New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-06


Greeley, personally. He has achieve
marked success in his special calling; he hs
done great work in life; he has exercise
a prodlgi0us influence. / have, howeye
rarely had the satisfaction of agreeing wit
him, and have ever entertained a pt
culiaT and, perhaps, exaggerated lack {
confidence in his practical judgment an
administrative ability. To use vulga
but expressive phrase, he ''slops over" TO
frequently-a popularity which he has no
succeeded in holding in check during tn
course of the present canvass. MI
Greeley's views upon every slngl
question in which the Cincinnati moYemen
originated are, and always have been, dla
metrically opposed to that movement II
force him upon us as our candldate was
| therefore. an absolute insult, redeemed onlI
by its harmonious features, which, Aoweve
| keenly we might appreciate them, we cOulC
| hardly be expected to enjoy. We went t.
/ Cincinnati i'll open revolt against the party
manipulations of Messrs. Conl1ling anC
| Cameron and Morton and Chandler When
we got there we were met by Messrs. Fen.
ton, and Cochrane, and Mcclure, and Went
worth, and 1ilton, and WarnOth, and they
with the aid of Mr.. Frank Blair, kindly pro
ceeded to manage" these things for us in
the good old way, and, in the first place, to
provide us with candidate | do not see
how we gained greatly by this change
Of masters; for myself, ! prefer the
old set. We went protesting against
''earpet bagism," and they ''carpet- bagged"
orr convention with an ingenuity which
excited even our rueful admiration We
went calling for free trade, and they gave
up tue most notorious and consistent pro
tfctionist IN all America. We went crying
out against Capitalization, and saying 1.-THE
world is governed too much" and we came
back with the great apostle Of unlimited
legislation on all conceivable subjects for
our chosen candidate. They not only in
sisted on our accepting an empty change
In lieu Otthe Improvement to which we had
aspired, b ut they actually carried their IN
disguised contempt for us as reformers2tO
the extent of openly asking us to go into
cOntOrtions of supposed ecstasy over their
ridiculous campaign Josh" made up, like
a scarecrow, of dilapidated hat and
shabby coat
We believe in our principles as free-trad-
ers, as civil service reformers, as friends of
local selfgOvernment; we propose also to
continue to believe, and, if we can, we fur
ther propose to make the belief that it is in
us respected of others. We feel very much
now, under tie candidacy of Mr.. Greeley,
as we should have felt in 1860, had the .'un-
terrified assumed control of the Chicago
referred the question Of slavery
to the several congressional districts, nomi-
mated for us Jefferson Davis, and then rolled
up their eyes in spirit of sanctity and as
sured us that some garment of our candi-
dates covered physical conformations of
surprising beauty and excellence.
There is but one thing we can not suffer
and live UNDER that is dishonor. made |
more uncomfortable because ridiculous With |
what hope or even face could we. during |
he rest OF our lives, go reforming" again /
when once we had allowed ourselves to be |
made such very stOolpigeons of with i'm
unity, and even actually assisted those
Who cozened us in the successful prosecu-
ion of their game. We may not be success.
III politicians, but We can at least try to be
onest men.
Meanwhile, for a long time past, and
specially during the present campaign, I
ave acted in close sympathy with the class
hose feelings now find vigorous express
ons through the columns of the New York
rGnt1lg Post and the Natio2a-a class insig-
Ltcant IN numbers only, and one not safely
, be disregarded. We and our principles !
ave in this matter been brutallv and
rievously insulted, and we propose to show
lat we are not disposed to be accessories |
our own dishOnor. We at least never
vited Mr.. Greeley and his singular fol-
wing into any party affiliations-we al
avs protested against it, and, from their
st introduction, looked upon our uninvit-
z associates with undisguised apprehen-
on. Those who brought about the alliance !
e, perhaps, bound by the principles of {
hat is called political honor not to repu-
ate the consequence of their own act: {
ey made the game and they lost the :
axes; we, however, are not disposed to
low ourselves to be transferred as a Dor. c
N of the contents of that pool" t
The defeat of Mr.. Greeley has, therefore, c
come from our point OF view the one good c
ing which can result from this campaign, Q
s success would be our complete discom- d
ure. 1t would go far to demonstrate a
lat we have most persistently denied, and a
denial OF which was at the basis of the 0
ginal Cincinnati movement. We then '
sisted, as we still do insist, that the peo- a
} of this country were body of which we s
rselyes were part; that the mass of our
low-citizens disliked to be humbugged,
liked to he treated as rational beings. II
It as we did ourselves-no more and no b
The thing seems altogether too ridiculous G.
be gravely stated, and yet It's absolutely Ct
g. MIR, Greeley's nomination was wholly W
l av0wedly urged and justified on the q
hlte hat, tidal wave" and prairie fire" L
Dothesis. The "bloody chasm" melo- a.
una was a somewhat tiimsy atter-piece, Il
reduced to cover up the awful failure of | y
great original "wood chopper" farce. I'll
g defeat of Mr.. Greeley will 90 far TO OF
vince the linen inside politics" that IL
lgs utterly incOngruous can not as vet be al
cessfully Jumped together; that the rise re
tidal waves and Eprairie fires" has ht
le connection with real underlying Dc
Sc; that the people, of whom they pirate sV
much and think so little, are not mere "
dren, to be pleased with a rattle and ne
led with straw; and, finally, that the Sc
5.of garments of an eminent editor are, III
r all, but poor substitute for cardinal la
lciples. NJ
t one time I freely confess l hoped for 81
e than this-far more-as the result Of
present canvass. did hope that great MI
ciples might be gravely discussed, and eIE
much progress might be made, no mat o.
what party achieved success in the Uni
Id work OF educating a nation. In com tol
with many others, was disappointed: an
if l can not have the issue | wanted, | at
t needs accept that which is forced ms
/ us 1t is for this canvass simply to The
V that we are neither children nor fools. tw
one, therefore, shall this year again at
my vote for President Grant, not alas! up
time with the glad confidence in which, mn
years ago, cast it for General Grant: arr
rs the most direct and indeed only way Blu
open of rebuking that species of poIitf- I'M
ant and chicanery of which the history tina
e Cincinnati movement was, in its last pea
;, an unequaled example. wa
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