Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-27
THE BREAKING Up OF TIE COALITION
GREELEY'S DECLINING PROSPECTS,.


To the Tribune itself after all belongs the
credit Of hAy ug discovered that the party that
nominated Mr.. Greeley at Cincinnati and the
other party that ratified his nomination at
BAltlmore-that this dual combination Is go
ing to pieces. Perhaps It would he more
exact to say that to the Tribune the credit
must be accorded Of having first given ex-
preston to what has evidently been 10 the air
for the last two wCeks-that the coalition has
failed to carry the country with 1t, and that
the prospects of Its candidate for the Presi-
dency are becoming less aud less every day.
In our last Issue we quoted the significant
utterances OF that journal, In effect giving
up the battle In November. The Herald,
which has been gradually shifting It's pOliti-
cal base for the last ten days, from an euthu-
elastic support Of the Chappaquu Sage which
II gave him Immediately after his selection,
changing TO a half bantcring, half sarcastic
advocacy of his claims followed the lead Of
tue principal organ on Sunday last, aud bold
ly ayOwed It's convictions a. follows;
whatever the causes, It Is apparent on all
sides that, since the late North Carolina cleo
tiOn, there has been a reaction In tho tide Of
public opinion on tho presidential question.
IRON the Baltimore convention, which pro
claimed Inc Cincinnati Liberal Republican can.
didAtes, Greeley and Brown, tho Democratic
ticket, and the Cincinnati Liberal resolutions,
the Democratic platform, down IN tho election
In North Carolina, there were such signs and
Manifestations Of general popular uprising 10
favor Of "GTeeley, Brown and reform" as to
Justify the Impression that we are In the midst
OF an irresistible political revolution. Nor can
II be questioned that the nTst election reports
from North Carolina greatly strengthened this
widely. prevailing opinion. But when tho dis,
tant election districts and the back counties
were all In, and II was asceTtained that the
Republicans had secured tho Governor which
was the presidential test In tho election, and
the accepted test on both sides AS between
Grant and Greeley, there was an abatement ~
tho Democratic enthusiasm for Greeley, and
the tide Of public sentiment began TO change In
THE substantial fruits Of the North Caro-
lima election In securing the Legislature, which
Is to elect a United states Senator, and securing
n majority OF tho Congressman, woro reaped by
the Democrats but tho Presidential test was
upon the Governor, and here the moral result
was, as We have Indicated, Democratic defeat
which changed the whole aspect Of the national
battle. held. The Greeley Republicans may have
materially strengthened the Democratic party
In this North Carolina contest but with tho
general knowledge Of their failure to elect, as
Tho balance OF power, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, began this general decline In the
Democratic enthusiasm for Grooley. In the
outset, among tho young and progressive De |
mooracy tho novelty Of Mr.. Greeley as the can. |
didato VI tho Democratic party Tor the Presl. |
isnoy was SO fascinating as to carry With II the
idea that the fountains Of the great deep were |
broken up and that tho deluge was rising which |
would OyeFWhelm Grant, his udmlnstTatlon, his |
inFty aud all their great expectations and oalou.
ationB In connection with another Jour years,
case OF power. But this sudden flashing up OF
Democratic enthusiasm has died out and the
oar 10 gaining ground that the Republicansl
Fought over 10 the Democracy 10 support OF
lreeley and Brown, may possibly be Outnum'
cred by those old line Bourbon Democrats VINO
70 resolved to vote for Grant or to stay Ht
ono on election day II they cannot get
IrAlEhLOut Democratic ticket on tho platform
I the timO-hOnOred Democratic principles Of
ptOrsOn and Jackson
''Our Irish bonn fellow citizens In many places,
peolally 10 this city, constitute al important
balance OF power; but II Is by no {
ians certain that tho Irish element OF this isl
d will DO unit In our November national or