The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-04
Speech of Attorney General Will
liams, at Philadelphia.
The Chasm Between Democrats and the
POst0illces and Custom Houses.
Greeley's Statcsmanship Analysed
His Financial Vagaries- Able
Review of tho Issues of the
Campaign.

tons, but great )litical organizations, like
the Republican aud Democratic parties, do not
for light and transient causes change their
principles, policies and tendencies.
THE CHANGED DEMOCRACY.
What are we to understand by the nomina-
ton of Horace Greeley at Baltimore? Are we
to suppose that the Democratic party has
abandoned those principles, theories ana
opinions for which II has 30 long contended,
or are we to believe that Horace Greeley, by
accepting that nomination, has given the lie
to all the professions of long political lie
Political organizations have sprung up from
time to time during our history, but they nave
all had, or professed TO have, some new and
distinct ground upon which TO stand. Such
were the Anti-Masonlc, Antl-Slayery ana
Know Nothing parties. But this new-fangled
combination with Greeley at its head does
not pretend 10 anything not common 10 other
parties, but is formed, as it Is said, to correct
some evil practices in the administration OF
the Government. Take from the Cincinnati
and Baltimore platforms what has been adopt
ed and advocated by the Republican party,
and nothing remains but some implied CEN
sures upon the Administration Of President
Grant and commonplace claims to superior
virtue with an expression in favor OF one
term for the Presidency. Stripped OF all Its
high-sounding pretensions, this coalition is
made by q faction of sore-headed Republicans
with the Anything -to-beat-Grant' Democrats
to divide among themselves the sway OF power
THE SENATORIAL oABAL.
Look at the Senatorial leaders in this bolt.
Charles Sumner has made great speech
against Grant, Does he accuse the President
OF any infidelity to the Republican party?
Does he claim that any new departure is neces-
sary for the sake OF principle? Nothing of
the kind. He gathers up, with groveling care,
the filth that venal newspapers and pot-house
politicians Of the Democratic party have void
ed upon the President aud decking 1t with the
flowers of his rhetoric, pours 1t from his place
in the Senate into the ears OF surprised and
sorrowful people. Personal malice prompts
and pervades II all.
Senator Trumbull frets and scolds about
civil service reform, Capitalization, and the
way in which secretary Boutwell, manages the
affairs of the Treasury.
Carl Schurz wraps himself in the mantle of
self-rig hteousncss, and loftily disdans to as
sociate with the vile and ignobe creatures who
support the regular nominations of the Re-
publican party. L have been wondering for a
year or two how the people of the United
States managed to get on as well as they did
before Providence raised up this immaculate
parsonage to govern and direct our affairs
Upton is apreacher turned into politician,
and seems to fight Grant, to use Western
expression, from "pure cussedness."
THEIR FOLLOWING.
Who are the followers of these men? Ex-
captions there may be, but they are generally
those who have some personal grievance.
Some of them have wanted nominations or
elections by the Republican party which they
have not obtained. Some have been turned
out of Office by the President, or have asked
him for appointments which they did not get,
and others have had their claims for one thing
or another rejected but to this sore-headed
crowd is to be added the worn-out, played
out, spewed-out politicians that Greeley's
nomination has resurrected from their politi-
cal graves.
HOW GREELEY WAS NOMINATED.
Considerable effort is made to make it APP
pear that the coalition, with Greeley at its
head, has been produced by some sudden out.
break of popular feeling in defiance of party
lines and party considerations, when the fact
lis there never was a nomination for the
Presidency in the United States about which
there was so much wire-pulling and trading al
about the nomination of Horace Greeley
When the Cincinnati Convention assembled
the thoughts of the people were turned tC
Adams, Davis and Trumbul one of whom i
WAS generally believed would be the candidate
But the friends of Greeley and Brown TRADED
the supporters Of Adams and Davis out O
their boots, and Horace Greeley appeared
like Jack-in-the-box to the disappointment
modification and disgust OF the chief pro
jectors Of the Cinci matt movement, and i
was said that Carl Schurz, the President o
the convention, so bitterly disappointed
that the lachrymal fluid from his ever-watch
full eyes flowed down his cheeks, furrowed wit
the great care of saving the Republic from
the clutches of Ulysses s. Grant.
THE SALE AT BALTIMORE.
Go, then, to Baltimore. When that conven
ton assembled the question was whethe
Greeley should be Endorsed, or regularly nom
mated Some argued that if he was ndorsed
more OF the silly and weak flies of the Repub
lican party could be drawn into the Democrat
lie spider-web. But a majority we're of tn
hat ha arix- 49, 4
the Democratic masses were 30 held by til
shackles of party that they would be boun
to give to him their support. Ground, say
was taken there that the rank and file of til
Democratic party were so 'enslaved that
though they might losths and hate the nomi
nee Of the convention, they would be com
PEELED to give to him their votes. Republi
cans, 1t was supposed, might bolt the nomine
OF the regular convention of the party thong
tried and true man who represented thei
principles was taken; but the Democrats,
was claimed, would not bolt the nominatio
at Baltimore, though the candidate taken wa
an inveterate enemy to their party an
principles.
THE TRICK AND DICKER BUSINESS.
All this trick and decker business shows
shameless abandonment of principle a braze
disregard of consistency, and false-hearte
and hypocritical alliance, without parallel
our history; and say, il Horace Greeley
elected under such circumstances, il will
more than anything that has hspl ened to d.
moralize and debsuch the public consciepC
and the country, and make people think tn;
trckery and chicanery and trade are all the
is of politics, and that the talk about polite
principles is deception and fraud.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BUaBEAR.
One of the numerous accusations brougl
against the Republican party at this time
that favors the Capitalization of power
the General Government. Let us, for Oh
moment, analyze this clamor about centralz
ton, and see what ideas it involves. Do Il
enemies of the Republican party mean to 81
that the constitutional amendments extel
the jurisdiction of the General Govemmer
and correspondingly reduce the jurisdiction
the States This is undoubtedly so. Th
was the object for which the constitution
amendments were passed. To establish &
supremacy of the Union, and to provide Ii
erty and suffrage and other rights, and TO III
tect citizens everywhere i'm their epjoymer
was the end TO be accomplished by the
amendments. Can the supporters of Hora
Greeley now object TO the centralizing tende
cies OF these new constitutional provisio
when both of the platforms upon which tn
stand commit them fully to their advocacy al
support. Do the enemies Of the Republic
to hat tIxy AZ. l..