The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-11

dency Had there been a bargain under Governor
Browns performance one sign OF 1t would neces-
sarily have exhibited itself III New Yorks solid vote
for the Missouri candidate The truth IL, there was
n no narga9mg sncsps among ,nose Of MI
Greeley. All the arts of intrigue and persuasion
were resotted TO hy adherehts of Mr. hhams sn =,
Judge Davis, and ii was evident that in their behalf
money had been freely I'VE do not mean lnpr0p-
eryi spent Nothing. however, engineered for
Mr.. Greeley except the Inherent force OF his own
popularity, which constantly worked him ahead.
and which on the sixth ballot. have said be-
fore, burst all bounds and carried hum IN with
tempest ofappausc.
Tremendous and very able efforts, but Of the pure
Mr.. Adams; but the former advocacy had more
noise than heart in 1t while the latter was manly
a democratic effort. 1t was craftiy conceived, and
was intended TO result in the defeat OF the COnven-
ton, and the subsequent. nomination of q straight
democratic ticket. 1t was known to the democrats
that the Irish would refuse to vote for Mr.. Adams,
and they conceived that the future development or
that fact would Justify them In not giving him the
upon, they felt they might reasonably expect, that
the liberal republicans having hopelessly broken
with Grant, would be recruited INTO the democratic
force, and go for some compromise reform candi-
date OF the mild form OF Gr0esbeck, 11den or Hen
bricks.
moment, and never when measured against the
instincts of n people There was no reason IN
sight why Charles Francis Adams with his aristO-
cratic incnations and freezing scholarship, should
be selected to champion popular emotion. or TO
represent party SO terribly in earnest Foa as the
declaration of his letter OF the oath April, that he
was entirely isolatcd from all political associa-
tions.n In addition to these obvious incOngruities
il was decidedly against Mr. Adams chances that
two of his family had been Presidents before him.
with fourth busily in training, who had been
baptized for the succession, under the patronymic
of John Quincy. With these facts In view 1t was
freely said that if the Convention should take Mr..
Adams, it might as well decide in favor
of primogeniture and entail, and likewise declare
for family succession. 1t was generally felt that
the choice of man OF such characteristics and
| surroundings would not only be out OF sympathy
with an ardent popular and progressive move
obliged TO go three times in its short political his
tory to the fountain OF a single family and within
snTS e ersa TOR Ssf e
resources of republic We are thus spe-
cia IN giving the character Of Mr.. Adams
mcnt that, Notwithstanding the largeness
OF his vote during the hrst five ballots, he
never had chance for the nomination from the
| start. His position was carefully worked up but il
was entirely artificial, and when II collapsed it
caused no surprise to the bulk of the Convention.
I There were a few earnest republicans supporting
Mr.. Adams. such as the Connecticut and MasSa-
| cjusetts delegations but, like the democrats who
engineered him. they were chiefly OF the silkstock
! ing stamp--gentlemen who desire TO establish an
.arstocratc, long haired long cared King Charles
| court ut Washington, and who. having had some
experience in training candidates. feel It to be due
to their wealth and position to have = President
who within their velvet-footcd social circle
Mr.. Greeley. on the other hand, was sympa-
thetc man of the people. He had endeared himself
to the masses OF all parties by life conspicuous for
industry ana honor ana truly ilustr0us for its SER
vices to mankind; and they hastily assembled IN all
parts Of the country to send delegates to Cincinnati
to ask him to accept.of an important trust, which.
under the necessities OF the crisis required above
all things an honest man. TO use homcly phrase,
she filled the bill" Of the occasion, and nothing but
a sense of dccOrum ana respect for the other
didates all ofwhom deserved well at their hands,
prevented his nomination on the first ballot. The
NEW YORK HERALD, with its usual sagacity, recog-
niZed the fact that he had the heart OF the
| Convention early in the week, and had the re-
porters of the other journals represented in Cincin
natl been equally as frank, II not iar-seeing the
final result would not have taken the politicians OF
| fbnp Mr. Grnn 1nu'S pinuff
was no surprise to the people, for they ordered 1t,
and it matters not what the politicians or party
reputation passive or actve), the people intend
to stand by him. The unmstakable response which
cnlary ro the entire South and nd conspcaoasly
from the Irish and Germans, deprives us of all I'M
easiness upon this subject.
And here we will embrace the opportunity to
make the explanation, that the reason why we did
not introduce the name OF Mr.. Sumner to the Con.
venti0n, after having so long advocated 1t as our
first choice was that the distinguished Senator,
though sympathizng with the Convention and its
purposes declared to us, in a personal conversa-
Cincinnati, that he did not desire to have his name
put in nomination for the Presidency. We. never
candidacy in the columns of The spirit in order
that the democracy. after being familiarized
might enjoy feeling Of relief in the less
Objectionable name OF Mr.. Greeley. 70 press Mr..
choice OF Mr.. Greeley, for both gentlemen held
equivalent positions in party point OF view, and
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others votes. We obtained, at least our second
| choice, which choice now believe was best
qualification that it was arrived at, in strict adhe
| sion to the programme we had advocated. That
programme, ii will be recOllected, was to regard
| the Cincinnati movement as repub-
much it might invite the sympatnies Of the re.
| form elements of the democratic party, must for
due Success be played strictly within the republican
lines That, in order to attract the republican vote
from its false representative in Washington we
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| with the republican party, whose very names, in
deed, would be buge blast to the radical substra.
| tum, gathering them to the liberal standard and
crumbling the thin shell OF the pretender's power,
like the walls Of Jericho before the trumpet of the
Equal in Importance to the selection of the candi-
dates was the formation of the platform, and de-
ton was the enunciation OF the one term principle
/ That liberated our future Presidents from the
temptation to misuse their patronage and It is in
itself civil service reform, fully adequate to the
correction of the worst OF our abuses SO essential
4 is this prime reform, as check to the President
/ against corrupting his subordinates with view to
his reelection, that General Grant declared,
previous to his nomination. at Chicago "the
1 liberties of the country could not be preserved
without one term amendment to the constitution
We would here remark that the phrase of the Cncin
natl platform which asserts the one-term principle
might, through Il lOoseness Of expression, be made
to misrepresent the obvious intention OF the Con-
vention and be construed into an allowance OF
certain form land the worst form Of the reflective
principle; but the first application of the phrase is
happily to fall upon straightforward and thor
Greeley will be sure to set himself right
| upon that principle he is re-
| quired to express himself about 1t. We have
only to add upon this point that the declaration of
this vital republican principle, was first made by
| the Columbus Labor Reform Convention and its at
iliated societies; next, by the Cincinnati COnven-
ton and its State opponents; and Is to be followed,
we have the best reason TO believe, by similar
| enuncaton on the part of the Baltimore Demo-
cratic National Convention. And this united au-
hority will be, in effect preliminary p,eoiscfte in
mass, against the pretensons OF the Philadelphia
| reflective royal candidate
In treating of the nominations of Mr.. Greeley and
Gratz Brown there Is but one point left for this
present article to consider, and that Ia, will the
Cincinnati candidates be endorsed by the Demo-
| cratic National Conventions Our answer to this
proposition Is, that 1t Is not u matter OF prime i'm
pOrtance whether they are endorsed at Baltimore
or not. We assume, OF course, that they will be
| endorsed by the Baltimore Convention, however
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