The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-10
Tho CInoinnati Nomin....


Convention proceeded yesterday morn
ing to ballot for the election of candi-
dates for the two highest Offices in the
Union. It will be seen that Horace
Greeley has been nominated for the Pre-
sidency, and Governor B. Gratz Brown
for the Vice-Presidency. A stronger
ticket could not have been selected.
There is in these nominations no empty
availability, and in the platform no
smothering Of principles, no ingenious
snare to seduce the hearts of the people
aud to reach the end in covert way
The nominees are men Of talents and of
unspotted integrity. Horace Greeley
was originally opposed to the war; He
insisted that the ''erring sisters" be
allowed to depart in peace. When war
became inevitable, he advocated its
vigorous prosecutions; but since the last
gun was fired, and the Confederate
soldiers surrendered, he has been tho
consistent, persistent advocate Of peace
and amnesty, and has urged au oblilera-
ton of oil the mad passions born of war.
For twelve months Mr.. Greeley has
warred upon the despotism aud corrup.
ton Of the Grant administration.
Of all the Northern men, Mr.. Greeley
is now the least Objectionable to the
Southern people, however much they
may have once disliked him. In thut
dark hour, when they were broodipg
over their deso1ated homes and around
threw himself into the breach Scorn-
ing the slander Of fanatics aud caring
nothing for peouniary loss, he FASTENED
to Richmond and signed the bond of
Jefferson Davis, in order that he might
be freed from a loathsome prison, and
peace be restored between the two SEQ
tions. Mr.. Greeley started in life
practical printer. He belongs to the
working masses, for he has been con-
slant laborer for nearly forty years.
Strict and punctual in his business ba.
bits, plain and affable in his manners,
with powers OF mind which grasp. as it
were by intuition, every subject to which
they are applied, united to various and
extensive requirements, he is pre-emi-
nently qualified for the position to which
he has been nominated. His career in
Congress was guided by honesty and
characterized by grent ability. He is
statesman of enlarged views and expe-
rlence; OF extensive attainments; honest
in his principles; pure in his private life;
faithful to his friends, and liberal to his
opponents He has arrived at On age
which has brought with it wisdom to
guide his course, without imbecility to
impair his active powers.
The nominee for the Vice Presidency
rounds off the splendor of the ticket.
B. Gratz Brown, the present Governor
OF Missouri. is worthy of the high sta
ton to which he aspires. He is favor
ite among the younger sisters of the
Union. He is the very type of the pro-
gress of our great country. and COM
bines every element of strength.
The Democratic party of the country
has taken no part in these nominations,
on account of the peculiar circumstances
by which it was surrounded. But as the
candidates are unobjeotionable. and the
platform generally embraces the great
constitutional principles for which De.
mocrats have contended, aud as the con-
test IL one between corruption and
honesty-between dcspotism and free
dom-between consolidation and the
rights Of the States-we presume the
Democratic party will support the Gin.
cinnati ticket cordially, thoroughly and
with whole heart. The proposition to
hold a National Democratic Convention
for the purpose ofinstructing Democra
as to their duty, in an hour like the pre-.
sent, Is a work of supererogation. A
National Democratic Convention can add
no strength to the Cincinnati ticket,
while the least itnprudence would cause
incalculable injury. We earnestly trust
tho folly of holding National Demo
cratic Convention-the farce Of march
ing mp the hill and then marching down
again-will not be enacted. So far as
the "Appea" is concerned, it has kept
aloof from the selection of candidates;
but now that nomination is made, it
will rally to the support of Greeley aud
Brown. They deserve the vote of every
man who would preserve our Republican
institutions, who loves liberty and hates
despotism, who admires honesty and nb-
hers corruption, who detests anarchy
and would preserve the Conntitution,
and who war upon consolidation while
clinging to the rights Of the States. In
the canvass every patriot will find in the
momentous issues involved rallying ory
fitted to stir the popular heart to its
depths. and to enlist the whole patriotic
impulse Of the land.
Nothing is wanting to secure an over
whelming victory but for the anti. Grant
men to be true to themselves. What a
delightful spectacle to see the Demo-
Gratis and liberal Republicans uniting in
the OInriono oS -. A.