greeley.

i'''h III III ''ii' anu '
men both ''rctormrrs.' in the sense oi
adoptm every new crotchct ami ism
that man can invent. religious. social
aud political one might suppose that
If Horace Greeley would have but one
earnest supporter in New England,
that man W"uld Ice Wendell Phillips
But if stronger objections can Ice raised
against Nh. Greeley tor President than
the i"llnvir@ given by Ni Phillips. let
them hc shown:
Yea know ] am neither - rrpuhli';iH
uui 4 Grant mun When shall ,oi..
iuI. nr ~ neither | shah vote. II ali. / H.,
moi kI."W. But certainly IT. against
Gicrl,.} ana Tor Grant. We ha>, had
one hud> ,l"hi,-un viii not ruu the
ri-h n getting another in Horace, ,'r.c-
ley. want Il man with some u,,iurd
principles. CyctlrN mcNci h.d any.
Hr>idc>. consider Greeley Il >cr,--~,"l,
oaudidllr. trlic,r thc plot /" nom
mate him Wl> hdtchcd by ~oUIhclu
Whitc Irhcl> more than Il NraI ago. and
hat been mainly uur~cd 10y thcm. |
ADJ i~r any one Who means, la vote toI
him to find out first what agreements
have been made hN Mr.. GrcclcN : friends
with .Ici1 Davis and his staff ~ To- office
and patronage. ann perfectly certain
that there * Il distinct mutual under
Standing. if not Il positive contract lie,
tween them. If Horace Greeley enters
the W hitc House. jeff Davis will b, H.
truly part OF the administration ~ Sc
L
can vote for Greeley VIII" values his
life or property or cares tor his race.
If. by Il trown of Providence. he is
loyali>t to load the rcvulvcr> that
Grants arrest of North Carolina kukluN
has allowed to he Laid aside If he j.
elected. let the negroes live in squads
of fifty. whom no coward will dare
shoot down. and show no property after
sunset. Lonely men will he shot and
no black will own Il mule forty eight
hours if any rebel knows the fact. For
Il loyal administration to protect the
negro. awe the rebel. and give the
working man Il chance. Grants little
finger i worth bakers dozen of cree
lrN's.
GREELEY AND LINCOLN. After Ahra-
ham Lincoln had been for several
months remominated. and When his re-
election viSihly involved the success of
the Union cause. Horace GreclcV adj
dressed the following extraordinary
letter to the Governors of the loyal
states:
NEW YORK. sept. >. 1854.
NON.
Your ENccllcncN The undersigned
have been requested 10y Il body of in
huentIal Inioni>t> to communicate with
the loyal governors for the purpose of
eHciting replies to the following queries:
|. In your judgment. j. the rc-rIrr-
ton of MIR. Lincoln Il probability
>. In Your Judgment. can Your own
State he carried for Mr.. Lincoln!
3. In Your judgment, do the interests
of the Union party. and 50 of the c"un-
try. require the substitution of another
candidate i'll place of Mr.. Lincoln
In making these queries we give no
opinion of ON own. and request yours
only for the most private and conlidcm-
tial use. Yours truly.
HORACE GREELEY.
Editor of the TIb"nc. (amd two others
The wording. it will he seen. is very
careful and gives mo opinion of our
own but the object and purport of
the mi>>iye can deceive no man of re
spectacle intelligence. The very fact
that such il letter was written at all is
proof of its nef;lous intent Mir. Gree
ley deSi gned to serve Lincoln then as
he serves Grant now. only his weapons
have changed with circumstances. As
he deserves no more success in the one
case than in the other. he is not likely
to obtain it,