The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-05-11
Greeley and Brown.

AS briefly announced IN our last, the great
conservative republican national convention
at Cincinnati brought its three days work to
a close by nominating Horace Greeley, of New
York, for President, and B. Gratz Brown, Of
Missouri, for Vice President. .....
To the democrats generally, and of Illinois
in particular, this nomination is far from what
was hoped for or expected. Although the
democrats arrogated to themselves no right to
dictate to. or control the action Of, the Gin
cinnati Convention, they knew very we'll that,
whoever was nominated there, must be elected
by democratic votes indeed at best not over
tenth or an eighth of the votes polled for
the neminee of that convention could be
counted upon as coming from any but the
democratic party. Under such circumstances
the known wish of that party, that the
nominee for President should be Judge DAVIS,
ought at least to have been treated with decent
respect. 1t can hardly be said however, that
Judge Davis was even fairly treated.
Yet, the nomination has been made, and al
though it is not what the democracy expected,
the question arises, what had they better do
about it? Can they hope to better the ease by
casting the whole conservative republican
movement overheard, and make Independent
nominations of theirown! How much split in
the republican party will the nomination of
Greeley occasion, and will it be sufficient t.,
insure the triumph of the democracy Or
mill 1op,
spite OF an independent democratic nomina-
ton, to make up for what we gain by the
split among the repubcans9
To arrive at something like an approximate
answer to these questions we have, during tn.
week, watched the expressions of the general
newspaper press pretty closely. and something
like the following is the summing up:
The Radicals stand just where they were
expected. They oathe and denouuce the
Liberals as sore-heads and traitors and deride
their strength. Bpt they still plunge their
4 swords into the dead body of the rebellion
and urge the Democrats to allow them one
more tilt at the lay figure OF secession. Tile
Democratic papers in the north are divided.
Some are dissatisfied with the ticket and favor
aDemocratic nomination; some earnestly urge
the support eff Greeley and Brown; hut BY far
the greater number reserve their decision for
further developments and the action of the
party organization. In the South the Demo.
Gratis are warmly tor Greeley and Brown. They
see in it the only possible rallying point fol
the friends OF fraternal and constitutional
government. The cry for present relief silences
every reference to the antagonlsm of the past
They have II stake in this contest which ne
other democrats have, and they Can not afford
tostand upon tr,fes of etiquette or precedence
when far and honest offer is made to heir
them out of II painful and dangerous situa
ton.
Amid conflicting views like these, the cours,
OF wisdom would seem to be, for the demo
cratic press to take no decided ground unit
after tue Democratic National Convention
which has been called to meet at Baltimore
shall have made some decision: and while ou
present Impressions would be favorable to tn,
endorsement of Greeley and Brown by thu
convention, there is no need of haste IN tn,
matter, and the intervening time may q,
change the situation that very different actio,
may be necessary from what would Just at THU
moment seem 70 he the wisest course,
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