The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-15
Can n be Permitted

within th. next four years, and under the ad-
ministration of the President to be chosen this
Fall. will occur the grandest centennial annivers-
ary that the world has ever seen. The year 1870
will complete the one-huniredth year since the
.iruinC of the Declaration Of Independence. tire
ouired one bloody war to sustain that Declaration,
another to establish the power and the rights of
the Government which originated from II, and
dreadful civil to enforce the great first prn-
ciple of the Declaration. Now, at the close Of a
century, the essence and spirit Of the Declaration
of Independence is just beginning to he carried
into effect; and the great question now rs, shall
the destinies of this nation, at that grand ami
versary, he controlled by the man who was ill.,
strumental in saving it from destruction at the
hands of the enemies of equal rights, or by weak,
vain old fiotard, who consented to abandon or lay
aside all the great principles wn'cn NE nad Ior
wears been contsnding for, in order that lie might
receive honor at the hands OF the men who se"sht
tn crush the spirit of the Declaration of Independ-
euce, by destroying the Government founded up
on itf
We have too much faith in the pa .riotism and
good sense of the American people, to believe for
. moment that they will elevate Horace Greeley
to that high position. just think Of celebrating
the one bundredth anniversary of the day ON
which it was declared that all men were created
equal, and endowed by the Creator with the in
alenable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; and think of the country, at that
very moment, being under the rule of man who
advised that the enemies Of the nation be permit
ted peacefully TO destroy it, who made war to pre-
vent the equality of men, and to establish the
principle that all men not entitled to life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of happiness; and who con-
tended that the Creator did not endow all men
with those rights, but decreed some men to per-
petuaI servitude! The power that has watched
ever this nation from its infancy to its present
glory, would never permit the people to become
90 insane to commit such disgrace!
There are other disgraceful points in the bar
gain-for there is now no longer any doubt that
Horace Greeley has entered into a regular bar
gain and sale with the Democratic party. His
election would be accompanied by Democratic
Congress; and what that Congress would enact,
aspledged himselfto approve. When the one
legged or one-armed soldier, who was MANNED in
saving the country, went up to draw his monthly
pension, he would have to wait his turn with the
wounded rebel soldier, who was paid by our Gov
ernment for fighting to destroy it; for Greeley
has bargained that the rebel soldiers shall be PEN
stoned, on the same footing as Union soldiers.
The invalids and cripples in our National Asylums
would be turned out to toll starvc, or would
have to share their quarters with those by whose
hands they were rendered helpless. The indus
tries OF the country would be taxed to pay the
enormous debt contracted by the Rebel Govern
ment in the war; for the holders Of Confederate
bonds are active in Greeley's behalf, and have
their understanding with him. The people of the
whole country would be burtlened with taxes to
pay the Southern people the value of their slaves
emancipated because of the rebellion, and on ac-
count Of which they rebelled; for that too, is in
the programme.
These are but few Of the indgnitics that Horace
Greeley has contracted with the Democratic party
to force upon the loyal people of this Government.
Shall the one hundredth anniversary of the Dec
laration Of Independence be celebrated by the
contamination of this outraged
We have no fears as to the result.