The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-12-05

COMMUNICATED.
What Know about Horace Groeley's Defeat.

Ed. WORLD:-TLc returns from the lat,
Presidential election are now sufficiently com
pete to leave no doubt that the result is
sweeping victory for Radicalisn. The usua
charges Of corruption, fraud and bribery vii
be INDUCED in, but these will not change the
| tact oi Grants electlon--a fact in which the
country will soon learn to acquesce and think
no more about il; if, indeed, it ever did think
about IT, Yet it may not be amiss, even
in this unnoticed corner of the earth, to ex
anime into the causes which led to this un.
paralleled defeat to which the Liberal and
! Democratic coalition has just been subjected
| Their candidate, us is well known to all who
read, is the most unpopular man. politically
/ in America; and since he is defeated, Demo.
Gratis who followed his leadership, and those
who refused to do so, should lay aside the dli-
/ lerences which divided them aud together
strive To Mrrst the country from the yultures
which are eating away its yitals Whatever
may be said. neither the unpopulari.y Of Gr,e.
ley, The division OF the Democratic party. nor
the powers Of Government unquestionably
welded iii Grants behalf, nor Vet the fact that
Mr.. Greeley was ioisted upon IA comatose Con-
yrntion at Cincinnati By a few shrewd friends
Theodore lllton nj their head--to the in.
tense disgust al the more honest Liberal lead.
crs, and therefore received bat Il forced and
iuhewarin support from Sumner, SchurZ, Cur.
TN. VI hite. Upton. Irumbu!l, Buwles and the
rest. Dor all 0i. these combined suffice To nc.
count for the ubsurdly mcagcr vote polled for
Horace Greeley. From the datr of Mr.. Gree
ley's nomination To that OF his defeat, probably
no close observer of American politics, OF
sound and unbiased judgment. ever ior Il mo.
Il Il H.. s..ss NJ
Greeley lacks all the qualities Of Il leader and
The qualifications ol craftsmanship. unialtcrlna
resolution, and iisedncss OF purpose, which fl,
Il man for the Presidency aud command The
homage ol the multitude lie was elected to
Congress IN l-.- TO I'LL an uuc&pirrl term. and
was "A candidate for reelection but failed of
success >!ncr then he has frequently been an
asplrant Tor political preiermcut bat could
never secure lac votes oi New York constit
uency, not even when his opponent Was "A no.
iorlous rough aud prlzc fighter. AS an editor
he bias some u"torictt. lie introduced into
American Journalism the hlacbguardlah use Of
abusive rp.,Art "Gd grossly Indecent personal
jY uow eo cou1.Dun. and there Is moi Demo
crAt Of note ~ the country whom lie has not
called all the yslc na!aes he could ryint wlthou,
oc.us udic;ab,r. lie vii! br remembered in a
tcW Years tor these things and for the over
wheimlne political disaster which Aas jus. be.
fallen him. .gd fer very E.,c else. True, he
MAS Is" aa;AHf oi uue a.. ,.e musbroon--so so
ca..cd-l.s.,-'jcs wL.cA sprung az al over the
North Immediately a.icr The w4r.-~shccr at.
t"inpts ali u tAcin. :o pcitiiog the cause OF the
North through history - and bis was not whit
superior 10 the rest Besides this. he has
printed mot rubljsacd-to publish is 10 send
forth. to disseminate. to put in circulation
three other books. VIZ: Hints Toward Re.
form" "Glanccs at Europe" and What
Know About Farming" They found few
readers. aud tie las. one will probably find lis
Way ia the paper mills while its autEcr is yet
living. Measured, therefore by tie products
OF has brain" Mr.. Greeley is neither white.
coated philosopher. a second Franklin. nor yet
a man Of marked ability. 4 philosopher is
one who tanks deeply and. tn some extent,
originally; and Abo reasons soberly and can
dIdly. MIR. Greeley is au enthusiast fanatic
and bla"kguard: witness the y. l. Tribune
editorials for thirty years. When the Balt-
more Convention thrust lis owp great states
man aside 10 make room Tor such a thing as
Horace Greeley, it superseded lis authority,
and the result is what il ought ~ have expected /
Democrats hate, net Greeley but the doctrines
which he always has and still upholds and nd
vocatcs: aud no amount of special pleading
will induce them TO vote for the things they
dcsplse; nor would they be worthy Ia have a
vote il they were men to be scduced from the
known path al duty by such electioucering
tlummcrlcs as white coated philosopher second
Franklin, rallspllttcr. wuod.choppcr, dc. Yet
this was the kind of electioneering employed
In secure Democratic votes for Greeley. Votes |
IN the hands OF men whose heads can be turned
by such peculiarties ieopardlsc The security |
oi the State rejoice that Democrats are not |
such fools. Had the Baltimore Convention |
put forward as its candidates Democrats of
recognized ability and pronounced views of
uTou bold, earnest and mean.
ingtul platform, they would necessarily have
received the support aud entire vote of the
Democracy of the whole country: besides.
many Republicans would doubtless have voted
for them, who would not vote even against
Grant, for n renegade Republicans for il is
one ot the slngularltles of human nature, which
politicians would do we'll to note, that he who
starts with us and turns back is more despised
than he who never. started and the man who
ahaudons his party, no matter why, will be
ess enently dealt with by those who remain
than he who never was of it, And this is one
Of the principal reasons of Greeley's defeat,
The Liberal and Democratic leaders were out.
generated too, Greeley was made to appear
4 sectional canddate-thc candidate. Of the
Southland this united the North almost as
Dnc man against him; for while the Southern
people have forgotten the past, or, at least.
having the happiness and welfare Of the coun-
try sincerely at heart have put it behind them,
and are ever ready and willing to make any
md every sacrifice of nersnna1 fpeInps which