Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-18
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
cxEELxY AND rILDEN-A CON.
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Four years ago the lamsnssd Horace
Greeley. no Who was known al over the
country a. the good old man." ran
against UlyssssS =. Grant, ~ . candidate
for President Of the United statss. MI.
Greeley had been = Republican al his
life, but an overwssning ambition nnal-
IN got the better Of his Judgment. and
hs accepted the nomination Of the Dem
ocraiic party. lie accepted heir plat
form. and .oismnly pledged himself. IL
elected, to administer the Government
in strict accordance with its principles
When hs made that pledge. hsmsans to
ksepit. No man ever accused Mr.. Greeley
Of dishonesty. His old and tried friends
looked ON with gsnrins sorrow at The
philosophers detection. but they real
izsd the fact that there WAS no retrscing
his footsteps; and 40 Greeley dropped
suddenly from his high estate and be-
came branded as q political renegade.
He suffered terribly for his detection.
Horace Greeley honestly believed thai
his party hal become corrupt, and was
earnest in his devotion to the cause OF
"rsform." However much mistaken hs
may have been. he was sincere In his BE-
lief that the necessary Z" reform" could
10 brought about by a strict adherence
to the principles snunciaisd by the Dem
o~eratic convention. But he was far too
true a patriot to go beyond those prin-
ciplss and yield up the gocdo his eoun'
try to the demands OF the ex-Confsdsr-
ates OF the South. He was visited at
his farm % chappaqua BY . delegation
OF Southern " statesmen" They came
10 sound" him. He allowed them to
sound his trees with the woodman's
azs. gave them a good old-iashioned
wood-choppins matinee. and . lunch
under the broad-spreading branches OF
his trees. And that was all. They left
Chappsqua ~ they came. without .
single pledge from the old man 10 do
anything more than their platform
called for.
What was the RESULT Simply that
Horace Greeley was the worst beaten
Democratic candidate on record. He
was too pure . man, too true q patriot.
TO suit the ~''chivalry' Of the South. He
believed in the validity Of the amend
msnts to the Constitution; no believed
that q negro citizens rights were On
titled to tho same protsctian by the Gov
eminent as Q white mans. He was n
man not to be .wayed from his sense Of
duty by the msniPuiations Of politicians.
That was not the kind OF . man
whom Democrats desire for President.
And 40 poor Greeley came out Of the
eight with but six States behind him.
having carried but five Of the Southern
States. and these by the smallest Dem
ocratic majorities ON record.
The contrast between the situation In
1872 and 1876 In eminently suggestive.
Tho entire South. with the exception.
perhaps. Of one or two States which arc
classsd a. doubtful. 10 now standing
soiidly for Samuel J. Tildsn. Why Is
1, that the men who would not support
Greeley. q man against whose ehsracts
= word was never uttered. are now 90
enthusiastic for the election Of swim
dler and n perjurerf The answer will
spring TO the lips Of every reader. II Ia
because Sam Tild.n sympathizsd with
and aided them 80 far ~ ID was In his
power during the rebellion; because he
declared that the war ON the part Of the
North WAS an unholy n and should
cease: and they nov believe that II
elected President he will do his utmostr
to reform" tho results OF that war In
such o mAnner that the fruits Of victory
shall 10 Loaf To US. And the probability
is that they have good reason for the
faith that Is in them. Samuel j. Tilden
IN indeed a worthy candidate OF the
Southern ''chivalry:'' Of the men who
would not support Greeley because he
WAS bonest. hut who will rally around a
self.confessed thief anj perjurer. be-
cause they know him to DO II traitor at
heart.
rug PRIMARIES ro-MoKnow.