Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-22
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
His Opinion of Sumner, Greeley
and Grant.

iof Mr.. Summers. / think every loyaI
men, and especially every colored man,
should vote for Gen. Grant, and thai
the nation and your race are safe only
in the hands of the old regular Repub-
lican party. Some may ask how ]
come to think thus when / was one oi
the few loyal men who protested In
1868 against Grants nomination, and
seeing that l have SO often affirmed that
the Republican party had outlived its
usefulness. Gentlemen, the reasons
which led me to my present opinion,
in spite Of my former views, ought to
give my judgment more weight with
you. lam forced by late Developments
to my present position. You remember
that in 1868 emphatically denied Gen.
Grants fitness for the Presidency. De
rided by the Republican press, went
from city 10 city protesting against his
election. In private with Mr.. Sumner
and Others I argued long and earnestly
against the risk Of putting such man
into such an Office. At that time they
saw only his great merits and support
ed him heartily.
THE DEFECTS OF HIS IsADMINIsTRATION
are no surprise to me. may say with
out boasting that / prophesied those
defects. / do not wish to hide them
to-day. I entirely agree with Mr..
Sumner as to the grave fault and intol-
cradle insolence of the administration
in the st. Domingo matter. 1 think
the frequent putting of relatives into
Office highly Objectionable, and the sad
career of Webster is warning enough
rro frrof In.
ing to accept gifts from living men.
These and other defects are no surprise
to me.
GEN. GRANTS MERITS.
The eminent merits of General
Grants administration, are, / confess,
a surprise to me. His truly original,
statesmanlike and Chriitian policy to-
ward the 1ndions is admirable, and,
standing alone, Is enough to mark him
as statesman. His patience amid in
Vulnerable difficulties in our foreign
relations is wonderful In one bred a
soldier. The aid the administration
has given to the industrial and finan-
cial prosperity of the country is q great
merit. General Grants prompt inter-
ference for justice to wOrkingmen. in
defiance of those about him, relative to
the execution of the eight hour law,
shall always remember. The crime of
the Republican party in tolerating the
Ku-Klux is fragrant, but the President
and his immediate friends deserve our
| gratitude for their efforts and success In
that matter. His services to the Fif-
teenth amendment I shallnever ferget.
When some even ofthe foremost abOli-
tiOnists doubted and were lukewarm,
l wrote to Senator Wilson asking him
to urge General Grant to put three lines
in his first message coRamending that
measure to Congress and the country.
The answer came back: "You are too
late. General Grants message was
| finished before your note arrived, and
the recommendation you wish is in it. "
HIS OPINION OF GREELEY's SOUTHERN
FRIENDS.
Theirs is not q case of deIusion,
THEY ARE HYPOcRITEs, NOT DUPEs;
they know we'll the plot, and for the
sake OF Office they are willing to helm IL
and risk the consequences. They know
that Mr.. Greeiey's election means the
neg 70 surrendered to the pale of the
Southern States, with no interferenee
from the nation In his behalf; that II
means the constitutional amendments
neutraiized by q copperhead Congress,
our debt tampered with and our bonds
falling twenty per cent in every mar
ket. The Democratic millionaire who
is willing to risk this has already
"hedged;" he holds millions of Confed-
crate bonds, and is plotting to make on
them more than enough to pay four
times over all he loses on the national
securities, and then safely laugh the
small bondholders he has duped.
GREELEY's CoPPERHEAD ALLIES.
Observe that count as Mr.. Greeiey's
allies only the copperheads of the
Democratic party. It is too loose talk
10 say he has joined the Democrats.
Such statement would be an insult to
the Democracy. The exact truth is, he
has joined the copperhead ring of the
Democracy-its worst element. They
are his reliance. I know some honest
war Democrats wish to change their
base and accept heartily the result of
the war. Honor to them; but their
place is not with Greeley, but with
Grant. They fought at bis side; there
they should stand to-day. / know it is
hard to confess mistakes, but practice
what / preach. If General Grant is set
aside who is offered to us in his place?
HORACE GREELEY.
/ need not tell you, my friends, what
Horace Greeley is. We abolitinists
knew him only too well. In the weary
years of our struggle he had enough Of
clear moral vision to see the Justice of
our cause, but he never had courage
he never would have had princinie
enough to risk anything for an idea.
A trimmer by nature and purpose, he
has abused even an American poIiti-
clans privilege of trading principles
for success. But for lack Of ability he
would have been the chief time-seryer
of his age. 1never knew till now anyl
of his eulogists so needless and indis-
eliminating as ever to claim that he
was a sincere man. As for his honesty,
for twenty years it has been q by-wOrd
with US that it would be safe to leave
your open purse In the same room with
him, but as for any other honesty no
one was ever wit:ess enough to connect
the idea with his name.
LIFT Mr.. GREELEY INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE
they will claim, and 1t Is now under.
stood that they shall have, their full
share Of shaping the policy and filling
the Offices of the administration. They
are no bunglers, but shrewd at bar
gain and sure to get good security for a
promise. The cornerstone Of their pol-
Icy is to repudiate our debt or assume
their own. We shall surely hear that
advocated. We shall probably
SEE JEFFERSON DAVIS IN THE SENATE,
and certainly have his agents In the
Cabinet. No doubt that he will be con-
suited in the construction Of the Cabinet.
This Is to put in peri, ali the war has
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