The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-05-09
ap1TI1Y AND BROWN.

cRnHLHY AND BROWN.
70 .nv man ever worked persistent
~ and hard for years to attain some
darling desire Of his heart, that man
q Horace Greeley. and the desire has
heen to b nominated for President Of
the United States. Eccentric and
variable in many things. his persuit
Of this goal has been persistent and
steady, and now that he has reached
/. aftsr 20 many approaches and dis
appointments, it is to be hoped thai
his satisfaction and pleasure In 1t may
be immense, for It is all he seems
likely to get.
To Horace Greeley the Republican
party, and indeed. the whole country.
owe very much. He has time and
again been the able champion Of need.
ed reform. It was his efforts more
than thoss OF any other one man that
crystallsed the opposition to slavery
and its extension into successful SO
lidity. Many, very many good and
great rssnlts might be traced to his
wonderfully strong and well directed
efforts. But there 10 another side to
the picture. While he has been 90
oftsn right and very right. he has
often been wrong, very wrong-so
often that while we honor his talent
and ability, the distrust Of his judg-
ment and practicality has for years
been general. No man so often and 20
great . leader of wise and eventually
succsssfnl principles anil plans has %
frequently been found advocating
those whose adoption time has proved
beyond cavil would have been fearful
" disastrous. French communism,
the peaceful secession Of the South,
ION to Richmond" ending the civil
war by . treaty, and the resumption Of
specie pay ment with gold at q fearful
premium, are some of the most nota-
BILE Of his vagaries.
Argumentative rather than useful,
theoretical rather than practical, pos
sessed of genius rather than judgment,
and talent rather than tact, Horace
Greeley is just the kind Of material OF
which the Chief Executive officer OF
the United states is never made, and
his candidature will cause no excep-
ton to the general rule.
OF B. Gratz Brown, Greeley's associ-
ate upon the ticket, much less can be
said in praise and very much more In
censure He is forty six years of age,
a grandson OF Senator Brown of KY,
and cousin Of F. p. Blair. He has
been in the State Legislature and
United States Senate, and in 1871, ar
is we'll known. was elected Governor
Of Missouri by union between Dem
ocrats and sore headed Republicans
Just % now he will not be chosen Vice
President. He is called the father of
the National Liberal" party, and is
welcome to any distinction history will
award him therefor. He is an able
writer and an effective speaker, when
sober, for he is very Liberal"
drinker He is the antipodes OF Gree
ley all the way from the latter's per-
sonal honesty and sobriety to his
championship Of high protective tariff.
A demagogue and trickster, his nomi-
nation was secured by betrayinR
his friends and abandoning the
principles which he pretended to rep
resent.
The coalition which made the nomi-
nation Of Greeley for President posi-
BILE SsSs-e1 sA~S - D.~~.- -v-so0
President. The supposition was that
the former would draw Republicans
to the support Of the ticket, and the
later Democrats; that the name OF
Greeley would be tower Of strength
among protectionists, and that of
Brown should be the rallying cry Of
free traders, while the emasculated
platform upon which they run should
offend no one. The effect will un.
doubtedly be precisely the reverse;
free traders and Democrats will repu-
dfats the ticket on account of Greeley,
Republicans and eastern protectionists
will fsil to swallow Brown, aud Gen.
q. 3. Grant will be triumphantIy
elected.