Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-02

OF the martyred Lincoln, with malice |
toward none and charity toward ALL" an
amnesty as broad and generous as ever ac- |
corded in any age, by any government to
defeated rebels, was extended to the South,
so that none of its leaders suffered the pen
atty attached by law to their offence. All
these things you recall and with them in
mind, may we not well wonder at the inn
pudence and effrontery of these dema-
gogues, who go about the country talking
to Intelligent people about the "heartless
despotism and tyranny" that has crushed
out the South. There have been some
wrongs inhIcted in the name of the gov
eminent, by men in temporary authority
in some sections Of the South, but such
things are inseparably connected with
reconstruction under such circumstances
as / have named. They are not fair
standard by which to judge the spirit and
motives OF the great patrioticpeople of the
North, under whom this work was carried
out. We must judge them and history will
judge them by the general and final results
of their great work. In this view L am
here to claim that it will bear the closest
scrutiny and is susceptible offull and COM
plete vindication. But / have not the
time now to do this.
You are called upon, my friends, in this
canvass TO pass judgment upon the claim
of two parties and leaders for your suff-
RACES.
WHO PRESENTS GREELEY FOR YOUR VOTES
1t is important for you to consider, my
friends, that one of the candidates before
you is presented by the Southern rebel De-
mocracy. Horace Greeley was pressed be-
fore the Baltimore and Cincinnati Conven-
tons, by the South, and his candidacy was
concession to the South. Why is this
1t is significant fact worthy of our spe-
cial attention. 1t cannot be that the South
ern Democracy prefer Horace Greeley be-
cause he favored liberal policy of recon-
struction, for every proscriptive measure Of
which they complain met his endorsement
and received his cordial support. On Au-
gust 10th, 1862, Horace Greeley said "A
thief is THETA liar 10 LARA perjurer
is perjurer, and every Southern traitor,
soho is morally responsible, is all three to-
gether." In 1861 he openly favored con-
tiscating the lands of Southern rebels and
parceling them out to the union soldiers.
This same Horace Greeley said, "But when
the rebellious traitors are overwhelmed in
the field, and scattered like leaves before an
angry wind, 1t must not be to return to
peaceful and contented homes. They must
fnd poverty at their .tireSides, and IRRIGATION
IN the anxious eyes Of mothers and the rags
of the kukluX laws charged to be tyrani-
cal and outrageous by the Southern rebels.
1t can not, therefore, be for these reasons
that Greeley is the choice of the South. 1t
cannot be that Southern Democrats favor
him because he has been fair and honor
able in his opposition to them in days gone
by. He has said that while he would not
say that every Democrat is n horse thief
he would say every horse thief is Demo-
GRAFT" Many similar affectionate senti-
ments he applied to them, so that it could
not be for this reason that the South chose
him for leader. But If we examine
Greeley's record on secession, we may find
| some reason for this seemingly unnatural
alliance. You all know that in 1901, Gree
ley openly advocated the right of a State to
| secede. Five days after JEFF. Davis was
inaugurated President of the Confederacy,
Horace Greeley said, "If the slave States
the cotton States, or the gulf States, only
choose to form an Independent Nation,
| they have the clear moral right to So and
aCe aOU do our best TO forlUdrd their VieiCs.n
In 1864, when the rebellion was about con.
quered, when our armies, under the COM
mand of the heroic, able, and never de-
spairing leader, who now presides with
such faithfulness and ability at the White
House, had driven the rebel hosts into
their last ditch, this same Horace Greeley
was over in Canada, seeking to negotiate
a peace with JEFF. Thompson upon terms
humiliating and unsatisfactory. 1t may be
these acts are what commend Horace Gree
ley to the South. If had the time, /
could read you from the speeches of ex-
rebels, words that would satisfy you that
these are the bonds that bind them togeth-
er.
THE ERA OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION.
But my friends, you are told that you
should vote for Horace Greeley, because he
would bring about a reconciliation be-
tween the North and South. Why would
he do so sooner than Grant? He has been
far more vindictive than Gen. Grant, as
/ could easily show if time would permit.
But l do not know why this is the special
| opportunity for reconciliation. The Re-
| publican party has not stood in the way of
| this peace. Gen. Grant has not prevented
| reconciliation. 1t could not come so long
| as masked outlaws outraged the laws and
| tiendishly maltreated defenceless unionists.
L have with my own eyes seen hundreds
of poor black and white loyal men and wo-
men, who bore upon their persons marks
| OF the most inhuman treatment. This was
not the way TO bring about reconciliation.
The Democratic party in Tennessee, the
| first to endorse Greeley, does not show
| any proper spirit of reconciliation. With
hardly an exception every single candi-
| date for high positions in that State, was
| a rebel and puts his claims for Office upon
| the ground of his rebellion. Generals
Brown, Cheatham, Atkins, Bright, Whit
thorne, Quarles, and Colonies and Majors
| in droves, are running for Office upon their
records in the rebel armies. Union DEM
| ocrats, who have acted with the party for
years, find that their JOYdIty to the Gov
eminent during the war, now puts them
under very serious DISABILITIES. So much