The New York herald., 1872-07-11


not quite see the point, and were unwilling to de-
ceive themselves in the fancied assumption thar
public for weeks and months past. Republicansj
Win DARK eyes and full and closecut boards, waited
spase in opinions s tSsr 1. sta yst
led them to speak for Grant or for Greeley At an
early hour the "buetins'' were posted, and Gree
there was much rejoicing manifested by the stanch
Greeley men in the crowds but it cannot be said
that any extraordinary enthusiasm characterized
the reception Of the news by the bulk OF those
present. In the Tribune olce, of course there was
no lack Of "hurrah," and hundreds OF people
found themselves peeping in at the ONCE i'm
the futile hope of seeing the illustriOua
Horace. At an early hour II In the afternoon the
evening papers, which were greedly bought ups
and which contained the simple announcement Of
city now the neignborhood OF the newspaper
of1ces, where, without ostentaton OF any sort
as their eHope OPINIONS inclined i them on the Baiti
more nominations. On the CITY Han thS
aags were haunted = to the r,e, breeze, una and
Stripes. The firing Of cannon in the City Hall
Park-two guns contributing to announce In 100
rounds the decision Of the Convention-was the
only noise Of any account that was made. lmmedi,
ately beside the spot where the guns were placed
was white canvas placard bearing the inscrip-
tom
$Tammany Responds to the Nomination of the s
National Convention at Baltimore. s,
"Alas, poor Tammanyr' thought many OF the,
crowd around; 'and has 1t come to thisP Thy ban1
ner stained, thy escutcheOn suled; thou, here Oni
this bedaubed canvas, elest the story of thy ruin
and acknowledged thine ancient enemy's vict0ryp1
As soon as the news became generally known,
several Of the wards In the city displayed the dem4
ocratic candidates. names ON banners hung In thei
usual way across the streets 1t was an odd sight
to see Horace Greeley's name under the captionl
Democratic Nomination. and It must prove so to
the Philosopher himself When his benevolent faced
painted to life on the top OF these campaign tnsg4
nia appears in every democratic stronghold In the
po;a ma nwar &C. But again ga Sae the old saws ara
exempfed, 'The way of the transgress0r is hard;'
"Be vrtuous and be happy"
In the barrooms, on the ferryboats and wherever}
people cOngregated there was, of course, much cOn
yersation about Greeley and his nomination, buu
there would have been much more talk and gene4
raj excitement II Greeley had been defeated and
some new man put in his place. His name has}
natl nomination. and he has been so generally dis3
cussed from his hat to his boots that very little Of
him was left now for dissection. People therefore
contented themselves for the most part in merely
announcing to each other the result Of the Balti4
M I'VE One would $50 Ola
$sss $$s' AZ y: so ;ss, asss
g, ~. il" .s the he. reply would Se, won't
gone; - the answer would be, "Looks like itn And
conversation would then go on about things in gem
eral or perhaps about the fight between Grant and
Greeley. Among the people, aside from the upper
tens, Greeley was decidedly the favorite as against
Grant, "Old Horace being, with all his faults, famil-
every one % in II the city these conversations how
ever, were tame and uninteresting for the most
tested anywhere over Greeey's democratic nomi-
nation, except Of course, among the Philosophers
own adherents, who could not be more loyal, more
demonstratively, lOquaciOusy glad than they Were.
In business circles generally the day was made
much OF IN the way of the passing OF sundry jokes
that jokes at Mr.. Greeley's expense are generally
good-natured and without malice Were 1t not for
would not be credited that the Philosopher quite
such simple old scribbler as many people who
don't know him believe him to be- The pictures OF
the future President, cut from weekly pictorial pa
pers, afforded in their isolated positions, hung up
in prominent places in stores and Offices hints and
suggestions for mirth which did not at all accord
with the gravity of the situation, as Mr.. Greeey'a
friends, now that he is nominated democratic
ally, assert. But these little drawbacks
necessary evils in times like these, when extra
ordinary reactionary movements are occurring
and the heat of the day Is SO So very great.
would cause lively stir in Wall street and in the
principal money marts Of the CITY, but this expec-
tatiOn, like great many others in connection with
Mr.. Greeeys political onward course, was Daseless
as that often mentioned fabric which had no foun-
dation. The only stir in Wall street yesterday, in
the Greeley line, was the stirring Of the Greeley
fans-a new invention which displays most original
IDEAS on the part Of the artist AS & everybody ~ ought
head and that part of his benevolent face where he
allows the gray hairs to appear s Inshayen
sented with some lambs wool stuck on to-
the pastebOard. The jOviality OF many OF
the Wall street people took shape in va
riOus movements Of these funny men in strOking
the efgy of the illustriOus farmer the chin and
in pulling his venerable beard, and In prOpOunding
stOck" questions as to free trade and protection,
which, of course, the pastebOard could not answer,
much to the delight OF those smart men Of money
Ah these Wall street rOgues! they are so funny
One thing may be said in regard to this feeling in
the city about HOrace's nomination, and 1t re-
bounds to the great credit of the farmer-philOso-
pher. 1t Is this that most of the hardest working
people and those who are unfettered and untraIn-
melled by political party organizations are in his
favor, thoroughly and sincerely. Not one of this
class of men but will vote for Horace Greeley on
election day.
AS for the ladies' no swithstandng the epaulets
OF the soldier President and all mis- brilliant feats in
war, they have leaning for Horace Greeley far more
than they have for General Grant 1t is a WELL
known fact to the sex that Mr.. Greeley has, in hs
younger days, sadly bundered about some social
questions; but then he has been eloquent for the
rights OF the working women, and he is o very
eccentric sort of gentleman, which the women like.
Then, again, they like change.
This love Of change-incessant change-is part.
of our American enterprising character, and
whether 1t were Horace Greeley or any other man.
more famed or less, people would halloo over him
now all the same, and guns would thunder forth
one hundred times in his honor though all the
generals in The army were to hear in the echoes
orders to move. Horace Greeley's nomination,
therefore, is of those events that should make
"the spirit of mortal be proud;" for higher up.
Horace cannot go at present. unless he go up alto.
gether in November next.