The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-18
THE JOURNAL.
SAYINGS OF HONEST HORACE

ITO smoke is q Democratic virtue; to chew
il that virtue intensified; to drink rum Is that
virtue in the superlative. Horace Greeley.
"a purely selfish interest attaches the lewd,
ruf6aniv, criminal, and dangerous classes 70
the Democratic party."-HOTaee Greeley.
81 venture to suggest that General Grant
will be far better qualified tor that momentous
trust in 1872 than ne was in lS68."-HoTace
Greeley.
s.If there were not q newspaper nor q COM
mon school in the country, the DEMOCRATIC
party would be Tar stronger than-1t ls."-H0r-
Gce Greeley.
s.The essential articles of the Democratic
creed Tarel "love rum and hate nlggers." Ihe
less one learns and knows, the more certain he
is to vote the regular ticket tron a to Lizard. !"
-HorGce Greeley.
..Tbe people OF the United States know Gen
sral Grant-have known all about him since
Donelson and Vicksburg; they do not know
his slanderers, and do not care 70 know them"
Horace Greeley.
ave thereupon asked our contemporary to
state frankly whether the pugihsts, blacklegs,
sbieves, burglars, keepers OF dens Of prost1tu-
tion, SC, SC, were not almost unanimously
Democrats."- Horace Greeley.
4Richmond would not come to us until we
sent Grant after it, and then 1t had to come.
He has never yet been defeated, and never
Iii be. he will be as great and sue
eessfuI on the field Of politics as on that OF
arms.D-HoTacs Greeley.
..When the rebellious traitors are over
1yhelu1ed in the field, and scattered Like leaves
before an augry wind, 1t must not pe TO return
- peaceful and contended homes. They must
;,,6 noverty at their fresldes, and the priva-
ron In the anxlons eyes Of mothers and the
raps OF fchiIdren."-HOTdce Greeley, Tribune,
Nor. 2e, 1851.
"a Democratic national triumph means
restoration to power of those VINO deserted
tSeir seats in Congress and their places under
the last Democratic President TO plunge the
country into the Red Sea Of secession land
rebellion. Though you paint an inch thick, to
tb1s eonplexion YOU must ccme at last The
b-aiD the heart. the soul of the Present Dem
,ocratie party Is the rebel element at the South,
with its Northern allies and sympathizers." p
Horace Greeley.
81 hold our Government bound by its duty
of protecting our citizens In their fundamental
-;g1ts TO pass and enforce laws for the extir-
nation of the execrable Ku-Kl1x conspiracy;
and If it has not the power to do it, then say
oDr Government Is no Government, but a
sham. therefore on every proper occasion
advocated and justified the Ku-klux act. 1
hold # especially desirable Tor the South; and
r # does not prove strong enough to effect its
purpose, 1 hope it will be made stronger and
stronger" r."-1 Tribune, 1871.
~SYes; Gen. Grant has failed to gratify some
eaqer aspirations, and has thereby incurred
some intense hatreds. These not and will not
ftir and his Administration viii prove at least
cguaIly vital. We shall hear lamentation an
er lamentation over his failures trom those
whose wish is father to the thought; but the
American people let them pass unheeded-
T,bsir strong arm bOre him triumphRntly
tbrnnoh the war and into the White House.
and thew still uphold and sustain him; they
-s1-sr iailed and never VIII. l.-Hordes Greeley.