New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-28

The above table gives Greeley 1914 votes,
and Grant si1ty-seven, leaving doubtful
l04. Adding these doubtful votes to Grants,
his total vote would be but l72, against
GreeIey's- 1874. These figures land we be
lieve they are wise and do not err would
elect Greeley if the election were held with
in the present month.
The question then arises, which of the
two candidates has the more to gain by
time! To this there is but, one answer, and
that is, Grant loses daiiy-Greeley gains
daily. OF this there can be no reasonable
doubt A few months before Grant was
nominated, it was thought that nothing
that could stop his reelection by an upre-
cednted majority. During the first few
weeks which followed the Cincinnati CON
ventiOn Greeley's candidacy was smiled at
as Jest. The scales has since turned the
other way-Greeley adding to himself solid
weight, leaving Grant to kick the. beam.
For instance, IL our estimate as given above,
we have assigned Maine to Grant, and yet
we have great faith in finally winning the
Pine Tree State for the old wOOdchOpper Of
ChappaQua. We have called Pennsylvania
doubtful, yet that State will probably be
the keystone in Mr. Greeley's arch of tri-
umph. We have ranked Louisiana likewise
! as doubtful, yet here also the doubt is a
probability in favor of the joint powers of
Cincinnati and Baltimore. In like manner
Nebraska is more doubtful on our pro
gramme than in fact If, on the other hand
we have been sanguine in assigning North
| Carolina to Greeley, we can afford to give
| that tar-barTel State to Grant, and still find
| enough pitch and turpentine in the rest of
! the Union to light the bonfres over Gree
| ley's success.
We take particular pride in parading
| these fattering figures, because the Golden
! 4 ge was regarded Ia couple of years agO)
| as on the verge of insanity for nominating
| Horace Greeley to the Presidency of the
! United States. But now we find that the
! majority of our fellOw-cOuntrymen, includ-
| ing the entire Democratic party, have be
! come as crazy concerning Mr.. Greeley as
we were ourselves in our widest moments
! Of prophetic fanatieism
Let not our nOn-pOlitical friends be impa-
! tent with us. We have not taken to poll
! tics as a trade, lHeaven fOrbidJ but there
! is so much that is pleasing and delightful
! to our mind in the present upheaval Of the
! old order of things-invOlving the total
! sIipwreck of the maneuyering politicians
| introducing philanthropy and moral senti-
| ment into pOlitics-and establishing a reign
! of liberty and amity in the land-that we
| want to indulge ourselves to our full bent
! in the luxury Of few months campaign
! ing. both with pen and tongue, for candi-
! date whom we love and admire, for q plat
! form which gathers and harvests all the
! 3 eau II duSuiSSc Sdlu6u ny ILG NdLs anu lOT
! a movement which unites all the white men
Of the country in one unanimous pledge to
maintain the equal rights of the negro
How can any old AbOlitiOnist or present
! RefoTmer he found in the opposing ranks 2
! We hope that our lang syne and old-fash-
! toned cO-wOrkeTs will JOIN US in the present
revolution. Accustomed only to small gains,
many Of these old soldiers seem frightened
at large. They always used to hail gladly
| the accession of q Democrats hut thew now
are stunned and bewildered by the coming
! of the whole Democratic party over to the
| Cincinnati platform. And yet that platform
! is more truly Democratic than any previous
! utterance ever made or accepted by the
! Democratic party, whether in Jefferson g
! day or since. The voice of Baltimore is for
! liberty, equality and fraternity. 1t should
| be the watchwOrd of multitudes. We have
more faith in those great popular move
ments which convert many, than in the
! lesser influences which operate only on a
! few. A nation shall be born in a day"