The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-02

the Presidency by the Cincinnati Con.
vention, very many people were appre-
hensive that grave mistake iIad been
com mitted. They know that he was u
great journalist. but feared he was want
ing In some of the requisites of states
man. The report had gone abroad, and
was credited to q certain extent by some
OF his friends, that, though man of un-
doubted ability, his conduct was likely
70 be governed too much by impulse aud
too little by prudence and sober indg-
ment. Neirly five months have elapsed
since that time, and the friends and op.
ponents OF Mr. Greeley have alike seen
cause to modify their opinion OF him.
NO appropriated man now doubts that
ne IL statesman, and that, too, of the
hrst order. His Liberal and Democratic
supporters have learned that they can
iepose IN him the most implicit conf
denoe. and his Radical opponents have
found, to their chagrin, that he commits
no mistakes.
Mr.. Greeley's letter accepting the
nomination of the Cincinnati Conven-
ton was the first of his campaign mas
ter'pieces. He said in it Just what he
ought to have said. omitting nothing,
and writing not line or syllable too
much. After awhile, he was again nomi-
mated by the Democratic party, in their
National Convention ut Baltimore; aud
TO that nomination he also replied in q
letter, in which nothing was omitted md
to which nothing could be added. By
this time, such as mistrusted Mr.. Gree.
ley's prudence aud statesmanship had
had their minds disabused. They saw
that they had greatly under-e estimated
him, and appreciated the fuct that he
was not only great editor, but great
statesman.
Since the publication Of these letters
the Liberal candidate for the Presidency
has furnished still stronger proofs of his
discretion and stntesmanship. It il u
dangerous thing for Presidential can
dldnte to make political speeches, for it
is almost impossible to steer between the
Charybdis that threatens to wreck him
on the one hand and the Soylla which is
ready to swallow him up on the other.
Mr.. Greeley, IN the course of his visits
to different parts of the country, has
found himself under the necessity of
making good many speeches, aud in
not one of them has he committed q
mistake or been guilty of an imprudcnce.
Livery one OF these short speeches, called
out by the people of the different parts
OF the country through which he has
Travelled, Is masterpiece In every
one OF them he has said just what he
ought to have said, nothing more, no.
thing less. Not one of them but has
made votes for the Liberal cause.
The objections entertained by aome to
campaign speech making by Presiden-
tiai candidate Cannot nppiy to hir. Gree
ley. His brief but most effective speeches
are drawn from him by tho crowds of
people assembled to do him honor in the
towns and cities through which he passes
on his tour through the country. Hav-
ing resigned the editorial charge of the
New York Tribune because of his nomi-
nation, Mr.. Greeley cannot brook mac
tivity. He has all his life boen hard
worker, and now that he is constrained
by circumstances of delicacy to abdicate
tho Tribune tripod, he must have en-
ployment of some kind. The little
Chappaqua farm takes up some of his
time and attention, and he seeks to exc
out the rest by attending some of the
expositions and fairs to which he has
been invited. His journeys to and from
these places are made by the people one
continuous ovation.
We are more than gratified that these
speeches have been brought out by the
people. They prove not only that Mr..
Greeley is patriot, but statesman.
They prove to everybody that lie can
safely be entrusted with the Presidential
office. They prove the wisdom and in
tegrity of the man. There is not an
other man in America who could acouit
himself 80 we'll under the circumstances.
There is not another mnn in America
who. similarly stnated, could talk to
the people 80 often and with such uni
form wisdom.
The burden of all Horace Grceley's
speeches is reconciliation and peace. He
never aorgets that. He mover forgets to
impress it upon his audiences that nll
tho sections of the Union are equal, and
to insist on the abrogation of everything
like prescription. He argues that tho
civil war having terminated more than
seven years ago, the Southern people,
arc entitled to recognition as citizens
With every right of citizenship.
There is grandness in tho speeches of
Mr.. Greeley that must elicit the admira.
ton of his enemies. In every one of
taem he pleads the cause of nationality
and fraternity. Every one of them
shows that his great heart is yearning
for the perfect reconciliation of the
| sections. Every one of them is a feryiC