Year: 1873

strength ana courage TO issue hs righteous proclamation
From that time onward victory inscribed upon our
banners.


Many times thereafter was Mr. Greeley'e voice the
buge note Of the conflict always n the advance always
ON the aide Of Justice and humanity When the white
wings Of peace once brooded the land, when jus
tice had secured the rights of the freedmen so that
oldtime declaration all men created equal was no
longer mockery, then was his voice heard calling Tor
brotherly reconciliation When he became tho choice OF
the Republicans assembled at Cincinnati what could
seem more natural than for those who, Watching MS
course had ever found him In the vanguard OF right to
accept him gladly as their standard beareri With 30
stanch Republican, so brave and pure patriot 80
honest man, surely little fault could be found, ana we
congratulated ourselves the prospect OF peacefu
campaign. Aasl alas for our pleasant dreamsl now
rudely were they dispelledi How soon was the iaho
afame with bitterness and hate Calumny after cal
umny was sown broadcast the land, and, Ike the
grain of mustard seed multiplied thousand fold Then
from the ranks OF culture from those In presty garp'
from the oldtme Abolitionist flaming appeals to
the masses to stand by the Administration, and thus
save their country from the dire peris that menaeed IL
hand to the vile purpose Of making hdeous ana
repulsiye the well known features OF the honored editor
These basest Of fabrcationsthese viest OF caumnes
did their work only too WELL Not unlike the whrlwinds
resistese sweep their effect upon the moral nature
Reason and conscience slept, and passion relgned
supreme Bef<se the Summer waned at least twohirds
of the young and women Of the land looked upon
the Liberal candidate traitor OF the deepest dye
and no epithet vile TO attach TO his name no
condemnation too severe 10 pronounce aensI ntn m ~
wonder that the POOR tired heart, weak from It's many
bruises broke at asi do not envy the silent tnougnt
OF his yillifers, when they knew that their "Gkeu
thrusts had pierced the heart Of their victim am
clad not to have their bitter memories. But whe re-
buking, there comes feeling Of pity for we know VINO
has said Whatever ye SOW that shall Ye reap.


1t may seem ungenerous 10 recall these unpleasant
facts but evil is growing one-ths OF 6laeEenlng
the character of political men--a growing curse that
looms q dark cloud upon our politlcal horlzon
Could there be any more hitting time tnan the
present to bring this truth home to the conscience oI
poltlca leadersf No claims for the social deiamef
and faser whiteness Of soul Can political De Oe any
pnrer than a social onef Is the law Thou smart not
bear false witness any less binding in public than pr
yate fei We have loved THE TRIBUNE OF the past pc
cause it's hatred wrongdoing did not extend 10 te
because recognizing In its broadest sense le
universal brotherhood OF man. THE TRIBUNE or the ru
fure has grand work before ito educate the youth vi
the land up TO higher plane Of political morality L
Ms hope there is "a good time coming when tfun anu
Justice shall control partisan strife, and the Dvne pre-
cept "Do unto others you would that others shod
do you" shall be Obeyed alike by leader ana people


Lycop1ing County Penn. Jan a. 1873 NJ NJ B.