Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-17
GreeIeY and Brown.

1t is difficult to discuss seriously the
nominations made at Cincinnati, They |
were received with nearly equally.min |
gled cheers and shouts of derisioh by the |
! Convention itself, and by the country |
with peals of laughter. We have pro-
nounced the Liberal movement u fraud,
farce, and corrupt coalition. Evi |
| tlences of the truth of these charges have
been abundantly furnished by its initia- |
tory steps, its progress and final culmina-
tion at Cincinnati. But these positions
are doubly confirmed by the proceedings
of the Convention from first to last The
delegations were selected by system of
bargain and sale; the organization was
the result of duplicity on the part of its
chief officer; every line of the platform
bears the stamp of cowardly political
tricksters, and the nominations can be re-
garded in no other light than as huge
practical joke, or as a studied insult to
the solid good sense of the American peo.
pie. If there ever was q single honest
principle at the bottom of the Liberal
movement it was that of free trade or
revenue reform. That was the corner
stone of the Missouri platform, from
which the party grew to its present shape
and proportions. Revenue reform was
the pretext of the support of the Chicago
Tribune, and of Lyman Trumbull, and of
David A. Wells, and of host of others
that have given to the party whatever of
numbers and force 1t possesses. When it
became evident that this was an entirely
insufficient basis upon which to form q
successful national party, other expedi-
ents were resortcd to. The dissatisfied
politicians of all parties were called INTO
its councils, and finally, in utter despera-
ton, coalition was concluded with Tam
many and certain cliques of leading Dem
ocrats. The original objects of the
movement were lost sight of in the pres
ence of a supreme necessity for more adj
herents; and the result was q COngFega-
tion at Cincinnati of an incongruous mass
of decayed and disreputable politicians,
representing every shade of opinion in
the entire political gamut, from the i'm
; practicable Missionaries and theorists of
the North to the worst and most blatant
! Ku Klux rebel Democrats of the South.
The proceedings of the Convention were
eminently worthy the extraordinary char
acter of its composition, and the candi-
dates offered for the suflrages of the peo
pie furnish fitting climax to the trickery
doubedealing and chicanery by which
their nominations were brought about.
Mr.. Adams, a man possessing the advan-
tage of a distinguished name, intimately
| connected with the great events of the
country, of pure character large expert
, ence in political affairs, and educated and
| trained to craftsmanship, was run up high
in the balloting; but when no agent APP
peared to trade for him with the unscru-
pulous men of the Convention he was in
a stantly dropped as unworthy of support,
r and Mr.. Greeley substituted. When II
became apparent that Gov. Brown stood
,I,4o e., 1.
, was telegraphed and Immediately appear
: ed upon the tumultuous scene. In con.
: junction with Mr.. Schurz, he traded of
u = Mr.. Trumbull to Mr.. Greeley in exchange
for the Vice-Presidency. Never was a
more corrupt bargain in politics effected
: On the one hand Mr.. Brown sold out the
L principle of free trade, which he has
r fiercely advocated on every stump in the
o Northwest, and consented to place in the
= Presidential office the most violent pro
. tectionist in America. On the other hand
/ Horace Greeley consented to associate
n himself in the most intimate political re
f lations with Il man protesting principles
= which, he declares, if carried into opera
= tion would utterly PROSTATE and ruin tn,
y entire manufacturing industry of thC
u country.
II Whatever reputation Mr.. Greeley pos
I sesses is due to the fact that he has 81
constantly asserted through his newspa
per his supreme honesty of purpose tha
u he has come to believe his own assertions
Il and impressed them upon the people a
5 facts. The trickery and schemiDg tC
n which he has descended to procure hi
= nomination at Cincinnati will strike hi
friends with profound astonishment ant
r. utterly dispel the monstrous delusion
is Horace Greeley to-day stands before tn
@ people in the attitude or Il SUBJECT of til
# most disreputable political bargain an,
,I sale ever made in national convention
-, The Liberal journals have accused Pres
> dent Grant of lack of craftsmanship
'e And what do they offer to the people
70 supply the want Horace Greeley, who
- although for thirty years u persistent bel
'S gar for Office, has been so constantly n
fused that he has been confined in hi
practice of craftsmanship to the part Of
n single term in Congress, where he hecam
he simply the butt of that body, as he hi
lg always been of his associates, the jou
nalsts of the whole country. His cha
les actcr is a remarkable combination of o'
he stinacy and vacilation. He is obstina
W. where he ought to yield, and wea
nd where he ought to be firm. He WI
of brave on paper in advocating free 50
and free speech but when the rebelliC
iu broke out, and thousands of patriot
III men barred their breasts to the storm
ie' battle in defense of the principles Fl
Yn which he had so long contended, he b
came coward, begging our waywal
sisters to come back, and demandiI
he peace at the sacrifice of the nation
Iee honor and his own lifelong profession
er- His nomination to the highest Office in Il
rre gift of the people is farce of the hroa
M. est type, and will not be supported
a.. half The men who gave their votes for hi
na in the Convention. The selection of
~ Gratz Brown for the second place deserv
ne little notice; it is burlesque on t
'er Office, and his elevation to the posti
OF would be a lasting disgrace to t
m, American people and an insult TO t
Senate over wi ich he would be called
-, preside. The ticket could not have be
ala weaker it cannot unite the disaffect
nat Republicans nor draw thousand Dem
Let cratic votes outside of Missouri. T
in platform ignores the tariff question {
"If tirely, advocates universal amnesty, a
f a for the rest recites plattudes. The De
mt, ocratic party will, without doubt, make
re- straight party nomination, and Greel
the and Brown will not receive single ell
rr. toral vote. The coalition was a frau
w. and ended in a farce. Exit Cincinnati
Inter- Ocean.