New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

TOnScya tne PdIfnrfS, tb9 MaUlerIes, N
II would DO sad day for the country when snch
tribe obtained comrnani its destnies int
land OUT 'ide Of this cIass. who could be- induced %
consider Mr. Greeeys chances seriously. Is candida
piy The testers With new theme; IL viii tske 80 psrt \,
the practical affairs Of the world We confess that ma
infinitely superior Horace Creepy and Grt,z Brown
| They are honest AID sensiDie men; they will not
NV troubles they will not hara-s the commercial
classes by yexations experiments IN their hands ws
less disputes, embarrassed by absurd Freaks
financial questions But 1t ia for the kepublieao
| attempt 10 cary ont We earnestly trust
tla the wisest minds In the pariy viii be applied 10 tins
liberal toward aI cEas.es aud sections in The Union;
which shall be worthy d the progressive sdn' and tim
Tie honor aud rcuOwn he country. and ~ promote
tlic happiness and prosperity Of tue people.
TIE CAUSE or REFORM BETRAYED.
| from M n. H. EeaaiaI Poh
| The action OF the Convention at Cincinnati
| was at once amusing and meanchoy-amusng m tins
particular result at whica 1t arrived and noanchoy IN
its Processes ~ generally supposed, by those
VINO were funoar Win the caoses IN which ne move
ment originatod--a deep oissailsiaeton win ths
present management OF TIE Republican party and gon
oIaI desire to bing about certain specific iefOrmsihas
the proceedings would he not oay dignhed and earnest.
but courageous, pToppt aud elective Bat alas for the
vanity Ohuina1 hopes. The Co DcntOn, big with PROM
ise, aud so euspicsJ sheed m has gone The way of
many similar asiembage IL has SUI NndeT II. stock
and duhe, To- the WTepnlrr5 1t las sirlck lo nag OF
~ lofty principles ana It has suLk into commonplcs
chcanery, intrigue, bargainng, and compromise.
| IL mas COnCVclfJ tiftlb WHICH. IOhSh ao-
mirslio In several respects, IA bind and halt in
| iis most essential point; which, IN regard To
forms. our false, complicated and oppressive revenus
| System has no clear utterance. bat mnddled, h"H.
many more than half Of those who voted for IT, when
they come TO reflect win be ashamed. Aud whom has
| the Convention set up to be the standard-bearef
o. the weighty reforms 1t summoned to inanguae,
OF the and unyeldng protest against tne abuses
of government wnich II was bound to utter Dir.
Horace Greeley, whose whole pu0c career has Deen
one long. stubborn. aud persistent championship Of
the worst devices Of parIl legislation, OF oppress
lag monopoly and OF ovcgwcening ccntsalsu.
MOST LUDICROUs NOMINATION.
from The ~ Y COAaaaersiat ddrerasr
The Benign Being who preSides over tho
deot.nes oI InE NEW YORK TRIBUNE has gained ths
purpose no mad IN view when 1a no rgsd oyer So cns
down to Richmond to Offer bail for Jefferson Davis IN
1866. He has received nomination Tor the Presidency
He accepts it OF course yet declined any
place that has been offered 70 him. and would not do 90
II is al once the most amu2ng aud the most persistent
OF candidates, and the People Of the UEitod States
ton OF BJlters for tlcir Introduction Of the hill
arious element into the Presidential campaign. 10
impossible treat th.s DOIniJatOn with the gravity
which ordinarily beftS such occasions The udicrou,
phase viii come uppe most and the most satIrnine
cannot repress the smile that ppes about the corners
ofthe griyest mouth. Nj. Greeley Is never 50 comica
as when he is up for Office except PeFasp' Whea I'm, ne
ton contest In safety-an event which has lap
pened To him but twice, once when he went TO Congress
for 90 DAYS. aud when he found his way into the
Constitutional Conyenton OF THIS state Inere IS ne
split in the Republican ranks lie will doubtless gei
votes in some of the bucDhc ,tric, and among ths
population of the Southern states bat thinking
be seduced FROM taeir allegiance 10 tins
great underlying principle OF republican government ia
order to sustain the pretenslons OF candidate VINO
proved himself traitor IN the nations darkes hour
who clanored Tor peace at any price when our brave
soldiers fighting and dying In the held, whc
has brought niicule upon the American name
In thousand ways, and whose eccentrcities and alb
rites long since stamped him as bass coin Is stamped
\ GOOD MAN, BUT -.
