New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-25

cepon OF Cen Cox were the irreconcilable opponents
OF Greeley, and had come together under the
means for uniting opposition TO Grant as to concert
measures for the defeat OF Greeley They were honest
enough in H. no doubt, but It did seem little strange
10 hear men say in Conference called TO CONSOLIDATE an
the opposition 10 Grant that they should vote TOT Grant
i'm preference the only other candidate In nomination
at present. ,.0, ,,o .o,,,,,or, n, rho noor,e
Immediately after the nomination, and however severe
the disappointment, thing was certain rom the tone
and temper of this carefully selected Oh men
result wit that the country had settled downo II and
wisely OF @ fon iiscnsre af nersonaI
objections TO the cauddate and no one pretended as
some of the living politicians who ren0minated Grant the
Other day did that he their first choice,
that he was snybody's ideal OF candidate
c arSs heroic qualities in horse Jockey, states
manshp In dogfander ana moral worth III me com
nanion of lewd women and base men. The talk was
rank and free and the conclusion OF all OF it that
the best thing for the whole country under an the cr
o The great end OF breaking the party despOtsm by
which abuses fosered and corruption grows and TO
snobort OF the CINCINNATI nominees. This the plain
conclusion, although II was not deemed best TO put %
into so precise form. The speech OF Carl schurz with
which the Conference concluded, was an admr-
able gathering up OF oil the tangled ends OF TAX
a logical and calm presentation OF the entire argu-
men utterly Straightforward frank and hearty. with
no conceaments Of his doubts and fears but Just an
unfolding OF the processes by which no had come 10 see
that over all other considerations the towering one,
chiefest and most important OF all, was the
destruction Of the force that lies at the bottom
OF All existing abnsesparty organization and party des-
pOtism There effort rhetorical elect or ora
orca display in the speech but IL grand IN us SIM
picty and pliinncss and very III summing up OF
the days conference. There was nothing more to be
said. .
Tic effect o. the gathering estimate to he Of decided
advantage tOthe Greeley ticket. IL has brought out
condition of public opinion all over the country that is
very encouraging to tue success or the ticket and 1t has,
10 speak pTecpitated the boiling element OF
the Cncinniu Convention so that in tho sedi-
meDt its sknihcance and weight are apparent.
So much OF IL has ended IL IL not IN the sky
any longer t has ceased 10 be threatening. 1t was
oh for m A.
who left the Republican party ami went TO Cincinnati,
and who left Cincinnati and went TO the FithAvenue
Conference, {, leave the Conference and set up finally
for themselves they did in very quiet Friday
and nominated ticket or their own. am glad they did
confess have weakness for that sort of thing. /
take special delight in those OF my felOwmen who do
these things and do them persistently and under
discoura gemeuts. Impracticable peope-crotchetty
persons they are calied-do world OF good
here without seeming TO do much they do IL all,
and without knowing 1t themselves they lead the
world by the nose. For, mind you, these men who
believe in thngs-who march out in front OF the nea
and set up their standrds-afe never camp0l0wers or
plundereTs; they may be visiOnarydevOted in an alb
surd way to what they think Is true and
right--dOng II through sacrifice and self
denial; but they do MT often steal or lie, or
cheat make successful politicians. They stir no
thought; they keep the world awake they prevent
seas parties that worship heroes and dwell in the
past and rot amid corruption and call 1t harmony. It's
good thing 10 have crotchetty man or
two who does not believe in stagnati0n, TO go
around and stir it all up once in WHILE even though he
evOkes curses and gets no other pay Tor IT. IL Is
good thing see men, be there few OF them,
thinking themselves and breasng an adverse cur
rent OF political Thought upon any subject SO, honor
profoundly their beliefs and are determ'aed
ert them.