Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-24
The Cincinnati Candidate.

The Cincinnati nomination struck
the country at once with amusc-
ment and establishment. 1t was
probably the only nomination for
President ever made which was re-
ceived with a good -humored laugh.
We have not sympathized with the
movement, and our opinion will be
little valued by those who have;-
but certainly the Convention, after
the high key in which the speech
of Mr.. Schurz was pitched, could
have done nothing which would
have seemed so much jest as what
it did. 1t was called by the most
earnest free-traders in the country,
and ended in the nomination of an
arch protcctionist. 1t was COM
posed Of some sincere 1etormers
and a crowd of the most notorious
politicians, and it resulted in the
confusion of the former and the tri-
umph Of the latter. We believe
that there are great many persons
who were wistfully watching the
Convention, hoping to be able to
support it's action, who will now,
with Mr.. Adams, wish "to draw out
of that crowd"
We have often spoken of the pa
triotic services of Mr.. Greeley, nor
do we forget them now. They will
not be forgotten during the long
and searching scrutiny to which
his public life and words and deeds
will now be submitted. The neces-
sarily personal character of the
campaign we deplore; but it is in
evitable. Cincinnati has chosen to
present q merely personal issue
1t claimed to be a Republican Con-
vention, and it has nominated a Re-
publican against the regular action
and the known wishes of the great
mass of Republicans, and who can
not hope to be elected by Republi-
can votes alone. He breaks the
Republican line in front of the enc
my. His sole chance is in their
protection. The question present
ed to the country, therefore, is,
whether Mr.. Greeley, supported by
the political interest which has
nominated him and by Democrats,
would probably give to the country
greater purity Of administration
and deeper confidence and sense Of
stability than General Grant, sup
ported by the Republican party.
Mr.. Greeley undoubtedly has ele-
ments of strength, but Ne is not 4
strong candidate. His name does
not suggest to the country either Of
the two great executive qualities
discretion and decision. Bred in
the school Of Henry Clay, whose
memory he piously rcyeres, he is
naturally timid and a compromiscr.
He has the credulity which belongs
to Il certain simplicity Of nature,
and which destroys all sound judy
ment of persons. His sympathies
are limited; his prcjudiccs deep and
strong. He has been always poll
tician, and of an unsupported per-
sonal honesty. Yet he is not free
from suspicion Of personal griev-
ance, for he undoubtedly considered
himself betrayed by the action of
the New York Republican Conven-
ton in 1870; and it is plain that he
has felt the want Of what is called
influence with the Administration;
and although personal feeling in
politics is not thing which 4 man
readily admits, such motives may
sometimes be properly inferred in
public career.
The Convention that nominated
him must be supposed to accept
him as candidate who represents
its principles. Mr.. Horace White,
for instance, rs chairman, signs tho.
report upon the platform. Mr..
White is, first Of all, a frcc-trader.
The question at issue is one of add
ministration, of sound policy of
government, and he invites all
good citizens to vote for the arch
protcctionist. The platform virtu-
ally dcnounces the KuKlux lcgisla.
ton, but that policy has no stanch-
err advocate than Mr.. Greeley. 1t
would also purge politics of politi-
cians-a difficult task; but Mr..
Greeley is peculiarly Politician
In Mr.. Shurz' sheech the Conyen.
ton demanded great statesman,
steady, calm, sagacious. Did that
speech describe Mr., Greeley?
We invite oil thoughtful Ameri.
can citizens to consider the inAu-
ences thai nominated Nj. Greeley.
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