The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-06

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liked the choice. The enthusiastic fellows
IA little the Torse for Democratic whskey
went up the avenue late last evening hun
I rahiDg for aBreeley and Crown The,
were the only men who seemed pleased witt
the tlrtset--except, OF course, the supporters
llof the Administration, who were, as the,
should he, overjored at the result Of til,
"Great Reform Moyement.'' The fun wa
! like thatof the boys md the frogs-all one
sided. The GRANTEES laughed and wer,
happy. The Liberals groaned, and tried t
look so: And SO the News WIS received.
i, From the Petersburg Index.
" HORACE GREELEY AND GRAFT BRowN.-
The nominations at Cincinnati will hardly
| take the country by surprise, since for day
or two it. has been generally perceived that
| the names of Greeley and Brown have beer
steadily and rapidly growing in strength and
favor. Expected or not expected, the action
| Of the Convention was wise. It meets
! most of the conditions. Its candidates are
strong IN the North and Northwest. Both
| Of them have been identified with all that
has been; good in the Republican party
both are men who excite great perso.
nal enthusiasm; both come before us rs
consistent and bold advocates of amnesty
and of constitutional rule; both declared
open opposition to military rings, govern.
mental corruption, and the despotic Gicta.
| tons of Mr.. Grant, when such declaration
| was dangerous; both are and have ever been
| equally fearless of the party whip, whoever
| welded it; both are selfmade men, men OF
| the people; and both have shown that they
possess that subtle power over masses Of men
which is indispensable to campaign leaders
| TO the declaration of principles made by the
Convention we invite special attention. 1t is
| one on which all honest men may meet, yet
it has no vague generalities to weaken 1t, but
| deals in pungent facts and thoughts growing
directly from them. Il 2
If the Democratic party is wise, its cand:
date Is nominated. If it is determined, its
victory is assured. - &a
: From the Petersburg Progress.
/ TILE NoMINATloSs.-The selection of Ho.
race Greeley and Governor Brown as leaders
of the liberal, reformatory spirit and move
ment of the country, indicates at once the
moderation and sagacty Of those who CON-
posed the Nominating Convention. ...7
Horace Greeley deserves more OF his party,
and has contributed more to its success, than
| any other political thcorist and worker in the
| country and vet, with all the zeal and firm.
| ness which he has uniformly brought to bear
| in lis opposition to Democracy, slavery, and
| secession, there is no Republican in the whole
North who can so fully command the conf.
dence and countcnauce of the southern peo-
| pie as the man whose brave and generous
| sympathies taught him to defy tyranny Of
| public opinion, when the fortunes of q great
but fallen adycrsary-the representative Of a
lost and hopeless causc-appcaled to his HUI
manity.
| Governor Brown cannot but be acceptable
to the Conservatives of Virginia, inasmuch
as he is the very embodiment of the spirit
and policy of the Virginia campaign OF 1863,
I which resulted in the overthrow of Radical
ism and the election of Governor Walker.
Altogether, the nominations are satisfac-
tory; for while they do not give us our pre-
ference, they are so infinitely superior in al
respects to anything that could come out OF
the regular Radical organization that we q.
content to relinquish our predictions al
yield IN honest support to the nominees.
Grants defeat is now not only possible
: but certain, if the Democratic party are wise
enough to observe and heed the teachings o
the present crisis, and make such sacrifices O.
prejudice and party ambition as the erea
object Of defeating Grant would preGmi
nently justify.
From the Norfolk Virginian
TIE CINCINNATI CONyENTIoN-ITs PLAT
, FORM AND NoM1SEEs.-Wc print in anothe
column an abstract of the declaration Q
principles set forth by the Liberal Republ
) cans at Cincinnati, and are free to admit tn;
, these are more satisfactory than we expccte
, them to be. The positions taken in regar
!. to local self-government, haJeas'corpus an
nesty, and the subordnation of military
civil authority, will be hailed with approx
, by the entire country, to say nothing
minor questions OF reform insisted Oh in Il
, platform. As it stands in our dispatches
deserves the careful examination of our rea
crs. who. in its study, should Weis
, each separate clause, and then Judge 1t
! a whole. Examined in this manner it W
impress the masses as strong remonstran
against the misrue under which we no
suffer, and will be accepted as satisfactory
its main particulars. The candidates pc
haps will not make so agreeable an imprt
sion. Aswe have so often said, we have h;
; nothing to do with this great business. T
fight has been one during which we retir
: to the "rafters," but we were hopeful I'll
! Mr.. Adams might have been nominated
: the first place on the ticket. Still Mr.. Greel
:, is very strong man, and there will be ii
show of retributive justice in beating Ora
, with the philosopher-the pen against t
:, sword. In the mean time we trust that d
Belmont and his colleagues will move wi
. great caution, and bear in mind the FUND
mental maxim of our party-measures, n
| men.
From the Alexandria Sentinel.
We have nothing now to say of the tick
But it is an omen of its success that 1t
: been chosen so enthusiastically and
! quickly. 4 81.
) The Nominees I'm COngress---What I'll
Democratic Members VIII Do.
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