Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-05-11
Tho CdAcinnati Convention.
Nomination of HORACE GREE
LEY. for President /; and
3. GRATZ BROWN, for Ilisc
p,ssnent of tile United States.


met at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Is
day Of May, 1872, after a session o
three days, closed its declarations b,
nominating HORACE GREELEY, of n
York, the we'll known editor of tn,
Daily Tribune, for President, ane
Gov. B. GEArz Brown, Of Missouri
for Vice President of the Cnitee
States.
Hon. GAEL ScnvRz, Senator from
Missouri, was President of the Con
vcntion, with a Vice President from
each State and Territories, and tn,
usual number Of Secretaries.
Mr.. Greeley was nominated on th.
sixth ballot, The vote standing
For Horace Greeley .332
Chas. Francis Adams. 1924
The ticket in our Judgment, tho
Union all over, is q pretty strong one
both have been editors, fearless fol
Emancipation anI Equal Rights to all
menand both are men Of brains
and conyic,ion,' OF positive talen,
and lirmn"ss Of purpose Mr.. Greeley
is tn" Franklin Of the present day, the
architect Of his own fortunes, one OF
the abl~st and most sagacious editors
III the Union one of the pillars OF
the Printing Ar, in thr; Empire Cit.
Of the Empire State Of the American
nation. ll!- n,Iur uu1 ~ Is are as IA
mliar as hnu-.holI words all over the
'ountry, and IN E.urnp" h" Is regarded
~ oic OF Ihc most powerful writers
Va America.
The Convention which has placed
these two prominent and wril-knoWn
standard nrarrr- OF Erpuh.inanism in
the field has taken a New Departure
III tn" r',"n"r o. political economy and
S;rAt"E"ljral movements. They did
not want tor he regular formal call OF
III" National Convention Of the Re
publican Party to be held at Plila,lel-
phil, on I'll" 9TH Of next June but
anticipating a spirit OF "liberalism
and tho era Of good feeling as laid
down in the Platform Of the Missouri
Compromise o. 1870 to take the po-
lltl"al Sharkler OH Of all men, and let
frc"H"n stand equal before the law,
regard to creed, color or
caste, With all their rights unimpairel,
free, sovereign and independent in the
!nnEo Of the God that made them, re-
solved to take the hnll By the horns,
and @ before the country on the ad-
dress and platform and principles
which will BE- found below. They are
in favor Of first and before all other
side issue" Of the Wing md Erpuh-
liran creed, Us nrm as the laws of the
Ncdei and persians, proclaimed tIom
the house tops and known Of all men,
OSE TERM FOR THE PRESIDENCY
AND 40 MORE;
, lcaains principle as necessary to the
perp'tnity of the Republic and the
progress Of good government, 4 great
principle indorsed by Harrison, Clay,
Crittenden, S. S. Prentiss.
Tom. Corwin, Ben. Wade and thous-
,nds Of others--and acquiesced in by
he Democratic party in their refusal
% renominate Polk, Pierce and Buch-
man.
Some persons are disposed to regard
his as u weak ticket. 1t is not so.--l
Mr.. Greeley is strong before the coun-
ry, and can poll heavier vote than
my other man who was voted for in
he Convention at Cincinnati and
hat is just precisely the reason why
sc was nominated.
lie Is strong all over the eountry.
Strong in New Hampshire, Maine,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Yer
mont; strong in New York strong
il Pennsylvania. his advocacy OF the
.uty on Iron and Coal will not hurt
i'm there-strong in the South, and
is bailiag jeff. Davis, and giving a
liberal" sum Of money to Mrs. jeff.
)avis, a woman in distress, will not
etard his political advancement in
Mississippi or Georgia either. He
stryog among The "DArA.cs, advo !