Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Cincinnati Convention and Its
NOmina lions.

The cloud, which to eyes dazzled with
the military prestige and glory of our
present chief magistrate, so lately ap-
peared but as ''speck" in the political
horizon mo bigger than mans hand"
has, as it would seem-assumed por-
tentious Importance at Cincinnati, and
now shrouds the entire political sky
with an impenetrable veil, shutting out,
in ameasure, the light of that luminous
star which but few days since gave
such confident hope to the especial
friends of the present administration.
The more ardent friends and followers
of General Grants fortunes, and those
who affect to think that to doubt the
policy of re-electing the present execu-
tive is equivalent to an abandonment of
the Republican party, and who profess
to believe that the principles of the party
or those issues for which we contended
in the late struggle for national life, are
to be sacrificed by the change of mill
tary to civil chief of the government,
are likely to have their faith tested by
their works. Judging from the charac-
ter of the men at Cincinnati-from the
action of the convention, and from the
reception by the people of the nomina-
tiOns there made, it is fair to infer that
something more than the open denuncia-
ton, or the bare say so of political lead
ers-ln Congress, or out-will be neces-
sary to deter the very large body of the
most intelligent portion of the Republi-
can party who propose following in the
wake of this movement. To denounce
party inaugurated and led by such men
as Senators Sumner, Trumbull, Fenton,
Schurz, Gov. Brown (who resigned his
SenatOrship) Gov. Palmer, Horace Gree
ley, and other leading men of the nation
as party of ''sore heads" and disap-
pointed office seekers is simply prepOs-
ferrous and this cline of argument" is
only calculated to drive more men into
this new party than it will keep out of it.
The writer of this article was born
into political life in the days of the "old
man eloquent" John Quincy Adams, and
as National Republican" he gave his
earnest, though feeble efforts to sustain
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
purencss has never been surpassed since
the formation Of the government. In
the subsequent change of the party
name he followed on in the wing ranks
into the glorious Republican party Of to-
day. 1t is not necessary to remind those
who have passed through these scenes of
political life, of the lights and shadows
alternately thrown upon our path-Of
our cheering victories, and our crushing
defeats-the Vaccinations of unscrupul-
Gus enemies and the treachery of false
fricnds-but it does seem proper just at
the present time to recall to mind those
stout and stalwart men who have so
bravcly and so well upheld our banner
in storm and sunshine, and whose voices
have 50 nObly Cheered and sustained us
in victory and defeat. If there is any
man in the Republican party of to-day
who thinks he has done more in the
struggle we have passed through for the
length of time indicated, or who has
more consistently or ably advocated our
principles than has Horace Greeley,
then let him now stigmatiZe him as an
afj0etnte and ''sOre-head" and throw
the iirst stone ; ANA ii there are any
who have done more for the distinctive
principle of the Republican party-and .
which is its browning glory of to-day
than have either Charles Sumner, Graft
Brown, or Senators Trum5ull or SchurZ
thrn let than hurl the second.
| here express no opinion as to the /.
merits on the policy of this ''new de-
parturt"-but as | believe Reinforcement /.
to be an important and an earnest one | /.
suggest that something more than sour
riiity, denunciatiOn or dcrision will be I
necessary to overcome it.
NATIONAL REPUBIICAN,
(Old School, .