Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

vi things that can possibly hap
pen. this was the one thing which
every body supposed could not hap.
pen. Not even the Greeley men
themselves thought it could happen.
Alter Greley's nomination, the rc!;.:~
tlans, for the most part, either left
the convention to battle their heads
or sat still as idle and different spec
tators II was freelsy charged and |
believed that the nomination of |
Greeley was put up job of Browns.
The worst thing that can be said OIL
Mr.. Greeley is, that he generally |
has a fsi0 o0rthIess dead-6e1ts hang
ing around him, preying on his cash |
and his good nature; impairing his
reputation among those whose good
opinion he ought to possess. These
creatures he must shake Of torthloih or
there ,cM be trouble before the cam
paign ends.
Here is what the Baltimore
American says:
Incredible as it may seem, Horace
Greeley has been nominated for the
high office for President, by con-
vention which claimed TO represent
the people of the United States
Such a combination of circumstances
never occurred before, and will prob-
ably never occur again neverthe-
less we have the result before US, and
can only treat il as an accomplished
fact, but it may be doubted whether
any assembly of American citizens
was ever before so completely under
the domination of rings and clques.
There was trickery and trading both
in the framing Of the platform and in
the nomination Of the candidates, and
though the whole proceedings there
was fierce partisanship and a per,
sislent ignoring of the rights Of the
minority that might have sham9d
the most disorderly ward meeting
1t remains TO be seen how candidates
nominated under such auspices as
these will be received by the Ameri-
can people.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has
this to say upon the Greeley Brown
ticket:
| Upon the whole, the tone of the
Democratic press is encouraging
There is hearty disposition to CO.
operate with the Liberal movement,
and willingness to accept Greeley
and Brown, with the proviso that
the Liberal Republicans display
strength TO insure success when
backed by the Democratic party
The majority Of them indicate de-
sire to await the action at the Dem.
ocratic National Convention; but we
are certain that, when the Liberal
movement develops into the great
political power that it will in few
weeks, these journals will urge upon
the National Convention the propri.
ETY. and policy of indorsing the Gin
cinnati platform aud nominees
The severest hostility thus far evinc.
ed comes from the Louisville Ledger
and the Detroit Free Press, both we'll
meaning papers. They would have
been good advisers five years ago
The New York World is ejecting
cold water foom it's slender hose.-
We do not intend to allow ourselves
to express the least establishment at
this. We would regret very much
to 90 down to our grave with the
consciousness that we had done in.
justice to a newspaper of great char
acter, but at the risk Of it we are go
ing to put upon record here the be-
lief that the New York World is not
anxious to do anything for the good
of the Democratic party.
| The Chicago Post says:
| Horace Greeley's hold upon the
people of this country is one Of re-
spect!for his virtues and confidence in
his honesty, but in no respect Of
trust in his wisdom. As political
leader, he is perhaps tho most re-
garded and least followed of any man
at present before the people, A man
of impulses, he is the creature of
crochets and, while his earnestness
is never questioned, his conclusions
are oftener ridiculed than commend
ed by the men who are his sincerest
admirers and adherents
Mr.. Greeley, therefore, has May
friends, but fsw followers His NOM
ination to the Presidency is regarded
as a huge joke, just as would have
been the nomination of Susan b. An
thony or George Francis Train. 1t
is acknowledged that, while his vir-
tues of heart are great, his vagaries
of mind are such az to totally unfit
him for leadership or power. Had
the policy of this country since the
inception of the rebellion been what
Mr.. Greeley has from time to time
advised, it is doubtful whether there
| would have remained at this time
any country for Mr.. Greeley or any
other man to be President of
That the Democracy will accept
Mr.. Greeley for their standard bear
er, is not likely. They will doubtless
make straight nomination, hoping
that by the division of the Republi-
can vote they may elect their candi-
date. That the Republican masses
will permit this hope to be realized,
there is not the slightest occasion to
fear.
The Philadelphia Press thus
speaks for Pennsylvania:
1t seems to us that about the hard
est pill the Democrats ever had to
swallow in their eager hunger for
the Presidency is TO swallow Horace
Greeley. He ought to be strong in
Pennsylvania on his tariff record, but
he is not, and will not be. because all
the protectionists of Pennsylvania
area good deal better pleased with
Grants practical support than with
Greeley's theories. Grant said the
golden word in his messages aud
threw his weight in favor of all the
labor movements, which accounted,
dOuhtlaaS for the hostility If WaIts