The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-08-29

/ through lfo 0OUf8 Of utWOst Danger,
and who WAS now looking forward TO
. brilliant triumph he painted. In ex-
travagant Language, the lost condition
Of the country. He demanded-for
his words will bear no other interprs-
MISREPRESENTATION to treat with the
rebels but he promised that he would
only treat with them upon the utter
extirpatiou Of slavery His request
was granted, and Mr.. Lincoln, with
that quiet sense Of humor which 70
often shone cot amidst his eating
cares, appoiuted his onicious adviser
ambassador to the rebel conference.
Mr.. Greeley went 10 Niagara. What
passed between him and Thompson
or Saunders 10 not yet told. He him.
self asserts that he saw only one Of
the rebel commissioner. But the
conference was brought TO sudden
close BY the decided communicaEion
OF President Lincoln. by that manly
proclamation In which hs required
| the instant submission OF the rebels,
the total destruction Of slavery, -
the foundations Of . negotiation for
pea,e. Mr.. Greeley returned from
the conference imbittcred against Mr..
Lincoln, denouDcing his patriotic
hrmnees, exclaitning against "the
gentlemen who are paid 5000 year
from the Treasury for giving him"
the Presidentl "bad advice" He
desponded; he Was malcontent. He
wrote letter to the loyal Governors
to suggest the propriety Of electing
some one else than Mr.. Lincoln to
the Presidency. and wss not ahasi,ed
by their severe replies and through
the last, uDomentOus struggle OF the
war, when the whole nation was
wrought up TO pitch Of intense pa
triotism. aud every honest man raj
He'd to the aid OF Grant before Rich
mond. Mr.. Greeley's paper was filled
with singular representations Of
peace, and his influence was turned
against the armies and the welfare
Of the republic. TO make peace just
u the moment when the rebellion was
10 It's last throes, he was now o. anx-
ious Is Davis 1t Richmond, or Thomp
son 10 Canada. To win . peace he
was willing to perpetuate slavery, and
abandon the whole colored race to the
rage Of the oppressor. He had ceased
to be the firm defender Of universal
freedom. July . he writes, just after
tho conference 10 Canada, end the rss
0lute demand Of Lincoln for the ex-
tirpasi0n a ssavssy. Now 90 do
not though the contrary hes
been asserted . thousand tJmes-thaa
reunion IL possible OF endurahle only
on the basis Of universal freedom"
On tho 18th he continues, Whether
II would b advisable. under any cir
cumstances, to insist on that forfeit
ure" (the destruction OF slavery" IL .
totally different question" On the
3nth he says, :" Should slavery survive
our present contest, the Democratic
party Of the North will be mainIy re
sponsible for the calamity. As late as
September 2. still crying for peace. he
exclaims, We have no ultimatum-
no favorite plan Of pacification !; we
only insist that slavery shall not make
net gain by her rebellion ~ as to try
It again. To the circumstances Of
loyal aud the faithful psperp. the
Times or the Evening Post. against his
constant and disheartcning clamor for |
peace. Mr.. Greeley offered only feeble
equivocations and doubtful explaDa-
tons. When Mr.. Lincoln was nomi- |
mated to the Presidency, he gave him
his support with sneer; but when
the tide of victory rose high, he fed
from his rebel connections, his Demo-
cratic leanlngs, In alright he recan-
ted openly; he perhaps repented.
/" Away with the cowardly hint OF
:" he cries, Sept. 81; and
away with the traitorous Islander that
the war IL . failure!" and he now re-
solves that the rebellion shall never
be yielded to and never bought off,"
AZ this Islander aud this policy Of sub
had both originated only with
he was now plainly desirous
TO hide his shame from the eyes OF his
We have no leisure to notice what
Joy and comfort the singular conduct
Of Mr.. Greeley gave to the rebels or
1t the North how Com
missioner Holcombs hoped by his aid
10 be able to 60 to Washington and
thus study the resources Of the Union
how Thompson counted much upon
bis plain difference with the President
and his willingness tojoin In the clam
Or Of the disailected for peace; what
his ceaseless outcries
to many timid Republicans
Of with what disdain his unworthy
puggestion to yield to the demands OF
The slave-holders. and perpetuate sIa-
very, was heard IN the cabinet ct
or In the camp before
Richmond. His power for evil was
lost, his influence gone. No other Re-
publican had clamorsd for peace In the
last great struggle for victory.
The whole Republican party stood
with Lincoln aud Grant In their flrm
10 have no peace that was
not founded on universal freedom.
The war ended In triumph. and the
mon and the industrious Of
Europe and America, Of the South a
we'll - the North, rejoiced In the utter
Of Che chief foes Of the
rights Of man. Yet since the war Mr..
Greeley has still continued his tortu.
,us and inexplioabie conduct. He
clamored 1t once for amnesty, and
labored 10 re-estahlish this rule Of the
ALLEN shareholders over the white and
black mechanics and working-men Of
The south. He courted the corrupt ~
stocracy he neglected the rising peo-
pie. He intrigued against Grant a. he
bad against Lincoln his associations
have been with disreputable Demo-
rats and the plunderen Of New York.
He hrs at last won the nomination for
he Prssidency, and by . suggestive