New-York tribune., 1872-10-16
LIBERAL PROSPECTS.
A CANDID STATEMENT OF TIE SITUATION FROM
AN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL.

From The Ciieirraa Commercial
We have endcavOrcd TO place before our
f ~ ~ oi,r s TO ftc misuse m orr cgudor
bv the partsans VINO are INSCRIPTIONS. D. e Oct0hcr
elections must be accepted as Jndcauonsof inc reeec-
tion OF President Grant Az the Wofll secs l,-, ana
dcuiJs are vain. UCe and there drisC -n1us flourish
their uuucheoDs apparently WIN nAl n-ue eL.Cl, ana ana
aue viii as that of Jules Fdyrc when he declared that
vale Cf fortress III is our preference to accept the
facts as hey come and state things as they are.
While do not share The confidence that Mr. Greeley
is sa.d TO feel we recognize clearly hat II 1t turns out
there s no panic in the LDcwDemocutc ranks, there
next President 1he confidence Of Grants friends may
be based upon mscalculatous. THIS has been year OF
he socctccd by am astonishing autumn. Ourupprchcu-
sion5 of the dcmora cation OF the LbcrI-BemCcrdtic
Ton that 10 could uoJ the blows OF successive
feas. We must remark, however that the rally i5 more
m .tcd by Tue elections IN North Carolina, Maine, and
I.. rr1uIGs for the announcement OF the Liberals
and Democrats at tls late dly are: FIRST that the
party iu power has heretofore thrown ITS Woic force of
spent and the men wanted 40 home and that nt the crit
icli moment when the battle becomes general. Sccon1,
that Grant IS weaker than the local cane oates ot his
party, thst the facts Of s sOIa SPIN, At InoI
seli-scekng are cOmpreheudcd ~ Tie people ana duy
condemned, and that when lie comes up jor judgment
the popular intelligence VIII tell aealla- nIm Third,
that GIeelcyls stronger tnau the coanuou cluuQaie
ALWAYS had the flavor OF an honest man, ana that his
good VIII toward his fellows has had such constant, per
unmistakable and gain good viii In return Fourth
That in the mp.od complications Of tins campaign
a prominent faot-perhaps IN un4'oidaole Weakness-
s That owing TO the pecEliaIlties the organizations
in the field, te fun strength OF tue opposition 70 inc
mary contests Fifth that the fear Of the South n the
rural regions OF the Norhthe terror about placing tnc
countrv I'm the hands OF the Democratic pIly-Wil be
moderated by the October elections, which have insured
the Republicans majority IN Do'A Aouses oi tho next
Exactly what vudication there may he Of these pre-
sumpuons viii not undertake to predict But iu this
Greeley viii be found stronger and President Grant
weaker than any candidates OK either paty thus far
Horace Greeley has done admirably as a candidate
His speeches have helped his cause and increased the
public estimation both of his Judgment and his capacity
No reasonable reading thcm dispute his
potency for the most serious public trusts There has
bceu during the campaign growth OF confidence IN the
discretion Of Greeley and tho impression that Grant
was the one man Indispensable TO inc salvation OF tho
country has been gradually dispeled. At least
eye IL fair TO assume that the conviction does not pre-
vail that tho etOidity Of the Chief Magistrate is
sental element of public safety. The who has done
tbe tone of the discussons of tie campign TO turn
them away from small TO great principles, has been
Horace Greeley himself His letters ana spec hes, his
nubic utterances throughout the campaig have been
In marked and admirable contrast with the torrent Of
malicious attacks that the creatures Of the Admnistra-
ton have poured upon him-attacEs so sweeping that
none who have shown him fair play have escaped them.
q curious feature OF the contest that many Of those
few months ago notable for their dissatisfaction with
him. Not only they assaing those VINO persist III
making the criticisms they enjoyed they defend
with NAL gnaut energy the very transactions they once
condemned without qualification. II Grant Is reelected
we do how he can avoid believing that the people
delight In his nepOtsm and fayOrisn, his quarreng
and his absenteeism his abuse OF his power Ia the civil
service and his recklessnes5 90 the forms OF law.
Stl we may hope that the hammering he has had may
do him service and that he may learn his Office Is not
AN Invention for his pleasure but has It's serious duties,
sicent 10 task the capable and the most INDUS
trOus of If Greeley should be elected, we have
entire confidence that his Administration would DO pene-
trated by an intelligence and mpelled by an energy
novel in position and that the faith OF his friends IN
the man and his fitness for the high Office would be amply
JUSTIFIED.
NEW LIBERAL STRENGTH.
IRON The Springfield keDHbiiodH
The Liberals are certainly beginning TO re-
viys from PennsyYani just they aid after the III 81
edects OF tho Maine purchase OF Of They
show pluck and yitalitythe consciousness OF a good
cause and the convection OF strength not yet deyel-
oped Perhaps the Quaker Vote' will bring Greeley
all right yet
HOW GREELEY CAN BE ELECTED.
TO the EDITOR Of The Tribune.
SIR: Why are you people OF the East
allowing yourselves TO become demorazed over the
Pennsylvania eiectionf telegram in one OF our morn
ing papers informs that the rooms OF the Liberal Re
publican Committee ia Washington have been closed
and that the Committee will do more work. ls thif
the way they give up a fight that is half won The
Georgia election is worth 10 us than the Pennsyl