St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-10
COMMENTS or THE PRESS.


This sad farce. however. for it is Il
sad one and Not altogether lau.hahlc
rightly considered. should produce one
good result 1t should lead the present
leaders ct the republican party To CON
slider THEN responsibilities to the PEG
pie. tn study the demands of the hour.
and to make THEN proceedings ut phila
delphia worthy of the present crisis.
We confess that in ou opinion such
men aS zen. Grant and MI. Colt;iN are
infinitely superior t" Horace Greeley
and Graft Brown. They are honest
and respectable men,. They will not
plunge the country into any wild dis
order. OF into any new troubles. They
will not haIIaS> commercial CLASSES 10y
vcXatiou> experiments. In their hands
we shall run no risk oftinding ourselves
cmhroiled in endless disputes. nr en-
harraS>cd 10y absurd freaks with tinan-
cal questions, but il l. for the repuhli-
can party to decide on the measures it
shall attempt to carry ont. We ear
ncStlN trust the WlScSt minds i'll the
party will he applied tn Il settlement of
measures which shall hc at once lust
and liberal toward all classes and all
sections in the Union. which will he
worthy of the progressive spirit and
temper of the age.
From the Springfield Republican G.iberaI Rrpuh
lican).
1t must he said that this convention
has disappointed the not unreasonable
hopes of its hest and warmeSt friends ::
that ii has seemed unable to quite lift
itself to the level of its opportunity !:
and that it has rested content with do
ing we'll. when what the country and
the hour demanded was. that it should
do the best.
He (Grccley) has peculiar weakness
e. as Il candidate. hut he has also pc
cuIial strength. lie has been in his
time Il thorough going partisan, good
hatcl and Il fierce fighter. Politics have
often given him strange cd-fcllowS
He has not been so choice as he should
have been in his company. His chart
table and mSuSpiciOIIS nature has some
times betrayed him into the hands of
bad men who have abused his conf
dencc and used him for their own sci
fish purposes. Then his ultra high tar
i'll notions are undoubtedly an element
of weakness in his candidacy. But of
late Mr.. Greeley has been growing and
broadening and ripcming. Years have
brought to him something of the philo-
sophie mind. He has got ont of the
narrow rut of paIti>anship. And all the
while that he has been growing away
from his old enemies and prciudiccS
and .'crotchetS." he has been growing
into the respect and affection of his
countrymen. Few men can he found
now. outside the Grant newspaper
offices. who will question the honesty
and nobility of his character. The ad-
miniStration party should not deceive
itself on this point. Mr.. Greeley'> pop
ulaIity is no myth. He is as strong
with the eN shareholders as with the
cN-slave> : with the Irish laborerS as
with the nativehorn farmers who have
never voted Il democratic ticket i'm their
lives. He may he beaten. but those
who fancy the job I'm easy one. will one
of these days see cause to alter their
opinion. If the Philadelphia people
conclude To undertake this Job, il he
hooveS them to build Stouter platform
than they are now thinking of. and to
find a stronger man than Grant to nut
on it when built.
From the Boston Advertiser Grant Republican,.
The .'liberal reform goose is cooked.
The reckless joke of the New York SIN
has been metamOrphised into IL verify
by IL convention of gentlemen who call
ed themselves to task of statesman
ship. For President, the great and
good Horace Greeley, The new party