Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-05-11
GOOD-BY. HORACE.

The Cincinnati Convention has met
and adjourned. Horace Greeley and b.
Gratz Brown were nominated. The
mountain labored and brought forth n
mouse. This is the condensed, crystal
ized, frozen truth. We have been a
reader of the New York T'iGune for
twenty years. In the beginning Greeley
devoted himself to journalism, advocated
what he believed right with all the vim
he possessed. But man is like plant
first he is full Of sap and vigor, next he
flowers, then comes the fruit, after which
decay sets in. Horace Greeley's share in
the good will Of the countrymen kept
pace with his evident sincerity and in
tcllectual ability. 1t is a sorrowful fact
that in these respects Greeley is on the
"down grade" The Presidential but
terfly has caught his eye and, like very
schoolboy, he is in full chase, bat in
hand. For the mcrest possible contingent
cy of reaching the White House, Greeley
has wilfully gone back on his record
torn loose from his oldest and dearest
party associations forfeited all claims for
political consistency, and lacks but little
of joining hands in fellowship with those
against whom he for many years has
waged IL bitter, unrelentng warfare. His
mcttle has been tested. He has been
weighed in the balance and found want
ing. The glory has departed from the
New York Tribune. 1t will exist here
after upon its past reputation and its es-
tablished circulation. But hereafter the
utterances Of the Tribune will be regarded
as dictated by purely selfish motives.
The public will be at loss to know
when it is honest The loss of influence
will be tremendous. Ii Greeley is any
thing politically, he is an extreme pro-
tectonist. He is now the Presidential
nominee of Il convention which assem-
bled under a call addressed to those who,
among other things, were in favor Of
tariff for revenue only. To add to the
picture B. Gratz Brown, an ultra advO-
cate Of Free Trade, is placed on the tick
ct with him. The character of the con-
vention can be fairly estimated by the |
California delegation. One Col. Rock |
erby was adjudged to be entitled to
represent the entire State. Who he is
and how he came there, is something
for California Liberal Republicans to an
swer. The upshot of the Cincinnati
movement is this : Those who lean that
way must take their choice betwixt Grant
and Democrat. The overwhelming
majority Of the Union-oving people are
for Grant. The Liberal Republicans
have really made no concessions to the
Democrats. They ask the Democracy
to perpetratc an unconditional surrender.
W hen the Democracy have given up all
the principles they have contended for
and disbanded their party organization
into the bargain, how much have they
bettercd the situation What especial |
~ renders the Liberal nominations insig- |
1lhcant is that neither the Cincinnati |
CpllHcIllOl IioI llS HOnluccS HuNc Sdlu !
- turkey " to the Democracy once. There |
will be a Democratic ticket nominated |
the strongest they can find. Those who !
wish to defeat the Republican nominees
can best do so by voting the Democratic
ticket straight. Those who halt betwixt
g dare not and | would" will bring
about the same result by voting for Gree
ley or somebody else. In bidding Hor-
ace Greeley good-by, we do not mean to
lose sight OF all those shining qualities
which merit and have obtained honest
admiration. As newspaper man and an
advocate Of what he deemed to be right, |
Horace Greeley is a shining success. In
MS roie Of politician endeavorng to re-
political extremes, he is an utter
failure.