, 1872-11-13
WASHINGTON.
Greeley as a. Defeated Man---
His llustrious Pre-
deces5ors.
The Third Tern---GroWth OF tie
Federal Village.

The Third Tern1---GroWtn OF tie
Federal Village.
FJo;a Our Orn Correspondent:
TAsE1so1os, Nov. 7, 1872.
There Hiu be good deal Of coarse haW-haw,
and told YOU so, over Mr.. Gree:ey's defeat;
hut those who supported him have no apologies
to make.
HINTS AHoUT -HE FLOOD.
The excellence and discipline of the DeEo-
cratic party behaved with chiralric courtesy to
their old critic but the Democratic rank and file,
particularly in the cities, had lost interest IN
National politics, and had been corrupted in the
localities. Witness the extraordinary spectacle
OF the negroes voting for Jimmy oBrien for
Mayor, in the great negro ward Of New York.
the immemorial prejudice Of Ce1t to African
had been lost in the civic debauchery of the
party.
At no time has there been less movement in
affairs than during the campaign. The Cincinnati
Convention believed there WAS conscience in the
country, and appealed to it. The time Was In
auepicious. for in pl-ce Of . conscience, there
Was general prosperity, except in The South, and,
even there, Texas was doing finely, and Virgins
well. The harrest-time Q: the year is not well
adapted to penance and prayer.
But, as to the grand loyalty Of Republicans to
their party, fudge! Up to the nomination Of
Mr. Greeley, from ono-half to two-thirds Ct tke
whole vote of that party looked on beani1gly
with this sort Of encouragement: Boys, do
the best YOU can, and we'll consider it! But,
no matter whom the nominee, the country vas
bound on recorside, aticn, to tura its coun-
tenance from him; and this it did without aEy
- F1rG mil fs1tf hal
or, Us Shakespeare has it, the regard" with
with grea. enterprises t1rn their currents
aWlJ.
ETcH1NGS.
The personal stake which The average nan
has in the Presidency, IN humdrum times. Is
small. It ia less than that which the average
man has in the fats OF his soul. actw:thetacd-
ing the preachers long bassoon. Without pow
erful incentive, he will vote to eusta:n things as
they are; and the machinery Of the pa-:y II
power, used without extraordinary corruption. is
part of the framework Of things. The iassi-
cate machinery Of city politics can be disturbed
By buying soma Of the engineers, as WAS done
in Phiadelphia last October: but to move upon
the surface of the whole country, even with such
machinery as Napoleon III. had will tax any po-
liticA treasury. Napoleon's widest Instrument
ta1ity was rhyme, as follows:
Fraucals, vouleJ vous du bon?
Choisez Napoleon!
Literally translated. this reads:
Frenchnen. business do you 'Ta1t7
Choose the SAFE HfESsQfQt JeEeTaA IFauE
Every sensible man who IL called upoo to look
rpou Greeley's supporters as tbs enemies OF
the country mag ask himself whether he 1e-
CURED 10 opposition whatever tc th@ favcrlte OF
the harTeet-time II elections are good things
to hAre; if they stimulate that intellectual con-
tention and discussion Of af airs which bring tie
public eye up to inquiry and Judgment upon the
Government, t,-eomebody had to oppose the
omissions and commissions Of the last four
years. It was better. to lead that opposition
fha 141ar and 0n1pinnE of fEn New DiHcAD-
sation than from tho old Bourbon
standpoint. Whichever candidate, Greeley or .
straight Democrat, would have got noat rotes,
provided he got defeat, WAS Of secondary cou-
sequence. The aber NE Of tie Democrat
party must now perceive that their kind OF fol-
lowing in the cities, and the old class Of preju-
Gices they encouraged, have no standing IN the
court OF American opinion. But, II thus election
encouraged General Grant to put his relatives
into Office, If it diemayed opposition to jobbery
and official insolence, and proved that nobody
dare challenge the bull-pups, then the day Of
Liberal victory is not long delayed.
6REELEY's PERSONAL STANDING.
Mr.. Greeley, with his croEs-hre record, and
eombre vehemence of attack, was an easy candi-
date to put upon the defensive. But he has
distinguished himself i'll the campaign as man
and faithfu1ness to his platform and supporters.
Amongst the testimonials to the life Of Greeley
is the fact that he was nominated at all for the
Presidency; for neither amongst the elected
nor the defeated candidates for that Office, since
the country began, has any man been put for
ward BY party who had not occupied some
eminent position, or many such, in National
station. That a journalist, who had served part
Of a term in Congress, and never reached, posi-,
ion even in the State Legislature, should
lad Poaed for he 'hs sctoRTs R Of sR SsR
Orleans and Antietan, and great Gov
ernors of States, like Cass and Seymour, was an
anomaly, even in our politics. TO appreciate
+ha Tnansa aYec1finrs3 nnSifiHr IT haze only In
look over the editorial and publishing school. and
ask what man besides, in letters, could have
been named for the place Indeed, ones
vanity might well be satisfied with the most
ignominions defeat for such q Magistracy. 1lr.
Van Buren, after the most eminent pub
lie stations had been attained By him, inclusive
Of the Presidency, ran again at the head Of the
small reeSoil Democracy. and Alr. Fillmore
the White House. William Writ, who was not
only one of the most efficient public attorneys,
but one Of the most popular literary men of his
day, received only electoral votes (Vcr1nonts)
out Of 1885, although he started with apparently
fair prospects.
It is an open question as to whether the list OF
defeated candidates does not present superior
biographies, and not inferior administrative tall
ent, to the LIST of Presidents. Henry Clay,
whom Mr.. Greeley followed go sturdily through
repeated disasters, ran against J. Q. Adams,
jackson, Van Buren, and Polk. In the Light OF
time, ne looks tho hguro OF . Mag1Etrate and
great party-leader better than at least three OF
his successful rivals. There would eeem also to
have been the same inequality between William
Harris Crawford, who was abandoned after
being nominated in Congressional caucus,
and John Quincy Adams preferred. Adams
3 good deal Ike Greeley in some Of Greeley's
moods; he vas alternately Conservative and 8
Radical, Federalist and q Madieonian Republic
can; be clamored as much on the Right Of Petit
tion as Mr.. Greeley upon Impartial Suffrage,
41o rEo Frr
finely educated man, Mr. Adams had neither the
magnetism nor the management for a frst-class
Magistrate, while Crawford was the first intel
lect Of Georgia, and had been Foreign Minister,
Acting Vice President, Senator, and Secretary
Of War and the Treasury. He vas Of superb
Scotch type Of manhood, Elk feet three, strong
in constitution and mind and always calm, gra-
cious, democratic, and popular. It would bother
dropped Mr. Clay for ''old Zach. !" and why
"Old Zach" beat Lewis Cass, who was q wonder