New-York tribune., 1872-06-10
THE PRESS ON DENOMINATION
RREPRoACHABLE CANDIDATES.

Schuyler Coiax. than whom statesman now in public
life deserved lbetter from the country n are b
however, that he and his friends Will WOik III tno
greatest harmony for the candidates finally seeceu
GRANT SELECTED AS THE BEST EMBODIMENT OF
PARTY PRINCIPLE.
From TIE Boston Aduertiser (AfrnJ ~,
The nomination of the President by the
united voices Of 81 States is the peoples answer 70 MS
accusers and is significant OF the strength ana uny oi
purpose with which the country Will sustain hn Inero
many Republican statesmen Of the highest dlStlnc
tOn and of exalted services who might nave been paeeu
port OF the country That they have not been named on
seriously thought Of in that connection y OWING 10 tIe
hdenee and 20 the ongseted conviction that his name
would be the strongest with wnch Republicans eOuu
violence and the injustice OF their opposition mas rom
the first helped TO strengthen TINS CONVICTION ana gea
contributed TO the extraordinary harmony ana enAus
with which his nomination was brought about
sALvE FOR COLFAX.
From IN, Hartford COurqai (4dml
Mr.. COlfaX was not retired from the tlcKet
by the Republican party but by himself. His formal
withdrawal last year the sole cause OF his nonnom-
nation Mr. Cofax has the full confidence of the party,
and so highly ne esteemed that We believe he would
nearly universally he the choice OF the country for
President TO Grant He would make an eminently
safe and sagacious Chief Magistrate. But upon his
withdrawal from the ticket Senator Wilson entered
the field. and having become candidate, ne
aud his friends naturally desired his success.
No one pretends that the present Admins
raOn is above criticism. or that II has not made mis-
takes Yet the personal charges against are nearly All
such have been made against nearly every Admins
ration have had Any old politicians who recall the
rTascible dictatOn of Jackson smile az the mpua-
ton OF Cesarism 10 Grant. The Administration has
equiyocay the revisal OF of its appointments.
But the people that Congress s quite as responsible
in any thing that has gone amss in the Government as
the President. We believe the record shows that IN
most things the President has been nearer ght than
Congress
THE PLEASURE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
ENJOYS.
From TIE I50S,OH Journal tAfml
The Republican masses of the country have
the pleasure Of seeing that theig representatives at
Philadelphia have faithfully reported and registered
their will in the unanimous nelnauon o, Ulysses y, p
States Now If there was right thing to do IN
American politics was TO preSaent Grant.
parenty national necessity, was an experiment IN
many respects ms second IS lusuhed Dy eGporienGeI
warranted by all the circumstances OF the hOur ana
absolutely demanded by the supremacy or those vital
principles which he saved the battlefield and which
need four years more Of his Administration TO put them
beyond danger Of tamperng or reversal lnths connec
tOn cannot fOrbear adyerng TO one element OF the
nomination, which could hardly have been pressed as
an argument in advance without some danger OF beng
misunderstOOdwe mean its aspect as an expression or
gratitude. II Is true that not even the savior OF MS
country should be put in position 10 lIpure IL aIter
ward but long ngratitude the bases OF sins ana
patriotism remains one of the noblest qualities OF
nature never can look c0ldy upon OF refuse 10 shed
from envenOmed shafts the man TO whOm' under PIOGl
dence We are mainly indebted for the enjoyment OF the
blessings Of liberty and government
WHY HORACE GREELEY WOULD MAKE GOOD
PRESIDENT.
