The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-17
John P. Hale's Estimate Of Greeley
and Sumner.

NC Co1LSe " nus leuef he says:
Mr.. Greeley's case Is plain enough. On
pages SIS and $50 Of the inst volume Of
his History Of the American Conflict you
will find his own account q himself IS
he was ST the breaking out Of the rebel
lion he there says that on the second
day aftef Mr.. Lineolu's election, Nov. Q,
1850, THE following leading article APP
peAred in the 7ln5aNE," You will frd,
he says III that article: III the cotton
States shall decide that they can do better
out Of the Cnion than in ii, We insist on
letting them So in peace" To avoid all
possibility OF being misunderstood, be
repeats the same doctrine iu different
wo7ts-"WheneTer 3 considerable section
Of our Union shall deliberately resolve TO
50 out, We shall resist all coerCive meas.
UreS designed 10 KEEP it in" Lest one
article might not make his position suti.
cienuy Conspicuous, he wrote and pub
liShed many articles containing the same
doctrine, Lest al his newspaper articles
On the subject should, in the course Of
time, be forgotten, he copies one OF them
in his History Of the American Conflict,
for tie apparent purpose Of preserving, in
the durable torn Of historical record,
his undiSpItVhle claim 10 the title O, an
original secessOnistS
ult majority Of southern voters, that i,
OF free white men, would deliberately
resolve 20 go out" he pledged himself 10
resist all coercive measures designed to
keep them in That WAS the simplest
plSn ever suggested fer the dissolution Of
The Union and the peTpesuStion OF slavery.
What stronger invitation ito 80 OUT
could he hAye given the South than that
pledge ITO resist all coercive measures
70 keep il my SHAREHOLDERS, anxious
ITO 60 out" but dreading the "coerciye
measures, reSd Nj. Greeley's pledge
repuhliShed in every southern paper. It's
effect Is well known. Among the infiu.
ences aAt changed the doubling Snd
heSitAting white men o. the South into
inn and ardent SeceSsioniSts, none WAS
more effective thSn Mr. Greeley's pledge
TO resist all conceive measures" Whether
ihAt pledge wSs the means Of turning the
scale, and giving the active secessi0rists
their majority, We msy not certsinly know
until the Day Q! final reckoning, but this
We do know, th3t for al the ruin, desols.
ton ard misery q the secession var, no
mSH, North Or South, IS more responsible
than NJ. Greeley.
Il is worthy e nose that Mr.. Greeley
admitted the L5t9lSy q secession. He
admitted the night q the Suverrmen. to
save the Union BY -coercive measures"
but insisted that TIE government should
coi e1eetSse that right II he hsi thought
the Csioa had 20 rtsht 70 defeod Itself,
he vocld have taken position where 3
brave la, entertaining thSs opinion,
might STTuTfclly Sx13- But admitting
TIE rlsn1 % Gesea3 tie n4Goa's life, be
Insisted il should no be defended, b2i he
bSsely sIrTE1Sered Eith0Gf b,oE. The
reSso1 Q. hS passpo2 wS oaly surpassed
By is csES-4Sae
TIE eseet G: NJ. Gseelsy's e'eceor, he
Ays, Eocl3 Be 81 ssiiA;ioa ;oc tie pay.
lRsa;OioaiAs1a claims tcS Save prr-s-.y
Gn3 HsAA lNs&:
Fit Gos oE Involve rebellion, tie Az
tGHoo oS lie sS1IAss1 Gains means s On
t-oT9sy ovE Ssa;Asr Constitutional
&asoSa5t tx S9riSi-S oct socA p2yt Of
lie HoGtse1;S Amendment s. nav SSr5
u he Wy q those c,6inS L usSas
oaiAinS laS AXa he rsoSEL q E1Gte-
cSssls.L irritation sd stES.e, tie revival
q lie Euee1oCS kn.EsEx, Tie czCA pa.
sac2Gcu q tie FREEDMEN and Caioa nea
II he SoctA. lie GissEsxz:C1sSoo q soeth.
a Aacc, sd ; sae=l decSHse1ezt Of
o1Soes The c2nse q humanity un;;s
viii 81 he RItEsl Interests a The QUIZ
~ i pco:eSt 4S4;aS The esction Of mSn
whose Triumph EoGid recssSScEy Cpsa 50
t4rsGoSs ~ Ssia;Scn Oavio1Sy 70
S1A nSa cocl1 &c Nominated 10 PrsS-
dat By The RePc5!ie2n party. Hhsa he
Vas SlsisSs3 & thSt, thea. xr5 nos tn
ihea, he IsR -
That i ooe serious aspect a NJ. Gree
ley'S c&sS and L, IA Sd3iEca 70 his pes-
verse opinions rpo1 his monsasocs ones-
tin q American nSiiooGfty, yoc lake
into SoSo1nG his excessive vanity, weak
nss sod yacils6pa. his aGb5y aad Yield.
ing mNr1 nature, his eccentric temper
and tnoo1inSie h9nSeSlnS tor odies, woq
have, think, 5 tpl explanation q his
present lGnent2ble course.
NJ. Summers cGSs Is meSSurSb!y pla;n
TO those who, like myself have hsd Setter
means q knowing the uSa than s SSnci.
ed By pubic speeches.
NJ. Sumner ESS not, Is has been clGin.
Cd tE him, GnOoS the earliest u our anti.
slavery champions Nj. Garrison, Nh.
Phillips, Mr.. Gerriit Smith, Mr.. GiddinSs
and Others Snte-dSse Mr.. Sumner by many
years IN their esQOUSal Of the cause Of the
slave. Ba; l Bear coriiA witness thSt
Sttsr he entered upon the work, he vSs
among tie mos; earnest faithful and Per.
SSteatof the friends OF freedom.
catered he Senate tour wears before
NJ S1GnG, and eaioyed his personal in.
;s-ooCrs and fSenSship fsOn his spoeSr.
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