The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-05-17
The Herald on the Situation.

We regardt nomination OfGcncral
Grant at Phi bdelphia as n matter of GER
tanty. Thce lbsurd rumor Of an 0ppo-
sition to his candidacy has been set at
rest, and w3s never entitled tOa mo.
mcnts scrio is consideration. TO fail
to nominate Grant would be to give up
the contest and abandon the republican
organizations His name alone can ward
of the blow that within recent period
has fallen upon the party in the dcfcc.
ton OF some Of its strongest and most
active adhercnts and OF many of its
original founders. With Grant and
Greeley in the field three courses are
open to the democracy; first, to nomi-
nate distinct party candidates of their
own, taken from the regular copper
head school: secondly, to nominate
Adams and Grocsbcck, or some other
compromise sandwich ticket; thirdly
to endorse Greeley and Brown and to
accept the platform laid down at Gin.
cinnati. The first Of these proposition
the nomination Ola distinct democrat.
ic tckct-would OF course be imprac-
ticable if the aim of the democrats is
success In tbo nrcscnt clcc,;on Croo'
low has aIrcoIv onnonncod ,hot ho will
retire from the field and choose tho loo Of
If two nv;ls r. tho conmcrhood anvil,
sbould iptt nnon roviv;nw tha dood
issues oil lhnd should seek to
take advantage Of the republican divis-
ion onl Y to restore the Bourbon demOc.
racv 10 mower, Uc will bc ne cool
his word for in such nm rvont nil thn
politicians in existence could MT nrr.
vent his tollowino thc course he has
marked ont both before and since
his nomination. A democratic tickrt
would therefore he iynoninouslv dercn,
ed. and tLc organization strin,nd nt
power in nearly nil tLc states ne vol
MS in the nation for another rour voors
would 20 10 nicccs M such hor; .k,r;
policy will prevail in tho RoI,imoro
Convent, ON. The sccond nroposit;on-
the nomination of Adams and Grnns.
bc met ot thc ou,.o, Inv q
crave difficulty, Mr., Adams w,s -
candidate before fine Cinciuuot; Couvon.
tion. and HAVING bccn fnirly hco,n,
there by Mr., GrccIev ho co,,,d noi in
honor occent n domocro,ic no,ni, "ni ~
AGAINST Grcelcv Norconld any, i;hnra,
ot}nrd to hocomo a corI;Iatn
in a democratic convention ama;na, ,ho
Cincinnati nom;noo nosiIoair ' nJo Wv
couId bc ;ndnca1 ,o rnn i 10 wo,,
known that nm inNucnt;o, nor,;om Of ,ho
nor,v would rorrso ~ " sn 49,"
mort him md lis nomo womId All 70
create anv cmot;on nv oxc;,nmsr, and
would fail ne n wn, MA, IN tho ho ,
of thr 1cmocr,cv A fow snro' b m
rcnuhlic,n noli,icions ,vho oro na.s.,,
alIv bo.tilc to Gronlov m;uht rnto fnr
sucb n ticket. I'm, II would DIVA ar q
dnmocrots for ovorr s;nnlo go :"
rublican bollo, il would oh,3in ThoSo
dcmocro,ic vo,os u,nI1 hn o,;na 49,, ~
Greeley tn ada IN whotovor s,rona,i ho
NAV draw from tho ro~r,ar ,on"It;na nv
ranks and to tho colornI c;,iIons rar'
,ncrs lohorcrs onl othors who vii vn,o
for him as "IrncJo Jorono rh h"o
womb he M mora hono fnr A do,ns ~.
INV othnr rcnnhlicon that ,n;n,h, ha ,an "
mattel Nv the Baltimorc Cnnvom Mic"
than there would be for Hendricks,
Pendcton, Seymour or jeff Davis him.
self. The defeat of such ticket would
leave the democracy in n still worse
plight than thew would be in should
they 90 down fighting under regular
leaders. They would not
only have abant oncd their organization.
but would have divided their Marty. and
it ncvcrcould be reunited again. With
Grant, Greeley and Adams in the field.
the success of the former would he as
snrcd. and it is in this connection Tim,
the party organs of the administration
have grown suddenly warm in their
nulogiums of Adams. Bu, the HeroH
is an independent journal, and hence i,
,an afford to give sound advice TO the
democracy and to point ont the fatal
bIundcrs thew would commit should
'hcv die M any political fossils and
place them before the nconlc in cam.
oaipn in which two opposinv armies orc
led by such men A. the Gallant Hero of
he Wilderness and tho Lonnst old for.
ncr of Chappaoua.
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