The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-06
A High Tribute.
Archbishop Purcell on the Nomination of
Horace Greeley.

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The nomination of Horace Greeley
to the Presidency by the Cincinnati
Convention, in spite of the political
man9uyers to bestow that honor upon
some ambitious aspirant less worthy,
more plant and more easily managed,
is a strong indication of more heal
thy change in the political life of the
nation. The bare nomination, even
if it be not followed by an election of
the chosen candidates, will strike all
who watched the plans and plottings
of sectional cliques to force their faV-
orites for selfish purposes upon the
people as not only staggering re-
buke to political ,jobbery, the great
curse OF the country, but cheering
sign that: the reactionary movement
against political corruption and dis
grace will have victorious force and
influence.
1t is rumOred that the German vote
will be withdrawn from him on ac-
count OF his views on the temperance
question. We do not credit this. AS
a body we think the Germans are too
sensible, and are too deeply interested
i'll the prosperity of this country to be
led astray By empty howlings of the
Grant party on matter of minor, or
rather of no Importance in this pOliti-
cal contest. If they submit to the So
phistry of the corruptionists, which is
already making itself heard and ap-
peallng to them for Endorsement. they
will be guilty of the greatest folly they
could possibly commit. If defeat
comes, the guilt will be justly charged
to them, and it will be at their doors.
Equally foolish and calamitous will be
any separate action of the Democratic
party. The only wise course open to
it will be to unite under the leader
ship of Greeley i'll relieving the coun-
try from the horrors of Il repetition of
four years misrule. There are strong
signs ON the political horizon, daily
growing more clear and distinct, that
the coalition will be cemented. Such
an event will at once dispel all fear of
defeat and give us political redemp-
ton.
On no tenable grounds can those
who sincerely desire reform refuse to
support the man who during the
course of a long life has shown, even
in the errors Of his Judgment upon
some issues, constant enthusiastic
and disinterested devotion to the well
fare OF the whole country. By indus |
try, trutllfulness and loyalty to prin-
ciple, that no selfish interest has ever
been able to shake, he has risen from
obscurity to honorable fame. He has
never espOused cause which had |
nothing to recommend it but the
pressure of IL false public opinion; and |
he has never refused to champion q
movement that he believed would be
beneficial to society, because the po-
iltlcill party to which he was attached |
opposed it. He has never worn the |
collar of political slavery to enrich
himself or secure office. Rather he |
has cast away the brightest prospect |
of preferment, and estranged himself
from those who would have conferred |
hOnors upon him, because he indig- |
nantly refused to purchase them at |
the expense of his integrity. He has
always been the open-handed and |
free-tOngued friend of the emigrant, |
and the outspoken enemy of every in
stitution Incompatible with the widest
civil and political liberty.
1t will be refreshing change when
honesty, sobriety and old-fashioned
simplicity expel bribery, |
and awkward, uncouth
mimicry of royal dignity from Il Pres
idential mansion. This change hangs
upon the fusion of the best elements
of all parties to elect Horace Greeley.
Catholic IeEe1ruDh.