St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-19

The Republicans, some weeks since,
nominated Gen. ,'Iant tnr ELECTION
to the Presidency with Il umamimitl an
parallclcd in the political history of
parties.
Some time prior to this event, there
was Il gathering of political monde
scripts at CINCINNATI. called Il liberal
Republican Convention. hut really uam-
aged. Ms all agree, 10y Mr.. Blair, the
democratic senator from Missouri. at
which Horace Greeley was nominated
tor President.
Last week the Democratic National
Convention was holden at Baltimore.
where Nj. Greeley WAS nominated as
the candidate of the Democratic patty
for the Presidency with only some 10
uI - dis>cntieni votes. here was
some grumhling on the part of II p"r-
ton of the convention at helm" called
upon to support one VIII" had. III years
past. asSailcd democracy with consider
able fcIctnca>. and To set aside men
who had always trained in the
the ranks of the party. iut long before
the meeting of this Convention Il r"ali-
tinn had been formed between Greeley :
cratic party. aud the question who
should he llIc nominee of the party had
been fully determined The tomNcn
ton WAS holden to giNc Il formal ratiti
cation to the coalition. and nothing
more In order To- unite the party the
political principles "t the Democrat"
party seem To have been forgotten. and
the crv WAS raised in hrhIlf OF the
bargain of the leaders who had inaugu-
To beat Grant" The south was fully
represented in this Convention Never,
~ since the t.trmuIl> Charleston ComNr en-
ton. when Douglass was set L>ldr 10y
the southern leaders ~ not Il safe. man
to represent them. and Breckenridge
taken in lieu of him. have the leaders OF
boldly and a~>,mpliNck. ~ at this
Convention, dcn.ndiu" th, nomination
of Mr.. Greeley. They urged his n"mi
nation on the ground of his cnun~r III
the PROGRESS of the war. lie adv Isrd
hat the army CEASE lighting the rebels
and let them ptacrahlN sever the mon.
Il II 1
MI. Greeley. for he travelled /" Rich
momd to bail .JctlrISuu Davis. The loN i'll
people of the country paid ~lWOUOO
reward To- secure Davis arrest. but
Greeley, with several rebels. offered
and gave bail I" keep the arch traitor
ont of the inside walls of y prison.
where he ought now t" Ice. if allowed
t" escape Il gallows as high IL that from
which Hannah was suspended. This.
and other appeals of IL like character
III favor of Mr.. Greeley. won the hearts
of the Democratic Convention. with
few exceptions. and Mr.. Greeley is the
candidate of the party which instituted
NV It'tlIl'I' anu ~ll~ll u lbl Il\ e
long Years. That party was the Dem
"clatic party. and he is now their rhoS-
Ell leader. The Cincinnati Convention
was nothing but stool pigeon it
simply >erN eel to usher Nh Greeley into
the National Democratic panty. 1t has
answered its ends. There were a few
sore head Republicans in this Cincnl-
matt Convention. and few honest ones
Since Greeley has formally entered the
jefferson Davis party. they the honest
portion of the Convention -repudiate
and refuse to support him. The few
Republicans who have VainlN sought
office of Gen. Grant. on been turned
out for dishonesty OF Incompetence
cleave to Greeley. hoping, if he should
be elected, to find hole where they
can put their hands into the National
treasury. They are of that class of
men known az inceSsimt clamorels for
office, and a. is usual il, such cases the