New-York tribune., 1872-05-07
COMMENTS ON CINCINNATI.
TONE OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
STRONG TICKEr-rHE SIGN or POLITICAL
REVOLUTION

proRtprp, and The Free Trader~ Wcre
compromise referring tariff question to Congress we
movement seeing the greatness Of the Convention how
IL had outgrown its progenit0rs and surpassed the
possession OF IT and adapt it, strength 10 hfir
uses In yesterdays paper we notified AZ COZ
and that they meant 20 secure the nomination of Gree
hn.o sh % S" ,s tt o,ni h, ~,
alliance OF the friends Of Adams and Trumbu, the l
ter taking the second place on the ticket could prevail
took the liberty of referring 70 the Blair family any
in,erences in this matter they should have been
dspeIled when Gov. Brown appeared in the
Convention and made speech urging mat the nornins
ton should be given Greeley hut there tho-e who
fosd 70 zee until after me reks wa made "a was
mated Adams the fourth fifth ballot but they were
not prepsred for the & shg aS sanp. ~
either OF the candidates winning and ne
consunmaie tact and address WITH which the Greeley
forces handled Disagreeng always with MI
believed in his doctrine that with impartial safrare
should be associated universal amnesty, aud We share
the popular y IN IN his perfect integrity His temperate
and modest life. his ncessant industry his hatred II
@ ana ~ hay , b 20 ne
heart and conscience OF the American people and IN
detv the ingenuity of malice-ven through
ef Presidential campaignto affect his reputation az
contrast with his failings and weaknes-e-. aud
II il this queer combination that introduces the comic
element in the popular conception on hs charaf mas
is certain he made conspicuous by the caioturiss
through the campaicn Among the weak pon.. on NJ
Greeley thar OF permitting the Intimacy ." eass o,
sdventurers who appeal 20 his sympathle- and sood
fessions This he should reach the high ONCE 20,
which he IL candidate, is difcuty = be Suarded
for the OF his Administrator. Ta which j.
pleasant 20 in the nomination of Mr.. Greoey u hat
Blair. John Wentworth Fenton and other mans ing
politicians; that he should have had the support 81 te
responsible and reputable elements Of the COrve
non; but We have confidence IN the shining honesty II
Nth fhQ
no sought 20 misuse his friendship. At any rate re
SS nSt Sna about he the %hs erH House
pany obnoxious az Tom murphy, Leet ana
law Of the day The humorous points Mr. Greeley's
individuality strenuousy urged objections "a his
A investment Just now would be large supply ~
white bats and white coats II would not srpr- ~ Il
bic among N0tlng citizens ~ tine Doily v"dehs afe
ing the trowsers tucked IN the oooE' uiat AZ
pears Nlsts carcature OF Farmer Greeley, we're pres
cisIiy on parade We think we can discern not Tar in
the future gigantic professions arrayed In the whe
ley; and arrays OF agricultural implements the whole
somewhat grotesque. perhaps-as the coon stlns and
wde.awakes in eO-but sign Of the times poftentous
OF political revolution.
DUTY FOR PHILADELPHIA SERIOUS JOKE
From The spr4Adaeif RepsbtLoa-
One of the great political conventions has
come snd Sne Its platform and ticket are eef,re ia
phia. Thursday morning we shall probably D" able 70
time and place the third A fnlngr
considerably mixed this year il Is possible there may be
another, or others 10 add TO the list The Phiiade-
cumstances; circumstances OF peculiar raVity,
aud involving Q heavy responsibility The Re
ton and tnis time the peril is real and ian mineni.
Toe Cincinnati nominations NAV be great fun now, but
by and by There is. however way. very simple
Of fOresrang these contineencies-of ayerting this
peril. Whether the Convention has good sense enough
and moral courage enough to take IT, ~ It's own AFFAIR or
rather the anair OF the great constituency which n as
aump In sDeak n TO
ratify the Cincinnati nominations and make them ~ own
This ticket which already the field. r. Republican
from Horace Greeley has been well called
the John the Baptist OF the Republican party Before
OF our cottOnized politics. hs hands ousy pre-
pairing way for 1t and making its path straight He In
the men who control the regular organization.
comparison with hts for moment II "a hardly TOO much
TO say that there are no dozen Who al together have
even more closely identified with its earlier struggles
than with t later triunphs he was Drayey bearing The
labor and heat OF the day when the eleyenthboar Re.
puhlicans, who now wish 70 excommunicute him.
salasming with doughy faces at the feet Of jane "
ticket Gratz Brown a less eminent AdmiBs' ration
authority than Col Forney testihes that he has Ian
man might proud and which ensite him % the crate
upon which these veteran Republicans at present stand
is not satisfactory TO the Philadelphia gentlemen they
We do not wish 10 be misunderstood pre-
dieting that the Convention will ratfy the Cneinnaff
nominations do thus time 70 enter
fully into the reasons for a IL would
doubtedy acute disappointment at the White
ana the more ntoerant OF the press But
il would also mean the salvation OF the Republican,
party. That the Democratic National Convention viii
assemble, may now be set down as n1ed fact
What it will do when IL assemblies Is, however. prob
very good reason that some Of the most TN
poIrant factors not yet given. Some OF the Grant
amusing The soberer organs TO be sure soon puzzled
where the laugh comes in. But the glddy young
4 zs quite convulsed with merrment Mr. Gree
leys nomination is Joke II Is Joke OF pretty rsroa'
sort II has undoubtedly taken the country W -upns,
There is less disappointment and diaPpfoval.
We are a retcent peope-at least, In our politics
and these emotions have naturally enough foen eApres-
the public press But these impulsiye ances
are one thing sober second thought the Deliberate
Judgment OF the American people Is another Ihe man
Is exceptional and Ia the candidacy ls weak points
extraordinary gfs OF dscernment or Wit to
max easy escape supercai criticism II does not h,
on the surface but beneath t-down where the Amer
yelop ~ but as this canvass advances t win becomo
more and apparent until mirthfu friends
M iIs Horace AI Greeley may be voted down rsSr s
not impossible. But he cannot be laughed down, or
sneered down, o. caricahfred down. That was ubs0
with Abraham Lincoln. Newspaper wits had rood
deal 20 say the Illinois raispltter dozen
legs. very much Mr. Thomas Mast has latterly made
merry over similar physical pecaliarity IN one OF
Iuded to him AZ "ths ape" and the bsboonv
certain Journal OF Civilization, which is now
dozen years scattered broadcast through the country
lying cartoon In which Abraham Lincoln was depleted.
whisky glass In hand, cracking drunken joke for the
Presidential Merryman" was the ute OF TINS vorh OF
Abraham Lncoln President and there is q moral IN The,
fact for the facstous editors Of the present day They
how clever or even sidesptting they may De- are no,
ballots that ballots which dccide the
a ESSAY s Ss nst ay De nny sss
associated in the popular mind with an uDswervax
devotion to human rights; with life long ehampaoa-