The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-18

declare that leading Republican Senators
had agreed to make formidable assault
on the President, by speeches and by inves.
legations, with a view to preventing his
nomination for the second term. And it
was boosted that, if Grant should be
frightened off the field Mr.. Greeley would
get the regular Republican nomination
Sure enough, these outgivings came to be
realized. Certain Senators did make a
formidable attack. The promised speeches
,Oere made, the concerted investigations
were ordered, and General Grant had to
fight battles worse than those of the Will.
derness. But he got through them safe
and unframed he was not driven from
the field, and he proposes to fight it out on
the same line, to victory, s'if it takes all
summer"
So Mr.. Greeley's first scheme failed. -
The old man was, therefore, driven to
another expedient. Failing to secure the
regular Republican nomination, he was the
inventor of the plan of the sore head
"liberaFl convention, which was called
for Cincinnati. Before it came off, he
sent smart agents over all parts of the
Union to secure as large an attendance of
Republicans at Cincinnati as possible. He
thus packed that body in advance with his
own creatures. There was never any
chance for Adams, Trumbull or Davis
The old New York politician had beaten
them before the battle came off. Careful
measures were also taken to subsidize the
press in advance, that it might be ready to
give facticious eclat to the nomination
as soon as it should be made and by means
of the enthusiasm of types, to whip in the
doubtful and laggard of the opposition
party.
In all the measures thus taken TO secure
the nomination of Mr.. Greeley, there
were unsuccessfully played off the tricks
of the New York Politician. The crafty
old intriguant is the nominee, not from the
force of his character, but by his own
contrivance, industry and address.
IT is ANOTHER BARGAIN OF TRADERS WITH
A TRAITOR.
Many Southern Conservatives are sin
cere in the reasons they assign for accept
ing this nominee. But some of them are
insincere. With these latter, it is a mere
trade. They buy Mr.. Greeley he deserts
and betrays his party. Once before, the
Virginia Conservatives borrowed a New
York politician for this sort of work. Once
before they abandoned their sectional plat.
form, adopted national declaration of
principles, and proclaimed themselves 'true
Republicans, in the present sense of "ib-
eral." But they confessed that movement
to have been fraud as soon as its object
was attained. They were not very choice
in the instrument they used on that &C.
casion; as they are not at all choice, now.
When politician is wanted to do a ira.
der's and traitors work, you must fish him
up from the sewers of New York
A man had then come to Virginia in the
retinue of Gen. Benz. f. Butler, and in the
capacity of camp.follower. He had been
a politician in Chicago; and is said to have
left that city in disgust at having failed of
election as chief ofpolice. 1t was this SER
vitor of Gen. Butler, this rejected chief.
tain of police, whom the highly respecta.
BILE and refined Conservatives of Virginia
chose to be the Governor of this Common
wealth. They made a bargain with their
carpet bag candidate that he should pass
himself upon the voters of the State as
Republican in the canvass, and should be.
come a proscriptive Conservative as soon
as he was installed in office. He has full
filed his part of the bargain honora5ly.
ONE SUCCESSFUL FRAUD TEMPTs TO ANOTHER.
That job was the handiwork of the old
Wings. The old Democrats were too
proud to- take part in the business. They
were sold by their old Wing associates; and
simply acquiesced in the fraud of their
partners. There was no difference between
Wells and Walker in their avowals of prin-
ciple in the canvass of 1869; but the old
Wings first whipped the old Democrats
into their game; and then, it was as much
as poor Wells man IS character, peace of
mind, standing in society, and even his life
were worth, to be supporter of the Wells
ticket 70 60 for Walker was to be pa
triot and a gentleman to go for Wells was
to be villain and scallawag.
Some of the same apt leaders have now
picked up another New York politician, to
force him upon the people of Virginia, as
the candidate of the "respectables. Mr..
Greeley is said to be honest himself; but
he is VIGOROUSLY managed by the boldest
gang OF rogues that ever New York produ-
ced. The most dangerous of all public
officers are those, who, honest themselves
IN public estimation, are yet hedged in and
controlled by Rings Of Rogues. Mr..
Greeley Is VIGOROUSLY that sort of man he
comes from the quarter to be such man
in spite of himself; and it is this old blaze
politician, SO managed and so surrounded,
who bought and bargained his nomination
at Cincinnati, that the Conservative mana
gers of Virginia have hit upon as the man
to be supported by their followers.
The old Wings of Virginia have had the
Democrats of Virginia under thumb ever
since they voted the State into secession.
They whipped the Democrats into the
movement of 1868; but they paid them
then the Difference of putting up Demo
crat for Governor in the person of Walker.
They manipulated the Democrats SO easily
on that occasion, and found them so thor
oughly demoralized and cowed, that they
venture now upon holder game. On this
occasion, they commit an act of defiance
and contempt towards the old Democrats.
They put up Horace Greeley, an old high
tariff Wing, all old ally of the Know Moth
ings, an old agitator against the Free Ma,
sons, against the Catholics, against slavery,
against every thing which the Democrats
ever defended, and call upon the followers
of Andrew Jackson, Thomas Richie, Jno.
G. Calhoun, Wise, Floyd, Hunter, Mason,
Davis and Lee, to take off their hats and
iecognize their lifetime enemy as their
master. Very soon, all the machinery of
the press, and all the eloquence of their
Stump orators will be in f,ll aof;y;ty "a