Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-05
Post Morton.

The following savage attack ofJames Wat-i
son Webb upon Greeley, will apply to the
means generally which were used to defeat
Mr.. Seward at Chicago. The pretenses that
were used against his nomination, and re-
peated persistently and impudently, as If they
were facts and reasons were false, every one;
known to be SO By those who, used them.
There was not single reason against Mr..
Stewards nomination that was not equally
fatal to the party. The Tribune admitted this
in an article some months ago, in which, after
discussing the policy Of nominating radical
Republican, or of taking up some outsider
who would unite other elements, it said that
If the party could elect any straight-out Re-
publican, il could elect Mr.. Seward, and If il
could not elect him, il was useless to talk Of
Chase, Lincoln OF Banks. The Cincinnati
Gazette, which comes to the relief Of Mr..
Greeley, will recollect that this was its view
Of the case, and that conservative man was
what the emergency required at that time;
and the hopes Of success, and the enthusiasm
which Lincoln's nomination has excited in
that and the Tribune, are rather peculiar un-
der the circumstances.
The Convention was disgraceful exhibi-
ton Of falsehood and treachery Of men to
each other, who profess to be contending for
great principles. The attacks and political
hostility which a Republican statesman had
incurred by maintaining the Republican
cause, when to do so was to incur social
odium and personal insult, when it was pro-
scribed in the Senate of the United States as
not belonging 70 any healthy political organi-
zation, were seized on by Republicans them
selves and made the means to break him
down. A writer to the New York Tribune
shows the sentiment, He exults that the
nomination of Lincoln deprives the Demo-
Gratis of all the political ammunition which
they had accumulated against Seward, and
that they will be unable to manufacture a
new supply against Lincoln in time for the
present canvass. Mr.. Seward has borne the
brunt of the attacks of the Democracy, from
the time when he was the forlorn hope Of
Republicanism, until it has grown to be a
powerful party therefore, when the party is
preparing for the great contest for victory, il
cashiers him, to take up leader who will
not be conspicuous object for the enemy's
fire. How can party expect success, which
is guilty of such treachery to its own leaders,
The policy of this dodge is most puerile and
|, miserable Did the Democracy fail to have
ammunition for the campaign when Fremont
|, was nominated? man not before shining
mark They at least had enough to keeE
! the Republicans all the while on the de-
: fensive. ri. ".H
{ The following is what Webb says:
# As for Greeley, he is as much disappointed
g in the nomination of Lincoln as he was graf
: flied by the defeat ofSeward. His malice i
equaled only by his insane ambition; ant
: although he was desirous of nominating
: Bates after him Chase or Wade, he is con
, | tent to take Lincoln because Seward was de
| feated, and his revenge thus gratified. Be
yond all peradventures, next to Seward, Mr.
J Lincoln was the strongest man before the
Convention, and while it is right and proper
; that the people of New York and the United
States should know why it was that the
most gifted statesman in America-her purest
and ablest patriot, and the father of the Re-
/ publican party-was ruthlessly sacrificed
upon plea which was conceived in fd,sehooo
and which has had its origin in persona
| hatred and reUenge, backed by the political
1 aspirations and ambitious hopes of men whC
= | are the veriest charldtdns, and whose ignO-
rance and vanity are only equaled by theil
disregard of truth and honor. The Republi-
cans of this State and nation are entitled tc
, know how William II. Seward was defeated
at Chicago, and by whom. II is their right
10 ,oeep oUer his sacrifice, and to punish those
who have cheated and deceived him.