New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-09


branch of the Democratic party then, and Mr..
Wilson recognized and employed it; there is
q certain Reconstruction element in the DEM
ocratic party to-day, and the Liberal Repub-
licans recognize and unite with it. Mr.. wilson
is not only an incarnate anachrOnism himself
but he insists that everybody else shall be
like unto him. SO he talks about the "per-
sistent service of the Slave Power" by the
Democracy in the past, and asserts that inc
same Democracy is persstentiy serving inc
same Slave Power to-day.
1t is easy to see, however, that this penpa-
tetic Granite, with all his commonplace
about consistency, is merely Man of Phrases.
He talks now as he talked twenty years ago,
and for the simple reason that he has nothing
new TO say. He thinks the words slave
"Powern as good to conjure with az they
were q quarter of a century since. lie Is IKE
one or two other and ADLER men-he cannot
get out of the rut in which he has been so
long walking and talking. The slave rover!
where is it2 1t cannot exist without the
slaves /; and where are theyG Here is Slavery
abolished; having left behind it hardly q
trace of its characteristic peculiaritles Here
are the old Shareholders, stripped utterly OF
The political and social might which the lnsti-
tuition undoubtedly gave them Here Is Henry
Wilson, the old enemy of the Slave StateS-a1
least they considered him to be such-mcah-
dering up and down North Carolina, and ac-
tually making speeches TO the coloreu
men against the white men; for which ne
is neither lynched, imprisoned, nor IN tho
least molested! Here are the Blacks all turned
ica;ly than many of their old masters, and
with the advantage of a Boston ADolltlonist
TO tell them how to vote. Seeing all these
things. knowing them from personal expert
ence. MIR. Wilson says what he pleases and
does what he pleases in North Carolina, and
tbcn goes 10 Indiana to talk about tho Slave
Power "a n rayenous and insatiate monster TO
be feared and to be sedulOusly guarded
AGAINST. We venture TO say that the Senator
ia not half 80 much frightened as he pretends
to be.
If he told the truth no would be willing to
admit that in his opinion no "evidence of re-
"pentance" is good for anything except vote
for the President; and a sinner, though he
may have been such for forty years, cannot
too quickly make up his mind to sustain DR..
Grant and MajOr-Gen. Wilson A Democrat
must take time to consider whether he can
conscientiously vote for Mr. Greeley; but
should he think of voting for Mr.. Grant, he
will be welcomed to the denomination Church
by our good Senator without question of
his sincerity He may have been Rebel of
tho hottest kind; he has only to vote
for tho Doctor to be declared by the
Massachusetts, Missionary a truly good
man. Pentents Of that sort Gen.
Wilson is ready to shrive at moments no.
tice They may be under conviction, con-
verted, regeneratcd, baptized and they may
receive the right hand of fellowship within
twenty minutes! We beg the reader to I'M
derstand that these are Gen. Wilson's illustra-
tons and not ours. We did not set the ex-
ample of going to what most men deem sa-
cred for figures to be employed in stump
speeches. We have no particular liking for
the Hard-shell-Baptst style which Senator
Wilson seems to have adopted.