The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-29
OPINIONS OF KEEPROAsINENT MEN
OF TKfE COUNTRY REGARDING
THE POLITICAL ISSUES OF
THE DAY AND THE PRESI-
DENTIAE CANDIDATES.

tual a1inites but by the attractions of common ha
treds"
sponse to the call for a soldiers and sailors mas
convention at Pittsburg the 18th of September
expressing his hearty concurrence therein. Ill
says: 81 believe it is better for the durabili
of our Government, and certainly safer to publ
credit, that no radical change of administrator
should now take place I am very much intereste
in the Indian tribes that rapidly coming in
to the light of our civilization. should dislike ex
ceedinSly to have the great body of religious and be
nevolent societies deprived of the privilege of nomi
mating agencies which have begun to work grandl
| in the line of reform and for a thousand othe
reasons, besides my personal feelings of sincere
gard for him who has led victory and safety
my words and acts will be in behalf of the in
cumbent of the Presidential chair. i army
officer without partisan feeling ready do my dut.
under any leader my ccuntrymen shall select; bu
God knows that do love man like General Grant
who does perseyere i'll words and in acts in the
practical recognition of human rights to all CLASSES
| of our fellow-Iiien.''
William Lloyd Garrison says in recent letter 81
| have always regarded Greeley man without any
fixed principles; but he is daily revealing himself
both what he does and through the columns of tn,
TTibu1e, (Which is his special organ, and for the
spirit of which he is be held responsible, make
what disclaimers or lodges he may in regard to its
management as a political denagogue, unless il
may be chartably suspected that he is smitten witt
imbecility.''
restore to the South the control national poll
cy; aud that, lit is something worse than mockery
| for him to point to the Cincinnati platform
proof that he and his hackers emnently patriot
ic, as it is when Satan quotes Scripture to his pur
pose,"
| Again he says: s'In the ordinary doings of busi.
life, doubt, Mr.. Greeley is honest; he will
neither cheat nor pick your pocket. But in his po-
ltcaI management he has been and continues to be-
far from upright, substituting low eXpediency for
answering rectitude He does find it difficult
to believe that the end justifes the means. To ad-
here to a fixed principle OF right come what may, he
regards fanatcism to sacrifice it for present
attainabie object is, in his opinion craftsmanship
In the treatment ofpublic affairs he is unreliable and
without vision judgement. The last exhibition
of his slipperiness is i'll his high protection
dodge at Cincinnati to reconcile freetraders his
nomination. He seems TO be quite destitute of moral
sensi5ility, and when occasion flvors easily be
duped He sees no good reason why fire and gun
powder should always remain at variance, why
light and darkness should never coaesce 1t is only
for Southern disoyaty put the guse of patriot
ism to be accepted proof of repentance and re-
generation. The Adversary, when dressed ain
gel of light not to be repulsed suspected but it
will be a christian act to shakc hands with him
whether over ssbloody chasm'' or the bottomIess
pit! His clamor for universal amnesty, and for a
total oblivion OF all the causes and consequences of
the late dreadful war; is directly in the interest of
another Southern rebellion; and should he be our
next President, as he has repeatedly proclaimed his
belief in the right OF secession if agreed upon by
controlling sectional majority there is reason for
the greatest apprehension to what may traIspire
under his administration
" lillian Lloyd Garrison, the Gamaliel of Sumner,
at whose feet lie sat, and from whom he learned all
that he knows of the relations of religion and NOR
ais to national policy GARRISON one of the few great
teachers who have shadow of selseeking resting
on their names, who was always the embodiment of
idea Sumner has bcen times and unsteadi-
ly. its fgure-head; Garrison says to his pupil:
The special point that you press upon the grateful
consideration of colorcd voters is this: |Iiorace
Greeley, from early life, earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with the colUred
and always foremost i'll the great battle of their
rights . / am SO mnch of Republican, that
/ wish to in the Presidential chair Lifetime
abolitionist. lie never denounced Shareholders
IldtNn Sc, advocated the immediate liberation
of the slaves, nor recommended direct assault on
slavery itself, dscoUntenaEced all pro-savery
compromises nor objected to slave representation
in Con gress, to the legal rendition of fugitive
slaves, connected himself with any anti-slaVery
organization nor sanctioned the abolition movement
He was a trimmer throughout the whole struggle,
notwithstanding that he and published much
that sersiceable to the cause of freedom lie
was not a Free-soiler, always Henry Clay Wing
until Republcanism supplanted the Wing and Free
soil parties. Even after the slaves were set Tree ul-
der Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancla-
tion he in favor of paying those who had robbed
them of every right and roted upon their unpayed
toll not less than S40000uoo0 Far different was the
manner III which your friend, Mr. II. r, Emmerson,
regarding this pecuniary adjustment between the
slavc-master and the slave:
s'Giye the onwcr compensation;
Fill up the bag to the brimi
Who is the owncrE The SLAVE Is onwer.
