Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-09-05
PENSIONS TO REBELS.
A Direct Challenge to Mr.. Greeley.

Once more the Binghamton Re
publican returns to its direct charg-
es against Greeley of corruptly in
triguing with Democratic leaders
for their party's nomination for the
Presidency, while he was publicly
claiming to be Republican, and
obtaining subscribers for his paper
under the pretense that it was and
would continue to be a Republican
Journal. The; , Republican now
makes the charges, briefly and
pointedly, and directly to Mr.. Gree
ley, in these words; il,ai .i ,si...
The charges that you are commit
ted for pensions for rebel disabled
soldiers has never been met by you,
by denial or explanation. 1t was
not among the formal charges Of
the Binghamton Republican, which
comprised theileading and essential
facts ofiyour intrigue and conspi-
racy in the fall Of 1871 for Demo
cratic support, through which, in
part, yon were nominated for Presi-
dent at Cincinnati,and through that
prearranged support, received the
Democratic nomination at Balti-
more. The matter of rebel pen
sions appeared as one of many
proofs of the principal charge. This
journal having made special and
Thorough investigation, finds that
your failure to deny the correctness
of the rebel pension proof is be-
cause that proof, in little different
form than that in which it was first
presented, is true. Your attention
is invited to the following points,
which the Republican carefully
makes on its own account, and ir-
respective Of any other proofs:
l. That you held a correspond
ence about the Presidency for your
self, with man notedly and avow-
edly in favor Of rebel pensions.
2. That he gave his views to you
freely, in writing, in a letter in
which he proposed you should be a
candidate of the Democrats and
others against the Republican party.
3. That you acknowledged the re.
ceipt Of that letter; that you ex-
pressed yourself affirmatively and
not otherwise concerning your cor
respondents views; and in language
which, as answer to a proposition
for rebel pensions, was undeniably
an assent, and was so accepted and
regarded.
4. That subsequently you invited
that correspondent to come to New
York; that you discussed with him
the proposed compromises" with
the South on the basis of the pre-
ceding correspondence, and agreed
(then and afterward) to be the can
didate for the Presidency that you
now are. -e5- --.li..5
5. That you have said nothing, by
authorization" in the Tribune or
at Portland-and the Tribune has
said nothing, squarely-lnconsist-
ent with these statements and in
consistent with a full pledge, on
your part, for rebel pensions; but,
on the contrary, your evasions are
constructlvely and fairly considered
as pleas of guilty
6. That your advocacy of the
right of secession, your proposal
during the war to pay for the slaves
OF the South, your haste to bail the
rebel chief, your public utterance
relating to the equal honor in which
Northern and Southern soldiers
should be held, and in fine, your
late and present political associa-
tions and relations, make a public
record, in addition to your private
record, for rebel pensions, and for
other rebel indemnities.
The Republican asks for direct
answer to these charges as publish
ed; and it demands that Mr.. Gree
ley shall say. if it is true, that he is
opposed to rebel pensions. 1t is
quite willing that MIR. Greeley
should escape by present declara-
tion to that effect, if he does not at
the same time deny what is true, or
even if he deniesa little that is true;
since it desires, for the credit of our
politics, that the rebel pension issue
should be taken out of the canvass.
But the Republican gives notice
that on the main charge, of Demo
cratic intrigue, through which was
consummated the political treason
of Mr.. Greeley, he is not to be per-
mitted to escape. That charge does
in no respect depend on the rebel
pension issue; and Mr.. Greeley,
fully convicted on the original In
dictment, will be shown to be guilty.