Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-05-16
FROM OUR WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENT.
May 11th, 1872

May 11th, 1872.
REPUBLICAN SIR Since last
wrote you, little Of extraordinary
note has transpired at the nations
capital. The political Cripples"
have brought on crop of investi-
cations which have in every case re-
suited glorio usly for Grant and his
friends and most disastrously to the
Cripples. They have had their
"Cripples" convention and putting
Greeley only on crutches has left
them limping worse than ever. Their
great defense at the end of every re-
view of Greeley is "Well, he did it
in honest simplicity" Do we want
any old "honest simplicity" blunder-
ing through four years Of hazard
Gus excentric experiments that will
keep US ever excusing on the ground
of "honest simplicity ?" IT'S said
he bailed jeff Davis, when the truth
is. he bailed Treason as an excen-
trio lid for notoriety.
1t would be in keeping with his
character, and should surprise no
one, if, when made President, he
should open wide every prison door
in the Union over which he had con-
troll, and turn loose upon us the sew
enty-three Ku Klux now in the pen
itentiary with forgers, post office
robbers, counterfeiters and every
other villain subject to his pardon,
all done in "honest simplicity" of
course. But his chances for doing
mischief in this capacity are about
as good as his chances of getting
rich ON his farm by planting dried
apples in a snow bank.
Ihose seeking office, or the con.
troll OF patronage felt, and naturally
ieit, under their failure, that they
had no hopes for four years more un
less there could be brought about a
change in the Presidency and no
change could be worse for them, so
they went into an office seekers or
Political Cripples' convention, or, to
use another fl cure, which l am not
supposed to understand myself, those
who had no trumps could be no
worse off under a new deal. Well,
they have had their new deal and
Trumbulrs new hand is a beauty!
How many tricks does he show !?
This last of the Magdalen Seven
who went over to "Andy" in the
most critical hour of the nations
history, three, Fowler, Henderson
and Ross, the beople have silenced,
and, three Grimes, Van Wrinkle and
Fessenden the sexton has laid to ST.
lence. Trumbull alone remains for
the people to throw aside, and his
last chance for political life went out
at Cincinnati.
A very good legislator, when not
unduly influenced, close student of
law, yet as technical as Buchanan
himself, and no doubt had lie been
President when Buchanan was, he
would have looked in vain for a
clause in the constitution that defin-
ately forbid Jeff Davis from destroy
ing the country, and failing to find
it, he, like Buchanan would have
seen no way to save the country
without violating the constitution,
and: :the constitution was plainly of
the most value. He would have
joined the ''honest simple Greely'' IN
the cry of "Wayward Sisters De
part in Peace" i
The day has gone by when any
one man can carry the people in any
direction till they have argued the
whole thing over tor themselves
Andy johnson with the Govern
ment patronage in his hands and
most unscrupulously used too,
scarcely carried corporals gard of
Republicans over to the Democracy,
and Greeley, while he has been win
ming the unbounded confidence of
his steady readers, has been educat-
ing them too. up to independent
thought and close scrutiny till they
have become quite too intelligent to
be led from Republicanism to mod
eTn rebel Democracy. Greater men
than Greeley have been deserted in
a day by millions of almost wor-
shippers. Seward, for instance,
when he clung to Andy, lost mil
lions in day. The People are free
when they become readers and are
then all leaders. and Greeley Trum-
bull, Schurz, Chase, Upton &c Co,
will find their followers few as they
pass over into the Democratic camp.
Greeley is not going to be blindly
followed by old admirers and were
he to run against Grant and they
alone, he would lose more Demo
Gratis than he would gain Repnbli.
cans. AS between Grant and Gree
ly hosts of Democrats would choose
Grant. But he will not run alone.
The Democrats will not tonch him
on the 9th of July and the cense-
quence will be Greeley will more eff
fectually divide the Democratic par
ty than the Republican party. Gree
ley can't hatch chickens out of glass
eggs.
N. A.