The Portland daily press., 1872-05-08
Train and Greeley.

The usually digniied and stately New York
increase since its Cincinnati Convention with
all its high aims was stolen by the Blairs,
Fentons and Morrsseys. Its last article en-
titled Chow about George Francis Train
Now?" is very severe as well as funny:
Mr.. Trains platform is simple and not un-
like that of MIR. Greeley; and is divided into
three parts thus: First-Beat Grant Second
Beat Grant Third-Beat Grant; but when
he comes to expand his meaning, as he does on
the reverse of his electioneering card il is
found that great deal is involved in this brief
formula. 1t embraces, together with the cleo
ton of Train, comprehensive circle of doc
trines, which are announced as LIST, universal
amnesty; I'd, a single presidential term; Sd,
American industry, or cotton factories south
and woollen factories west; 4th, prohibition of
foreign manufactures; 9TH, no more land
grants; 9th, franking privilege abolished; It'll,
compulsory education in public schools, sans
Bible; 8th, specie payments abolished forever;
9th, Ireland first and Cuba afterwards 10th,
Hydropathy and Turkish baths in government
sanitary institutions; 18th, ought to have Cuba;
18th, let Brigham Young alone and admit Utah
These are a round dozen of sentiments, and
the reader will be struck with the remarkable
similarity between those of Mr. Train and
those of his competitor. Mr. Train has the
mence; but the minds of the two gentlemen,
though they do not always approach their sub
ject from the same point of view, are apt to ar
rive at the same conclusions. The pivotal doc
trine of each is suspicion of British gold which
they both propose to fight with the universal
weapon Of protection" Trains motto is,
"Delendo est Britannia" a contamination
which he desires to bring about by war of
tariffs and the instruction of Ireland; and
Greeley, without displaying the motto so open
Ky r.uto faif in fhn I'M Trafp 80 for
entire prohibition; Greeley is for only two or
three hundred per cent. duty. Train went
abroad to help the Fenians and got in prison,
but Greeley was satisfied with reporting victo-
ries at Slevegammon; Greeley goes in for the
water cure, but we are not sure that he has
carried his centralism SO far yet as to insist up
on making it a national institution. There
Train has the advantage; and, in fact, Train,
either because he is holder more logical, is
always little more advanced and decided than
his rival.
1t was so during the war; Train gave up at
the outset, but Greeley not till after the battle
of Bull Run; Train went several times to Can
ada to propose negotiations to the rebel agents
there, but Greeley we think made but one pro-
posal, which was very sweeping indeed, but it
was not repeated; Train was prepared to well
come General Lee into Pennsylvania but Gree
ley would only counsel our laying down our
arms, when she watered his horses in the Sus-
quehannah;" and Train bitterly opposed the re-
nomination of Lincoln, but Greeley was not so
bitter and far more cautious and decent in his
opposition. The superior audacity of Train al
was shoves him little ahead in what would
seem to be a race for a common goal
AS Greeley has been recommended to the con-
sideration OF both the Republican and Demo-
cratic Conventions soon aboIt to assemble, we
thought it best to call to the minds of the same
bodies the similar pretensOns of another candi-
date-not that we strongly favor either of them,
but as matter of impartial Justice,