New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-18

So,rTuTRN PEoPLE-FoLLY OF A Dh"0
CRATIC TICKET.
Ed,,or,al oorresponsno, Of The Hartford Post ,orv
p,cuMoxn Va. Nav 13.-I confess am . veIy
much surprised the manner in which ,Ss at he
Of the Cincinnati Convention arr t Seauescence on the
pN MsS Of P the leaders rs Of southern sentme
RsCn as that say 81 en DAVIS ocEoned they had
pretty much confidence In tne o d ere rcady 10
sk s sny road out Of the SaIPesDss
sery and skulduggey generally, iTS %nicI aid not
el 70 for pen enthusiasm support Of any nO%nS
ton to be made 81 SIncpn eS Rut SH chances for
ie nomination OF Mr. Greeley had not entered inI2 my
estimate @s SI Of he first whop to Greeley the sixth
ballot IN the Convention am free TO say was so PoV
rneascnaSe probabiity was very confident notwth-
standing ali the talk about Greeleys being the cons
or ' eourse was surprised as everybody else was or
seemed 20 be. Let me confess Ltd iianAi
tylerraan,SsScd YOU before tie ballotlng began
the ticket would be either Adams aud iIs
whether movement was 10 be grand pohtlcaI oen
,erhans hoHrs after the result had announced
thought it the lster-that the result ~as a drV
S ne measoTing The movement by few trading poh
clans upon the surface OF IT. aud thinking Oh .ne
Greeley who through wider space and for Longer
period has welded larger influence upon 'he u
I'm my disappointment the fact Of his nomination
Inn iastjee aud 10 discern the wisdom of the Conven
tion's choice In the flying trip have since mace
through some the Southern States my eyes have Deon
erened have discovered what, said, had no ex-
pectation OF the reception OF the nomination a. to
cLoce of evils but absolute enthusiasm for Il among an
classes Mr. Greeley represents 70 the than apv
reform in the civil service the imposition OF IaAes
AND IuI attraction of the Liberal Republican move;
ment and Cincinnati Convention-that Oh restores
tem Of the outstretcbed hand the first real Offer as
they view II, Of the open PALM They know ne Is f S
that u0H
opposed their Institution Of Slavery; that he was
the tight with heart and head d ana NS and
that he SAID soft words to them or onefen any
the Sections But they remember that when the thing
was and the fight finished he was the first TO say
been enemies, aud with universal suffrage and and
universal amnesty enter upon the new and peaceful era
OF better things suspect that we a. e MUeI d he
very little appreciation Of the actual sentiment ana o
actual needs of the Southern people human nature 10
quite human, wherever you ma H. ~ Is mot sraneo
that the southern people should dislike military rle
10 the fender mercies Of such scurvy set of adven-
urers and carpetbaggers as 1t must be confessed mas
is IL very strange they do not like the idea OF per-
petuatng Office an Administration whose only oaln Is
That its head was military cheftain who led the armies
that conquered them. This may be all wrOngcefIaln
the Northern people who believe reward is too great
or tine .Odiers who defended and maintained the COY
eminent in its time OF peril cannot sympathize with
them vePT strange gtS We're it Otherwise There
arrogance tOplOtness in their talk about III they
hardly make complaint, far as can Judge, IrO
casual conversations with them; indeed they are mncn
less "stuy upon political Questions than tne aNoa1e
Connecticut Democrat-but there Is sort OF IonGnS
for different and better state Of things, when
is rather hopeful than confident, ana comes VIII
more OF rem0nstIance IMAM ueILl.co, " he
treaty than OF demand IL is easy enough 20 gate the
mfed and about the bloody dance they led us through
for four long wearyyears aud 10 say they deserve IL
little use TO argue upon IT, It's very m9eh question OF
temper and temperament how we view ~ KNOW some me
Divine government, and that Christ ded ioT an OF US
and who have infinite lOngings for Christly lie tnen
Wh 10
against human government nave any claims
mon the consideration Of their fellows That is
oiite human too. But there people-some Of
mem very sincere and thoughtful-whO have notion
that there is question here little above consider
aiions Of personal sectional hostility, even Of pun
isment and pardona question that goes to the hie on
Governed Eight years ought to have been enough TO
up TO peSdGs IS s Ss S to be time
6e thinking more about mutual confidence and harmony
longer ana better future and about differences that
are dead discussion OF which does no good and only
The southern people hail Mr. Greeley's nomination
bnger Of reGstablshed confidence and peace, token
that the party the North which made the fight for the
sa S w GOOD ship and mutual eonndenee
instead of hostility and distrust 1t gives them the
opportunity for which can see in the enthusiasm with
which they welcome IL they nave been anxiousiy long;
the foremost representatives, OF the dea against which
they made unsuccessful war, that they unreservedy
have no wish TO what they have lost,
or 10 restore the past; that their only desire
izens in Government whose prosperity and strength
depend solely upon the patriotic affection OF It's
can party could have given them this opportunity aud
mo- nomination but that OF Mr. Greeley could have given
odly grateful It. Whether the ticket is successful
or believe the simple putting OF IL In the held has
already produced great good, and accomplished
than the legislation OF half dozen Congresses could in
promoting fraternal feeling and reesabshng concord
n viii be idle for the Democratic National Convention
TO put another ticket in the field, or do anything but
ndorse the Cincinnati nominations. Any ticket might
nominate would have hardly corporals guard OF fol-
lowers in the Southern States. Perhaps may TO
be making confident assertions upon slight basis
Southern States; but have talked with great many
people of all conditions and classes, wherever have
met them in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, and
with from Georgia, Alabama aud other Southern
States, and have failed TO find man, or hear OF
one who does not throw up his hat for Greeley. /
except the editor OF Democratic paper in Louisville.
Ky, who opposes the Cincinnati nominations because
lie other Democratic paper, The C0urteTJourndt,
morris them. Chat, too, is exhibition of human
lure by means rarel. The Democracy OF Kentucky,
the most thoroughly Bourbon Of any In the country
seems 10 have been eectualy de BOurbonized by the
nominations. How they feel about IL In tennessee, you
state Convention which in session at Nashville, the
day there In these two States there s but one
sentiment; the Cincinnati ticket Will sweep them both
by vote that will come near being unanimous.
There seems Just now R9sS0ty OF clash
eral Repubicans upon the selection Of electoral
ticket, the Democrats having gone forward and nom-
fiop without consulting with the Liberal Republicans
giving them show. The latter naturally feel little
and iSdependent ticket in the field Iii possible how
ever that cooler and wiser counsels will prevail, and
that after the Baltimore Convention shall have Endorsed
the Cincinnati ticket the two parties VIII unite In pre-
scouting electoral ticket In which both Will be fairly
represented The action of the Nashville Convention
was some what nasty but shows with what heartness
the nominations we've received by the people OF the
In Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Greeley was the first choice OF the people, before Adams
or TIumbul-I speaking OF the people themselves,
not the delegates-and am no other nomination
would have been half so satisfactory make this state