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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1872
Page
2
In a 1867 Tribune column, Horace Greeley attacks Democratic loyalty and factionalism, argues Grant would be a strong 1872 candidate, and questions voter alignment with “debouchery” and the party’s core. He cites party behavior, press influence, and the need for principled choice in elections.
The piece cites Vice President Colfax urging accountability from major papers the New York and Chicago Tribunes for unfounded charges. It notes a calmer, official response from an anonymous Tribune editor and mentions misstatements about Credit Mobilier and figures like Charles Boley of Jefferson, with farm yield figures.
The piece argues about reconciliation after the Civil War, distinguishing between loyals who accept emancipation and unreconciled ex-slaveholders seeking restoration. It discusses November elections, Greeley Blair prospects, and Michigan Democratic fidelity to Jeffersonian principles, urging acceptance of 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and loyalty to the government.
The excerpt argues Horace Greeley is favored by white Southern voters who aided the rebellion, citing endorsement at Cincinnati and Baltimore. It notes Liberal Republican aims, plus a North-South clash over Greeley and Brown. It mentions Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio elections next Tuesday and a bitter campaign atmosphere.
The text portrays Horace Greeley’s early and later attempts at the presidency, condemning his South tour for fostering sympathy with southerners while hating carpetbaggers. It accuses him of aligning with traitors and conspirators and seeking the presidency through enemies of liberty, arguing the South sees through his hypocrisy and deception.
Greeleyites argue over who wrote the 1801 New Orleans telegram about shooting down the flag. Dana of Lax cites Stanton, while Robert Bonner publishes a 1862 Stanton letter denying authorship and crediting Gen. Dix fully.
Horace White of the Chicago Tribune calls Horace Greeley an inspired harlequin while Greeley calls White a perspicuous and sublime liar. They have shaken hands over a bloody chasm as the lion and lamb lie together. O'Connor accepts the Louisville nomination and the Democrats face a choice of two national tickets amid a Republican detachment from the rift.
Dispatch from Union City mentions rapid growth after the Air Line Railroad, with seven brick two story buildings and strong Republican support. It extols Hon Rudolph Sanderson, notes 5,000 to 10,000 population, wheat at 1.50, and praises Grant era economic gains. It denounces Blair and predicts a large Republican majority, urging Republicans to march to the polls.
The report traces Democratic majorities in Richmond Wilkes Morgan Mustoges and a statewide edge over 3000. It notes Radical gains in Walker county and obituaries for Baron Hastings and Bishop Lognen. It covers Vermont Maine and European dispatches including Hugo's nomination and London shipwrecks with cautionary notes on Americas and Japan.
Fragmented OCR shows a long string of compass like references and fractions about land parts, sections, and the Southwest, followed by a dated line attributing a Drain Commissioner in Marshall Michigan, September 234 1872, with tax figures 4120 1616 19.40 31 46.
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