Year: 1872

w ueu LeChIl huu uMell upon lue6e hp'
palllng crimes against liberty, and against
the common rights Of humanity, cannot
wonder at the strong and Eitter cry
which comes up from the South fol
anybody to defeat the reelection Of the
man who has inspired them, regarded
them with grim and heartless satisfaction


and in many instances committed them
himself. The man who is drowning, or
who sees his wife and children perishing
In the flames, must not be censured for
adopting any method not criminal in
itself, by which 10 save himself or all that
Is dear TO HIM. lhave therefore listened
with perfect patience to the voice OF the
South in this crisis, knowing as I do her
extreme and immediate necessities. Her
urgent appeal for the nomination of Mr..
Greeley, has been regarded by her friends
in the North almost as the last despairtng
cry o! brave and noble people, reduced


10 a hopeless extremity, beholding as they
think, one more chance to save themselves
from ruin infinitely worse than death.
| fervently pray God that their hopes may
be realized, and many northern man


will suspend his differences with Mr..
Greeley on account OF the people Of the
South who would not do so on his own.
They believe the election Of Mr.. Greeley


will afford them relief, and In that belief
they demanded his nomination. 1t has
been accorded more in Difference to their
condition and their wishes than to any
other one cause. If Mr.. Greeley, under
these circumstances, should be elected, he
will stand pledged by the strongest obli.
cations that ever rested upon m honor
able man, TO bestow upon the South the
blessing Of q just, kind and iratetnal
government. II he did not do so alter
the confidence reposed in him by that sec.
ton, he would be accursed amongst men.
Let us hope, however, with our brethren
in the South, that the experiment may be
complete success; that his election may
Danish misrule and plunder from their
midst, restore peace in reality as well as
in name, bring back cheerful and con.
tented devotion TO the laws of the
country, and pride in the flag
which affords an equal protection
to all citizens. Let us hope that
the deadly paralysis SO long affliCting the
South and destroying her vast productive
energies may speedily be succeeded by


perfect health and vigor. II our Govern.


ment is to be restored to its natural pro.
portions on the strength Of States, it


must be as free in one section as in the
other. We must have no lines where
freedom is halted by the bayonet on the
American soil, and when all are treated


alike by the Government they will all


bear to it the same allegiance-whatever
may have been the bloody struggles OF the
past. Whcnthis kind of q union Of hearts
in support Of the Government shall take


place, having for its basis the princi.


pies Of justice, liberty and equality, then


will this nation rise like strong man
after sleep, and go forth to new glories-


renewing the purity of its youth, in con.


nection with the gigantic proportions


Of its age. Butthere was one more step
possible to be taken by this administration
to complete its scandalous career in con.
nection with foreign affairs, and 1t took
that step when. it permitted its office
holders to engage in the sale Of vast quan.
titles OF arms and ammunition to be used
in slaughtering the people Of Germany,
then engaged in war forced on them by
the ambition of Louis Napoleon. The
spirit oil speculation and money getting
was so active in the official circles Of the
government, that it broke out in a traffic
Of death to q friendly people, whose
kindred are honest and hard working
citizens in every country in the United
States. This sinister and revolving fact
does not rest upon Democratic testimony,
but upon that OF the Oldest and ablest
Republicans. There was no denial of it,
and when the German, who yet acknowl.
edged his allegiance ofmilitary duty to his
Fatherland hurried back from this
country 10 Join the ranks Of his country.
men at home. As many did perhaps, he
crossed the ocean in a vessel ladened with
the weapons OF his own obstruction, lur.
nlshed by the official authorities OF the
American Government, and doubtless
there are now German soldiers sleeping
in their graves, sent there by American


bullets, fired from American guns furnish
ed to the French Emperor by the admin
istration oil UlysessS. Grant It cannot
be otherwise when we reflect that enough


was sent to equip an army Of 10000
men for the field. Gentlemen it is against
an administration sustained by practices
such as these and many others Of like
criminality that the people of the United
States are now mastering under various
organizations for united assault. 1t
does not follow that those who think alike
in regard TO the necessity Of its overthrow
should think alike in everything else. Its
conceded by men OF various opinions to be
common obstacle to the general welfare,
and common reproach to the good name
Of the country. II o common nuisance
was erected in city, the residents would
not stop to inquire into each others views
on all other questions before they would
agree to unite for its abatement They
would leave them Tor subsequent discus
sion and settlement, and proceed at once
to destroy the cause Of q general discom'
fort and sickness. So now we find men
who are in favor of high protective
tariff, and those who are against it US
am; men who arc for negro suffrage, and
those who arc against It as l am; mer
who are for an immediate return to specie
payment, and those who are against 1t as ]
am; men who believe in paying the bonds
Of the government in gold, and those who
believe in paying them according to The
law Of the contract, as decided by the
Supreme Court Of the United States, as
do. Men who are in favor Of exempting
them from taxation, and those who art
opposed 10 such exemption, as l am
Men who believe that seventeen hundred
national banks are necessary to furnish
the people a circulating medium for
$780, 1000, 1000, at a cost of30 per cent t
the tax payers, and those who believe, a.
do, that q currency can be furnished t
the people without this enormous pc


cent. Men who, in fact, differ widely
upon nearly every political issue, earnestly
agreeing that the first step toward


good government and general reform