St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-09
The Opposition of the N. Y. Tribune to
President Grant

Grant is pretty generally known. The
Tribune is always ready to give real
son for the faith that j. in it. and among
many articles on this subject. evident
" from the pen of Mr.. Greeley. we
copy the following. which comes under
the head of "Prc>idential Spccula-
tons:
The Editor of the T,iLnnr has nev-
rr favored the denomination of Il Pre>i
dent during his forty wears of manhood.
and placed on record more than thirty
wears ago reasons for his adhesion I"
the Ome-Term principle. which seemed
then. and still seem. to him conclusive.
He has once supported Il President for
re- election. and may do 50 again: for
he does not eNalt the Onc-Term princi-
pl, above every other consideration
but he not only believes in il himself
but has got reason for his faith that
Gen. Grant gave his assent To less
than four years ago. He l. well as
srncd that the editorials IN successive
issues of The Washington Tr0ni"lc
wherein this principle WAS fnrcihly com
nendcd were published with his knowl-
edge and tacit if not express approval.
But we further object tn the rrn"m
nation of Gen. Grant that he l. mani
tcStlv Il weak candidate. there being
very many Republicans VIII" will OPP
pose him ifrenominatcd.
That it should I've 50 III this state.
and in any other where his heavy hand
has been laid upon one wing of the
party which elected him. i too plain to
need proof There are hundreds of ac
tive. prominent. influential Republic
cans who have been expelled from
office by him. III his Instruments. and
who cannot. in the nature of things.
work for his recollection Us they would
work for one who had never treated
them as enemies. Who doubts that il
is :" in other States Who believes
| that he could carry Louisiana after the
t;atling gun performances of last sum
mer. engineered in part by the broth
rr-in-la law who holds the hest Federal
office III that State We speak I" sen
<ihle men. and demand an intelligent
/ Judgment on the undouhtcd facts.
-Four or five wears ago. the Republic
cans carried Georgia 10y Il majority of
eight thousand. That majority has
been SquandcIed hN mcrccIrarN. cor
rupt officials. some of whom bad the
derencN to run away. and who have
ruined the party prospects almost he
vond rrdcmtion. iiut. though there i
hut the skeleton of Il party. there i still
Il State Committee and that Commit
tee gets together. elects to phlladclphla
Il delegation composed mainly of its
own members. and pledges them I"
Grant. first. last. and al III" time
we'll knowing that they can u" more
give him an electoral vote from Gror-
ria than they can make him Pope.
Contrast this with Comrcticut. = here
the Republicans meet in convention.
nominate Il State ticket and choose
delegates t" Philadelphia. taking care
not t" pledge them t" Grant. Can ""u
ask why They want I" carry their
State in April, and know that the n:N
:" Il" il i not 10 nominate Grant.
Now look ut the ,.;r-,. of Missouri.
The ST. Loni~ Dtmoc,mt having turned
its coat since 1870. NOW hcii'rl"- th..
Liberal movement. ~iN iuy that il i of
Ii" account. But the men VIII" led that
movement tn victory were Carl Schuil.
Graft Brown. Gro>cnor. Sc. and not
one of these i for Grant. On the con
The Times SAYS they only led OF Twcn-
ty-two Thousand Republicans i'll $50.
! We answer. They led oft enough t" cal
~ the State 10y over Forty Thousand
majority. Perhaps enough of thcS"
have come back To reverse that verdict :
but We know that there are thousands
of them Who would Vote for another
Republican, candidate. hut will not vote
- al.
a nearly balanced State in the mon
wherein Grant j. not Il weaker caudi-
date than almost any other Republican,
VIII" could he nominated.
We state facts we'll known to iutclli-
gent politicians. We do not say that
Gen. Grant will not. if nominated. he
elected: we du not say that we shall
not support him: we do SAY that his
nomination renders doubtful Il Rcpuh-
licn triumph which. with II new
candidate. publicly pledged rn the one
Term principle. would hc morally rcr-
tain. And this i 81 palpHhlr that in
trlligent. thoughtful Republicans. vino
esteem the cause more than any man.
are bound Ia consider il.
Under the head of the "NationaI Re
publican Conventions. HH,p'rS Weekly
has an article. printed about the same
time as the above. which shows the in
consistency of Mr.. Greeley. 1t is doubt
less from the pen of Geo. W. CurtisS.
AMI is worth considering along with
Mr.. GreeltN'> article:
\ few months since the New York
7ijbunr said when Republican Ma
tinnal Convention. fairly chosen. after
free consultation and the frank inter
change of opinions. shall have nominal
ted Republican candidates for President
and Vice President. We expect to urge
all Republicans to give them Il hearty.
effective support, whether they Ice or
not of those whose original preference
has been gratited. Until that time
Mr.. Greeley will maintain the perfect
and equal right of every Republicans tn
Indicate and Justify his preference.
: whether it favor the incumbent or some
other Republicans" Nothing could he
t;tiIer than this. Ii expresses the views
of every Republican VIII" sincerely feels
that the return to power of the party OF
the rebellion would he Il very great ga
lamity. and who. after frank discus
sion. would surrender his personal pre-
fcrcncc> among candidates without hes
itatinn.
In view of this declaration IN the
1ribnnc which must he supposed to cv-
press Mr.. GreelrN's opinions upon the
subject. it was surprising f" hear that
he had declined. as the New \ ork mem
her of the National Republican Com
] tn Al L..