The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-06
From tire Chicago Timesof the 9TH
THE NECESSITY OF The OPPOSITION.

It's q fact admitting Of no denial
that in order to defeat the corrupt
party whose desperate leaders are
now using all the powers and Az INC
vast revenues Of the Federal govern
ment to continue their rotten reg
the opposition must act uniJedly:--
This is the one overruling nece5slty
OF the proposition to change the ed-
eral administration. There is no Vls-
ibIe way Of escape from It. Inere is
no probabje way to defest the militia
~ eorr,lnfionisf who is likely 70 De
I the uresidentisl candidate OF the cor
runf rarfv INT that which VIII unite
/ in one bsTmonious body all the oPpo-
T5e,,fs ~ tbe administration, WhateV-
er their previous political assoeia-
The initial attempt to create such
q ,-oiS.iI.ai ur,iou has failed. The Re
n1Iblican opponents Of the admlnls-
F-atio1 xrho gathered at Cincinnati
/ tbra1T away the grand opportunity
S.-hfob was offered them, by the nom
| i,,'o+So,, IN a man who, instead OF unit
i,,--' ~, si,e oppositiOn, has, in the space
-, - 59,,arliIS more than three weeks,
hopeIesssy divided it There are UeiiS i,S
al thousands OF Republicans VINO wall
not vOte for Grant. Hardly any OF
fbeun have indicated Willingness 70
vote for Greeley, and it is a fact well
known that the majority OF them are
lunalterabiy against him. Ihey VIII
~ vote FOR the distinctive champion
of tie psternal system of government
even to defeat the administration OF
that system. AS q presidential can
dIdate Mr.. Greeley has no positive
strength among Republicans, and IS
/ a cause Of fatal division and diseord
among Demoerats.
Whiie there are thousands OF he-
publIcans who will vote for neither
| Grant nor Greeley, there are stlll lar
ger numbers Of Democrats who VIII
not vote for Greeley, though the cleo
ton Of Grant be the certain alterna-
tive. The daily accumulating evil
dences Of such facts are such as no
rational person can ignore.
Mr.. Greeley has utterly failed 70
unite the opposition to Grant; ne has
succeeded only in rendering the dis
uuitv moro pronounced and irrecon-
cflable. As q presidential candidate
| FOR the opposition, he is already po-
| lfticaIIy dead. His election Is among
the things that are Impossible. I1s I'M
] is the inevitable conclusion to Wnicl
events are already come. Ihere Is nc
longer the least use, there IS no long'
er any degree Of wisdom, in hoping
or arguing against this unalterabie
fact. Ifhe nomination OF Greeley a
baltimore meansthe election Of Grant
There is no other possible meaning z
Id, As an available candidate Tor th'
opposition Of Grant, he Is out OF TIT
What. then, is the course of patri
otism and duty? The only coursi
where lies the way Of success is tina
which eomprehends another effort Z
7 unite the dIscordant and rapidly di
lverQIng cOmpoRents ofthe opposition
! The first attempt to effect such union
undertaken by the smallest Of tn
parts whose union Is the object, hav
,, ing miscarried, it Is plainly now tn
duty OF the convention which shal
. represent the greater part to make
second attempt to effect that Object
The Cincinnati meeting having fail
! ed to present a candidate who cal
unite the opposition against Grant,
becomes now the duty Of the Baltl
more Convention to furnish such
candidate, either by nomination &
its own; or by initiating measures 70
! holding q general convention OF tn
! opposition, under the style Of q nel
, political organization, and in whic
: al the several parts OF the oppOsitiO
I may participate By delegates. Som
: method must be adopted, some earn
z est effort must be made to remedy tn
I llRmentable failure Of the Cincinnat
Z meeting by presenting to the countr
! O. presidential candidate who ca
: unite all the opposition to the candI
2 date of corruption which the nOmiI
alton Of Greeley has tended more "a
: tally to divide. And this it will b
the duty of the Baltimore convention
; 10 undertake.
Mr.. Greeley has publicly declare
,, that IL it should be found that his car
! didacy would not unite the Oppcs
: ton, he would withdraw and giY
: place to another. The contingenc.
? which Mr.. Greeley seems to have an
J ticipated has already arrived. HI
I candidacy has already become caus
I Of division and discord which Woul
7 render the failure OF the oppOsitiO
certain and inevitable. The one oYeI
= ruling necessity Of the situation,
united opposition, demands that Nj
, Greeley shall be taken at his word
and that another attempt, guided b
q better wisdom, in the light Of Ian
entable experience, shall be made I
present a candidate who can unit
: the opposition and beat Grant.