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j. III ms counsels had then been followed
slavery would still be in existence, and tn
great American Federation would be to-da
divided in two, three, or perhaps four parts
each hostile to the other. A state of wa
r would then be natural condition, and sys
a tenn OF permanent armies and monarchca
: Capitalization would probably be the resul
9 OF the fatal quarrel for which so many peopl,
saw no other remedy than that of separation
q Thanks to his good sense and courage, Lin
f coin was not seduced by the sophsm of Mr.
i Greeley, nor frightened by the menaces o
: Mr.. Jefferson Davis, and the Republic has
: escaped the peril which threatened it. In
: 1864, when Mr.. Greeley yet doubted the tri
umph of the Union, he met some Southern
I lntrguers at Fiagara Falls, and tried to have
+ the decisive victory of Richmond indefinitel,
postponed. What we NAV think OF
his subsequent acts matter not, but we NAV
not so easily forget the ignoble and odious
role he played during the Franco-Pussian
war. Mr.. Greeley has applauded all the acts
of brigandage which had for their object the
,, reduction of our unhappy country to The last
extreme OF misery, He rejoiced at the fall
of Strasbourg, he felicitated at the capitula-
ton of Paris he declared the robbery OF
Elsace aud Lorraine as just measure. He
has abjured all his principles to please the
German party, and this party has made him
a candidate for President ofthe United States
Yes, Mr.. Greeley is the candidate of the
Prussian party. The Cincinnati Convention
presided over by Mr.. Schurz, drew its princi-
pal force from the Teutonic element, and we
have no doubt that if ever Mr.. Greeley is
elected President of the United States, it will
be due to the influence of the compatriOts OF
William and Bismarck.
THE MAN WHO FAILS AT CRITICAL TIMES.
Buffalo Commercial Adcefiser, Republican.
AT the opening of the war when the Gov
| eminent was almost within the ssrYasn of Sc.
| cession, the Tribune took a weak, vacilating
course that was most dispiriting to the friends
of the Union. In the first years of the re-
| bellion the Tribune wearied and disguised the
friends of the Union by it's croaking and
whining, and finally had to come out and
promise to do better in the future. And then,
in the darkest hour of the struggle, at the very
| time when the copperhead Democracy were
willing to purchase peace on any terms, Mr..
Greeley was wire-pulling and endeavoring to
arouse public dissatisfaction with Abraham
| Lincoln. When the man whom the Tribune
now assails received the conquered Lees
sword at Appomattox, Mr.. Greeley came out
and advocated policy that would have re-
stored the rebels to their places of political
power. Such was the Tibune'S war record.
| To come to events tresher in the memory
when the Times commenced the war upon
Tammany, Mr.. Greeley was one of the last
| to unite with those who tried to rescue the
Metropolis from the Tweed Ring. All through
that struggle against the Tammany thieves
the people were not sure that the Tribune was
| a faithful ally. In fact whenever crisis is
at hand, the people never know where to
| find Horace Greeley. He is Just as likely to
be upon the wrong side as upon the right,
and his course in regard to the Liberal move
ment shows that principles do not embarrass
him where personal honor and gain are the
| temptations. His nomination will doubtless
draw off some of the lukewam in the Repub-
| lican ranks but it will have the effect to
unite those who are sincere and true to the
cause. They will labor with all the more
zeal to keep our honest, faithful, and capable
President for four years more at the head of
| Government.
| SOME STRANGE INVITATIONS.
Cincinnati Gazette, Republican.
But in all its elements the Convention was
peculiarly subject to control by improper
means. And there came here band of New
York politicians, INSCRIPTIONS enough for the
occasion, and versed in all the political meth
DDS that have made both parties notorious in
| that State. The attendants at this Conven-
ton were unauthorized and irresponsible.
Each was an adventurer on his own hook.
They represented nobody. 1t could not be
affirmed of any one that he had single con-
stituent behind him. Yet they converted
themselves into State delegations and into a
convention to nominate a President. Thus
from nothing they transformed themselves
into thing of weight and value. Thus, for
example, supposed Californian, from re-
mote and wild mining country, claimed and
was awarded the eight votes of that State in
a Presidential nominating convention. Not
one miner in thousand will strike so rich a
"pocket" as that in lifetime. There were
i other instances of persons as strangely en-
dOwed with the representation of States, and
possessed of convertible thing. But be-
sides this high-tariff packing, and the little
trade with B. Gratz Brown, Qor which Brown
got an excessive price, and the INSCRIPTIONS
means that have given this convention the
faint of New York politics, there was also
the help of that good-natured feeling in a
large number of the Western people which
/ regards Greeley kindly as an honest, simple
minded philanthropist, with funny propen-
sity for farming, and who go for Greeley from
pure good nature, without any care for states
manship, or with an idea that with an honest
: man the Government will run itself. These
stopped in with the other worse elements,
and helped to carry out a more INSCRIPTIONS
, case of packing and corrupting national
|,
before seen. OF course Mr.. Greeley did not
, have hand in this bargaining; but such are
the men who would ride his administration
THE WORST MAN OF THE CROWD.
Providence Herald, Democratic.
The proposition of the Liberals was to re
: form the abuses which have characterized tht
administration of Gen. Grant. These abuses
were fragrant and obvious, hut the time fo
work was short. The labor of organization
, had not even been laid out. 1t was clearl,
4 for their interest, while restricting themselve
1 to men popular with their own party, t.
:, nominate such a candidate as was likely t.
d be most popular with Cor least Objectionable
toy those identified with other political or
: CARNATIONS. OF all the names proposed, Mr.
8 Greeley was most deficient in these requisites
President Grant.
t The "Conquerer Of the Rebellion" who's
l. name was honored half a dozen years sine
| ~ o,,o,,, laval man anI woman in tho lapd