The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-02

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would, and should not If 1t
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the score, the hundred, or the tho>
30 we flnd that the supporters OF
Grant announce with partisan trium
adhesion of q single Democratic politician
a single Democratic newspaper on equai
reason and with higher pride may the sup
porters of Horace Greeley announce the ad-
hesion OF the Democratic party, Whlch, TURN
lag from the things that are behind, presses
on to those that are before.
1t is Also idle to say that the election OF Ho'
race Greeley as President, with Gralz Brown
as Vice Presldent-both Interchangeable Repub.
licans-Will be the return of the Democratic
party to- power. On the contrary, it Will De
the inauguration of Republican principles, un-
der the safeguard OF Republican President
and Republican Vice President, with Demo-
orats as ayowed supporters. In the organiza-
tion of hi5 administration and In the conduct
of affairs Horace Greeley will naturally lean
upon those, who represent best the great
promIses ma2Rof equal rights and reconellla-
lion at Cincinh It'll. If Democrats are taken, it
win be as Republicans IL, heart, recognizing
the associate terms of the settlement as an
irreversible fnaiity.
The fardihood OF political falsehood reaches
its extreme point when 1t Is asserted that
under Horace Greeley the freedmen will be re-
enslaved, or that colored people will In any
way suffer in their equal rights. On the con-
tI,o hot In alqntfln NOT 0nlV C06
promises Of the platform, but also the splendid
example tor full generation, during wncn
be has never wavered In the assertion Oh Cnelr
rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley,
when placed where he can do them the most
good, will depart from the rule Oh Ills hehes'
life, is an n.insult to reason.
Il ia none the less idle to suppose that DEM
ocrats supporting Horace Greeley expect OF
dee.is that he should depart from those prln-
cIples which are The glory of bis character.
They have accepted the Cincinnati platform
with Its two-fold promises, and intend IN good
faith to maintain It. Democrats cannot turn
back, who at the convention adopting this
platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune OF
told John Brown, his ssnl is marching on"
Seeking especially the establishment Of cIsr-
acter In the National Government, they will
expect their President to be always Irue TO
himself.
Therefore put aside the partisan allega-
tions that Horace Greeley has gone to The
Democrats. or that he will be controlled by
Democrats. Each is without foundation or
reason, according TO my Judgment. They are
attempts to avoid what you recognize as the
trne, Issue, being the question between the
two candidates, or, perhaps, they may be con-
eidered as ecare-crows. TO deter the tlmid.
Nobody who votes for Horace Greeley will 60
to the Democrats. nor do believe that, when
elected, Horace Greeley will be under any in-
fuence except that enlightened conscience
rv{l him thn nrinnI-
pies he represents.
Gentlemen, In thus answering your two In
Quiries, I, have shown why you, as colored
fellow-citizens, and also all who would uphold
your rights and save the colored race from In
dignity, should refuse to sanction the re-elec-
tion of the President, and put yonr trust In
Horace Greeley. ought to add that with him
Will be associated, as. Vice President, Gratz
Brown, whom have known for years as
most determined Aboltionist. The tHo TO-
gether will carry into the National Govern
ment an answering devotion to your rights,
rot to be disturbed by partisan dlctation or
sectional prejudice.
Besides ali this, which may fltly guide you
In determining between the two candidates. it
Is my duty to remind you that, as citizens OF the
Bnited States, and part OF the country, your
welfare La indssolubIy associated with that OF
the whole country. Where all are prosperous
you will be gamers. Therefore, while justly
careful Of Jour own rights, you cannot be In
different to the blessing of good government.
It is for you to consider whsther the time has
not come for something better than the sword,
and whether a character like Horace Greeley
does not give stronger assurance OF good gov
( eernment than can be found in the insnlter OF |
the colored race, already famous from the |
rings about him and his plain inaptitude Tor |
civil life. The supporters Of President Grant |
compel us to observe his offences and short |
comings. The comparison they challenge
the present canvass to hold 1t before the
American people. s
Speaking now for myself, have to say that
nv vote will be given for Horace Greeley; but,
In giving it, do not 60 to the Democratic
party, nor am I any less Republican. On
the contrary, l am 30 much OF Kepnoican
that cannot support candidate whose con-
duct In civil life shows an incapacity to appre-
ciate Republican principles, and whose ad-
mInistration is marked by acts of delinquency,
especially toward the colored race, oy the
side of which the allegations on the impeach;
ment OF Andrew johnson were technical and
trivial. UnQuestionably President Grant de-
served impeachment for high crimes and mis-.
demeanors rather than denomination, aud
onsthe trial 1t would have been enough to ex-
hibt bis seizure Of the war power and his
iudfgnity to the Black Republic, with It's pop
nlation or eight hundred thousand, in VIOLA
ton Of the National Constitution and OF inter-
national law. And here contrast arises be-
tween him and Abraham Lincoln The latter In
his first annual message recommended the
recognition of what he called the 'sinGepen-
denca and sovereignty of Hayti;" but 1t is at
these that President Grant has struck. One of
Abraham Lincolns first acts was 10 put the
Black Republic on an equality with other
powers; one of President Grants was to de-
grade 1t.
am 80 much OF Republican thst wish to
see In the Presidential chair a lifetime Abo-
lttionist. ! also wish President sincerely
devoted to civil service reform beginning with
the s'one-term principle" which President
Grant once accepted but now disowns. also
wish q President who sets the example of in
dustry and unsel1sh dedication to the public
good. And wish to see President through
, whom we may expect peace and harmony In
stead OF dlscord. Strangely President Grant
seems to delight in strife. If he finds no ene-
nv. he falls upon his friends, as when he struck
at the Black Republic, insulted Russia In his
annual message, offended both-France and
Germany, and then, 10 personal relations,
quarrelled generally.
NV own personal experience teaches now
futile is the charge that because Horace Gree
lev receives Democratic votes, therefore he
becomes q Democrat, or lapses under Demo-
cratic control. L was frat chosen to the Sen
ate. BY coalition OF Free Sellers and Demo.
Gratis. Democratic votes helped make me sen
ator from Massachusetts,, as they also nelped