Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-15
I'VE WANT CERTAINTY

FRED. DOUGLASS Oh GRANT AND GREELEy
The following i an extract from the re-
cent speech OF Mr.. Frederick Douglass in
Richmond:
Now. | did MOI come hloD. q. f>,ys,f.
can can man hDaVc and a fool. or a
mean, miserable wretcn, and all that SORT
OF thih@, IL want TO. but that don't prove
ANYTHING should like right well to be-
able 10 vote Tor Horace Greeley. 1 should
like 10 do il on the score that he is a wort.
ing man. and on the score thar Ia, i. al,
editor. brother with lIe. | should M.
10 vote Tor Horace Greeley il | only knew
which Greeley my vote would elect. Eu,
there l. just where the trouble i with mo
lie l. many sided man. There hay. h,.,
good many Horace Greeleys louknow
When cough presented himself at the door
OF the Tabernacle OF New York. he .,id IN
the doorheeper: Let me in: am Gonnh
IN be id if do said the doorkerSrr
there are no less than seven Coughs CON.
III mere already. There have been great
many Horace Greeleys in my time.
knew one once who used to say r.d-ho,
things against slavery. liked than man
tapltal man he was. Ii my voice would
elect that Horace Greeley. and WINS .ur,.
he would stay put. why. 1 would vol. f,r
HIM. But there i just the trouble. Gen
tiemen. In voting Tor Horace Greeley. we
don know which Greeley We are IRVINE, IN
eiect-"hether 1t Is the Greeley OF thirty
years ago, OF twenty years ago. or of ten
years ago, IN the van of the Republican
party. or the Greeley of to-day. AT th,
head of the Democratic party.
Now, my friends, | viii be short
hat the south wants. what virginia
wants, what the whole country want. m
this Time above all things. after this terri
oie teh years oil commotion and suffering.
Is quiet and repose, by which all the oil
wounds in the body polite shall be healed
ana the nation come INTO one homogeneous
Whole. mat Is what we want. We want
that above all things. You and | know
as Well rs we know anything. that there
can De no response. no security withou,
certainty. My objC ction TO Mr.. Greeley il
mat he Is an uncertain man thai he is n va.
cIilatlhS man: that he Is AT the present mo-
inent IN doubtful company. to say the least.
Any uncertainty and doubt at the head of
our affairs cannot be other than Gisastrous
10 the highest Interests of this country
what we want at the helm is a clear head
ana firm and steady hand, and these we
nave III Ulysses 5. Grant. We want GER
.aiiity: we 10 not want a candidate that
Is I, neither hsii, flesh, or fowl. l object to
MI. Gree!ey on the ground that he is am.
H. "
ing on neither land or water. neither :,
Republican nor Democrat; neither a pro-
tectionlst nor free trader: i'm favor of
IehtraiiZatlon and against 1t: in favor of
hu-hlux laws and against them; opposed
10 1aininany and with it. Well. / said I
was not going to say any harsh THINGS
ABOUT MIN, but let me tell you. nv fellow
citizens, speaking as a colored man,
regard The election of Horace Greeley as
as one Of the most calamitous events that
could possibly befall this republic.
w nat we want, l repeat, is certainty,-
We know Ulysses S. Grant. we know
Henry Wllson-a straight line. no sinuosity
no double dealing, no divided voice. no
uhce1ain sound to their trumpet. Ulysses
). Grant is friendly to all classes. The
worst enemies that he has cannot accnse
him OF malice. He did not approach Gen |
eral Lee with hautiness nor with malace.
Ihey had met and disputed on a great i
principe. The principle was decided in i
uraht favor: he bore himself meeklv.
ne bore himself in manly way. and to,
day cherishes as affectionate feelings to
ward the people of the South as towards
any other people in the whole country.
know the man. like a man in the Presi-
aehtlal chair and the man that sits next TO
MIN such as the poor people of my own
race, as well as poor people of every other
race can approach, and approach easilv.-
laik about military rings and inaccessi-
oiilty; 1t is false every word of it. Cen
'rai Grant, next to Abraham Lincoln and
harles Sumner. Is about the easiest man
o approach, holding high public place in
his country. that have ever known. The
lumblest man may approach him. and in
rs presence will bel put thorou yhly at ease.
Is goou 10 nave such man down there
y ashihgton, at the head of this nation.
bis democratic nation, this nation which
las at last settled down upon the broad
r1nclples OF the Declaration of Independ-
nee, that all men--all men. not a part NJ
hem-are created equal. / say it is good
have man of that Sort