The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-06

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Hor ere more NOR things In heaven and eart,,.
Than IN are a,eamt Of rn.your ph1osopny.r :
AZ " possible that for many years Horace
mleyisS. mas cherished the secret hope that he
muulu one oay SIT IN the presidential chair.
pas natii Wlshin the last ten months no
likely to attain to that honor or that II, ,,ss
desirable that he should. On the contrary
OF all the great men of his generation who
have assisted in moulding The politicaT sent,.
mena OF the country, he was by common
consentconsidered to be the one least fitted for
any responsible executive position. On seye.
raj occasions the best men in New York
would have been glad to have seen him
elected to the United States Senate if the
political exigeHcies had permitted, but they
would have stood ,aghast at the very sue-
Sestion that he should be nominated for
| president. He was blInglinc opoIi.
4 ucian. and had most unfortunate pre-
dilecton for doing and saying the right
| thing ut the wrong time. An ancient feud
between himself and certain prominent
| Wings of New York was zealously transmit.
ted through all the mutations of PARTIES and
factions, and generally cropped out before
each political contest with sufficient yir,1-
lence to keep MI. Greeley and his personal
adhcrents in a hopeless minority. Those
who knew him best regarded him as an able,
honest man, possessing the capacity and the
patriotism to do large service to his country,
but so given to laundering us. to take away
the possibility Of any personal promotion.
lie has certain eccentricities of habit and IN
hrmities of temper which until very recently
We're supposed to disqualify him for any
Office requiring tact, Judgment. and discrimi-
nation. His credulity and personal vanity
| long since excited the mirth OF the newspa-
| per world.
When the New York Sun some months
since nominated Mr.. Greeley for President,
derisively calling him {" Doctor Horace Gree
| ley, the later Franklin y latter the pleasant
| manner of Whittier), the whole Journalistic
fraternity was moved to pity that the amiable
| old philosopher did not see the joke. He
seemed to accept both the honor and the title
Ill good earnest, and acted rs if he was ell
tllelv unconscious that the Sun was holding
| him up to the ridcule of his countrymen.
That which Was intended AS an insulting
joke has become sober fact Incredible as
it may seem, Horace Greeley has been nomi-
| mated for the high office OF President BY
| Convention which claimed to represent
the people of the United States. Such
a combination of circumstances never oc-
cured before, and probably will never
occur again; nevertheless we have the
result before us, and we can only treat it rs
an accomplished fact. The tclegraphic re-
| ports from the Convention have sufficiently
explained the causes which led to this uneX
pectcd event. AS everybody knows, the So
called Liberal" movement had its origin
with the Free Trade party. The demand for
"Reycnue Reform" related not so much to
change in the mode Of assessing and col
l-ecting the revenue as to reduction in the
tariff on imports. Whateverof sincerity and
honesty there is in the new party is con-
tributcd by few able and learned gentle
men who have reasoned themselves into the
belief that the prosperity Of the country
would be greatly promoted by absolute free
trade. In making a bid for popular support
they were joined by small army of
disappointed politicians, the majority of
whom cared nothing for revenue re-
form, whilst many OF them were
active Protectionists. Mr.. Greeley was the
most noted man of the latter faction, and
when the discussion about the probable CALI
didate began the Protcctionists very natll-
rally put him forward as their representa-
tive man. 1t was of the utmost importance
to secure Pennsylvania if the new movement
was TO have the most remote hope Of sue
cess. With pronounced Free-rrade can.
didate in the field General Grant would walk
over the track in Pennsylvania without sub
stantial opposition. Hence the original Libc-
rails were obliged to negotiate with The new
recruits, and to promise an apparent acqul-
escence i'll the policy which Pennsylvania
demanded. The Pennsyyanians had but
little faith in their prctcnsionS, and were
not willing to accept any one OF their pro-
. minent men as presidential candi-
date. Mr.. Greeley WAS fortunate enough
to secure the services Of Colonel
4. Il. Mcclure, an old personal friend, Il
former correspondent Of the Tribune, and
one of the best political managers in the
United States, who took charge of the Pro.
= tectionist wing Of the party and managed ii
50 well that he drove all the other Protec.
:, ZIONIST candidates out Of the field. The small
delegations from the South, purporting to
represent the colored Republicans, of course
: exhibited a sentimental devotion to Mr.
Greeley. and voted for him with much unml
u unity. His shrewd and able managers were
able to effect combination with the friends
of Gratz Brown by which the united Protcc
: zionist force agreed to support Governor
, Brown for Vice-President in consideration
Of the transfer of the vote of his adherent<
to Mr.. Greeley for President. .
6 And thus it happened that on the THIRD
l day of May, in the year of grace 1872, Ho'
q race Greeley was nominated as the Liberia
Republican candidate for the presidency
The Convention which thus honored hin
i was called ostensiby to rebuke politica
"rings" and political managers, but 1t may
1 be doubted whether any assembly of Amerl
Z can citizens was ever before so completely
: under the domination of rings and cliqueS
= There was trickeTy and trading both i'll the
. framing of the platform and in the nomina
tion of the candidates, and through thu
i whole proceedings there was q fierce parti
: sanship anda persistent ignoring Of the right:
of the minority that might have slammed thu
S most disordcrly ward meeting. 1t remains
: to be seen how candidates nominated undel
such AUSPICES as these will be received by
i: the American people. ....s
t It is too soon to begin to speculate on thu
c probable fate of this ticket. We must heal
c from our Democratic brethren first. That /
e candidate representing all that is extreme il
Radicalism should be presented for their SUI
y frages shows the mighty revolution that ha:
been wrought. Should the Democrats re
fuse to accept him it is to be supposed thai
= Mr.. Greeley will retire from the field. With
= in the last few days he published far ant
7 wide the assurance that should the Demo
Z nrats make q nomination he would suppor