Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-02-01
WHERE DOES GREELEY STAND !!
TIE Tribune Against the BoIters.
WiII Ii Support Grant ?

VIII IL support Urant
The Tribune of the 10Th January has a
long article on the political situation ell
titled 1.-The Sha low of Coming Events"
In it the effect OF amnesty and liberal
policy towards those who do not think
Grant the only available Republican for
President is discussed. Referring to the
Cincinnati Convention Mr.. Greeley
says in reply to the question:
"Then the Tribune is going with the
| 'Bolters?' "
No; the Tribune is likely to be against
the Boilers, since they are almost certain
| to make hostility to Protection one of the
planzs of the platform, and that the Iri-
| bURc can never abide, no matter who may
| be the rival candidates for President.
| Now that Emancipation is q fixed fact,
| Impartial Suffrage nearly so, and Univer-
sal Amnesty inevitable, there is no remain
ing National issue which is half so impor-
tant ia the view of the Tribune Us the Pro-
| lection Us. Free Trade. We have no shad-
ow of doubt that the overthrow of Protec-
J! ton would be speedily followed (as in
| 1S16-20, aud again i'll 1880 bya sweeping
| industrial collapse and commercial bank
ruptcy, which wQuld carry hunger and
| distress into the homes of millions of our
| countrymen. To such a calamity, the
| Tribune cannot contribute, even passively
for any conceivable consideration.
*
Now. with regard to the Presidency, We
| say only that, if the issue is to be so made
| up that only those who prefer Gen. Grant
| to all other men are to count on the Re-
pulican side, everybody else on the other,
we shall mortally hate to sit up for the re-
| turns the night after election. We appeal
to all who are familiar with the currents
of opinion outside of official circles to sus-
tain our position. Gen Grant may be
stronger than any other Republican; he
doubtless has more supporters to-day than
any other; yet no judiciOus friend would
| wish him pitted against all who would
| prefer some one else to him. Yet those
who engineer his canvass seem determined
to make up exactly that issue.
Men and brethren a new leaf must be
turned over or there are breakers ahead.
The proposed Cincinnati Convention may
prove ffasco or it may name the next
President II you desire the latter, you
may well pray that Roscoe Conkling &
| Co. shall have the running of the Grant
machine for few months longer.
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MINISTER SCHENCK's RESIGNATION
FROM THE EMMA MINE.-The last Lon
don papers contain the letter Of resigna-
ton from the directory OF the Emma
mine, addressed to Geo. Anderson, Esq,
NJ. P. chairman, by Minister Schenck, in
which he says:
"In thus withdrawing from the trust re-
posed in ME, desire to express to my as
sociates in the management of this COM
pany my sincere and high appreciation of
each and every one of them as gentlemen
of distinguished position and character,
with whom it has been to me a pleasure to
be connected. My resignation is upon
grounds purely personal to myself. In
consenting to become a director, know
that but exercised a private and individ-
ual right, in no way incompatible with
public or official duty, but / prefer to take
away from some who have criticised me,
even pretext for their comments or at
tacks. beg, therefore, to record my as
surance to you and the other members of
the board that continue to have the full
est confidence in the value aud profitable
ness of the property they have i'll charge,
} in which l still hold all the shares l have
been able to take.n