New-York tribune., 1872-05-08
COMMENTS ON CINCINNATI.
VIEWS OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.

VIEWS OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
THE TWO CANDIDATEs-wHAT THEY REPRESENT
FTom Chicago IrbNR:
The Cincinnati Convention has presented
nIa,Sopm what other candidates will thcr' bci The
Philadelphia Convention will meet In tue hst Neeh & ~
Grant II will not venture TO acopt platform opposed
to that adopted at Cincinnati it VIII hot or re-
form of the Revenue system But its platform a"pcs ;
candidate identical l. is to MAKE rty ,G the same
and TO threaten the people that cr,t That kind
not elect Grant they must take S The American
OF business will longer succeed Win 'H oo, nr tne
people MT Greeley has been nomnahei, h"i 70 Sc cecte
NE has been nominated 70 give the American Ieope an
opportunity to have an honest tUtSbshed nv the war;
and irrenealaby Incorporated in the constitution. re
has been nominated that we Of pB Be Civil scrvre sys
. tem and the employment of public agents 70 over
else the PI,Saob political however wofdeG by the
PHILADELPHIA Convention, can chamge punmSe
that the renominatoa of Gen. Grant means contn'r
snce and In an aggravated form, OF the Administrator
Of the os as MorOn sIS Sonkng Harlan and the senao
Regency which has made the Civil Service eolrnpt,
renewai Of the powers Of Dent Porter Babc9cS. L,et
ingalls,. stocking. Murphy, Robeson; and OF the Woe
family of relatives. whom, Us Mr. Jefferson deseriOei
H. t19 pHUs The Prcsidcni himself insists that ne
will make no change his mode OF Admusir and
that he seeks reelection for the purpose OI haVS w
whole course OF III MS paSs on ha be has been hat there
will be more of it, Mr. Greeley has boon nominated
that there Nay Republican President who vii ~
the political administration of the Government get d of
this whole body Of adventures and their dep
and will place the management OF the naI9na 'nS ~
the bands of men having Tho hs1eG 1r,Gns an'ls Ms
SaSe SoHn %srS nIaced hm in ncminaion have done
40 TO elect him, and OF this they nave rcasons,
oDy oS Sope OF the nominaoa at Pnlad Of any
publican who would have reformed existing aDa.es, aar
of the Government above the sordid considerations OF
personal gain; had ~ been Permted 10 h5roIhS hot ~
abandoned the further prosecution of inc war, ana
applied itself to the reforms of tue Revenue ana tio
Cincinnati Convention. But the men 10 whom me fIcs
ident has surrendered the control, kaoWlhI thit
their power would end with c"anse o., ~ 81 ''nS,
peremptoIily forbid any change at raila,,' L", anu
have made personal support OF Gen Grant ienDm,I 10 @
ton a test of Repubhcansm. From tLlS u'e IL pun
hcans have appealed ana IN Tue person p: o. .,
for whom alone there is at this time any hope Of deyc
ing country from tho porils with which - threa
enod That Horace Greeley Will be elected is by all
doubt The only hope that tie present Administration
has Of defeating him is in the Democratic party nat
that party will nominate candidate. Such course,
Improbable and Irrational as it is, will MOI
accomplish the purpose Though theie 9e ID D'morrae
cans, will understand the IlDe and they VIII Know tndt
the next Presdan must & He m Sran voe or y for
aud hore Is Democrat so obtuse as not 20 KNOW 'n
leader - who does not Know that in no event vii Dono
crat be elected the Republicans will eiicudly prevent
Greeley Grant-proydcd the latter Is not set aside
at Philadelphia.
PRUDENT COURSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Ihs CiRiRndr C0mn'TciGL
Will the Democrats proceed TO nominate
ticket their ownf Upon the answer given w Gepend
the canvass of Greeley and Brown Tbe Liberal L. 'l'.
