The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-05

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fifty per cent; what will you give me
for doing it - The corporation accepts
the bribe, and he receives portion.
Now, hesitate not to affirm, in view
of what has transpired during the pro-
efess OF the present campaign, that lt
IL Deliberate pian,' formed by the
leaders of the Grant Republican party
to subs;dize these railroads in behalf
of the Grant Administration.
COMPARISON OF GRANT AND GREELEY.
I will now say few words as to
the two iudividuals- from whom We
are choose our next Chief Execu-
tive. shall not attemdt 10 compare
these men wifh each other. We @can-A
not compare q mountain with mole
hill. Mr.. Greeley is affirmed to be,
in one of the most widely circulated
papers of the Grant Administration,
demagogue of the highest order; he
is affirmed TO be secessiOnist, and is
said to be everything that Is bad, with
ont auy infermingling of good quali-
ties. / didn't know that it is necessa-
ry to answer this. The best vindica-
ton that can be made of Horace
Greeley against his maligners is MIR.
Greeley himself. His life is known
and read of all men. When Chimbo-
razo lifts its majestic form fefhe heaT-
ems. 1T speaks for itself but If there
stood one with 8 microscope in his
hand, he might discover some objec-
tionable indentations and prOtuberan-
ces upon its surface, still 1t would
stand there as one of the sublimest
creations of God. Even the Demo-
Gratis in former years, have admitted
his integrity, his greatness and his un-
quilted character; and we think he is
just the man we need for our next
President. Cheers. In an article l
read In the New York Independent,
Mr.. Greeley is stated TO be dema-
gogue of low order; in the same num-
Der of that paper, we have this testi-
mony to his character
.Horace Greeley, whether he be-
comes President or not, will live in
the future among the men foremost of
his contemporaries. as the man who,
more than any other, left his distinct
i've, Individual mark upon the times
in which he lived"
This testimony is true, and it is all
the better because it comes from a
Grant Republican paper.
But was Mr.. Greeley Eecessionist !?
for myself have not been able to
mingle my tears with the rivers of
water that flow from the eyes of my
Grant Republican friends on account
of the secession principles of Mr..
Greeley. now remember there was
one secessionist who once bore COM
mission in the rebel army, who has
been set up In the interest of Grant
ism, and has been receiving salary
of ten thousand dollars year in gold
as foreign Minister.
/ can sympathize with the great sor-
row of our Grant Republican friends,
when / remember that such seces-
sionist as Settle was thought worthy
to occupy the high position of chair.
man of the great convention that
nominated President Grant, "First
cast the nominated President Grant.
@First cast the mote out of thine own
eye, then shalt thou see clearly" sc.
But then, they ask, did not Mr.. Gree
ley help to bail out Jefferson Davis (?
/ am here in the same difficulty Twas
before. I cannot weep over Mr.. Gree
ley,s fault in this respect, and among
Others, for this reason j; the man who,
of all others, was most earnest at the
Philadelphia Convention, except Gen.
eral Grant himself. was Mr.. Gerritt
Smith, who signed the bail bond of
Jefferson Davis with Horace Greeley.
SENATOR WILSON THE CHAMPION OF
JEFF. DAVIS.
Let me read to you resolution, in
troduced in the United States Senate
by Mr.. Wilson, the candidate for the
Vice Presidency: yx
/" WHEREAS The said Jefferson Da-
Wis, Q citizen of the State of Mississip-
pi, was captured by the military forces
in the service of the United States, on
the llth of May, 1866. and has since
been held in confinement as a prisoner
of war, and prisoner of State in For-
tress Monrne, and - 4.
WHEREAS, Said Jefferson Davis
stands charged with the heinous crime
of conspiracy in the murder of Pres
ident Lincoln, &C., and is indicted for
treason, and
WHEREAS, Jefferson Davis has per-
sistently declared his innocence of the.
ofenses charged against him, and
through his legal advisers, by means
known to the law, has sought and de-
manded q speedy public trial by the
process of law, before civil tribunal
of competent Jurisdiction therefore
"Resolved, By the Senate and House
concurring, that the longer confine-
ment of the said Jefferson Davis, with
out trial or the assignment of specific
time for trial, is not IN accordance
with the demands of Justice, the spirit
of our laws, aud the requirements of
the Constitution and that common
Justice, sound policy, and national
honor unite in recommending that
the said Jef4erson Davis be brought |
to speedy public trial, or that he be |
released from confinement on bail, or I
On his own recegnizances.n
When that party talks SO much /
about Mr.. Greeley signing that BALL
bond, want you to remember that I
there is such thing as straining at
gnat and swallowing camel. Laugh
ter and cheers. l2sg
WHAT WE KNOW OF GREELEY.
The assertion that Mr.. Greeley ia a
blunderer, aud an upholder of foolish /
opinions, is in direct opposition to /
what We know of him as an independ-
emit thinker. Our concern is with Mr..
Greeley of to-day, and here we are /
content to rest. His life. reveals him
to be great statesman, and an honest
man, eminently fitted for the great
trust to which this country is about to
call him. He stands before us pledged
to all the principles of the Cincinnati
platform, and we know him to be alb
solutely trustworthy and true to his
pl1ghted faith We are content toll
leave TO our Grant friends all the CON
soiatl0n and hope they can derive
from the errors Of Mr.. Greelev which 4
they can scent out
LETTING DOWN OF GRANT.
Had General Grant consented to re-
tire from Office at the close of his pres
ent term, we would not seek to bring
his trailties to the light; but, when he
is forced upon us for our suffrages a +
second time, it becomes our duty to s
know him az he is. e -
Tn my Judgment of him I differ
from most. AS military commander
yRffIH ,riva him cred Ii fn,. hnnont i,.