Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-09-05
Extract from a Speech of Gen.
Joe Geiger.

county, we give the following extract
from his Columbus speech.
PARALLEL BETWEEN GRANT AND GREELEY.
For Grant don't intend to vote,
but Mr, Baber choose to run a paral-
lei between the two on Saturday night
and now let me run parallel between
the two, if you please. What was
their conduct during the war! Who
helped bring on the war? Horace
Greeley. Did Grant, in any way !?
Greeley constantly stimulated and ex
cited the people in the North by the
srticles he published as the following
article from the Tribune of january
26, 1851, will show:
1t seems impossible for the slave
holding States TO do, or refuse to do,
anything that will not rebound to the
advantage of the Free States.
''As we have shown already, the Sc
cession movement is bringing bust
ness and prosperity to the North,
which will increase daily until the
South shall be of no account what
ever, except as a cotton field. Its
agricultural production will be the
same as now, but even its mechanical
industry in its present limited forms.
will desert it, and its commerce will
cease to exist. Those important
branches Of its industry will be who'll
ly Topped off, and their sap and vigor
transferred to stimulate Northern
growth.
Already our Northern cities, and
New York in particular; are feeling q
quickening of their trading pulse
from the very partial interruption of
business at Southern seaports. The
ports of Mobile and Savannah and
New Orleans are still full of shipping
bearing away the products of the
country and Of the Missippi Valley.
But when they shall have departed
that will be the cad of commerce at
these ports. There cannot be less
than four hundred ships loading in
the various harbors of the South.
When this whole business shall
have been transferred to Northern
channels by shutting off Southern
ports and thrown upon Northern
cities, it is impossible to over, estimate
the amount of profit that will ,lbe
reaped by our commercial and finan-
cial circles. The present banking
capital of this city will be wholly in
adequate to the transactions of the
new business they will have to do.
Our wharves and warehouses will be
overloaded with Southern products.
Our docks will be choked with foreign
and domestic shipping. Our railroads,
with tho nrocnnf rosOuVcoc ap6 arcom
modations, struggle ir vain to keep
up with their fast accruing burdens Of
transpor rtation.
"Our steamers and sailing crafts,
luggers and tow boats, our mechanics
and laboring men in any way connect
ed, directly or indirectly, with com
mercial and shipping circles, will
know an activity of employment never
before experienced. Every other
branch of traffic will feel CORES
ponding impulse, in a greater or less
degree.
Such is sure to be the commercial
effects of secession upon this city, and
like results will be experienced in ev-
cry other great commercial emporium
of the Free States, and throughout
the maritime ports of the country"
He first tried to show the North
that their interests lay in secession :;
that their intererts would be greatly
improved by secession. Grant did
nothing of that kind. He was honest
in what he did, and when the wal
broke out Grant Joined the army,
while Greeley went for secession
told the States to go out, urged them
to go and disrupt the Union and
overturn the Constitution and have
two Governments here. Grant went
into the field and risl1ed his life
marched down through the South in
the midst OF dangers, in the lonely
night, with nobody but God and the
stars to watch above, while Greeley
was safe at home.
Who first turned the tide of battle
in favor of the United States Who
first stimulated the public heart with
hope as a soldier? Who first took
Henry, Donelson, Vicksburg? Every
reverberation Of our cannon roar,
from the battlements of Vicksburg to
the portals Of Richmond, Grant
name; Grant and his heroic soldiers.
How did Mr. Greeley serve you while
Grant was engaged thus, Will you tell
me? He was in New York, far from
''war's alarms" And while Grant was
under fire, and he, as the old saying is
was feeding upon ''hard tack and SOW
belly" Horace Greeley was then ur
in Canada, and if there is any conf.
dence to be put in the letter of Hol
comb, of the Southern Confederacy,
we are told that he was there waiting
to settle, under the enemy's guns
without saying word in the matter
| Of compromise about keeping the
Union together Lincoln then calleC
Grant to take command Of the Eastern
army. McClellen had it, and trieC
what he could and failed. Hooker haC
it and tried. Burnside had it and trieC
and all failed; but Grant took it anC
marched through the Wilderness, anC
marched on to Richmond, going for
ward from victory to victory unit
Lees surrender at Appomattox.-
These are plain facts, that everybod
knows and gratitude for his achieve
ments will sink deeper and groy
broader as the current of years roll
along. Now what has been Horac
! Greeley military career? Whom di
he ever whip ? Whom did he 6Te
scare and where did he bury his dead
1t is too absurd to try to run pal
allel between the two men in thes
things.
Now when you come to contest tn
conduct of the men toward the Sout
| how is it? Why, Grant acted as mag
nanimousls as Greeley did At tn
, time of the surrender, when the put