From T1s Geaese VGlLy Free Press. tfHdj
We support Horace Greeley, not merely be-
cause he OF the founders or the republican par
and TO III more OF consequence
any other man Lying but because we Deeye MN 70 De
thoroughly upright and honest and emnenty quained
Tor the important Office to which he certain to be elect
ed We support him he is the great embodiment
of the liberal and progressive spirit OF the age We sup
mort him he has been the able advocate ana
defender of the oppressed and d0wntrodden OF an ma
tons, no matter what their creed or Color, we sup
RTpmnS and and unfinching friend Of the work
ingman and has done more than all others TO ennoDle
and dignity labor ana to obtain Ior II 3 Is ION
unsefsh devotion the OF popular education and
because of his intense hatred Oh noIaIy I'm" t VIC ~
whatsoever guise or form 1t may appear we support
him. moreover, because from an obscure origin ne mas
himself a which is known and honored wherever
the English language is read or spoken There is no
settlement in this whole country 80 % svpSSy @
a farmhouse so poor and Isolated IN whlch ihE NEM m
YORK TRIBUNE may not be found, richly frelghted WIN
its wholesome political truths ana silently Put surely sure @ g1
ucatng the mind ana heart Oh te IeapeI W iVNe "a % %
reverence the good the true and the ;beau1 ana 20
abhor that which IL evil corrupt ana ye toat tne
founder and head of such newspaper VIII MAKE coi
petent and honest President we nave nOtthe sghes
country and resabsh fraternal relations between the
North and South, we are also firmly persuaded. fOr
be nominee Of tbe Cincinnati Convention, and shall
cordially welcome, as co-laborers IA neritoous aus
all who casting party aside, shau seek " uPhou 'he
banner OF National reform.
A TICKET WHICH REPRESENTS ALL THE EVILS
OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.
From The Chioago Tribune tiHdJ =,
The nomination of Grant was so universally
expected that the announcement OF the fact Yesterday
failed TO excite the least comment The nomination OF
many who have known that Mr. Colfax had long since
been regarded with dislike by the Grant tactOn Ihe
rejection OF Cofax direct ieOuke to that gentleman
insoent repudiaton Of his long services personal
honesty and admirable fairness as President OF the
Senate The nomination OF Henry Wilson had double
motive. IL was intended as an onset y Mr 59pqsf III
Massachusetts, shdan APPEAL TO the old hn0@-Nothngs
OF the country TO- punish the defeCCh pd tpdut Gd fap Fl
the Know-Nothing Order in Massachusetts, He
the Grand Master OF me m m Ie
party thoroughly in his state was known as the great
champion OF Americans n aad ana stes aaea
This Is the selected in the place OF schuyler CotaA
This is the only change made IN the ticket Grant Win
all the cOrruptious OF his Administrations mas been In
dorsed and sought be perpetuated and Henry wilson
been taken in place OF Coliax to secure the od Ma
tive vote TO offset the Germans Inc ony REASON given
for the denomination or Grant, against the certain deec
ton of large portion OF the republican party Tas tnaV
To dismiss him would be 10 ADMIT some dIu o nlS Pat,
That was the oiice-holders' plea. Why then. was
COfaK thrust aside Why was he, the most eK-
perenced and competent presiding oicef that ever SAT
In the Senate dsgacefuly repudlated and another per
son selected Tor the tckei Was Cofax DISHONEST au
lie party to any corruption or iraud OF was ne
partner in or agent for any claim on the treasury lie
was sngulary free from these things ana yet ne was
thrust aside by a Convention thaI nouIhateu uIant'
whose record as given by Mr.. Sumner, has been re-
ceiyed by the whole American people with painIui @
conviction of its truth This ticket presents an te evils
OF the Grant Administration; ana as II the nttes peJu
dices, bitterness prescriptions and & oi
late years not enough there mas Deen revived he
Old ana the most senseess OF all hates ana prtudlces'
the prescription OF naturalized citizens ana her po
cal dsfranchsement IN the addition 10 the TICKET vi M
Henry Wilson, the one time High Priest ot NatVlsm
in the Unitcd states.
WHY GRANT WAS NOSuNATED-HOW TO DE-
FEAT HIM.
From Tn, CYnaasaH Commercial tfHdl, -
Grant received the stunning send,On Tor a
seconG presidential term given him yesterday by hs
Marty iegtous at Philadeph because In the hrs place
ihrrg was mo Republican leader who dared wthn .he
party TO challenge a contest with hiin Tor tle lola
nn sncl has been the personality OF the party and
the inveferacy and vlndictveness OF the ahlmoStes
engendered that those OF the RepuRnoahs VINO & nn1e
ben against Grant have been dscredlted III the ogau
on and forced out to make the light BUT tue great
mass of Republicans who care MOI Ding about GL'' ~
gnr yhom ms they well know, he cares nothing, nave
crusced i'm his continuance In ONCE upon the precise