The Portland daily press., 1872-09-16

use of "coercve measures" He is in princi-
pie a .secessionist to-day, as he was when he
wrote that article of November 8, 1860. l
observe he is stamping the country in his own
behalf. When he makes his next stump
speech let any one ask him, in the face. of the
world, if he still holds the doctrine of seces-
sion as stated by him on the 359th page of
the first volume of his ''History of the
American Conflict" and he may try to evade
the question; but If he is compelled to give a
direct, manly and true answer. eyes" or
No." he will answer" Eyes" His secession
faith is the basis of his whole political char
acter. On that basis he urged the taxation
of the country to pay the shareholders for
their slaves, when he knew they would not
sell them. That plan was a part of his sys-
tenn, calculated to encourage secession by
convincing the South that the North was
trembling with terror, and would do anything
but fight for national existence. -a
''Whenever any considerable section of our
Union shall deliberately resolve to go out, we
shall resist all coercive measures designed to
keep it in" says Mr.. Greeley. ''Whenever'
includes the four years of the next presiden-
tial term. Suppose that during that term "a
considerable section of our Union shall deb-
erately resolve to so out,' Mr.. Greeley stands
pledged ''to resist all coercive measures to
keep it in" How much the election of such
man to the presidency would stimulate Sc
cession, we shall never know, because the
honest masses of the people will never allow
such a man to be elected. They will never
put the Government into his hands to enable
him to redeem that secession pledge.
This doctrine of secession is the only article
of political faith to which he has shown anv
disposition to adhere He was suppose to be
an unflinching high-tariff man; but, to get
free-trade votes, he pledges himsslfto smother
and suppress his opinions on the tariff oues
ton, and to give no advice and use no intlu-
ence on that question, which he has pressed
as of the most vital importance to thecountry.
He has given no pledge 10 smother and sup
press his opinions on the secession question.
What such pledge would be worth, while
his pledge ssto resist all coerciye measures''
remains unredeemed, you can Judge as well
asI
If such man could be elected President.
what would he do when his secession views
had encouraged the South to secede again ?
He would ofcourse again offer to hire Them
to remain by paving ior their slaves. Know
ing, by actual experience, the cowardice of
the man, they would naturally demand our
taxation to nav the rebel de t. and pensions
to rebel Soldiers AZ the prjce of their conse Mt
inc to stay in the Union. And iehe was right
in his doctrine that we were all wrong in
using s.coercive measures y we ourbt to he
taxed to nav for ali the consequences of those
measures. for the slaves and tbe rebel debt
and rebel nensions. =
What would be the effect Of Mr.. Greelev,s
election? Mauifestly the south wonId at
once he insiigatod hv bs sentimnnts 70 aa;tats
the question of condensation fortheir slaves
their debt. and their nensions. and with the
firery elements Tins famed into q Game the
agitation would naturally end in onr he;no
oRIiged to recall Grant and fha armu 70 nn7
down another ipsnrreclion. The neonje ot
the North and those of the Soutb. Ike Lone
street and Mosbv. who have had fiobtinHo
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