Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-07

inc the Republican platform, which places
equal rights of all under the safeguard of IT.
reversible guarantees, and at the same time
accepting the nomination Of lifelong Adolf
zionist who represents prominently the sen
tirnent of duty to the colored race, they have
set their corporate seal TO the sacred cove
nant. They may continue Democrats IN
name, but they are in reality Republicans
By the same title that those who sustain Re
publican principles are Republicans. Or,
rather, they are Democrats according to the
original Specification Of that word dedicated
TO the rights of the people.
GREELEY 5 ELECTION NOT DEMOCRATIC But A
REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH
IL is idle to say that Horace Greeley and
the Republicans that nominated him are any
less Republican because Democrats unite
with them in support OF cherished principles
and the candidate who represents them
Conversions are always welcome, and not
less so because the change is in mu lttude
rather than an individual. A political party
cannot, if il would, and should not If 1t
could, shut the door against converts.
whether counted by the score, the hundred,
or the thousand and so we find the sup
porters of President Grant announce with
partisan triumph the adhesion Of single
Democratic politician or single Democratic
newspaper. On equal reason and with high
er pride may the supporters OF Horace
Greeley announce the adhesion OF the Dem
ocratic party, which, turning from the
things that are behind, presses on to those
that are before Ii is also idle to say that
the election Of Horace Greeley as President
with Gratz Brown as Vice-President, both
Interchangeable Republicans, will be the re-
turn Of the Democratic party to power On
the contrary it will be the inauguration Of
Republican principles under the Safeguard
OF Republican President and Republicans
Vice President with Democrats as avowed
supporters. In the organization of his
Administration, and the conduct OF affairs,
Horace Greeley will naturally lean upon thu sc
who represent best the great promises made
of equal rights and recOncilia ton at CIncIn-
natl If Democrats are taken 1t will be az
Republicans in heart, recognizing the asso-
ciate terms Of the settlement as an irreversi-
bic inality.
GREELEY RESPONSIBLE ONLY TO HIS OWN CON
SCIENCE.
The hardihood of political falsehood reach
Is its extreme point when it is asserted that
under Horace Greeley the freedmen will be
enslaved or that the colOIed people will il
any way suffer their rights. On the contra
~, they have in his election, not only the
promises Of the platform, but also the splen
did example for full generation, during
which he has never wavered in the assertion
Of their rights. To suppose that Horace
Greeley, when placed where he can do then
the most good will depart from the rule o
his honest life, is an insult to reason. 1t IL
none the less idle to suppose that Democrat;
supporting Horace Greeley expect or desire
that he should depart from those principle:
which are the glory of his character. They
have accepted the Cincinnati platform witt
it's twO-fold promises, and intend in gooC
faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot TURF
tack who, at the Convention adopting thi.
platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune o.
- Old John Brown: his soul is marching on. >
Seeking especially the establishment of char
acter in the national Government, they will
expect their President TO be always true tC
himself Therefore | put aside the partisan
allegations that Horace Greeley has gone to
the Democrats, or that he will be controlled
bv Democrats each is without foundation
or reason, according to my judgment. They
are attempts to avoid what you recognize as
the true issue, being the question between
the two candidates, or perhaps they may be
considered as scarecrOws to deter the timid.
Nobody who votes for Horace Greeley will 20
TO the Democrats; nor do l believe that,
when elected, Horace Greeley will be under
any influence except that enlightened con-
science which will keep him ever true to the
principles he represents
MERITS OF THE LIBERAL TICKET.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your two
inquiries l have shown why you colored
fellow citizens, and also ali who would up
hold your rights and save the colored race
from indignity, should refuse to sanction the
reelection Of the President, and put your
trust in Horace Greeley. L ought 10 add
that with him will be associated, as Vice
President, Gratz Brown, whom have known
for years as a most determined Abolitionist.
The two together will carry into the National
Government an answering devotion to your
rights, not to be disturbed by partisan dIcta-
ton or sectional prejudice. Besides all this,
which may fifty guide you IN determining
between the two candidates, it is my duty t.
remind you that as citizens OF the United
States and part of the country, your welfare
is indissOlubly associated with that of the
whole country. Where all are prosperous
YOU will be gamers. Therefore, while justly
careful of your own rights, you cannot b'
Indifferent to the blessing of good govern
ment. 1t is for you to consider whether th'
time has not come for something better thar
the sword, and whether character llk
Horace Greeley does not give stronger assur
ance Of good government than can be toun'
in the insulter of the colored race, alread,
famous from the rings about him, and hi
plain inaptitude for civil life.
GRANT DESERVING OF-IHPEACH4ENT
The supporters of President Grant compe
us TO observe his offenses and shortcomings
The comparison they challenge cannot b
declined 1t will be for others in the presen
canvass to hold it before the American PEG
pie. Speaking now for myself, l have t
say that nv vote will be given for HOrae
Greeley; but in giving it | do not go to th
Democratic party; nor am less Republi
can. On the contrary. l am so much
Republican that cannot support candi
date whose conduct in civil life shows an in
capacity to appreciate Republican principles
and whose Administration is marked by act
of delinquency, especially toward the colOret
race, by the side of which the allegators OF
the impeachment of Andrew johnson wer,
technical and trivial. PROFESSIONALLY
President Grant deserves impeachment TO
high crimes and misdemeanors rather than
denomination, and, on the trial, it woul'
have been enough to exhibit his seizure o
the war power and his indignity to the Blacl
Republic, with its population of 10000, il
violation of the national Constitution and 0
international law. And here a contras
arises between him and Abraham Lincoln
The latter, in his first annual message, re
commended the recognition of what he calle
the g independence and sovereignty o
Hayti;" but it is at these that Presiden
Grant has struck. One of Abraham Lin
coins acts was to put the Black Republic o.
an equality with other Powers; one 0
President Grants acts to degrade it. L ar
so much of Republican that | wish to Sc
in the Presidential chair a lifetime Aboli
ZIONIST. l wish President sincerely devote
to Civil Service Reform, beginning with tn
- One-Term principle" which Presiden
Grant once accepted but now disowns.
also wish President who sets the exampl
of industry and unselfsh dedication to tn
public good, and | wish TO see Presiden