The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-15
THE GREELEY MOVEMENT.

to make wise nominations at Baltimore,
than by inserting the following COM
municatiOn from an old Confederate
and one Of the hard-tistcd yeomanry of
Morehouse parish.-ED. Tell
PRAIRIE MEn ROUGE, La, June 10.
Editor Telegraph - Hearing some
of the good passive democrats dub you,
the editor of the Day-Book, and all
such men as crazy men, / wish to ask
through the columns of your worthy
paper, who they term sane men. Are
they those who unlimited, picked up
their carpet-bags and hurried to Gin
cinnati, rushed into the unopened arms
OF DIR. Greeley to tell him they had
been suffering long time with hac-in
headache and pain in the pocket, and
as he offered remedy, they could not
resist the impulse to give him call
and patronize his negro equality pre-
scription? He very blandly informed
them to hold on a little, gents; I'M
derstand your atfiiction, and as soon as
I get through with my Northern
friends, I'n give yOu Il dose which will
purge you of all honor and make you
feel lust as good as any negro. If it fails
to do this by November, will consult
DIR. Grant, and probably he will admin
lister an enetic which will undoubtedly
act like charm.
Are these sick gcntIenlen the only
sensible men in the land? If so, God
help us! Give us fools and crazy men
always! Give us men who will dare
to tell the truth, let it hurt whom it
may! Give us crazy men, I repeat,
who do not want Office ut the sacrifice
of honor and Of principle. Give us crazy
men who ask for justice and 1t white
mans government. Give us crazy men
who will defend such an one with their
last drop of blood, if need be. We
want no passivism, no departures. We
have done nothing that we are ashamed
of, and a million Greeleys cannot make
us believe We have aught to be ashamed
of.
They say let by-gones be by-goncs
but do not their actions tell us in thun-
der tones that they mean oav' by-gones,
and not theirs that they intend to per-
Secute you to death? Does not DIR,
Greeley tell the people if they do not
ratify his nomination at Baltimore, he
will haul down his sails and pull ropes
for Grant? I ask, in the name of high
Heaven, have the people gone mad :
Has a national hydrophobia been in
noculated into their minds? Are they
afraid of Greeley's threats? Will they
allow the father of all our prosecutions
to scare and delude them into support
ing him, while common sense should
teach that tits a fear of his own strength
that prompts the threat: Greeley is
undoubtedly the worst candidate for
our country that could be nominated.
He, in accepting the nomination, SAYS,
if elected, he will not be the President
Of any party, but of the people and
still he says, if you do not support me,
will haul in sail and go for Grant
Can man with any truth or principle
be guilty of such withdrawing? Can
he expect to do aught else but the very
thing he is doing, split the Democratic
party and make Grants election sure,
the man whom he affects to despise,
the man who has only been acting UNI
der instructions from just such and
better men than Greeley?
Can he expect an honest man OF any
party to support him while he hurls
such furions anathemas against all who
dare have an opinion that conflicts with
his own or that of just such as himself?
There was perfect rush among our
people few years ago for Brazil, Hon.
duras and almost any place of refuge;
but just here let me state, that should
Greeley be elected, woe to the South
Such men as dare to express their senti-
ments openly and do not coincide with
the views of the administration, will
be arrested as Kuklux, hunted like a
deer from his cover, by the truly
1oil men, and willing individuals
whom Greeley tells us we may vet
equal, if we vote for him and behave
ourselves.
Just one short year ago the distin-
guished Doctor told us through the
columns Of the Tribune, that we, the
Democratic party were responsible for
all the suffering we have endured in
consequence of the late war. Now he
asks these very people to help him,
and promises amnesty to a.few thou
sand who are yet affected by political
disabilities. We don't want his am
nesty at the price of the Nations dis
grace, and death of all republican
institutions.
Tho old hated Democratic party arc
the only Republicans in America if
Webster is authority, and now, my
brave Captain, if our good old ship must
sink, with it sinks all liberty for this !
prosecuted Sunny South. There is Il
superstition among sailors that if the /
rats desert their ships before leaving