Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05
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ChaPpaqsla Wisdom and Con
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| According 10 John Bunyan the
ground before the entrance to the cave
of tho giants, Pope and Pagan, was
covered with blood, bones, ashes, and
manglcd bodies. This might be said
mctaphorically Of the approaches to the
Presidency. For a long number Of years
We have seen men Of ability and rcpu-
tation, sacrificing all the true honors of
their lives to the Insane idea Of becom-
lug President. When once an individ.
ual is seized by his madness it becomes
an infection that never leaves him.
From the first moment Of the attack,
he grows more and more reckless and
unprinciplcd, repudiates his former
most cherished sentiments, turns his
back on old and tried friends, forms
alliances with those who lad always
detcsted him, and finally,
"Living, shall forfeit fair rsnown,
And doubly dying, shall 20 down
TO the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
This presidential fever is inveterate
and incurable. It seizes tho citadel of
life, and renders its victim ridiculous
and contemplate.
Ut ~. is 49,. green ey'd monster, which doth make
The most conspicuous instance of the
malady at present may be seen in
Horace Greeley, the sage, philosopher
and wood-cutter of Chappaqua. Before
he became victim to the madnes that
now possesses him, he had definite no.
lions Of the Presidential disease, was
we'll acquainted with its symptoms, and
had.a clear perception Of its intracta-
bic and concentrating character. At
banquet given in Montreal, in 1868,
Mr.. Greeley, in speaking Of Daniel
Webster, made use of the following
language
"Mr. Webster was not only GENTLE
man, but he had the elements of moral
greatness; and he had faults as we'll.
He failed only in one respect, and in
this respect l differ from him-he want
ed to BE- President, and DON'T
[Cheers and laughter.] But for that
one misfortune he would have been the
greatest man America ever produced.
Wo have seen our greatest man, Mr..
Chase, making the same blunder. l
have seen men who had the disease
early, and died Of it at very old age.
[Laughtcr.] General Lewis Casa died
At about eighty-two, and up to the day
Of his death he wanted to be President.
No one ever escapes who once catches
the disease; and he lives and dies in
the delusion. Being reader and an
observer at an carly age, 1 saw how it
poisoned ami paralyzed the very best
Of our public men, and have carefully
avoided it.
Two years only have elapsed since
this utterance, and already may Mr..
Greeley be addressed in the words of
the Roman sartist-
Change but the name, of thec, tho tale i. told
Although always cratic visionary, al
ways welded to specious fallacies, al
ways Astounding in contradictions yet he
has now involved himself in mesh of
antagonisms which are wonderful in
comparison with his former position.
We propose to contrast Greeley, the
Radical Republican, with Greeley, the
Liberal Republican" He has indeed
bowed the knee to Baal and sold bis
principles for q mess Of pottage. II
there was any one thing more than an
other to which he protested an unalter-
able attachment, it was the principle of
protection, or as he expressed it, "pro-
lection to American industry" Yet,
in order to purchase free trade votes,
he threw overheard the child of his af:
lection, leaving it to find favor Or coun-
tenance as it could. Knowing that he
had no possible chance Of getting 80
much as one electoral vote unless
nominated at Baltimore, in July, by
the Democrats, he employed every
measure and every article in biz power
to bring about such consummation.
He is in alliance with the Tammany
Ring, as has been charged home to him,
and has not been denied by himself OF
The Tribune.