New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-05-16

try is too large, this nation is too great. this
people embrace too many different varieties
Of race, color, and religion to have peas.
upon any other principle than t bss' e ,miver-
sal liberty and equalitY.p"r
A Glance at the Enemy's Camp.
1t will be grateful task for our gifted ally,
Mr.. Mast, to illustrate the dismay and chagrin
of the originators Of Liberal Republicanism
at seeing themselves outwitted by Horace
Greeley, their cunning game exploded by his
nomination, and to nevertheless be compelled
to work for him in apparently good earnest,
since another bolt is out of the question.
There is certainly rich material for the
humorist in the situation, and poetical JUS
tice is neither lacking. They. all worked
for personal ends, for the qualification
of personal animosity and for personal
ambition; they have nothing to unite
them save negative "anything to beat
Grant," instead of positive principles like
those which called the Republican party into
life and invested it with the invincible
strength through which it carried everything
before it, and has become the ruling power
in the country. Messrs. Schurz, Trumbuli,
and all those who receive the watchword
from them, had come to the conclusion that
in order to defeat the reelection of General
Grant, they must ruin the Republican party,
and for the accomplishment Of this noble and
patriotic purpose, they had no other course
left than to secure the good will and support
of the Democracy. With them it was there
fore vital matter to have a candidate nomi-
mated in no way obnoxious to the Democrats.
A moderate Democrat of the new departure
would have suited, a renegade Republican or
a man of no decided principles and tenden-
cies whatever, uncommitted either way,
ready to stand on any platform, no matter
whether free trade or protection, to be
handled like ferry boat that will go for
ward and backward with the same ease. No
doubt that they would have carried out their
scheme, and with the aid Of a large part Of
the Democracy they might have formed a
powerful combination, an enemy not to be
derided, if it had not been for the timely aid
Of Mr.. Greeley, who, after having formerly
rendered much excellent service to the Re-
publican cause with hearty will, this time
came to the rescue unknowingly and unwil-
lingly. Every reader of the Tribune will re-
memberhow eloquentlyand strikingly Liberal
Republicanism was criticised and held up to
general Indignation in all its ugliest features,
from its origin until some time last fall, when
Mr.. Greeley, seized with the Presidential
mania-the disease through which the virtue
Of SO many public men has been wrecked
all at once fancied he perceived it a stepping
stone to the coveted honor in the very heresy
which he had so soundly and sincerely
abused; consequently he slapped his glorious
antecedents right in the face, and turning
an unexpected somersault, alighted in the
Liberal Republican camp, probably to the
great discontinue of its commanders, who
ally whose chief personal object was nc
| secret to them.
1t will be interesting to learn all the details
of the smart little game by which he knew
how to get the better of such accomplished
political tricksters as Messrs. Schurz, and
Trumbull, and we hope for full particulars in
his next work, which, we suppose, will soon b.
published under the title: "What know
about getting nominations" and be very in
structive reading, for future boilers and bolt
ers' candidates. The rage of the origina
managers, when the great gun that was tt
blow up the Republican party, exploded in
their own camp, can easily be imagined
They must have realized the very moment
that all their chances were blown into frag
ments. The support of the Democrats, the
chief and indispensable condition Of success
blown to atoms by the nomination of a mar
identified with the Republican party since it,
organization! The cooperation of the fret
traders and revenue reformers blown t.
atoms by the nomination of an extreme pro
tectionist. The vote of the Germans, whom
Schurz was said to carry in his breeches
pockets, for whose sake he has done all the
dirty work in the French arms investigation
and who thus far had shown themselves read,
enough to follow their trusted leader and rep
resentative blown to atoms, thanks to Mr.
Greeley's eccentricities, his jealous advocac,
of temperance and Sunday laws. Destruct,or
everywhere!
That Mr.. Schurz correctly views the situa
ton in all its bearings appears from tn
Westliche Post, his organ. Through the NOM
ma, irldorsement Of the candidate, utter dis
appointment and anger are clearly visible
One can imagine the smile of man who
compelled to drink vinegar and to call it swee
wine. Mr.. Greeley on the contrary woul
J really appear confident of the support Of tn
Democrats, if the destinations parade made Q
their expressions of satisfaction and approve
did not betray rather too much intention
One is led to suspect that this confidence
assumed In order to cover up well-founded
! serieus apprehensions. 1t reminds us of tn
J children, who whistle in the dark to hide thei
fears. At all events, the day is not far dis
tant when Horace Greeley will realize tina