Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-11
WHEN Greeley Ran for President.

NV did as much as any other man
living 10 abolish slavery. IL Is
e-,,. .ruo that he would have put an enc
y r. civl war and saved the country
,..,-s-.ss az thousands OF dollars as well
= ....,-,,,-. Hives. Whatever he did on the
1,.sar lines was all brought forward -
snfurfate the northern people esa,'is' -
when he ran for president IN INC
ISL. His nomination by the Denl 'oS,aI
vas called another secession 0OliSi i''
c." -,.-,... nan
Mr. Greeley was a states rights man
and on February =. 1851. just AFTER the IN
aueuratfon OF Jefferson Davis as presloel'
~ the Confederacy. the following apPel
a as an editorial in The New YORK AriO-
une: 800
1--WE have repeatedly said. and we once
more insist that the great principle en-,
hodied BY jefferson in the deeiara1lon y.
Amarican Independence. that governments
49, ttefr lust powers from the consent
~ the governed. Is sound ana just, al
FRAT II the slave states. the cotton So. -.
-, -tha s7ilf states only. chose 70 form an
grdependent nation, they have Q &C., -,s
and moral right 10 do So We naSe se -.
ana stiu maintain that proNl1soa 80 80
60 states have fully and dehniteiy naue
~, fheir minds TO go by themselves. there
Il 70 need OF fighting about IT, Tor they
-. ,,,I,r 70 exercise reasonable pauence
erd thew win be let OF in peace ana 5000
VII. whenever IL shall be clear tna' elle
great body OF the southern people are 80 ~,
~ilsfvely alienated from the union. anu
s,~so,5z 70 escape from IT we viii DO our
hest TO forward their views
ss,,rh a declaration OF principles, so easi-
" discovered in AEr. Greeley's own news
raper made him a target Tor the iInpe
rfalists IL the United States VINO "erS
shen and are now ready for conquest anu
go Capitalization and tyranny. they rose
40 the height OF the argument wneh ne
h.caroe a candidate for the presidency IN
~ and the issues OF that campaign. Win
Its abuse and misrepresentation, broke M.
Csreelev's heart and he died In the MIDST
Of the turmoil. -,,a-
r1,ar~ed Mr.. Greeley with aiding and aoet-
ffnr-fhe secessionfsts. Should ne De eject
81 their president they declared that ne
urould IN such event disrupt the union,
after the Federal armies had conquered
the south -.
ii a correspoudence which took place In
fss4 where c. c. Clay. Jr., and James
HoIcounhe Cvho believe was from Rich-
fnond. vaL) invited certain northern men
70 20 over into Canada and "intercnanse
opinions upon the condition OF the coun-
aattlennent between the north and south
II A. interesting TO note the persons who
1rara thus invited In q letter TO Secreta-
~ OF State Judah p Benjamin, written
on November Is 1851. by James T. hol-
combe. we find these names; governor
BENJAMIN Wood. Of same state: Mr.. Buck
alev. Judge Black and Mr.. Van Dyke. OF
Pennsvlvaufa.- Mclean of Cincinnati En-
n,rfrar. Weller. OF California: Judge Bull
lit. OF Kentucky. and Colonel Walker
OF Indiana
ders and Mr.. Clay were active In getting
confederate Statesmen TO meet such per-
SIMS IN Canada IAN the Democratic
nresses in the north) denounce Mr.. LIN
coins manifesto in strong terms ana
many Republican presses (among them
The New York Tribune), admit II was
= blunder Mr.. Greeley has been angered
and fncensed By IL. as his articles clearly
show I an told by those who profess TO
have heard his private expressions or
opinion and feeling that he curses all fools
IN high places. and regards himself as de-
ceIved and maltreated by the aoministra-
fion"- So wrote Mr.. Clay TO Secretary
BENJAMIN on August II. 1854. and this let
ter with another from Holcombe was
r,rinted and strewn broadcast all over the
United States. We had people here In
Georgia that flung all sorts OF abuse on
GrWrEtnWE electoral NEhEA - AGAAEA AAAAA
Atlanta. dated July 15. 1872. holds up the
Democratic ticket in perfect scorn. II was
written 70 The Washington Chronicle, the
Grant organ. and thus handles the Geor-
gia delegates;
sAt Iarge-wflTam 7. wafford. a brig
adler general IN the Confederate army,
who a IS said had a hand In the burning
OF Chambersburg Pa: Henry L. Ben
ming. br1gadier general In the Confederate
army: Washington Poe. citizen during
the war; Julian Hartridge, Confederate
congressman
District Delegates-H. g. Turner, cap
tain IN the Confederate army: R. N Ely,
major IN the Confederate army; W. ].
Hudson. unseated from the legislature OF
GEORGIA. $50. because OF ineligibility I'M
der the fifteenth amendment: ]. NJ. Pace,
captain and staff officer in the Confeder-
ate army: J. n. Dorsey, colonel in the
Confederate army. E d. Graham, grand
giant OF the Ku Klux I'm Dade county,
Georgia This fact was sworn to In the
limited States commissioners court in At
lauta.. December Is. 1871. by John McKaig.
who said he was grand cyclops and era
ham was grand giant Graham was pres
ent and Gid not deny II. Greeley's ticket
IN Georgia opens with a town burner
and closes with q Ku Klux." This article
was signed &C.
Imagine the howl that greeted poor Mr..
Greeley when the Georgia ticket was flung
al MIN Ul the moving DtEhASlAro u the
oppositioni The gang uptOed In their IN
dignation!
Georgia had ten electoral votes in 1872.
and Democratic majority Of nearly q 600
50 the defeat did not bother Georgia very
much. but IL bothered poor Mr. Greeley,
literally down 20 death. II was inexpressi-
bly, sad 20 him
Now when Mr.. Secretary Whitney tells
the Democrats in this good year. 1872.
(thirty years since Horace Greeley ran
for PRESIDENT. that the Democratic party
has neither an Issue or man." I'd Ike
for somebody 20 tell me. how far advanc-
ed has the party shown itself since 1872.
when AR Greeley was showed under by
ballots and even into the cemetery
Il reminds me OF that famous arithmeti-
cal puzzle where the toad IN a vel;
climbed che foot by hard work in day
time and fell back two feet after dark. IL
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