Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-06-04
The Political Outlook.
From The Milwaukee Sentinel.

From The Milwaukee Sentinel
Scarcely three weeks have passed
since the nomination of Mr. Greeley
at Cincinnati. What are his pros
poets for a following from the Repub-
lican ranks? Before us as we write
are all the journals. printed in the
English language, that are devoted
to the cause which he represents
we mean the journals that hitherto
have been Republican. The two
Tribunes. the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, The Springfield Republican, the
st. Paul Dispatch, the Peoria Review
these are all ; merely half dozen.
Very few prominent Republican poll
ticlans adhere to his fortunes. The
motley crowd Of Liberals, assembled
in high hope at Cincinnati, have dis
persed. The followers of Davis, of
Trumbull, of Adams, of Cox, OF Cur
tin, of Palmer, for the most part pre-
fer Grant to Greeley. Many men
who were prominent at the Liberal
Convention have publicly express
ed their repentance More in sor-
row than in anger, the Republican
masses have responded by approprl-
ate sience. Greeley has less Repub~
lican following to-day than Free
mont had three weeks after the
Cleveland Convention eight years
ago.
Yet the desperate Democracy seem
obliged to take him up, The South
ern people do so with alaerity. They
do not enquire Who would be safest
and best tor the country which they
fought TO destroy. On the contrary,
they seek q man from whom they
can expect most for themselves and
their lost cause. The more dangerN
GUS the candidate promises TO be to
the Union, the better they like him.
They believe Greeley to be their
man. 1t makes little practical dif-
ference TO us whether they regard
their hopes as founded in his weak
ness or in bis treachery. Their po-
litical kindred in the North, the genu-
inc copperheads, unite with them
heartily in demanding the endorses
ment Of his nomination by the Demo
cratic party at Baltimore. To DO
sure, the New York World truly
says: Within the last few days we
have had opporLuaities Of convecs-
ing with intelligent Southern men
and Northern men, who have recent
ly returned from the South, and they
all concur in the opinion that the
Llacks will 90 solid for Grant. But
they will 60 solid for Grant, who
ever may be the nominee of the
Democratic party. So, that argu-
ment il not valid against the endorse
ment Of Greeley, the old abolition~
lists, with Garrison, Douglass, Smith,
Bcecher, Bacon and others ut their
head, llvote in a body for Grant
against the sage Of Chappaqua. =
Taoy will also vote against any man
nominated by the Democracy. Half
Il million soldiers will vote against
the bailer Of jeff. Davis and for their
old General who led them TO glorious
victories. And they will vote against
any man whom the Democrats can
run. The aboitionsts, the colored
men and the soldiers already make a
formidable host for Grant. Add to
these all other Republicans from
principle. A few readers Of the half
dozen Liberal journals, mentioned
above, may vote for the nominee OF
the Cincinnati Convention.
What, then, can the Democrats
gain by taking up Mr. Greeley as
their candidate? At all events they
can loose nothing by it. They all
know that their case il absolutely
hopeless with Regular Democratic
nominee. 1t could be no moro hope
less with Greeley. He has had many
personal friend among Republicans,
and may carry with him a greater
number OF these than the hated
Grant party believe possible. 1t
will do no harm TO the Democratic
corpse TO apply that sort Of gaI7an-
ism, and it may do unexpected good.
Al least, IL will be . sad comfort to
see tho dead thing stirring fer mo-
mont with even CHASTITY galyanic life,
ere the last shadow Of hope departs.
Aud Democrats certainly cannot
DO ignorant that it would be impossi-
bic for them 10 poll their full voto
for Mr.. Greeley Among all tho
journals of that party in the state of
Pennsylvania there is scarcely one
that tavors him. Many Of them OPP
pose him vehemently. We pass over
such journals as the New York World
aud the Chicago Times, which may
seemingly combat his nomination on
the grounds OF bis anti-DemocIacy
in order to encourage as many Re-
pnblicans as possible to commit them
selves to him in advance. But no
one can doubt the sincerity of the
Catholic Freeman's Journal, when i
SAYS: The man in America who is
the nearest type Of The dnom0S-the
'lawless one, as the anu.Christ is
called in the New Teslamcnt-is the
candidate Of the extreme and lawless
Radicals who met IN Cincinnati, Hor-
ace Greeley" Allowing tho vote Of
the Democratic State Committee OF
Wisconsin to be fair index Of opin-
ion in the party, two in sixteen, or
twelve and half per cent, would re-
fuse TO support him. 1t is claimed
that the Democratic voters In the
country number three millions. Two
sixteenths of these amount to three
hundred and seventy>fve thousand.
Not less than that number would iail
to vote for Greeley, and many Of
them would vote for Grant. Not
one. fifth OF three hundred and seven
ty-fve thousand Republicans would
vote for a renegade as the nominee
Of the Democratic party.
30 Horace Greeley's letter, writ
ten ia the fall of 1864 to the loyal
Governors, intimating that it would
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