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

% he ascendency OF great principles OF government
which the Democracy nmvf an rvcn a"
| pure administration Of It's affairs iet those Dem
ocra who hesitate TO day LOOK when thsy
feel but at the possibilities which ther Petty conirols
To-day responsibility for the na %ran' ev
meet 1t by evaaion, or by counting on me Liberal
to divide o Se pIr o snc RspSbcans to do
what the Democracy will fan 10 do, " tey MIKE as
tnct nomination prefer County 20 nd us,sop rather
than elect TO the Presidency man OF great ana varied
ability man whose lie 10 an h s"p their
good name and tho promise which Mr. Groeleys eleva-
ton 20 the Presidency will Strengthen thst the honGt
OF the Republic for those only who nave tne ap
to win them The platform of principles on when tno
liberal Republicans ask for tho support Of their ts
On this platform we can stand together IN OPP
position to the present Administration. -, We can
see now no contingency which VIII place
any candidate in a stronger position than Horace Gree
will he II the psnScrac PARTY rise 1 70 aGe eset 81
beaten There IL no chance OF his election u the De
mOcracy support the nSnge ann
some OF whom We know feel in honor bound TO sustain
him within Their pay aDs u DO e G c
National Committee question which they should de-
terInine themselves.
GREELEY VERSUS GRAFT.
Fro, TAs Gaobsgh Enquirer.
There could not bo i stronger contrast pre-
scnted than Horace Greeley and Ulysses g. Grant run
ming for the ore OF President Of the United States
One citizen educated 10 respect the Constitution and
laws Greeley has given the political affairs OF the coun
try his attention for tho greater part OF his lifetime
Grant is an inexperienced tyro, knowing next TO 10th
ing about them Greeley ia mild and human in his dis
position with interests preerrng peace to war. Grant
VIGOROUSLY arbitrary and tyraDnca whose interests
are TO DO promoted by oOnyulsioD and blOodshed.
Greeley il uDreuittng IN his industry, while Grant
dawdlcs awaya large popiion Of his time at Summer
resorts and excursions Through the country, Greeley
has high reputation for personal integrity There are
who believe in the moral honesty Of Grant Gree
ley would remove all the political disabilities which now
rest upon the South and would Immediately recall oil
troops from that section and trust by generous
and liberal policy to bring back their old love for the
Union Grant IA in favor of continuing tho restrictions
OF yeSng, harassng and tormeniDg them with his sol
diers and of continuing indefinitely the policy OF hate and
revenge that has thus far characterized his Admnisra
ton Grant naturally surrounds himself with corrupt
men; with of bad and low character Grfeley's
friends OF different character among the In.
elllgent and cultivated classes, apd from them would
be drawn his counselors. Grant is greedy avarciouS
The one looks only TO his agsrandze-
men;. the other to tho interests OF the people.
NOT ONLY A SMILE, BUT PROFOUND SEN
SATION.
Prom The Hartford Tym,t
The nomination of Horace Greeley az GIN
cinnati not anticipated by many u was generally
believed that either Trumbul or Adams would receive
the nomination. But Western and Southern coinbina-
ons finally carried Greeley. His nomination at first,
caused a SMILE But II also caused something more III
has produced throughout the counrya profound sensa
ton The Liberal Republicans from New-IIampshire TO
have been made and salute IL with savos OF artillery Be
You'd doubt it will cat into the Grant ranks very deeply
perhaps as no other selection could IN me 5outh epe
c1lly, Horace Greeley Is now, curOusy enough about
the most popnlarRepubcan that could be named romthe
cans slight or unimportaDt; ana II VIII be, we think
it with the Democrats what viii they doi Everybody
now asks this question, and the Grant leaders most
The Liberal republican Convention at Cincinnati that
the Democratic National Convention would be- called
end of whatever slight doubt there may have been
on that score and renders the call OF the Convention
we no VII IN, pobahIv meet in e. Dnj. and very
likely late the ih Of Juy-thOuch the ,? OF juno
would he much better time without advising this or
that course at present we are content To await me ae
ton Of the Convention aud uust truss 10 ne nope at
there evidence, amid all tho surface nirt OF the
Administration side OF la"nt and rising appIehen on
about the field that Grcccys Of strength
greater as vel as more numerous. than was at hrst
IMAGINED. He viii he stronger r. tine clapso5.
curious Nominate N, II possesses sin ;nlar properties IL
unites classes OF opposition outside ne Grant me-
which almost any 81 his Cincinnati comp titors you'd
have had 10 encounter. 1t enough to say t present.
thar the result at Cincinnati J.; at rat great npI2vG
I,n., nevvsnaner Of lie United States includes some
pqmncy TO the Presidential eanpaign Of 1872
Our old encounters with him often ugly. and many
sharp and thrdsts given and taken; but we,
like him. are willing to drop those memories, let by
cones h. bvgones and unite for the of the Coy
ernmont the corruption and centrazaton into
which. under Grant, it Is falling. We ak no Democrat
10 decide his course Of action now. Let lis await our
own National Convention. Grcecys response 10 the
action OF the Cincinnati Cony' non may satisfy very
them from his support.
PATRIOTIC DUTY or TIE DEMOCRATS.
Jros Tie Gi.sylri R,ppJhor
The Cincinnati Convention yesterday nOIni-
mated Horace Greeley for President and Gov. b. Graz
brown for President This is the result OF its third
saisantisl product Of the Convention The platform
an emnently acceptable and satisfactory one, and
public have most anxiously waited for, and 1t IL the
ticket actually presented that VIII guide the supporting
hosts battle. The ticket stamps the Convention with
success and imparts to the nslrgent cause new force
II is needless TO inquire whether Adams or Trumbull,
pain not hay "A ~
ter candidate for the first place The dis.
tinguished man actually nominated for that hrst
the parsans Of the defeated asprants and 10 produce
ihns at least i certain Neither Of the opposing aspir
ants Is stronger man than Horace Greeley MS name
Brown as candidate for ViccPresden strengthens and
completes the ticket. lie was the successful champion
OF the Liberal movement two years ago. and inflicted on
Grant the first humiliation he has ever encountered In
fact he struck the Administrations blow from which it
has recovered, and from Which IT. never VIII re-
cover popular In the West and South, and has
recently made speeches at Topeka end Davenport which
will do much 10 give shape and direction to the canvass
and compact the opposition 10 Grant Greeley Is an
avowed Protectionst. while Brown Is an, out
made the most Of by the Administration; but all
the force Of apparent contradiction has been de-
strOyed by the action OF the Convention In remit
ting the tariff question to the Congress districts. MI
Greeley himself decared in The TRIBUNE Of "Wednesday
Trade they ought TO have it, matter whether this or
that individual be dispeascd thereby intimatDg that
Congress- should pass Free Trade act the PRESIDENT
would have right to veto It, How will this ticket and
platform Etrikc the people, particularly now VIII tney
strike great body OF Democratic voters who, having
party ticket OF their own IN the field are, for that
aTbters OF the Opening contests These
Interesting questions The 100000 Democratic votes
and the mon who cast them have all Mt once
become the controlling element in the Presden
fifl problem They not 10 be kept out OF
tial problem. Democrats are American ct-
gems American PATROLS and because they such IL
both their right and th,r duty to take part In the
struggle now beginning. What ~ that part he They
will not hail the division in th Republican party
party opportunity and oUtrude a new ticket OF
their between the COntendnR factions That
woud forfeit the popular good will and moral power
which their patriotic sfdenial OF the last three months
has gwen them II would benumb the country with the
chill OF cruel disappointment, revive at the North all
the former bitterness against democracy, and dis