The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-16
The Latest Views of Horace Gree

and is still the editor, have attracted uli-
usual attention and made q profound
impression upon the country. Now
that Mr.. Greeley has received the nom
ination for the Presidency, his latest
view as uttered through the Tribune,
possess additional interest.
On the morning Of Tuesday, before
the Convention met, the Tribune said:
If there is any trouble at Cincinnati,
it is from the Vaccinations Of nomina-
ting rings. We beg to say jdst one
thing to this Conyention--the biggest
thing before the country is the questit
Of the honest men against the thpvss7
What the country sOrely neads and i'm
perativsly demands is reform in the
administration Of the government.
This is not to be attained by conbina-
tions OF worn out political hacks, to Sc
cure the nomination Of some candidate
for President who may suit their pecu-
liar wants and views The Tribune has
no candidate; 1t asks for no particular
man; but it does ask the choice OF some
man whose name shall symbolic the
National movement for reform. Ii the
Cincinnati Convention gives us this, it
is success; if, instead it gives us Il
mere candidate Of the politicians, it Is
not only failure but farce. The eyes
OF the whole country are to-day on Gin
cinnati; tomorrow they may be SOME
where else, unless Cincinnati ssizes its
opportunity. We ask from that Con-
vention candidate whose name shall
be itself platform. There are half n
dozen such; shall we have one Of them?
On Wednesday morning, as a final
declaration of his revolt against the ty-
rGnny OF party, Mr.. Greeley said:
Certain journals speculate OH the
probability that the Tribune would sup
port this or that candidate if nomina-
tod at Cincinnati. They have no data
and no warrant for saying that We
should object to any OF the persons
named. Wo have said that il the Con-
Vsntion should see fit to place its can
didats on a platform hostile to the pro-
lection of home industry, itwould there
by preclude our supporting them; and
yet we have not said that they might
not wisely do what would constrain US
to oppose their candidates. If q majol-
ity Of the American people want free
trade they ought to have it, no matter
though this OF that individual be dis
pleased thereat But whether the Gin
cinnati Convention shall enable us to
approve or oblige us to condemn its &C.
tlon, or resolve neyermore to deserve
the name Of party organ will stand.
We tried to indicate this in a speech
on our return last summer from a visit
to Texas In that speech We offered to
pass receipts with the Republican party,
offsetting debt against credit and COL
sidering the account balanced. We an-
noyed many Republicans by exposing
and denouncing the carpet-bag villain
les which have heaped mountains OF
debt and taxation upon the PROSTATE,
devastated South: we at the same time
offended the Democrats by justify'ng
the anti-Ku-klux legislation of Crogress
as essential to the protection and secrl-
rity of thousands of the inoffensiye and
industrious Southern blacks. We prais.
ed the Northern-born teachers of South
srn blacks, well knowing that they are
popular with large ma jority of the
Southern whites; and We declared thai
we had, in brief address on o steam
boat deck at Vicksburg, "hoped the time
would come when Americans North, al
well as Americans South, would fee
just pride in the soldierly achievements
and military character Of Lee and Stone
wall Jackson" All this, we knsw tbsr
as well as we know now, is inconsisten
with the role Of an organist, which w
!, were; trying hard to repel and throw
off. Yet journalists and ether retail
politicians, who have already read III
out OF the party ut least thrice, are fren
day to day doing it again as gravsk
as though this were novelty. Is /
not waste OF breath Whatever tn
future may have in store for US, whoev
or may be nominated at Cincinnati
Philadelphia or elsewhere, we have re
solved that this journal, at least so Ions
as its present editor shall conduct it
will not be party organ. We shall dc
our best to make it good newspaper
{ giving all that happens which seems t'
, US az general Interest, and commenting
thereon with absolute freedom, thougl
this should constrain lis to praise to-da,
} the party or the men whom we had rea
son to cehsure yesterday.
OF course, this will cost. Some WHIT
have heretofore taken thc Tribune vii
take it no more. That is their right
which we shall never call in question
Others will, in time, be educated into
according TO journalists, liberty t.
praise or blame as may seem to then
fust, which is freely accorded to ever,
one also Thpro will .lvsvc lo or0on,