Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-10

met our Southern brethren on a num-
Der of hard fought fields. Seven
years ago, when Gen. Grant paroled
Lees army, "clasPed hands across
the bloody chasm," and from that day
to this have entertained only the kind
est feelings toward my old enemies.
really can't, at this late day, see the
necessity for any more tears or hyster
les. The question of reconstruction
is now practically decided, and its
gross abuses, which in my place have
never hesitated to denounce, are at |
last repudiated of all men. The South !
ern States now need above all things |
to be carefully let alone; but Mr. |
Greeley and his supporters insist on
more agitation. In this miserable |
work |, for one, will not abet them, l
am indeed opposed to them on this is
sue more than on any other, as a
friend and well wisher of the South,
earnestly hoping to see it work out its
own salvation quietly and peaceahly, !
feel could not too strongly deprecate
the substitution, at this time, of Mr..
Greeley for Gen. Grant in the presi
Dental chair. 1t would be chaos come
dQalus WHICH heaven lOTBIu
In regard to. the-new questions,
| however-the questions of the future
l long ago found myself at varian ce
with the ruling powers in the Republi
can organization. In place of an in
telligeEt appreciation of the great
principles OF local self government,
We had a code of force bills, and civi!
rights bills, and legislative meddling
IN general-a policy of which Nj.
Senator Sumner and the New York
| Frihune were two of the most earnest
advocates, and which was redeemed
from utter haflness only by the marked
good sense and judgment with which
the President exercised the dangerous
powers intrusted to him.
/ 2 l thus found myself in opposition
to ali my previous political affiliations.
and in hearty accord with the Cincin-
natl movement. Fortunately for me
l did not attend the convention in
which that movement resulted. AT
the last moment, an, at the time. to
my own great regret, I felt compelled
to withdraw my name from the call to
which had already sIgned it, and to
F notify my friends that l could not be
at Cincinnati. The unexpected prom
inenee which was so suddenly given
to Mr.. G. F. Adams as candidate be
fore that convention forced me to the
cont lusion that l could not go to it
without placing both him and myself
in a false position. / did no then rep
resent the views of that gentleman
any more than I do now. As you
here well know, Mr.. Adams is very
much in the custom of forming his
political opinions without much regar
f for those of his sons, Ond can assure
you his sons claim the same liberty
for themselves. He speaks for him
f self; we for ourselves. Nevertheless
> in May last the public might naturally
$ have concluded that / went to Cincin
natl to angle for him in those waters
\ and, while an importance would thu:
. have attached to myself which in nc
5 way was my due, my presence nigh
+ we'll have tended to compromise Mr.
Adams in d manner which he woulC
, hardly have approved, holding, as h'
then did, high public position. Ac
cordingly l staid at home, and yer,
glad l now am that did stay at home
AS you all know, the Cincinnati
y Convention-the convention which
= originated in the movement for FREE
: trade, civil service reform, and th
protest against all centralizing legisla
= ton, nominated Mr. Horace Greele-
h as it's candidate for the Presidency
. In due time the Democratic party, i
convention duly assembled, ratifie
rcl this nomination. | have nothing t.
| Mr. n,
!. He has achieved ~ orxed success i
e g special calling; he has done a sss>
- work in life he has exercised pTt
- digious influence. l have, howeve
- a rarely had the satisfaction of agreein
!" with him, and have ever entertained
. peculiar and, perhaps, exaggerate
- lack of confidence in his practices
~ Judgment and administrative abilit,
~ ~ I'd use vulgar but expressive phras
J" hel 'sslops over" too frequently-a p
=. culiariLy which he has not succeede
- in holding in check during the cour:
"a of the present canvass. Mr., Greeley
:" vie ews upon every single question
:, which the Cincinnati movement orr:
:" mated are, and always have been Gii
- metricaIly opposed to that movemen
~ TO force him upon us as our cand
' date was therefore an absolute insul
- redeemed only by its humorous fe
- lures, which, however keenly we migl
''r appreciate them, we could hardly
~ expected TO enjoy. We went to Ci
cinnati in open revolt against the pa
ty maDipulations of Messrs Conklin
d" and Cameron, aud Morton, and Chan
le ler; when we got there we were N
- by Messrs Fenton, and Cochrane, ar
-. Mcclure, and Wentworth, and Tito
'.e and Warmoth, and they, with the a
3" of Mr.. Frank Blair, kindly proceedt
~ to manage things for US in the GOO
y. &c old way, and, in the first place, to pr
~ vide US with a candidate. l. do NJ
ia' sec how we gained greatly by tn
~ change OF masters; for myself pr
III fer the old set. We went protestir
F Fa- against carpet bagism" and th,
oy carpet bagged' our convention wi
81 an ingenuity which excited even o
SUI rueful admiration. We went callil
las as for free trade, and they gave US t
Itu most notorious aud consistent prote
az a. ZIONIST in all America. We went cr
ne ing out against Capitalization, al
III N saying "the world is governed t.
.i. Iiu much," and We came back with t
ciy great apostle of unlimited legislatit
"a on all conceivable subjects for o
~ chosen candidate. They not only
~ sisted on our accepting an emp
20 chance in lien of the Improvement
- u which we had aspired, but they actual
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