New-York tribune., 1872-06-21

For nominations which were to fall still
born and totally dead from the beginning,
those which were made by the Cincinnati Con-
yention seem to be remarkably lively. If Mr..
Horace Greeley is to be our next President,
the people of the United States, though they
may fail to find out beforehand what manner
of man he is, will at least find out what the
denomination Editors profess to think that
he is. There is nothing at all new. however,
in the employment of these personal weapons,
for they are as ancient as the corn-cob pipe
Of Gen, Jackson 9E the red hhEEefsGGases ot Mr.
Jefferson. Indeed, this freedom of criticism
has flavor of the olden days of the Repub-
lie, in which Generals even were not deemed
to be er-O1icio demi-gods, at time, too, when
some Generals better deserved that honor
than some Generals do now. candidate
against whom nothing worse can be alleged
than peculiarites real or fancied, of his cos
tune, and who is brought to bar for nothing
more fragrant than the rusticity of his tastes
will come out of the contest, whatever its
event, with no great loss of good character
That ancient newspaper, The Journal Of Com
nnerce has been among the first of the sort to
discover that Mr. Greeley is mot wanting in
certain elements of popularity" and that
{" his amiable personal eccentricities may be
"made to rebound to his advantage" mas
much as "the American people have kindly
" disposition toward the whms and humOrs OF
presidential candidates" 1t is the opinion,
however of The Journal that Mr. Greeley Is
not eccentric, whimsical, or humorous enough
fo secure an election. "Mr. Greeley" it says,
"has made q good deal of history in his long
{" career as Journalist and politician, and 1T Is
"upon that, which is spread open before us,
" that the people fasten their gaze" Exactly
so. Our contemporary is right for once, we
invite the fullest inspection of the "good deal
"of history which Mr.. Greeley has made, sat
isfed as we are that it is not his bailing OF
Jefferson Davis which should awaken the dis
trust of The journal of Commerce. Upon this
occasion, at least, we accord to that newspaper
the credit of being good-natured.
If the gentlemen who write in The EUening
Post really believe that the election of Mr..
Greeley would be the total, final, and irrepar-
able ruin of the United States of America, the
howl of solemn warning which they have
lifted up does credit to their hearts and an
equal discredt to their heads. Why cannot
they look at the matter in the equable and
amiable way of The Journal Of Commerce
When they say that Mr.. Greeley is "weak in
"principle and also al infrm of purpose" and
moreover, "imbecie of character" and that
he would, if elected, "be surrounded by 6
"crowd of adventrers and cormorants and
"knaves,n they use unnecessarily muscular
language-an indulgence the last which
we should have looked for in thai
sensitive and refined quarter. 1t seems thai
to call a man a liar is bad, but to call hin
weak, infrm, and imbecile, is perfectly polite
urbane, and elegant. The Post should under
stand that there is a certain point beyont
which the use of strong language defeats it
own purpose; and that people are not likel!
to believe, because The Post says so, that i
Mr.. Greeley should become President, w
"must prepare ourselves for any calamit.
"that in the course of human events cal
"possibly befall any people in their politica
"relations with each other and the world.
This nervous apprehension and pani
fear, though we might look for
in the elegant, though somewhat dysDepti
Nation, is really unbecoming an able-bodie
Journalist. And, speaking Of The Nation. ma