The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-05-11

sober citisens-vise r men. waD
cared more for thcir country than
for their own aubniens.
Well, what hass LsppeuedP
Never since he days when Coz
ventions we're called, has there
been. in asy party, . Convention
that more deserved to be called Q
'Politicians' Convention.
There were gathered m Csncin-
natl. probably. - many men. Of
Distinguished excellence and Of
political and enconomic ! visiiom,
- ever met together on THE Ccnti-
nent. There can be no doubt Of
sbs sincerity Of their purposes. and
Of their high moral aim. But,
these were precisely the men that
did net moke themselves felt. The
politicians had used them to gather
an imposing Convention. and then
they we're SLOWED NO more influence
In I, than II they had,been pismies.
These wise men we're mere bubbles,
that rose. swelled. reflected the
iridescent hues Of imaginary virtue,
burst and passed away! The
politicians ruled. Tie real, old.
shrewd. wirepulling, cunning poll.
uciasA trained in q hundred cam
paiens. threw their !, net, their fine
and sLken net, and swept the
whole swarm Of bright fish that
had come there TO lay their spawn
for nnnumbered generations, and
who fonnd themselves caught, and
sold in the market. d1! c3
The platform is but . Shorter
Catechism to the old Republican
Confession Of Faith. The only
two points OF Observation-Disclosures;
amnesty and civil service reform
though not in, earlier platforms.
have been General Grants special
endeavors, and have been hinder.
ed and defeated by the indifference
or GOODNESS Of some OF the very
men who rejoiced In this Conven-
ton. go
The Couveat,on saIl stood on four corner
stones ens Of which, and bright and shin.
ing stons il vas, was, FRSs TRAps. The
Northwest wanted Is. The South washed it.
Tie nan that originated the movement want
ID il. The Missouri buGIs summoned the
Rsvssas Rsicrmsrs to Cincinnati to inaugu.
rats new national policy. What has this
Free Trad CONVENTION done why, Il re-
eofuisss such honest iiivsrsisics Of opinion on
TIE Taii6 question, that the Convention don't
liks 10 nsddls with Il, and refers Il back to
he psspls d theif CosErssshaai districts
II seems lor Sbs firss time at iCinsiansti to
have dawnsd - cafi Schuss and Gratis Brow .
that there wasa division Of opinion On The
subjseti They now, for The first time look
down and ~ shs whirling eddisss of eontro-
versy On H. Tariff question, aud dem il best
not 70 nsddls with ~ And yet. this vas the
very sry which reused the people " form q
Convsntion This Vas the lure which brought
thousands Of men thons. nds Of milss-,to be
told 70 70 homo again and let The people set
tie the mattsri Why not rsfer all the rest Of
the topics in The platform back 70 The people
What nee OF platform or Convention st I'll, Il
the people are all.sufRcieut
The cruel politicians not only stulti6sd The
good, MORAL, reforming, ideal. loving usn, but
compelled them TO exhibit their antics 70 thu
world. 0rsts Brown, the asry Frsstradsr
was sent home with Horace Grssisy on hi.
baek-ths sxtrsmest Of rrotectionists. Ant
Horace Gfsslsy, in whom The fires Of Henry
Clay have kindlsd . lifelong fervor for Pro-
lection, II bearing about in his arms the love
y form Of Gratis Brown!
Thithsr 70 Cineinuati went The Godkinds
the Wells, ths Bowlss's, the Atkiusou's, u
found party for Frss Trade. They have
come home again with Horace Greeley OF
their banners. a. the candidate for the Prssi
dency, and . platform that ignores the who'll
question Of Tariff and Free Trade
This u the Convention that was to get ri
ofpoliticians ruls-to pct public Affairs upo
higher, lsvsl-to purge out al chicsnery
and 70 Lad ON The nation to higher style Q
administration
We sssd not express our high oonsi 'era
ton Of Mr.. 0sssley. personally. nor den
that, q belonging to the profession Of jour
nalists, We take degree Of pleasure in hav
ing one confessedly at the head of the pr
fession sslsetsd for ths highest national hol
or. asl2 ltst =
believe in Mr.. 0reeley.-an il these Unite
States were but thirty -seven-paged Tribun
~ be edited, We should certainly vote Ii
Greeley ticket. But, - commanding IN arm
and conducting . government have bee
found very di6srsnt operations; SO It may
presumed that man may be glorious cd
tor without being wise and skilliul admins
TRAITOR.
But any discussion Of fitness Of candidate
and Of the probable eject Of The nomination
made and 70 be made, had better b dsferrs
till the smoke clears up little.
"Now from whence comes Gooding' gre
streogth in Waynef He and Julian are pc
sonal frisnds, and the Julian men feel kind
towards Gooding, not only in Wayne but
Rush. And Ne say without fear OF success
tul ssu4radietioa, that no other Democrat
the District win receive the support Of til
element % unressrvedly ~ Judge 0oodin
and this Of itself marks him the strong man
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