The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-23
NOT MUCH OF A JOKE AFTER ALL,

OF b military ring at uFSt received
the news of the nomination of Horace
Greeley at the Cincinnati Conven-
ton. has been of remarkably short
continuance, and those Journals
which at first assumed to treat the
action of the Convention as a good
Joke. are looking vainly to find out
what they at first saw so amusing IN
the nomination.. or where the joke
came in. The old white coat and
hat are not the best subjects to be
sneered at, when worn by a man who
for nearly forty years has stood in
the van of every reform which prom
ised to aid the cause of universal
liberty and protect the interests of
the laboring classes from the abuses
of owe Foremost in the aid of
all struggling peoples, ever ready to
assist the unfortunate, and with
tongue and pen for more than a
third of a century battling for the
honor of the nation. andth freedom
of oil of its people, it is to the hearts
of men as we'll as their judgments
that the nomination of Horace Gree
lev for President Of this great repub-
lie comes home with telling force,
and works its almost miraculous
changes. A man ofthe people, from
the people, and for the people, can
well claim, and will surely receive.
if not their first support, at least
most earnest and respectful consid-
Grafton. and it is difficult as all the
administration Journals have now
discovered. t, see wherein the mirth
appears. 1t is the hardest joke the
bread and butter brigade of relatives
and ofice-holders have vet had to
digest, and we find already many of
the staunchest supporters of Grant
~canvassing the field in search of a
more powerful man, to be substi-
tuted in his place. When the nomi-
nation Of Horace Greeley can throw
back on their launches the most sa-
gacious and determined lei in the
administration party, and them
to seek a new leader to represent
their view, it is, as We said, a little
difficult to see the facetious point of
the nomination.
Horace Greeley is to day support
ed by fully one third of the old-time
Republican papers in the nation, and
is also the choice of nine-tenths of
the Democratic party. The South
will support him, for they believe
him to be honest, and not inimical
to their best interests as 4 people.
The West will support him, for they
know his record. and that having
left the question of tariff to the sev
aral Congressional Districts, he will
not interfere with the legislation of
Congress upon that subject. And
the North and East. remembering
lin as the champion of their inter
ests always, as the u~nwavering OPP
ponent of slavery, and the staunch
supporter of Republican principles,
will and do say that the platform
and nominee of the Cincinnati Con
vention are worthy Of and Will have
their most hearty support.
We believe that when the dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention
shall assemble, nine-tenths of the
whole number will be heartily in ia
yor of indorsing the Cincinnati nom
inee, and that to-day, if vote were
taken III the rank and file of the
Democratic party, more than the
above proportion would be found in
favor of Horace Greeley. The time
has come when the good sense of the
American people recognizes the fact
that the only way to reform our civi!
service, aud prevent an entire sub
of the organic law of the