New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

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Greeley by the Baltimore Convention, at least hve
have expressed themselves freely in conversation
In favor Of such a course.
COMMENTS IN ENGLAND ON TIE NOAlINA-
TIONS.
VIEWS OF TIE PROVINCIAL PRESS - SOME
OPINIONS OF THE LONDON JoURSALs-MlS-
INFORMATION on AMERICAN POLITICS
fVROM THR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE IN DONh'l
ToNDoN. Nav Ill have given IN former
tt.ars rrettv fun accounts OF the views held by the
Iondon press on the Presidential election. Nhat Is
called the provincial press deserves attention also or
often happens that the more important papers puoSeu
out OF London well informed ana mleluReh' aS
their metropolitan rivals That they sometimes express
more accurately than the London papers the opinion OF the
country "A whole is AS there are only "a hours
i each day the number Of newspapers that any one man.
even q journalist, can read regularly IS Limited ana
don't undertake look through more than haf dozen
rovipcia papers OF these The Scotsman, pubished IN
Eipbureh she two Manchester journals The ETa"iHeT
and The Guardian aud The NepeGSe Chronicle are per
hps the most important on this side OF the Irish chan
mel II two Others we're 70 be added should name Ihe
IssGs Mercury and The BirWiHqh CHAM Post Ihe Seom'
nser some not very pertinent remarks about Fehans
which next TO the Alabama question upsets the Juog-
1nent of most Brtons, finds reason for Mr. Greeleys
nomination in the fact that the Southern states nave
Eseu IN linn firm and consistent advocate Of complete
amnesty and 40 have conceived for him great zeal OF
respect and esteem considers Mr Greeley as accepa
bic to the Democrats other OF the eanddAes pro
posed and the platform such they might have Iraned
and that The Republicans having done what they could
- invite the alliance Of the Democrats IL only remains
- see what the latter viii do. THIS is the drift OF the
LEADING article In The Scotsman London dispatch 10
the same paper OF very different character IL iact
very personal and abusive, crept into the paper N the
absence Of is editor who most strongly d4saVo"s anu
regrets 70.
Tt ,r.t..,.~ r--,,of,cr regards tho action at Gin
cinpat As the dissolution Of the Republican party or
M Greeley It remarks he Is in different respects
The best and the worst candidate that could nave been
selected. that
.sHeisa man of eminent talent, OF unswerving prin-
ciple, and Of sterling moral WORTH HIS integrity Is
above suspicion; he never was ana never cOI4u DC
fime-server; his name Is known and honored IN az
civilized nations as that OF true patriot a & warL-
hearted phianthropis Jealous worker ~ the COMMON
cause Of humanity"
His claims on the South stated with some errors
but with force and there is nothing improbable in the
expectaou that souherners will be ready 10 support
such man against Grant" But you will not be sur
prised that journal published in the home OF Free
Trade doctrines should feel called upon to describe Mr.
Greeley as wrongheaded in political economy, and ga
very Phar1see Protection" As for the Alabama ques
ton The Examiner knows Of no reason why 1t should
dead the advent power Of Mr.. Greeley. The Nan
chester Guardian looks upon the Cincinnati platform
very sdroty framed" the net has been cast as TO
gather dsh Of every description; :" and it adds;
The demand ton q general amnesty appears 10 lle
whole south vel as 20 the Democracy IN every part
o. the Union. on this point MI 0Ieeley eonuICt % Lit .s
issted~so long that is TO say as there was in
arms against the principle for the vindcauon OF Wheh
adequately acknowledged, lie resolute in demanding
tlacompete subjugatou Of the southern Confederacy
But the war over, first TO offer the kiss OF
peace HIS tender Of bail for Mr. Jefferson Davis was
really noble act and thar 10 was no mere No u
Sehemence with which, amid the sneers OF many even OF
surrender. pleaded lOr lOACy OI merry OhdAA tut
south."
The Treaty Of Washington this journal adds, Is not
mentioned in the Cincinnati platform, "but those who
have a familiar acquaintance with THE NEw-YoRK
TRIBUNE viii not require to told that England at any
rate can have nothing to hope for from substitution Of
Bir Horace Greeley for Gen. Grant" The article which
among all those in the daily indicates the greatest
familiarity with American affairs is perhaps that In The
Tsceasae Daily Chronicle II begins by quoting the
wen known sentence IN which Mr.. Bright described Mr..
Greeley AZ "the first Of journalists In the United States
n not the first Of journalists in the world" II traces
bis history IN connection with papers earlier than The
TaBUSE and with the great movements OF the last 80
years from Of which has his name been missed"
Il expects 20 find him formidable opponent TO Gen.
Grant. ncning however to believe that the theory OF
General Amnesty may be pushed by him far and it
echoes the usual English complaint Of bis Protecuonst
theories
In the London weekles, a good deal Of discussion
upon Mr. Greeley's nomination. more or less in
accessible in America and freely quoted from IN the
American press, need not take much space in sum
marziRg them II will be asatisfactiOn TO Mr. Greeeys
friends ind that The Saturday RereU considers him q
proper object OF vtuperat0n. In its judgment he is
" narrow fanatic who in England would not be
regarded seriOns politician though he ght perhaps
be estmable bgot But in country where political
power welded by small farmers and mechanics, Mr.
Greeley has acquired extraordinary influence by his
sympathetc reproduction OF ther own prejudces" The
arstOcratc dis Ike OF The Saturday popular institu
tons could not De better illustrated / know not what
W. are % make OF the remark that it IA probable Mr.
Greeley elected by the OF the Protestant
members OF the Cincinnati Convention.
lse Spectator thinks it by certain that Mr.
Greeley may not command the unbroken Southern vote
and he should popular in the South the Democrats
viii dnd 10 exceedingly difficult 10 carry candidate Of
their own, whO If not apgre Democrat and therefore dis
credited by his record little more Mr.
Greeley Is Offering In the Last again and in New
YORK state 1t finds Mr.. Greeley very strong from his
popularity with the farmers, and his known incorrupt
blty while IN the West he has powerful allies in the
Press which has long taken is in politics from TIE
TRIBUNE. and likes who have worked early life
with their hands The teetoalers win be for him every
where su. The Spectator does not regard President
Grants reelection hopeless oddly remark
ing that the army" still likes him, and that
the army includes the bulk Of the most
active and influential adult males in the Union" II
no suppose that Mr.. Greeley would be hostile
tO England the influence OF his paper having
er.ed always for peace "aud though probably feels
that distaste for England Of which so many Americans
never get wholly rid he has never pandered 10 antEn-
gsh prejudices" He s all for Indirect aims now
because Grant suspected Of desiring abandon
them but his real hostility 20 England Is because she is
tie great free-trading State. "Once in power" adds
gEe speet0r ave suspect he would think Ike any other
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