Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-05-09
-CINCrNNATu


zoLThis hybrid political body has met and
doneD It's work. Horace Greeley is the
gshosen champion, whilst Governor Gratz
Brown, Of Missouri. brings up the tail Of
Of the ticket. These nominations are
based upon personal hostility to President
Grant. whilst the platform upon which
the nominees ask the support Of the Amer
lean people is a tumble of political incon-
s;s,encies, 1t is a compromise between
Liberal Rcpublicanism, so called, and the
Democracy.
The absence of any popular demonstra-
? ton and enthusiasm when the news from
Cincinnati flashed over the country evil
aerced the fact that the people have not
lost confidence in the Administrator and
will not further the Cincinnati project to
= overthrow it.
The name If Horace Greeley has ever
been held as the synonym Of political hon
esty, candor and independence. He is
Justly regarded as one of the fathers of
the Republican organization. and his past
services have contributed, IN no small de-
gree, to its unbroken triumph. But his
course since tie war has been in direct
antagonism to the policy of his own party
and has assisted, by an apparent encour-
agement in keeping alive the spirit of
rebel hatred against the Government.
This opposition to the Republican will
has alienated many of Mr.. Greeley's
friends and admirers who would gladly
, have conferred upon him any honor had
he maintained a consistent record. A
bolter rarely makes a safe political leader
for he is just as liable to deceive one party
,ss another. He generally acts from the
basest of motives, allying himself with
, the party that p%roffers the strongest recog-
milton. How Mr.. Greeley can successfully
and satisfactorily explain away such an
imputation upon his conduct is more than
We are able to comprehend. He has al
ways been an Incorporating protection
list, but he now accepts the Presidential
nomination from a Convention principally
composed of free traders. He is the hero
of the campaigns against the Democracy
for nearly a half a century. He has
thrown the vast power of his newspaper
against all Democratic measures and poll
cies, and seemed to take special delight in
saying that he can never support a Demo
cratic candidate. Now he is virtually
the nominee of this party. for the hope
and probability of his election depends
npon Its support. He denounced the re-
bellion in unmea.ured terms, and now
calls upon the rank and file of its partici-
pants to come to his assistance in the at
tempt to defeat the leader of the Federal
armies and overthrow an administration
that is true and devoted to the highest
interests of the whole country.
Whilst the Cincinnati movement il not
to be despised On account Of strength and
the character of its nominations, it is not
backed by the political sentiment of the
country, Inaugurated and perpetuated
by a clique of .tsoreheads," malcontents
and disappointed ofice-seekers it is sub
nitted to the people without q winning
prestige but with the condennning appear
snce that it is only q raid for the Lonors
? Of Office and the fat places of power.
General Grant is first in the hearts of
che masses. They cannot forget the tri-
smph of Yicks5urg nor the browning glo-
RES of Appomatox. They can not relin-
quish their esteem and love for the gal
liant captain who upheld the flag of the
Union through the shock and blood of
battle and re-established the Republic
above the reach of danger and harm.
General Grant has brought into his civil
service the same broad capacities of head
aud heart which distinguished his military
career and made it SO eminently success
ful. We can not deny that he has COM
mitted mistakes and blunders, but these
we're caused entirely by his ignorance of
political chicanery. which enable corrupt
leaders to gain his confidence and impose
on his unsuspicious nature. But these
errors are overlooked in the fact that his
intentions were sincere, honest and patri-
otto, and he has no disposition to betray
his high trust, and to enforce a policy
against the will of the people. For these
reasons. he will be vindicated by q popular
expression, and the campaign against him
will terminate in a disgraceful and miser-
able failure.