The Portland daily press., 1872-05-21
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1872.
The Democratic Nomination ALREADY
Made. a

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that the Baltimore Convention win ignore
greeley. they deceive themselves. There are
thousands of Democrats who will oppose the
adoption of the Cincinnati ticket, and tens of
thousands who will support it with great re-
-luctance.. There are some who will even car
ry their opposition so far as to bolt the nomi-r
nations when made. But the leading Demo
Gratis everywhere have clearly made up their
minds that Greeley is the only avallanie s'ep-
ping-stone to power. And II we ma some
influential journals, like the New York World,
iopposing the delight of Cincinnati and the
darling of revenue reformers with apparent
sincerity and warmth, they are SO kind as to
tell us frankly exactly why they do it. They
declare that it is necessary, while things are
in transitional and plastic shape, for at least
part of the Democratic press to appear hos
tile to Greeley in order that Republicans who
would otherwise be friendly to him may not
be driven away on perceiving the closeness
and intimacy of his Democratic affiliations.
These philosophical sheets rightly conclude
tiatthe abuse of agood man by the wicked is
calculated to raise him greatly in public es-
lence which is thus bestowed on the Cincin-
natl candidate, but it is calculated to do him
a great deal of good, nevertheless.
Among the very significant circumstances
pointing to the probable endorsement of Gin
cinnati by Baltimore is the action Of the New
York and T, nnessee Democratic State Con-
ventions, both of which virtually gave in
their adhesion to Horace Greeley. Our Maine
Democratic Committee, which met for con-
sultation the other day in this city, was
b strongly inclined Greeley-ward. Indeed the
Democratic party has concluded to don the
white coat and hat-in short to Make itself a
whited sepulchre, fair enough outwardly, but
within full of dead mems bones and all UNI
ceanness. They do not profess by their new
departure of 1872 to abandon their old here
sizes or to adopt even the mildly liberal plat
form framed at Cincinnati With the plat
form they have no concern. They merely
take the candidate The candidate is in so
b melting mood that he already emphasizes
the dogmas of his conservative friends much
more than those that are eistinctivey Re-
publican. He has much to say of amnesty,
but nothing since the LIST inst. ofthe new civ
IL rights bill: His Democratic friends object
to the Ku-Klux act and to the eminently just
and wise federal election law, and according
ly Mr.. Greeley has become suddenly reticent
concerning them. .lasS q
Republicans may as well make up their
minds that Greeley is to be Grants opponent
first as last. 1t is Greeley this year who will
receive the bulk Of the boosted ''three millions
of Democratic votes" 1t is he who will be
the favorite at the Confederate Cross Roads,
instead of Seymour and Blair, and who will
receive the support of ninety-nine out of
every hundred Rebel soldiers. it is in his
behalf, that the annual frauds will be COM
mitted in New York and Brooklyn. The
sixth ward will give him its indefinitely elastic
majority. The votes stuffed surreptitiously
into the ballot boxes win bear his name. 1t
will now be his partisans who object to the
registration laws-his friends who will mob
Grant voters and drive them from the polls
He will now begin to perceive the ''injustice
and oppression in the Congressional election
law that is framed to secure to every man his
one vote and no more. 3.v Eli
On the other hand, nearly all the votes
thrown for Grant and Colfax in 1868 will
again be given to the same candidates. They
viii receive also the votes of thousands who,
like Gen. Matthews, Edward Atkinson and
others,were profoundly disguised at the wire
pulling and trickery of the "disgraced and dis
graceful Convention" A Horace Greeley SO
supported and so opposed has not pleasant
future before him. Had he been content
with the acknowledged leadership in Ameri-
can journalism all would have been well with
his fame. But to be merely defeated Prcsi-
dental aspirants to occupy much lower
and less desirable position. r,sT
Passage Of the Tariff Bill by the House.
a By reference to the House proceedings it
ed tariff bill, and as the Senate has already
passed one embracing similar reductions,
there can be hardly doubt of its success in
that branch. The general tariff is reduced
ten per cent and "a large number of articles
have been put upon the free list, including
tea and coffee by previous bill. ~ % D-
The one section of the bill that is of the
greatest interest to Maine is that added to
the free list, which provides that materials
employed in shipbullding, when the ships so
built are intended for foreign commerce, shall
be free of duty. Mr.. Hale made vigorous
attempt to have this important drawback of
duties extended to all classes of vessels, but
failed in Committee of the Whole by t,vo
ootes. The bill also provides that ship stores
of vessels engaged in the foreign trade shall
be free of duty. tpo'
The success of this bill will give general re-
lief to the country, but the section relative to
shipbuilding is the most important measure
to our coast towns that has received the favor
able action of Congress for many years. And
this success is largely, if not entirely, due to
the large influence and persistent efforts of
the Maine delegation. Mr.. Lynch at length
sees the accomplishment in great meas
ure Of that for which he has SO constant
ly and persistently toiled. The Boston Id
uertiser says that the success of the measure
is as largely due to the personal efforts of
Speaker Blaine as to any agency, who used
his wide personal influence, as well as the
weight of his official position, to accomplish
the greatly desired object. Mr.. Hale began
at the first of the session to advocate the
measure, but then found his obstacle in Mr..
Cox's amendment to his own bill, providing
for the entire destruction of shipbuilding as
an American industry, by allowing foreign
built vessels to be put under American regis
ter. slt ID
No State has an ADLER and more influential
delegation in Congress than Maine, and this
important concession to the shipbuilding in
terest is the best evidence of their ability,
zeal and tact. More than this, the result of
their efforts show how important it is to
State to continue in its service as repre-
sentatives men of experience and ability. Il
Mr.. Greeley's First Supporter.
1t will be remembered that some time ago
when Mr.. Greeley was preparing for his Pres
ldential enterprise) he wrote complimentary
letter to the Weekly Cducasian-a strange pa
per edited by some wild man of the woods ont
in Lafayette County, Missouri. The said Or
son is now one of Mr. Greeley ablest support
ers, as will be seen by the following extract
from his ''organ' of Saturday, May IL:
Sound the hew-gag; strike the ton-jon; beat
the fuzzy-guzzy; wake the gong kwong; let the