Year: 1872

L HE proof is becoming POSITIVE tDaJ
Horace Greeley is at the head of gigan-
tic conspiracy to pay the rebel debt, pen
sion the rebel soldiers, and fasten an
enormous burden upon the tax payers of
the country. For awhile we were dis
posed to pass by these charges as the idle
exaggerations incident to political cam
paign !. but the proof has multiplied until
here hardly remains doubt that the dis
graceful bargain coDsummated at Cincin.
natl and Baltimore had this for its NOV.
ing consideration. Much surprise has
been manifested at the unanimity with
which the entire rebel element of the
South came forward to the support of
Greeley, a man whom they had all their
lives so heartily hated and despised. In
the light of these exposures the wonder
must now cease, and give place to alarm
and indignation. These corrupt negotia
tions were, and are, of course kept as
secret as possible, but enough of the mon
strous bargain has come to light to show
its aims and purposes. That Mr.. Greeley,
while in correspondence with Carmichael,
declared himself in favor of pensions to
rebel soldiers is proven by numerous aft


davits and witnesses, and if at that early
period he had become so far converted,
there can be but little doubt but that be-
fore the end of the transaction he had
embraced the whole villainous scheme
from beginning to end. In view of these
developments new light is shed upon
that plank in the Cincinnati platform
which favors pensions to soldiers of the
late war, guardedly abstaining from spec
flying whether Union or Confed-
crate soldiers are referred to. It is well
known that the prominent Democrats in
Congress hold that the United States is
bound to pay for the liberated slaves of
the South, and as Mr.. Greeley once ad-
vocated such payment, we presume that
this point was definitely settled, and the
enthusiasm of these men for him can be
explained on no other hypothesis. 1t is
true that the payment of these claims is
prohibited by the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, but the attitude
of the Democratic party toward the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments is well
known. On resolution declaring the
validity of these amendments, introduced
in the House of Representatives, every
Democrat present voted no, and when a
similar resolution came up in the Senate


we find the Democrats voting the same
way, among whom were DoolittIe and
Hendricks, bright lights and leaders now
in the Liberal organization. They have
again and again placed themselves on re
cord as declaring these amendments null
and void, and as these men are nov
pronounced by Mr.. Greeley to be no less
Democrats than they always have been,
we may be assured that their position on


his matter is unchanged. There never
was so high a reward offered for faith
lessness and treachery as this. Large
quantities of Confederate bonds are held
in Europe, and have been carefully hid
away for an auspicious moment. For
some time they were utterly worthless,
but lately they have become salable in
certain quarters, and are appreciating in
value with every indication favorable to
the election of Greeley.


There are millions of dollars of rebel
claims on file in Washington, barred and
rejected by the present rigid rules of the
Treasury; but the complaints of claim
agents now, and their boasts of what will
be done if there is a change of Admins
| tration, show that these claimants and
| their attorneys have received assurances
that in such an event these demands shall
be paid. We warn the people of the coun-
try against this deep-laid conspiracy.


Three thousand millions of dollars are at
stake, and no efforts will be spared to ac-
| complish the end. The success of the
scheme means the enriching of the lead
ers of the coalition, and the financial
bankruptcy and ruin of the nation. We
beg no Republican to be deceived by the
| previous opinions of Mr.. Greeley. The
mans corrupt bargaining with Democratic
| politicians is proven. His advocacy of
the payment of pensions to rebel soldiers
is fastened upon him. His guilt can be
no greater when the whole iniquity is ex-
posed, for the essential traits of treachery
and fraud are already branded upon him.
We cannot prevent this scandal to Amer


ican politics, but we can prevent its rising
into the dignity of a consummated crime,
and to this purpose let every patriotic cit.


izen devote himself Chicago Inter- Ocean,