The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
The Cincinnati Nominees.

The country has been taken by SUI
prise in the choice of Greeley ana
Brown as the Liberal Republican cam
didatcs for President and Vice i'rcs1-
dent. 1t would be difficult to find Il
hundred prominent men in the Union
who seriously considered Mr.. Greeley
as likely to defeat either Adams, Irunl-
bull or Davis, or as even Il proDaDle
winner in the race. No one, scarcely,
gave his chances the thought ne
ccssary to provoke opposition. And
therein, Mr.. Greeley had Il great adj
vantage. Another point i'll his favor
was developed when the convention
accepted Mr.. Grcclcy's idea Of leaving
the tariff question to be decided by the
congressional districts. What was so
appropriate, after taking Grceley's
platform, as placing Greeley himself ON
it: But perhaps to nothing. IS Mr..
Greeley so much indebted for his NOM
nation is the aid of Gratz Brown and
Frank Blair. These two able politi-
clans, actuatcl by different motives,
to promote their views and purposes,
and they gave him their support and
the nomination, in spite of the OPPOSE
ton of Schurz and those who favored
other candidates.
But the ticket is made, and what of
its merits:
Well, we are not ready to get into
a profuse perspiration voer our vcncrst-
bic brothers nomination.. We, hOwev-
er, think him Il thoroughly honest
man and politician. 1t was he who
pungcntly said Of Grant that he could
not stand up before Il glass Of whisky
without falling. That was Il ION mot
for which we applauucd Mr.. Greeley
but we could not applaud his subsc-
quent efforts to place Grant in the
White House. Mr.. Greeley once scorn-
fully denounced sthc carpct-bag scOun~
drels'' at the South. He pcrambulatcd
all their taunts and fairly roarcu de-
fiance in their teeth. That was good.
But now he seems to be their E,VOritr.
How is that? His celebrated Tribune
! South quietly seccdc, was q terrible
argument we Union men had to en-
counter in 1860, and yet when we did
secede, the Tribune did more than any
army corps Grant had to whip us
back That one change OF basis by
the Tribune philosopher caused many
q weary days hard and bloody work.
But we remember, per cO,'fIU that
when President Davis needed friends
not observation-disclosures Greeley travel
ed to Richmond and placed himself
between the brave old Confederate Chief
and his thoroughly enraged Judge and
enemies, and waved persecution back.
We remember his Titan blows to break
up the corrupt party in power, and
we bless him for it! And We rcmcm-
Der that when the iIluStriou5 Sypher
almost got his seat in Congress from
this State and was incontinently kicked
out withinithe same ten minutes Horace
Greeley app!;luded the act. Still,
though appealed to, to do Justice to
Louisiana in those memorable con-
oSStS, -hi. 'itcict i'i't9Cf to ftcf1' i'i :.
He heard only family then the storm
which at last has broken with terrific
violence upon him, and never dreams
ed, pcrchancc, he would appeal to Lou
isiana to help him.
And Louisiana may help Horace
Greeley; provided, She, in so doing,
benefits herself. But what she may
do, and what we will do, will be left
to the national Democratic Convention.
turn of mind, at rcroir!
National Democratic Convention.