Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1871 — Hon. Horace Greeley for President. [ARTICLE]

Hon. Horace Greeley for President.

Wo presume some would call uh deficient iu journalistic enterprise did wo fail to notice that lion. Horace Greeley has written to a (Head in Kansas that be would not decline to bo a candidate before the Republican National Convention in 1872 for the Presidential', nomination. Air. Greeley is a great thinker and sways a powerful influence over the minds of many people but his idiosyncrasies render him unfit for the office of Chief Magistrate. Although one of the organisers of the Republican putty many of his theories are thought to be detrimental to the interest of the nation, and if endorsed by placing him at the head of the ticket, would drive away enough votes to secure the election of a Democrat’. Mr. Greeley’s views upon tariff* arc in direct antagonism with the interests ol the laboring classes ot America and particularly so to the West and South, calculated as they are to build up a class of wealthy '.monopolists at the expense of the < farmer, the retailer and the operative. Mr. Greeley’s morbid sympathy with the leader? in the Southern rebellion has) also disgusted many who might agree with him in other matters. It. is well known that he took decided grounds in favor of the South at the outbreak of the war, and since the war closed has continually exhibited a desire to court the favor oi those who were prominently engaged in re bellion. The bailing of Jefferson Davis, the early advocacy of general amnesty and univcrsaT pardon of rebels, his opposition to the nomination of General Grant for the Presidency and his continued opposition to him because he successfully commanded the Federal army and crushed out armed treason, Mr. Greeley’s recent tour through the Southern States and acceptance of ovations at the hands of those whostill cherish and openly proclaim hopes of the early revival and ultimate success of the Lost Cause, all indicate that the Philosopher of Chappaqua is cither a double faced old hypocrite, or has abandoned the doctrines advocated by him in former years, or is already stricken with the dementing weakness of second childhood and may be easily diverted from the pathway of duty and honor by the soft cadences of rebel flattery.