, 1872-06-27
A Matter Worth Studying.

Don Piatt, in his lively paper, The
Capital, draws a most laughable picture
of the promoters of the Cincinnati con-
ventiun, in view of the Greeley jupaeav-
al. The authors of the cincinnati move
ment, including the New England free
traders. the soreheads and the Stanley
Matthews crowd, proposed to create u
demonstration in opposition to Grant
that would be highly respectable, con-
servative, stupid and satisfactory till the
votes came to be counted, and then it
would fall short They had nebular
sort OF an idea of a reformed admins
rration. and a great statesman for a
president, with his head among the stars.
and the object If great international re-
spect and kind of awful creature un-
der whom rascality would not flourish
not because rascais would be less num-
erous. or busy. or gre edy or cunning,
bat because they would he in such awe
OF the great reform President, that they
would not dare to steal under his admin
istrauon. With these ideas, AS beauti-
tul and about as substantial as the rosy
mist that glitters in the sunrise, they
went to Cincinnati. There, INSTEAD OF be-
ing choice collection OF dignitied old
gentlemen gathered for the purpose of
inaugurating this movemen; with all
the proprietles becoming so gre-s All oc-
casion, was collection. as Don Piatt
says, half mob aud half camp meet
ing twenty Or thirty thousand men,
the most acti e, the most bOisterOus,
The most lmprlsive in the country
wild for change, and determined to
carry it with rush and hurrah-the
elements of revolution. And 1t is u
revolution, gigantic in Its dimensions,
general IN Its character, ana radical i'll
The result which it will accomplish. =
The conservative elderly gentlemen
who gave this revolution its start, ard
who are bewildered at tue extent, gan
deur and momentum whicn it has ac-
quired, are trying to stop it. in which
several well meaning democrats, who
either fear great revolutions or do not
recognize one when they see it. are at
tempting to assist them. The conster-
nation Of the novice, who, idly peeping
into his masters books, found hlmse
face to face with demon he had uncon-
sciously raised. with no knowledge OF
the spell to lay him again, was no great
er than that which these amiable inter-
meddlers in great affairs experienced.
In seeking means for undoing the great
work of which they were the feeble and
unthinking instruments, the authors of
the Cincinnati movement shows how
untitled they were to undertake it.
That their little plans failed, is an un-
told blessin to the country.
The revolution which is sweeping
like tidal wave over the country, and
which party leaders find themselves
powerless either to reaist OF understand,
is one full of benefcence and good. 1t
will be the restoration of honesty in the
administration, fraternal peace to all
sections of the country, and the full
measure of local self. government which
our institutions in their origin designed
for the people. The democratic party
can either become part of this benign
revolution, and share in its triumphs
and fruits. or can be crushed by it in its
onward progress, as the admil listration
party is to be crushed. We are for
making it ours, by aiding its onward
course to victory more complete and
splendid than any that adorns our polit-
ical annals Nil,cdukee Ne,cs