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in the closing paragraph. Here it is:

in the closing paragraph. Here it is:
Finally, we must not be content with
merely carrying the country for Grant
and Colfax. The earliest and greatest
attention must be given to the selec-
tion of our members of Congress. Gen.
eral Grant will make good executive
officer. He indorses our platform. But
he does not promise to be, and we can
not expect in him, champion of great
political truths or Republican policies.
What Congress enacts he will do. The
political policies of the country will
depend, therefore, on the kind of Re-
publicans we send to Congress. See
that they are sound on every question.
For the Democrats, seeing that their
campaign is lost as to the Presidency,
will probably play all their cards to
cheat us out of Congress. Look out for
Congress.
The serenity of the Tribuneis evident
ly seriously disturbed. 1t tells us in
almost as many words that GRANT is not
reliable. "What Congress enacts he
viii do" With a Radical Congress, he
will be Radical President. With a
Democratic Congress, he will be Dem
ocratic President.
GRANTS fault, as indicated by the
Tribune, is that he lacks decis-
ion. PHILLIPS sneer that "a man
without ideas must be without princi-
Piles" is his mode of agreeing with the
Tribune. In more unprejudieed man.
ner, the people agree with both. The
recent elections in Chicago, Washing
ton and Oregon show this. A mere
nose of wax commands nobody's respect.
If the Democrats do as well for them
selves as the Radicals have done for
them, GRANT will be beaten. The World,
however, wants to reeiprocate the Chi
cago kindness. Because the Republi-
can Convention at that city made a
botch of its work, the World wants the
New York Convention to make bungle
of its business. The W0rld has been
preparing a platform. 1t found its tim
Der along the famous Path to Peace"
which it mapped out 50 long ago, but
which was SO obstructed with money
chests and niger heads that the Demo-
Gratis consented that the World might
travel its "path"- alone. The World
got tired and lonesome, and abandoned
the trip.
The Worlfs platform, is elaborated
in some four columns of editorial type.
Omitting the buncombe, the ornamental
ton, the verbiage, and the fossilized
portions, the Worlfs platform consists
of tW o prominent principles, viz: Gold
for the bond-holdec, and the ballot for
the negro. To complete, the structure,
we suggest a thir,i-GRANT for Presi-
dent. To separat, the last from the
first TIVE weuld be an outrage upon the
unities for which there is no palliation.
1t seems to be / misfortune of the
party, that just as its re-
storatien to power is being brought
about by the people, few otficious en-
prizes are determined to throw away its
chances of success. No party ever
made mere rapid strides to eminence,
than it has in the ] .st twelve months.
1t has made them solely by reason of
its opposition to the very ideas the
WOrld would have it adopt. Because II
has triumphcd through its opposition
to negro suffrage and the bondocracy,
therefore it will be gloritied much more
If it fall down and worship
these twin deities of Radical mythol-
ogy. We believe with JOSH BILLINGS,
that "another NoAH's flood, for the spe-
cial benefit of ID fools weuld pay
well in some sections of
this country"
If the Convention at New York will
embody in its platform the principles
upon which the late Democratic victo-
ries were won, and will then give us a
popular and capable ticket, the party
will triumph. But if shoddy and the
politicians compel us to abandon the
issues that we have been two years in
getting the Radical party to face, we
will have an arduous aud doubtful
fight, and should we even succeed, we
will merely have won as Radicals, and
been beaten as Democrats.