Icans will not fool away their strength upon tckct
hopeless OF success MI MI Gieeey %swfTyi & 4f II 'rt5
there should be a triangular contest, two klmhii
and Democratic % GanGdStS IN nT eu' n ,y y m S
stronger Of the RePH%PncSn % ~, a try Wv
over. Mr. Greeley is in many WAYS "o".y htl
Office He is unimpeachabIy honest: hc Is cdH,lt an
affairs are Invaluable Executive. He has, tJo
many elements of personal strength q any mau whO
farmer and better exponent Of the wor6ns nIl's i
teress than any man who could nave Dten hhmu. ne
would largely secure the colOred vote. lie rs tLo
representative OF the most generous pnhcy % Oh
reconciliation. North and south, Tor ne was was ,Ge h
democrats TO say whether the necessity shall uou
cOunryto set aside the ticket made ia TINS city ana nAo
the election of the nominees OF me Philadelphia CONr-
ton The next President the United States quc
tain tD be "A Republican Gratifying wOuuI be his
elevation ohe Presidency Mr. Greeley Himself, We De-
heve his patriotism To be so superior 10 ms al M ,on
that it he should see clearly that tLr9nGh t"e d'hIon
would Of his own motion wlihuI"w IRON t,e co'oS'
and counsel concentration upon the Phadoipnd to"et
n they sincerely wish liberal turn ia tie All
minstration of affairs, and strlcter constitutional
port Of the ticket and the platform Of tLe
GAeiunati Convention MI Greeley may MT P9 tbelr %
been their first choice would have been the inOSI-
bic tns-a straight Democrat: nro BaCr: UrJ v' l
the people OF the south. and Mr. Brown jdenthcJ
in his State The platform. too, Is Ii no eas i Al
different from that adopted by the democrats "i OH.1
and Connecticut and winch received he h'orst ~ "t oI
nil Democrats who resolved upon dehtu'o IiOh t"e
UNIV wholesome record Of the party IL or ton 10 SAY
whether Cincinnati has named, Cr PhLidclpnld may
uane. the President of inc Unite" Satco.
NOT so MUCH OF a JOKE AFTER ALL.
From TIE Springfeil III, IT. l.L
The fun over Candidate Greeley is MT so
furious as 1t was Ine po.i|ea..S--ncreuiI"i
fellows-are already SOLDERING down. Tic p"ry l"h-
laVo fall in-ilI
their mental arithmetic 10 bear upon the pro0 iiilc
Even me Administration editors ~ De recovering
Hire ami there we see a Mr.. ady-tO hait Alns
anxious as though he suspected The old W"l.c nat
affairs does MT surprise Us, although II has
certainly come httle sooner tnn we cHPoieL
that Of himor They bound 10 dad sooner or
later that candidacy Of the Chappdqua ialnr Was
IN moderation, hut not by any manner Oi odAe 90 %
sneezed al by prudent men, To tHose who cad rod no.
tween the lincsand indeed to those who NOS poSse5
this valuable faculty:ne comments upon the CbcinId
ticket will a lively interest. IL w DO nOnced 20
cal monopoly OF all the hlltrty tndt IS SOihS.
If anything. their satisfaction with the pOatuie
hdeuce in the future little tcJ HnpheI'. lhoir
setting down of Mr.. Greeley Little too contempt
uOus Tbey protest too much like eiady ia the paJ
II they were really easy aDOut the result is th"y
tyond nave Ms thiik they would not be apt 10
sroh NOISY proclamation of the fac IN c rketp aces
and upOu the hOuSetOps. nor wouiu lacy Oc q"to go
@sSeT 4, disparage MI Greeley gu hcdtiOns Oice
n 9bey really believed chances FOR gettuS 1t 81 dos-
Derate The fact Nj. Greeley Is bouAd Ia got
good many Republican votes. and that all politicians
VINO have their eyes open Tbis Ict not
vent Gen. Grants denomination AT Ibl"dc iAI..
His friends may make it point OF honor 10
giving the politicians, DOth IN COuIcss ana i tue h0"o
paper Offices unusually serious thoughts Coin nOA fu
inor asse of TIE srewde5t OI tcm afo hot
quite clear they were about eher Tue heeeo"i o
the expectancy OF renomalion Ihis may DC ac or
may not But however the stands Win the pOii-
cians plain voters all country are Lesinhns u
ask themselves whether the retention Of Gen. Grant Ia
the White House another four years dtcr All VI