Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-10
Political Notes.


Major Charles E. Knowles, of Albany, one of
the early and influential ''liberals," has openly
renowned Greeley and Brown and declared for
the republican party and its nominees. He sees
that success Of the liberals is synonymous with
| the success of the democratic party" therefore
| he leaves them and Will support the republican
candidates.
The New York Tribune says, Mr.. Greeley
voted, in 1854, for the republican party"
against the american or knownothing party"
As no republican party had been organized, at
that time, he will find it very difficult to explain
where and how he voted as the Tribune says.
The record will show that, in 1854, Mr.. Greeley
acted, politically, with the American or know
nothing party against the democratic party.
The Brooklyn IN, " Argus, democratic
sheet, speaks thus doefully and despondently of
its party's nominations for state officers eve
have no hurrah for these nominations-with the
exception of Hon. S. S. Cox, than whom bet
ter man could not have been named, we believe
the action of the convention has been fatal to
the prospects OF the coalition in this common
wealth. The reputation of Mr.. Depew is so
equiyocal, and his connection with the last
census so damnatOry to his name-he has been
so detested by democrats, andis now so despsed
by his late political associates that we cannot
for our life imagine the possibility of his cleo
zion. The nomination Of Mr.. Herman is graver
blunder still, and proves conclusiyely the utter
Ignorance or indifference of the convention as to
the true cause OF that weakness of the demo-
cratic party which deferred it from making its
own nominations in this campaign"
The New York Herald, after discussing the
candidates of the New York democrats, con-
cludeS its remarks as follows. "These two
names of Herman and Depew as the net result
of the combination conventions at Syracuse, we
have no hesitation in saying that the failure of
the Bourbons at Louisville is inconsiderable
compared with it. 1t will damage the
cause of liberal republicanism in New York
more than the loss of twenty Vermonts or
Maines. They have in these nominations BELT
tied their movement, and by mixture of ignor-
ance and recklessness paved the way for the
success Of the regular republican state ticket in
November, thus giving great state to the adj
mnlstration which they might possibly have
secured for their own candidate to the pres-
dency."
Recently the New York Tribune had this to
say of Albert Pike Of Arkansas: ''No intelligent
citizen of any part of the United States needs
to be told who Albert Pike is, and no one doubts
his absolute yeracity" 1t is needless to say
Pike now sings for the Chappaqua farmer. In
1862, the Tribune had this to say Of the same
Pike: "Ihe Albert Pike who led the aboriginal
corps OF IOmahawkerS and SCapers at the bat
tie OF Pea Ridge, formerly kept school at Fair
Haven, Mass, where he was indicted for play
Ing the part Of Squeers, and cruelty beating
and starving a boy in his family He escaped
through some hocusp ocus Of the law and emf
grated to the west, where the violence of his
nature has been admirably enhanced As his
name indicates, he is ierocious fish, and has
fought duels enough to quality him to be a
leader OF sayageS. We suppose that upon the
recent occasion ho got himself up in good STYLE
war-paint, nOse-ring and all. This Pike wrote
Hymns to the Gods, but he has left Jupiter
Juno, and the rest, and betaken himself TO the
culture Of the great spirit or rather of TWO great
spirits-.whiskey being the second. So much
for PikeP
The resemblance between S. S. Cox, as de-
scribed by Mr.. Greeley in 1868 and in 1872, is |
so slight that his best friends might be puzzled |
tolrecognze his identity. In 1868 Mr.. Greeley, |
editor of the Tribune, said of him: 'Cox re- |
minds us of the old Greek story of the donkey |
that deyoured rope Of straw at one end, while |
foolish old woman twisted il industriously nj |
the other. is Cox like the donkey or the old |
WOmanF some reader may ask. Whichever |
you please, gentle inquirer! But whether he |
IS asinlne or anile, he is no better than dis. |
unionist OF that worst Of variety, which prattles
upon northern platforms instead of fighting on |
southern fields. We confess that we do not see |
how Cox differs from JEFF Davis except that
DAVIS Is the cleYerer man Of the TWO; for we do |
not think that any one with the average modi-
cum Of brains would stultiiy himself and insult
his bearers, through a whole evening, by alter
nately blowing hot and cold by talking loyalty
and treason in the same breath, or by seductive.
ly signing for dear Virginia to come back,
while he bids Massachusetts be off with herself
instanter"
On the 9th Of September, 1872, Mr.. Greeley,
democratic candidate for president, describes
Hon. ; 5. Cox, democratic candidate for con-
gresham at large, as follows: "Mr. Cox has es-
taDlished by his brilliant and mertorious service
as congressman from this city his right 10 repre-
sent the entire commonwealth in the same
place"