The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-10

even in this age Of wonders. 1t is one of
the great Prov;dences of History. As
such we welcome it, and rejoice in it, and
fearlessly abide the result, working mean
time for what we believe to be the better
cause.
1t is interesting to study the origin and
development of this extraordinary move
ment. The politicians concocted a scheme
to overthrow the Republican party in the
interest of reaction.
Free Trade under the specious guise of
Revenue Reform, State Rights, and a revi-
val Of all the old issues of the war, was the
rallying cry. They attempted to rally the
masses by cries of alarm against the tariff
and Capitalization. A respectable and very
conservative candidate who had outlived
the age, like Judge Chase, Trumbull, or
Adams, was to be nominated for Presi-
dent, and he was to carry the country
back to where we started before the war,
by the force of his own immaculate pro-
priety and eminent responsibility! He
was to make everything lovely and harIno-
NOUS by restoring the Constitution as it
was!" -.7 r. D as
At Cincinnati the bad enchantment of
the party leaders was first broken. Scarce
ly was the new ship launched ere there
arose from the sea, a hale old man, OF
ruddy face, fresh and dripping with the salty
= brine, and behind him a great multitude OF
y sturdy folks. Striding like Neptune over
e the waves, this Old Man of the Sea, takes
possession of the Cincinnati ship, tumbles
y the captain and mates overheard and quiet.
Z ly assumes command. The ~discomftted
= officers show temper, but the jolly tars re.
= joice, and only take their old masters on
board again, when they have sworn fealtyto
the new commander. From every Demo
. cratic craft comes up the cry of mutiny'
,. The old rotten hulks and the cruel tyrants
: who made them prison houses for the souls
and bodies of men, are deserted. Their
d crews put QUITO the Greeley ship.
They have no time yet to find the best
', craft, but they seek safety and escape from
- the tyranical rule which has degraded and
disgraced them. This great uprising o
the people for Horace Greeley, on the par
of the Democratic masses is the rebellion
of their healthy instincts, the revival o
-, their sleeping consciences, the r~e-awakeninE
of the Saxon love of liberty and progress
he Dominated and crushed for twenty years
ST blinded and led through devious ways tt
M the very brink Of ruin, made the helpless
MS instruments of deluging the country witt
be blood, more sinned against than shining
mt these misled and bewildered masses, sud
bs denly experienced the "ereat awakening
,er light " of a true conversion. 1i5 g,i.I
ne Flinging off the letters from their souls
lie trampling under foot their old time falls
TX, and selfish guides, they have turned square
IL ly round to retrace their steps. The NOR
wo sagacious among their leaders, unable t
resist the inevitable, join the movement an
VI seek to turn it to account. The stupid fe'
"a. resist and will be overwhelmed. Like tn
tide, rising majestic, irresistible and myster
Gus, this great movement rests upon law
old as the human race. It's mission is t
nit ! purify our politics, and wash away the oil
,an rubbish of a decayed and etfete party. W
Ine greet it with friendly cheer. Bad men wi
by seek to ride into power on its great swell
for of enthusiasm. 1t ma" threaten the col
on houses of our petty selfishness /; but
i've will dash harmlessly upon the rocky bas
Jay oh 70 do- lad, ~
nen VI tilat great PaIIy, winch to-uay io"uo u
os vanguard of our American civilization
ich Closing around its great leader, while Il
ht. storms OF detraction cuff his serene fat
20; in vain, it will press on to new and great
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