The Portland daily press., 1872-05-06
The Press on the Cincinnati NOmina.

The following extracts are from leading Dem
ocratic papers. aV
The Washington Patriot says: "The Dem
Ocratic National Committee will meet in New
York on Wednesday to determine upon the
time and place of helding the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Convention. The committee will be
composed of the wisest, ablest, best and most
patriotic men of the party, from all States and
sections of the country, and will authorize
lively speak the wish of the great Democratic
heart. Its first duty will be to present to the
people such candidates as will command the re-
spect of the country and rally to the standard
they bear the great body of those who regard
the promotion of the best interests of the ma
ton as the paramount duty of patriotic citi-
zens" 20 r
The Chicago Times thinks it is possible that
three millions of Democratic voters represented
in their national convention will conclude that
Greeley is better than Grant, and take him as
choice of the two evils. If so, Greeley will be
the next President The Democracy, who were
connected in his nomination, and whose wishes
the Cincinnati Convention has treated with
dsdain, must elect him if he is elected at all. -
The Journal of Commerce says of the Cincin-
natl Convention: 1T had the alternatives,
either to nominate candidates of high charac-
ter and moderate views, or nominate we'll
known partisan Republican. 1t has done the
latter. With all his idiosyncrasies Greeley is
candidate not to be despised and has q follow
ing in New York strong enough to render the
quite hopeless. If the Philadelphia Conven-
ton confirms his nomination and he is elected,
it will throw the whole patronage of the gov
ernment into the hands of the former disaf-
fected minority. If Grant is re-nominated, the
running of two such Republican candidates
would almost certainly bring the Democrats
once more into power" -H
The New York World editorialy expresses
profound surprise at the result in Cincinnati
The Convention, it says, has chosen to support
the most hated and conspicuous opponent of the
Democratic party. The country called for rev.
enue reform, and it has selected the most zeal
GUS of protectionists. This leaves the Demo-
cratic party entirely free to await the develop
ments of the immediate future, AMI opens the
way for Democratic victory. The World will
reserve its judgment until the meeting of the
Democratic National Convention, to be called
next week by the National Committee, meeting
in this city. The World recommends an early
date for the assembling of the Convention.
Leading Republican papers make the follow
ing comments: -
The Boston Advertiser heads its editorial THE
Ridiculous Muss" and says:
The '1iberal reform goose is cooked The
reckless joke of the New York Sun has been
metamorphosed into a verify by a convention
of gentlemen who called themselves to a task
of craftsmanship. For President, ''the great
and good Horace Greeley The new party has
appointed for a leader the veteran hero of many
a desperate defeat, one who is, if we NAV SO
speak, hallowed by the prestige of disaster. 1t
is new rnle of political differences that a man
who could never command the confidence of his
party, and always concentrated on himself the
undivided opposition of the other, should be
the most powerful representative of combine
ton of seceders from both That he has been
selected as the standard-bearer of party not
yet conglomerated or disciplined, is the strong
est possible confirmation of our declaration that
the Cincinnati convention would turn out to be
an assembly of unattached and rejected politi-
cal elements, having no natural affinity for each
other.
The Boston Post says:
The remarkable assembly that was convened
at Cincinnati to initiate the work of reform in
the administration of the government allowed
the spirit of combination to obscure its clear
vision in respect to the pressing needs of the
country, and wrecked a noble opportunity by
the most strangely unfortunate misdrection
OF Its aims. Proposing lofty results with which
tne people everywhere were in active sympathy,
when 1t came to the application of its means it
Iaiied miserably. The Democrats will now ap-
ply themselves arduously to the task made more
dlmcuit than it need to have BEEN They are
70 lold Ihe advanced position already gained
cOmfture of the power that has converted the
government into entertainments The brunt of
this fierce battle is to fall upon them They
will assemble and consider the situation
thoughtfully, take Their position with judg-
party to join in the final work of rescue and re-
storation, and if possible achieve victory for and
with the the people. The old banner must he
held as high as ever, inscribed all over with the
notices of reform. The same generous spirit
that was displayed at Cincinnati, expressed in
asimlar platform and with the strongest can
dldates possible to place on it, will yet rescue
the recent Convention from the results of its
own error, and crown the contest with a clear
triumph for free government under pure adj
ministration. "U
The New York Times says ''the first tenden-
cy of most people yesterday, when thew heard
that the Cincinnati Convention had nominated
Horace Greeley for President, was to Ianob. in
deed, the news was received everywhere as IF II
had been the latest joke of SOME we'll Known
humorist. The intellect of the Cincinnati Con-
vention went for nothing. The earnest mem
bers of it were exercised, were overpowered at
once by that force which has already done so
much harm in the world, and appears destined
to do great deal more-the force represented
by persons who take up politics as trade mere |
ly for the sake of what they can make out of
it, and without the slightest regard for the well
fare of the people at large. tits easy to laugh |
over such failure as the Convention has been. |
1t has placed itself in contemplate position |