The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-28
THE NEW NOMINEE FOR 1872.
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THE NEW NOMINEE FOR 1872.
FTem the NJ Y. World.
1t is our duty, and generally it is plea
sure, to chronicle events in our sister and
neighbor commonwealth, especially such as
may be supposed to have an extra-territorial
interest. One has Just occurred of great and
general influence. It relates mainly we
admit, to the future of the Republican party
of the country; but as its organs, for some
unexplained reason, are disposed to be silent
on the subject, and there is no knowing what
the dark and perplexed future may give birth
to (politics being in transition state), we
wish it hereafter distinctly to be recollected
that the World is the first accredited organ of
public opinion which gives publicity to this
momentous incident. 1t is no less than the
formal and irrevocable nomination of Cover
nor Geary, of Pennsylvania, as the next Pre-
sident, in opposition to General Grant, and
it comes to pass in this wise.
Governor Geary has, or rather had, pri-
vate secretary named Gihon. They were, of
course, near and dear to each other. If
Geary tried on a new uniform coat, Gihon
was there to smooth out the wrinkles and tell
him how it fitted. He trimmed his beard and
mustache. He held up the glass to enable
him to arrange his back hair. He wrote his
dinner invitations; and when the Geary muse
went dry was at hand with fresh breast of
mild rhetoric to fill up his messages. If
poor man or woman from Lowdon or
Fauquier came to Harrisburg to inquire
after some missing articles-spoons or o
family Bible-taken in the raids of 1862,
Gihon was there to bolt the door in the
Rebel face. If some ill-natured Democratic
press intimated that Geary ran away
from Stonewall Jackson, or dug up an old
gun at Harpers Ferry as a trophy of fresh
war, Gihon was at hand to write the contra
afin and 30
was Lear to Washington, and Coles to JEFF
ferson, and Tod to Madi son, and .Bourrienne
to Napoleon, and Guzwood to Wellington, SO
was Gihon to Geary He was the confidant
in white muslin! Now, it seems Gihon has
resigned Sin order to engage in business
which will demand his entire time and atten-
tion," that business being to make his friend
and patron President of the United States to
which arrangement the Governor, willingly,
without vow or protest, assents. 1t is
done, too, in way which entirely puts an
end to all objection or scruple from without.
''Your past record" writes Gihon, sis auspi-
cious of the higher honors that GDat you"
''You have expressed, says Geary in reply,
''kind wishes that 1 may be the recipient of
higher honors, in which 1 most heartily join
you" The whole thing is settled at once,
and little newspaper called the Topic, Guspice
Gihon, is issued at Harrisburg to give form
easily disposed of, for, says the Topic, sweep
ing away in an instant Grant and Butler and
Forney and Sherman
1.-THE Republicans are inharmonious and discord-
ant upon several subjects There Is no great leader
'to ride upon the whrlwind and direct the storm
General Grant is calm, placid, and self-possessed,
hoping for the best General Butler is active vital
and energetic, and Is tong with unabated industry
TO bring order out OF chaos. General Butler is evil
dently the leader at present. with powerful niu-
ence to back him in the next Presidential contest.
struggling patriots OF Cuba has done him immense
damage The recuperaCive energy OF General But
@ mas ny ys een ana
| Colonel John w. Forney, has gone over to the
Spanish side, and deserted the great principles OF
civil and religious liberty. Drop tear! The Fund
| Ing bill OF Mr.. sherman, which has passed the
Senate. will pass the House, unless General Butler
| and few others oppose themselves to it with al
their power. This bill, If it becomes law (Which
may KIND heaven forbd), will ensave the white and
coored laborlng men OF this nation and place then
| fore the war"
Thus, then, without any of the superfuoui
machinery of nominating conventions is the
| flag of Geary hoisted; and as the Gihon organ
| has vignette at the head of its leading
column representing gentleman in his
shirt-sleeves, with a brandished hammer anG
a muscular arm, we read with surprise the
motto: "We (Gihon and Geary) have un
furled our banner to the breeze and nailed il
| to the mast"
So be it, and it will be for the people o.
this country-all the blacks and such of the
| whites as are allowed to vote-to determine
whether he shall be elected. For our part
looking at the question from a distance
| coolly, and free from the enthusiasm which
no doubt now agitates Pennsylvania, we dc
not hesitate to say that, should the choice bt
| narrowed down to one between Grant anG
| Geary, we rather incline towards Geary. He
| has, in the first place, we believe, very
small family and no brothers-in-law. Nc
one, at least, has married into the Geary circle
on speculation yet. He is not very fond of
| Philadelphia, nor Philadelphia of him. No
| body has given house there, and very few
| have asked him out to dine. He is man OF
perfectly respectable private character, and
never had anything to do with Sickles, ol
condoning murderers of any kind. He pays
his way when he travels, and don't steamboat
| it gratis with Fisk. In his own way, he did Q
! good deal of fighting during the war, an6
was wounded severely, if ingloriously. He
was more careful of his men than of himself
and never, in mere stolidity, hurled them
upon useless slaughter. He did fight for his
own State gallantly at Gettysburg and GER
tainly was no party, with Sickles and But.
terheld and Pleasonton, to a conspiracy to
ruin the modest, brave soldier who won that
day and saved the North These certainly
are relative merits, at least, which it is only
the part OF common candor to state. We do
not commit ourselves to Geary yet, however
for here is Fenton declaring himself also Q