New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-08


PARIS, May Another crisis in the
Spanish Cabinet is reported.
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
What the Press Says.
We subjOin some of the responses of the
press which have already reached us by
mail:
From the Memphis Appeal
"Time works wonders" so Shakespeare
wrote; and so it is; Time works wonders"
Twelve years ago no name was more hated
and detested than that OF Horace Greeley,
the famous abolition editor of the New
York Tribune and yet to-day he is the uom-
inee of a convention in which centres all
the hopes of the Southern States for com
plete, full, free and fair restoration to their
rights under the Union. To-day his name
is hailed with reclamation as that of a man
who, whatever the differences Of opinion
that divided him from us and made him the
most formidable champion Of our oppo-
nents III time past, is pure, honest,
straightforward and undertaking from
whatever line of principle he may lay
down or accept. Overlooking with the milk
of human kindness, a benefactOr of his race,
anxious for the ameliOration of the poor
wO king classes, from which he sprung, and
will not disappOlnt the hopes of those who
are anxious for a restored Union on the
basis Of amnesty, for restoration of political
rights to all, for peace and goodwill, for
economic administration of the government
and for the employment of those only who
have capacity and honesty for office. One
of the most eminent of American journalists,
Horace Greeley has made his way in the
world from the " case up, by dint of earn
cf M ayro Ty-a
to succeed.
Proud of his profession, he was the first
president of the Printers Union of New
York, and has always been the working
mans friend. Cranky and curious, al his
weaknesses iucline him to the good Of his
tellOw-men, and he is everywhere regarded
as a philosopher, anxious only to find the
| best, shortest and cheapest road to tho
most equitable mode of government. When
Pin England and on the continent of Europe
he was everywhere received with the dis
tinctiOn which characterized his reception
in California in 1859, and his visit to the
South few months ago His course at the
outset of the war, when he demanded that
the hayward sisters should be permitted to
depart in peace, was strictly in accordance
with the philanthrOpic spirit which has
ever actuated him. Afterward this policy
was changed, but only when the popular
furOre at the North cOerced the opposite,
and ION to Richmond" became the cry.
When the war closed he became a Yigor-
Ous advocate of peace on the basis of am
nesty, and he was the first to promulgate the
platform Of amnesty and equal rights"
which has become the shibbOleth Of the
friends of the Cincinnati movement. His
bail Of eX-President Davis was prompted by
the purest motives of good for his country
to which he knew neither peace nor harmony
could come until the man who in himself
typifed the cause of the South was restored
TO freedom. He has hosts of friends
throughout the country, and it is claimed
by those most wise as to the condition of
the public mind that he will sweep the
Union and leave Grant nothing to boast Of
in the shape. of a vote. The South will be
a unit for him. if for no Other reason, be-
lieving that from him will come relief from
carpet-bag rule, from local robbery and
tyranny, and complete restoration to her
now usurped rights.
The Appeal says in another article:
The Democratic party of the country has
taken no part in these nominations, on ac-
count Of the peculiar circumstances by
which it was surrounded. But as the can
didates are unObiectiOnable, and the plat
form generally embraces the great constitu-
tiOnal principles for which the Democrats
have commended. and as the contest is one
between corruption and honesty-between
despOtism and freedOm-between cOnsOlida-
ton and the rights Of the States-we pre-
sumo the Democratic party will support the
Cincinnati ticket cordially, thoroughly and
with hole heart. The proposition to hold |
a National Democratic Convention for the !
purpose of insTucting Democrats as to their |
duty, in an hour like the present, is a work |
of supererOgatiOn. A National Democratic |
Convention can add no strength to the Gin !
cinnati ticket, while the least imprudence |
would cause incalculable injury. We earn |
estly trust the folly of holding National |
Democratic COnventiOn-the farce of march |
ing up the hill and then marching down |
again-will not be enacted. So far as the |
appeal is concerned, it has kept alOOf from |
the selection of candidates, but now that a |
is made, It will rally TO the sup
port of Greeley and Brown.
They deserve the vote of every man who |
would preserve our republican institutions,
who loves liberty and hates despOtism, who
admlres honesty and abhOTs corruption
who detests anarchy and would preserve
the constitution, and who wars upon cOnsoIi-
datlOn while clinging to the rights of the
States In the canvass every patriot will
find in the mOmentOus issues involved a
rallying cry fitted to stir the popular heart
to its depths, and to enlist the whole pat
riOtic impulse of the land. Nothing is
wanting to secure an overwhelming victory
themselves. What a delightful spectacle
to see the Democrats and Liberal Repub-
Leans uniting in the glorious work Of
saving the country. We invoke every Dem
Dcrat to rally to the standard erected by
Inc Cincinnati convention, which is truly
the emblem Of his cOuntry's future glory.
Ii any are lukewaTm we call upon them to
arouse from their Indifference If any have
lisappointments TO brood over, or fancy
they are Inundated, we pray them to sac
riice their private griets upon the altar of
the common good. We invite all to take
part in the contest against despOtism, dis
honesty and corruption, that they may par
lclpate in the glory of the great victory
which is destined to crown the efforts to
restore peace and to preserve the cOnstitu-
ton. Let every Democrat merge all self
lsh considerations in the impulses of a
noble patriotism. In voting for Greeley
and Brown, and indOrsing the platform
erected at Cincinnati, we are simply doing
what Is vital TO the perpetuity of our insti-
tutlOns. The whole South must do her
duty IN the good work. Upon the broad
platform which was erected with such una
nlmltye all good men can stand, and in sup
port OF 1t Virginia, the mother of States and
statesmen, and the entire South. will be
found united
Let there be no misgivipgq. Int unitad
let US 90 forth in a spirit of victory. and
with hope and glad courage; and RELY on it.
a bright and glorious sun will CLEAN nnon
the horizon OF the coming contest and lead
US to glorious triumph. The spirit of the
people is aroused, and soon we shall hear