New-York tribune., 1872-05-09

Consider such facts o.: unesc' Occurring and
Of could SsSs chsnosa had
been in the place Of Abraham Lincoln II there Is one
ovaIItv IA Indispensable In President IL H. s0nnd
,aSmsnt n there is ono public manwho totally des-
titute OF IT, Horace Greeley csTn n M kndy Ses ~
s natrai nnness for the Office to which he has been
nominated Mr. Greeley himself conceuGs c .hs St
mem Who went to Cincinnati not that the President Is
dishonest but that he influenced by %
II h. not enough for them that hs purpose is pure But
Is there human being competent 70 ,uoee ,Ssa "ho o
sqpposes and that Mr. Greeley would not
he wax in the hands OF fatterersi 10 nrust d ,no AN
the sbo Of state 10 he blown about by every whimsical
gust The present Administration may DO Justly ,i
Se to sa in Sa 4 0S Is that
Otic intelligence OF this country couid suoSN'u'o 0i"0
Greeley for Gen. Grant. -
A BETTER JOURNALIST THAN PRESIDENT.
fror The IndspenfnL :, 4,
There is too much. reason TO DelieVe Ll,aG
the main Impulse controlling the action OF Mr. Greeley
Grant Had il been probable that he himself OF senator
Sumner or Reuben j.. Fenton, or Lyman Irunloui
would have been nominated by the Republican party
nobody believes that he would have deserted ns
carried him out OF the Republican ranks HIS
hostility to man. not generaW gaao 81 me areat
party with which he had hitherto acted Unwilling to
abide by the decision OF the majority on the OIL
tbe candSSte Of it's choice He leaves the party
and seeks to promote scsm In its bosom, because ne
nnot nVoybs not pncpes, but simply man
Journalist Mr. Greeey has been eminently successful
with IL he should bo content H best position is that
OF member OF minority party watching ana crtiUs it
Ing the majority, while having no poitical
for the measures that may be adopted. AS leader,
stapdardbearer wise and sagacous counselor the TO-
that he would be signal failure He has already com:
med many plumbers that even MS warnest
trust his Judgment with caution. The crochety struc-
ture of his mind his vaclation Of purpose except when
made persistent by passion, his tendency 70
his preiudices the facility with which no may be de-
ceiyed In his estimate OF men and measures ana the
facts facts that have become proverDlai in tho history
of Mr.. Greeley especially since MS course uui ai
ans Gsiy s9a S@ siss' for for the the compcasod and
ssponsble duties Of tho Presidency Of these United
TSqs e be- tine chsf this
nation No po iteal party having any prospect Oh SUE
Office. We have not word to say impeachment Of his
character and nothing to say in malice or aa
to sustain him as candidate for the -, Presl, 81
viii do "' much better to stick to the bust;
ness of Journalism and that the American people VIII
do him and themselves favor in not disturbing nun IN
this vocation. Tho circumstances under which the y,
nomination made and accepted are WORTHY 0 Oh
adopted and unsupported by the Democratic party mas mas
ReS Or Sdns isS Se than
that Republicans, In their regular Convention at Pha
delpha, will not be its indorsers Ine votes WhS Sa
formal support OF the Democracy viii be drawn almost
entirely from the Republican party and go 30 far 10
weaken the prospect OF its Should the democratic
party has not yet been held, 80 con-
Tess its own weakness aud suly Itself as to adopt the
Greeley Ticket then 1t Will do simply to defeat the
Republican party and thus gain by indirect means what
cannot directly gained Using the ticket to attract
publican votes Democracy would calculate to win and,
in the event OF success would win Mr.. Greeley elected
mainly by Democratic votes, would be very pable In
strument In the hands of his Democratic supporters
The case appears and as 1t will appear admits or
no sIpposon that cOmmends Mr. Greeley TO Republican
raQy be restored TO power, or shall Republicans retain
their control Of the Government 7"