Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-16
Horace Greeley and the Demo
Gratis.

for the Presidency, the Democratic news
papers have brought out so many excel
lent traits in the character of Mr.. Greeley.
that 1t seems strange that they had not
discovered some Of them before But
times change and men change with them.
Times was when Mr. G. could see moth
ing good in the character of man who
had been reared and educated where
slavery was tolerated-and the slave
holders, and the poor white trash" in the
South considered it crime for a Post
master to hand out copy of Greeley's
Tribune, to a regular subscriber for that
paper. Now we are told that Southern
Democrats are anxious to make Mr.. Gree
ley President. Mr.. Greeley's feelings
have evidently undergone a great change
recently. When he was a military man,
and the rebellion was in full blast, Presi-
dent Lincoln was entirely too tender
hearted to suit him. With more zeal
than discretion he denounced the mac
tivity of the administration, and by the
power he eXerted upon the readers of the
Tribune, forced the military authorities
to make unwise moves-but now his war
like spirit has left him and he is willing
to permit every body to do just as they
please, if they will unite to beat Grant
and the Democrats are willing he
should. They are even willing to helm
him, provided they have no chance of
electing a Democrat
The following from Mr.. Greeley in
fthe Tribune, was published just before the
nomination. 1t was splendid bid for
the support of Southern delegates, and
perhaps had its effect:
Certain journals speculate on the pro-
liability that the Tribune would support
this or that candidate if nominated at
Cincinnati. They have no data and no
warrant for saying that we should object
10 any OF the persons named We have
sald that, II the Convention should see fit
20 place It's candidates on platform hos
!lie 10 the Protection of Home Industry.
II Wouh thereby preclude our supporting
mem ard yet we have not SAID that they
hl9ht not wisely do what would con |
sti;sR Us Aateppose their candidates. If a |
'1naJCnty o. the American People want
Free Trade, they ought to have it, no |
matter though this or that individual he (
dlspleased fhereat In that case. candi-
dates who respond to the general aspira-
uon can &c without the support ofthis or
that newspaper. We have only URGED |
the Convection to use language that I'M
equlvocaily expresses its meaning; if that
meaning be Free Trade, let there be no
mistake and no dispute about it.
We shall in no case dissemble or dis
quallfly our conviction that protection
has strengthened and enriched our conn
try-that 1t has saved us from CONNER
cal collapse and crash consequent on the /.
close of our civil war-and that il now
gives work at good prices to hundreds of
thousands who, under free trade would be
wandering IN quest OF employment, glad
% accept half the wages they now earn.
But whether the Cincinnati Convention
shal! enable US to approve or oblige us to
condemn It's action, our resolve nevermore
10 deserve the name OF party organ will
stand.
We tried to indicate this in speechson
our return last Summer from a visit to
Texas. In that speech, we offered TO mass
receipts with the Republican party, offset
ting debt against credit and CONSIDERING
the account balanced. We annoyed many
Repu 0licans by exposing and denouncin~
the carpet bag villains which have beaned
mountains of debt and taxation upon the 4
PROSTATE, devastated South; we at the
same time offended the Democrats nv +.
Justifying the anti-Kuklux legislation of !
Congress as essential to the protection
ana security of thousands of the molten
slve and industrious Southern blacks
We praised the Northern born teachers of
Southern blacks, well knowing that
they are unpopular with large majority !;
OF the Southern whites; and we declared I
that we had, in a brief address on a steam
boat deck at Vlcksburg, ''hoped the time
would come when Americans North. as
we'll as Americans South, would feel lust
PRIDE IN the sOldierly achievements and
character Of Lee and StonewaU
jackson" All this, we knew then. as we {
know now, is inconsistent with the role of 7
an organlst, which we were irving hard
to repel and throw off Yet journalists
and other retail politicians, who have al '
ready read US out of the party at least
thrice, are from day to day doing it again
as though this were novelty. Is it not '
a waste of breath?
A party organ is regarded by its sup
porters as hired and paid by them to ]
whitewash their leaders, legislators. and
functionaries, while blackballing those of
the opposite party. 1t is not expected
in fact, is not allowed-to have any CON |
science, nor to avow convictions which
do not eonduce to its party's success. If
the organist should ever dare to have
mind OF his own, he is promptly and
cogently reminded that he is thought
with a price and must demean himself
accordingly. Party file-leaders will write
him that he is going counter to public !
sentiment"-that is, to their conception
OF what the party interest and ascendency
demand. In their view, he is a top to be
whipped into spinning, spinning ever, for ]
their advantage and dedication. What
ever the future may have in store for us.
whoever may be nominated at Cincinnati, ]
Philadelphia, or elsewhere, we have re-
solved that this journal, at least so long :
as its present editor shall conduct it, will ]
not be party organ. We shall do our best D.,
to make it good newspaper, giving all !
that happens which seems to us of gener-
al interest, and commenting thereon with ]
absolute freedom, though this should con-
strain US to praise to-day the party or the
men whom we had reason to censure YES I
terday