Year: 1872

rush Cincinnati-wise has already
taken place and subsidized. Neither
curiosity nor the love of experiment
will cause them to rush to Messrs.
Greeley and Brown. They know
Mr.. Greeley, at least, and have
taken his measure with creditable
accuracy. For the good that he
has done the country will kindly
remember him. Far be it from us
to underrate him. In this fight we
welcome to our hands no poisonous
weapons of personal detraction.
We only say here, what must be
conceded, that while Horace Gree
ley could have been elevated to any
position in this country for which
the grand old Republican party,
which he did SO much to organize,
might have nominated him, he is
no political power outside of that
party. 1t is really sad to see such
a man led astray, at his time of life,
by such willy tricksters as Frank
Blair and Carl Schurz, but com
passion does not rally supporters
in politics. Men that can get up
will be helped up, and men who
can't will be helped down.


We cannot see, for the life of us,
what class of men will be likely
now to rush to the support of Mr..
Greeley. There was a time when
the friends of high protective
tariff might have so rushed; but
who believes now that Mr.. Greeley
cares anything for the tariff, after
his letter to the convention plainly
designed to capture the free trade
vote? Republicans cannot support
him, for he is no longer Republi-
can. The rebels might support
him, in recognition of his bailing
Jefferson Davis, and steadily shout
ing for universal amnesty; but
rebels are not made of that forgiv-
ing stuff. They remember the old
mans war cry of 'On to Richmond,'
and his fiery appeals for vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war, too well
either to forget or forgive. The
labor reformers cannot rally for
him, because they have already a
candidate. The temperance men
cannot very well support Mr.. Gree
Icy, because they see him plainly in
league with those who like and
must have their lager.


Without multiplying words-we
speak as colored man, one who
has no interest in public affairs
higher than the freedom and eleva-
ton of our long enslavcd race-wc
say frankly to our Cincinnati friends
we cannot support your candidates.


COlored men are not so rich in
political influence and power that
they can afford at this time to throw
either away upon men who, how
ever excellent, plainly cannot be
elected. We have no votes to throw
away. When we vote now, we
should, and will, vote for victory as
well as for grand principle. The
fire is kindled for the colored child's
school house in all the Gulf States,
and the knife of the Ku Klux as
sassin is ready for the throats of the
colored man Of the South. Cincin-
natl holds out no assurance of pro-
lection from fire and death. In
fact, the Cincinnati movement
wrests the colored mems liberty
from the custody Of the nation, the
only power that cares for it, and
puts it into the hands of local gov
ernmcnts, which would gladly de-
stroy it. Can any coloreds man
mistake the meaning of that plank
in the Cincinnati platform? No!
the time has to come to exchange
old friends and trusted instrument
talities for new ones. What is an
Office here and there in comparison
with the maintenance ofthe freedom
and progress Of five millions of
people, SO beset with hardships and
dangers as are ours? From the
depths of our soul we entrcat every
colored man to stand firmly by the
Republican flag, and by the men
that party is bound to offer for your
suffrage.


The Woman Movement in Wyoming.