The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-07-17
VOLUME XX----NO. IS.
EXPLANATORY.

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EXPLANATORY.
Below We give a communication
from J. S. Murray, Esq, which We
publish from the anderson zntelligencer.
Mr.. EDITOR I desire through your
columns to correct one or two5of tho :
errors into which the Abbeville pa
pers, the Nediuna and the Press and
Banner, fell, in referring to the re-
marks which submitted on the poll !,
litical issues involved in the Presiden-
tial contest, which now agitates the :
country. 81 q, q, ~ . e 8
The Medium represents me as hav.
ing said that .the principles and acts :
of Mr.. Greeley were Obscure" I
did not use the word t'obscure, but
the word inconsistent. Mr.. Greeley's
principles, previous to his nomination
to the Presidency, were clearly enun-
ciated, and his acts open and TdefniteS.
The objeetof that part of my address
was not to prove that the principles
and acts of Mr.. Greeley were obscure,
but that these being known, he was
inconsistent. Again, the Medium rep-i
resents me as having. said athat if i
Mr.. Greeley. had been President, eye
cry colored man would now be in :
slavery" and the Press and Banner
represents me as having charged, up
on Greeley and the party he repre-,
sents, an intention to. attempt the
tablishment Of slavery. p; The
Medium is incorrect in this, that il
makes me refer to past time indef-:t
nitely, whereas ltreferred to aspeeife
period in the pasty and the sentiment
imputed to me by the Press and Bar
ner is a total misappreh ehension Of what
,Isdid say. twill be observed that
the two papers differ very materially: b
as to what I did: Tho Medium reprerst
!sents me as saying thatif q certain
event had taken place in past time,
(which.is correct, except that it does
not specify the time to which I refer
red, that then another event would
be existing at the present time. The
Press and Bannc. represents me, As
charging Mr.. Greeley and the party
he represents with a present inten-1
;tion of accomplishing q particular
future action. 1t is. well to note this
discrepancy. .q %f9;.i
Now, Mr.. Editor, ] did not charge.
Mr.. Greeley the party he repre-,
sents, or any other party, or any if.a
.dividual or combination Of individuals
with any intention, past, present or
future, to attempt to re-establish. slaail
very. Ill1now of no such party or !
individual, and I believe the southern
people would be almost, if not Alto
gether, a unit opposed TO any sueba
attempt: What then. did Iasay,s
which gave rise to these misappre-,
sions Of my remarks? I argued to
show the Inconsistencies of Mr.. Gree
ley, the editorof the Tribune, through
tho columns Of the Tribune before a.
single State had seeded, contended.
that the Southern States had the
inalienable right to secede from the
Federal Union and establish their
own government, and that, after
some Of them had seeded, he urged
that "the erring sisters" should be
permitted to depart in peace; that If
Mr. Greeley had been President in
1860, and had carried ont these prin.
ciples, which he then advocated, q
Southern Confederacy would have
been formed, and every colored per-
son present would now be in slavery.
Was this reason why the colored
people should support him Again
from the course which Mr.. Greeley
then pursued, he does not recommend
himself to the support of the white
people. 1t is well known that the
people of the South before they se-
ceded were assured that war would
notresult from secession. This assu-
rance was derived from the position
assumed by the Northern Democracy,
and the advocacy Of the inalienable
right of the South to secede, by MIR.
Greeley, one of the principal leaders.
of the dominant party. The sequel
is we'll known. The South did secede.
A long and bloody sectional war en-.
sued. Mr.. Greeley united with all
the influence ho had, in that. war
against the South. His cry during
the war was "On, on. to Richmond
aud hang the traitors" Hang the
men, as traitors, for doing that which
he told them they had the inalienable
right to do. Beautiful consistency!
Does this commend Mr. Greeley to
even the favorable consideration of
tho white people Of the South for
the high and responsible position OF
President of the United States. Such
Mr.. Editor, was the position assumed
by my, in that address, and not that
attributed to me.
J. S. MURRAY.