Eron ~ Phlai,qhd Pr,,s
Experimental politics never had an apter H.
In. fIt.l a ugn u,tfD Is
L'cral RepIb lean candidate for President lie u &C
Ssn' such 40" idol. .Ho are usual aAe sass the s
OF The venture Will De grayely discussed; Bu,
ms capacity, courage aud integrity lie II undoubtedly
tAe FOREMOST even the most errac Journalist 10 ta.
country, and for this we honor hun Pennsyyama can
never forget ms stanch and lnhs Hibe devotion
the principle OF the Protection OF Home Labor Iies
he mas been host indeed. nor VIII history oVerooi
his pure and spotess he ana ms large ao1sn u sSs
married by so many OF the victories ana so feS OF
gratiicaon that the first and most deserving mbeI
our profession has been placed In nomination foi
make 20 nany great men is at last choser
candidate for the ONCE that ougnt alwsy'
public. And yet Mr.. Greeley In our judgments
President. His natn 10 That ennence IS made rough
by objections nJcn as BY obstacles, II we mas
Se oR him We nm not efrer mite Senerat,on's dc
nuncatlon OF them may say Aye. but th.
rebel south now follows tie sympathete North Just
the latter did the former til the made sympathy
another word for hand help IL tnat about
the hardest phi Democrats had TO swallow IN
their eager hunger for the Presidency is TO swallow
Horace Greeley
PRECISELY WHAT WILL BE DONE.
The problem of the hour is, What will the
Democracy do ABOUT Mr.. Greeley's nomination. II they
can support him they can support Grant, aud any az
in ia division and dissolution. Nor will they
take up with Davis and Dlack. the nominees
captains without troops They viii probably
that dsfin giis he'd
Democrat fancy that the Republican forces divided
cock Hendricks, somebody else Of Ike standing In
the partyand attempt 10 run him IN through me magt
nary Republican spit. This viii be very good arrange
ment. Every Republican at heart, heretofore com.
pncated in the unfortunate Liberal movement WIZ nnI
that has choose between Grant and the success OF
Democracy and ms sensible choice VIII bee made
long before election me renalndsr OF ths LAO, VIZ
would have swollen the mOcratie ranks aud counted
much more heavily there than where lhey stand Hence
IN the quadranguar contest tie Republicans VIII have
decidedly the best Of 1t.
THE VETERAN HERO OF DISASTER.
Fr0a Inc B0stg. .fd.o.S.r.
The Liberal Reform" goose is cooked. The
reckless Joke OF The Ncic-Yort sun has been meamor
pnGsd INTO verify by eoPvg99Aq r%s%s" T Tn;
President. the great and good Horace Gresley - The
hero Of many a desperate defeat one who is II we
NAV speak, halowed by the prestige ~ diSlsrf That
he has been selected the siandardbcarer OF PARTY
not vet c0nglomeraued dis ,spned, the strongest
possible confirmation OF Gec.arave that the Cincin
matt Convention would turn out 10 ." a. As:
elements having 10 natural ahiuY Tor eacb
other or such a body 10 DO eN-
pevted that il would not shtW apprehcnd the conai-
tons success The actual result judged FROM u re-
publican standpoint has only one Fellow ia rs iatdty.
the nomination Of seymour and bar by the Dvnotstia
Convention OF 1865.
UUXTERING AND NOS-CONNlITAL BUNCOMBE.
IT, HoltstI- sp3.
The original promoters OF the tlncinUSu
movement or those have been most Influential IN
giving prominence, We imagine pattcullrly
we'll satisfied with their work. OF c0urSc there
plenty OF wild cheering Ia the COnf entOu, there
were plenty OF people ignorant w hccdes, VINO would