New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
COMMENTS ON CINCINNATI.
TONE OF TIE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
A QUESTION. OF MEN.

eyteT nDon n r,,yS frr lie Presidency, With Horace
Gree'cS III oaudid1 t. The NEST Si nnT Tpotcai
hisdT~' It srcvs Pred nrny toe effect OF , per
sona Ss. ,ns % e" Whatever criticisms be
made upon the IN lie of 'rleeio! 10 OV ~
ds ngSS y. o. rcpo tiyac almost sentimental
devotion TO every scheme mat pIoiSe We "a 10 ~, %
drcsmer III t5culs have wor>hipel hun VITA de,
vstiou almost oriental rs an ano, o. "n as
humanity No rs well known IN Ihe country a a
Horace greeley, unless, perhaps IT is Gen Grant. ~
W. n"rsonal canvass Question Of mere men for he
ond Inc name Horace Greeley, what principle 90 We
the rcstlessness Of the country under our foreign
policy and the desire for change which belongs
no our There re @dgnGOns Of the p"Sc temper
when cOns iorations as superhcia ana eT pres;
dent This we when Harrison and Pierce were were
elected Are 10 have these conoiuonS now an Ni,n
similar results Are people tired OF Nrlnli Does
the of any special enthusiasm for Grant at TINS
time show that our people are weary ines S mean me
Horace Greeley into the campaign A. man
whom the American people Will always rcSecI ah.
honor Whether shall support or oppose him must
10 decided by himself. He has received TINS nondlIoh;
se usefulness OF his career, shall support him. But
in this wc shall await the developments Of the canvass
vonlions Will stand before the people
A SIGNIFICANT FACT,
The work which was done at Cincinnati may
10 probably considered from other than partisan points
Of view. Ii most unexpected result taat me ca,
should have distanced such strong ana eNpeI
enoed politicians Mr.. Trumbul judge DAVIS ana hr'
who once more draggled his robes in the dirty
nools ~ ro,cs and with "A most bumillting result.
Tb,t two members of the editorial profession
should he thus IGNORED is a ssnihcant TACT MM Gd
makes the selection thu iOCuiSr is that most OF he
ahest editors IN the Convention opposed &, Mr.
Greeley personally to hi high Protective n@onS'
and others Of ike cocr regarded Mr. Greeeys noni-
nation iudicous and fought IL as long as they could
nation of Mr.. Greeley has not the significance for tho
AZ frst appear to have. Mr. Greeley belongs to
an old school of Journalists who deemed II thelT
fortunes their favortes. The new school regard the
arena OF independent Journalism as lar more attractive
than any Of the temptations offered by politics or poll
ticans. Mr.. Brown has for many years been cut OF
Journalism and has been engaged III active political
morning papers on the nominations varied as
might have been expected and none show illtcmpcr
this morning are brief and somewhat subdued
in tone. The only feature OF the platform dn , TO
mands the question Of Protection TO the people TO be
acted on In the Congress elections He will probably ne
the first 10 see that campaign which opens in ts man
ner extremely liable 10 abound ~ personalities We
and less responsible members OF the profession the
example of fighting his opponents in manner worthy
or not no will then have 4 more lasting claim 10 the
honor OF the people than he could otherwise establish
A SENSIBLE CONCLUSION--THE GOOD TIME
COMING.
From Tn, Ntr. York
The Convention at Cincinnati came yester
FAY sensible conclusion about the tariff controversy
sress Districts and they declared this determination
p for on p neF Horace Gee
aud for Vice-President b. Gratz Brown. Free Trader
ing Free Trade Protection the fact be disputed
that with present enormous national debt We must
The Free Traders all in favor OF this because they
opposed to repudiaton; aud the Proectonlsts
dusry all the advantages which, with their principles
they ought desire Thus there Is practical conro
hpf 3
They may contend upon their abstract doctrines, bet
and they can all vote for Horace Greeley and
Gratz Brown without any compromise OF their pbo'0ph
cal convictions 1t is also worthy of note that II Con
gress should enact Free Trade Tariff during the ad
mnisraton OF President Greeley. be is bound by The
platform he stands on as candidate to give i his official
approval. When the Democrats and the Liberal
ores Gr the an Sf purity and
honesty OF the Governments will be restored Then there
presents to ladies as means OF getting money out Of the
National Treasury, no payments OF $4,000 on claims
thinks OF such fellows this Robson he has clearly
,ted we find no legal warrant" he SAYS, for
n the people altogether should resolve TO send Dr. Gree
icy to the White House they will thereby declare their
determination that public plunder shall cease
HARD TICKET TO BEAT.
From Springfield Republican
The Convention has certainly disappointed
me dyersaries and the croakers They predicted with
somewhat imposing confidence in their own sagacity,
ths il would he feeble affair at best, and would newt
ably break in row. The event shows that they We're
not nearly sagacous they thought themselves There
another thDg 10 De saQ Tor Ine
eat credit for resenting and frustrating inpudent
attempt 20 impose upon 1t the candidate of Congress
apponted the not unreasonable hopes OF its best and
parnest friends that il has seemed unable to quite lift
Tc.ad Go content aS with 4ons we when What the country
and the hour demanded WAS that II should 90 me best
address They speak pretty audihy for themselves, and
da GRAFT Brown-to begin at bottom of the ticket
lis comparatively new man IN American politics. but
nd closely allied 10 tne great klaVenOlulng
families OF that state, he was an original Aboll-
Missouri; he helped strike one Of the first and tell
ing blows of the war He has brains culture an over
flowing vitality, experience IN snalrs ana marked Vo
cation for the public career: The strongest objection
which can be urged against nm as & @ of 0ce
that since he has been Governor OF Missouri, he has
traits Browns associate on the ticket, the Liberal
nominee for the Presidency what can we say OF
reader He is probably the bestknOwD man in the
country For better part Of two generations he has
6en Sn o his and his 5e have pub
lie property And is hardly too much TO say that he Is
ofenest and loudest generally nave warm spoS Tor
candidate. he has also peculiar strength he has
been in his time thoroughgong partisan COCA Mater
strange bedellows He has not been so choice as he
should have been in his company. HIS charitable ana
unsuspicous nature has sometimes betrayed him into
the hands OF bad men, who have abused his confidence
and used him for their own selfish purposes Ihen MS
ultra high Tariff notions undoubtedly an element OF
weakness his candidacy. But Of late Mr. Greeley has
been growing aud broadening and ripening Years nave
brought to him something Of the phlosOphc mind He
has got out Of the rut Of partsanshp And all
the while that he has been growing away from his old
eumlties and prejudces and "cr0chets" he has been
growing into the respect and affection OF his cOuntrymen
Few men can be found nOw-Outside the Grant news
paper OfceswhO VIII question the honesty and nobility
OF his character The Administration party should not
deceive itself this point Mr. Greeeys popularity is
no myth. He is as strong with the exsavChOldeTs as
with the ex-slaves with the Irish laborers with the
natiVe-bOrn farmers who voted Democratic
ticket in their lives He may be beaten. but those who
fancy the lob an easy one will of these days
to alter their opinion. II the Philadelphia people CON