Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-16
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The N. Y. Herald editGrialy welcome
Greeley into the campaignas aman whom
the people will always respeet,and honor
The Herald adds: Whether! we shal
support or oppose him must be decided b,
himself: He has received this nomina
\ ton, andif lie av6idssf fsrtSil fallacies tina
4 have embarrassed the usefulness of hi
career, we shaftsupport him." or1
| The N. Y. World expresses, profound
surprise at the resultinC G incinnah Adams
who proved by far the strongest Of all th'
candidates who had been expected to'bt
strong in the Convention, might have beer
cordially endorsed by the World, as hi
would have been cordially supported BY
the Democratic party. Greedy can re-
1 ceive no such endorsement, nor has he
any reason to expect suoh support. The
Convention has. chosen to nominate the
most heated and conspicuous opponent o
the Democratic party in the, country
Called for revenue reform, it has selected
the most Jealous Of protectionists. This
leaves the Democratic party entirely free
to await the developments Of the imme-
date future, and opens the :waySfor pos.
sible Democratic victory The World will
reserve its judgment until the meeting Of
the National Convention, torbe called
next week by the National COMMITTEE
The Wilmington, N 2 C., ssglEE1 says:
The ticket is strong and must cause much
uneasiness and misgiving at the White
House. The policy Of the South at the
present moment should be .passive-asa q
mastery inactivity" . We cannot of
course, secure the nomination of such men
as we would prefer. We have had no
part or lot in the present nominations and
\ are in no manner responsible for it. Let
| us consider the situation calmly and leisure
", and cast our influence and our. votes
as future events will proVe,to beBsst for
our owniiuterest. 9.S
The fsaannah (Ga). Adus7tiser says :
The greatsuspense at3engths s;has ended !
| The ambitious aspirations ofa score or
more ufs;Woufd- be- presidents have receiy-
ed them quietIsiGthe enthnsnstic nomi-
| nation IF Tue esihappaq philosopher, far
msr r,philalthfopist and9sditSl and the
eddyinog eaIrants of thespolitial eauldron
for a bffefswhile, will beat 5rstsa Of all
the canhii Is presented Mr. Greeley is
undoubtedly the strongest withHs masses.
and H3no Snoinination be mdes7by the
Demoessaac ssa ii part t 3his ELECTION Will be a
foregone 6oncl lusion as against trant.
The Charleston Cbllrii say: sat was
| for these great vita aiipri1ci ciple that gthe
Conventions assemb bied IN the hme of sthe
American ttppeopl The aresuss obtained,
thew. .fiagesXbeen true zto tiir mission
Although there may have. beeipr eserences
for other individuals, Messrss ireeley
Brown are Statesmen Of ahensty, charac-
ter and ability; who are well entitledi.to
public confidence and respect They have
both, the war over, been the underwriting
advocates of amnesty and pace: They
have both exhibited great mol courage
in rising superior to the partyash, in op-
posing Capitalization, and thesuspension
of the e Habeas Corpus the gnt bulwark
of freedom. They stand sqtrely upon |
the platform adopted, WHICH annot but |
prove acceptable to the patriac Of every I
section of whatever party nan.
The Richmond (Va) Whigsays: We
cannot imagine that the Democracy will
hesitate moment about sup,rting this
ticket ticket that .willistrb5the Ad-
ministration with terror, a1dsanse, pro-
/ scriptive and malignant Ricalism to
| tremble: We Of Virginia, no 'ayailed
ourselves Of Liberalism IN !ormemorable
State canvass of 1869, canno with any
show Of consistency, refuse II sanction
to it in the opening Preaidenll canvass.
II saved our Commonwealthlet it now
I saye the nation. -, ..as
The Charleston News says. The nom +
| inatiop should be especially yalatable to
eicitizesnp sl Of tie South, hat black Il
man will forget that Mi. Gny has de- I
voted alifstime to. securing t emancipas \,
tion and the entranchisement the. negro
race /? And the white man. e' ex- g OH
Ifederate, will never forget tt Mr. Gree
lev has demanded UnlyeN Amnesty
with an earnestness and 9 pestency Like
to That with which be pleadfor Univer :
al a. Suffrage. Wien the pol:ians Of the IA
North were most bitter IN en- abuse
Mr.. Greeley was the tearlesaamplon of
Pardon and Peace. His ring dennnci-
ations Of carpet-baggery, apt tho eorEtf
! rupt' Radical governments lthe South
Earn States, show that he whot wink at =,
doing wherever it bound. The
90 S,oL man worllin itself ba ts.
a standing protest against potlssml s and and F. |.
fraud. 1t would be q guaLee that the
Influence and authority ohe Federal
| Government would not band on the
AIDE Of :rascality, because thead-rascals 0
! choose TO cali Observation-Disclosures. {
Ne;tber, the secret eonspirataor the ofi.EI
ciiaI robterF would find o frii in Horace t
Greeley. White man anblack manRss
would live in equal securitnnd before s
the end iof his term, theseNnted States is
might be once more q unitend content Ia
ed people, -,.,.i> atl i bas !
1--WE give Mr.. Greeley jofn the acqui- q
sition Of his long coveted pr, and we C
congratulate the neutrality-suspicious., r
and scheming Democracy, thccharac- g
. ter of thei, candidate for Hdent Of this 1t
!, !, mighty mi Republic. Admit ell that q 1T
}. Republican eyer ssaSI saiSdI y nphment Of e
J, dNorhhmendation u Of Mr. Grs does not y
Recommend es q him asa candle. itor an, Of Eir
fee soexalted as that Of Pren5S because "
:. fhsyery cause eoff his defpn from the ]
b. -, ;,aasrfy ia HE bf that the II