And ever ,gas! Pay H1M."
| q kno1 Ulysses S. Grant. 1t may seem to you a
! boast my part that l. a negro-that L, with fiat
| nose distendcd nostrls-shouid be an acquaintance
OF the President the Uritcd States Yes l am
And let tell you another thing; never was re-
ceived by any gentleman in the United States with
more Kindness more cordiality, may say With more
confi,ience-never felt at home in the presence
of any gentIemen-tIan 1 have in the presence OF
| Ulysses s. Grant He is good man, Il true man. a
steady man. You know what he is to-day, what he
yesterday and what he Viii be tomorrow, Tor he
does turn with every wind of doctrine, and Tor
| that reason We want him.
Frederick Douglas says of Horace Greeley: "He
has united his fortune with party based on personal
grievances and hot upon broad grounds of national
good. Personal disappontments personal envy, per
sonal resentments, personal ambitions, have united
personal opposition TO Grant and IN personal favor
| of Horace Greeley Now are utterly opposed to
this sort of personal politics. A man who abandons
party because his party has not the same sense OF
Joins another, hoping for better luck with the new
than with the old, may be courageous as well as
cunning, but it is impossible to commend such an
one for political wisdom and virtue. He acts upon
principle that what is good for him must be good
for the country and makes himself creator than the
nation, and affrms that a part is more than the
whole. He puts himself first, and the country last
He mny not ALWAYS do this consciously hut, whether
Intentionally not the thing is done and the whole
Cincinnati movement has its foundation. Its starting
point and handspring, i'll this sort of personal poll
tics They accuse General Grant of personal govern
ment, while every department of it is as independent
to-day of the Executive under any Administration
since Washington.
! And arain: $40 vote for Messrs. Greeley and
Brown would Justly invite to our heads the contemp
and scoru OF honest men. We should not only brand
ourselves poiIccal knaves, but as political ioos
merely marching to accupy position TO which We
| are invited by the Democratic party, which party
during the past forty years has existed almost eX
clusveIy TO make sure slavery and degradation
| as race,
| Hon James G. Blaine says in his letter to Senator
Sumner: tsNhen, therefore, you point out TO tnt
colored that their rights will be safe in the hand
| Oh the Democratic party, You deiude and mlsieat
them do say wiiiuly but nevertheless really
The small handful of Republicans compared with TIM
mass who with yourself and Mr. Greeley IN go
ing the Democratic party cannot leave thai
lump of political soundness even if you preserve you
own original principles. The administration of Mr.
Greeley, should he be elected would be in the Who'll
and in detail Democratic, and you would be com
PEELED to go with the current, or repent and tGrl
back when too late to mend the evil yo1 hat
done
| ssYou know very well. Mr.. Sumner. that if MI
Greeley is elected President Congress is handed
10 the control the party who have persstently de
MED the rights of the black man. WHAT course yo
will pursue towards the coored man Is OF little con
seollence after transferred the power OF tn
government TO his enemy. The colored men of thi
country are not. as a class, enlightened hn5 the
have wonderful instincts, and when they read you
letter they will know that at great crises IN thei
fate you will desert them. Charles Sumner coopers
ting with jefferson Davis is not the Charles SlInne
they have hitherto idolized, any than Horac
Greeley, cheered TO the echo in Tammany Hall.
the same Horace Greeley whom the Republicans hay
| hitherto trusted The black of this countr
will not be ungrateful for what you have done 10
them IN the past in the bitterness of their heart
will they ever forget that, heated and blinded b
personal hatred OF one man, you turned your pac
: ! on the millions for whom in the past years yo
have stood as a shield and bulwark of defense"
Prof J. NJ Langston. IN a recent speech, said: Il
American politics the question is, not what ma
used to be, but what he is Principles of justiS
| never die. AIen do change.
I IF one hampers With sin he becomes sinner
D Where is Greeley and where is Sumner? Are the
in the Republican parsyg Not so. if the negro is Il
Republican party. For Sumner is calling rs fro
some spot where he is. If he is in the Republics
party there need of calling there. There a
four political wrecks, Greeley, Sumner, Chase 81
! Andy johnson, all turning their backs on the K
L prblcan party If these 10 be active this IA
h they Will be active for the Democratic party
= Summer. IN comparing Grant and Greeley- hs
; given Greeley precedence of intellect,
r tender sensTbiiities and endowments. he did n
lar with n o vas o hy