Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-18
TWO WEEKS or TuE CAnPLIeS

Two weeks have passed since the Liberal
Republicans met at Cincinnati and made
nominations for the Presidency and Vice Pre-
idsney. The whole subject has since Oeen dis
suased In the press and among the politicians
with q freedom, q fullness, aud an earnest
ness that have been rarely equaled In any
political contest In the history OF the repub-
lie. The debit and credit according to our
view of the situation stand as followsi
/. The gentlemen who went to Cincinnati
to divide the Republican party have utterly
failed. II they have succeeded 10 anything Ii
Il 10 breaking In pieces the Organization
which they had counted upon as the basis Of
their strength, which they had hoped to drill
as one man under their standard.
2. Tho National Democratic Committee
have called a convention OF their party at a
place and at time by no means favorable to
the success OF the Liberal ticket. They ad-
journed without committing themselves 10
anyway TO the cause that, individually, they
have fostered and encouraged.
:. The German press, which II was be-
lleved would heartily ludorse the Liberal Re
publican movement has fallen out Of the
traces, and, with the exception OF two or
three journals, has utterly repudlatcd the cam
didats and the platform.
4. Mr. Greeley has been driven from the
Tribuns by journals that were In the begin
ming In sympathy with the movement, like
the ROeRing Post aud tho Wsrld. In taking
him out OF the campaign, In deprlvlng the
canvass Of his vigorous. slnewy English, they
have given the liberal movement one OF the
severest blows that could possibly be dealt Il.
They have taken away all Its respiration
sealed tho lips OF Its stoutest and most valiant
champion.
q The leading organ OF the Democratic
party, the World has come out squArely
Hgalnst the Cincinnati nominees. In lts Is
suo yesterday It ls moved to sayi From this
day forth Greeley stock will decline; and by
the time the Baltimore convention meets his
nomination as the Democratic candidate will
he deemed as preposterous, as every Demo-
crat IHthO land would have unhesltatlngly
declared 1t three weeks ago. The
nomination Of Mr. Greeley by the Demo
cratic party Is the moral, political, social and
economic inpossi6ility which every self
respecting Democrat would have lnstinctiyely
declared II to be at any time previous to the
Cincinnati convention"
o. Leading Democrats like Mr.. voorhees,
have declared against Mr.. Greeley, and
formed the nucleus Of an opposition which
will make itself felt at Baltimore. The
statesmen Of the party are beginning to see
that Mr.. Greeley as their candidate for the
Presidency cannot take away from the regu-
lar nominee Of the party an sppreclAble por-
lion Of the party's vote; that In indors-
ing him they would destroy the discipline OF
the Democracy, and make ita restoration TO
power an imposslbillty for years and years to
come.
T. Mr.. Greeleyis nomination has uudoubt-
edly brought forth a generous and hearty
response from the South. He has been
heartily indOrsed by the leaders Of the lost
sause. Wherever the secesslon spirit Is strong
he is strong wherever the Ku-KluI and the
Confederate elements prevail, the enthusiasm
for Mr.. Greeley Is at lts highest pitch.
.. Two rays OF hope, and two only, have
been thrown upon the Liberal canvass during
the last ton days--the recollection of senator
Ferry In Connecticut by q coalition between
seventeen boiling Republicans and the De-
mocracy; and the result of the New York
Democratic State Convention In giving q
quasi Endorsement to Cincinnati.
Q. The nomination OF Mr.. Greeley, and the
half Democratic support which he has re-
eeived, has had the effect Of drawing the Re-
publican party closer aud closer; Of making
1t stand shoulder TO shoulder. ItS elan is
better to-day than It was a month ago. As
the time for the national convention ap-
proaches It rises to higher plane Of purity
and patriotism. The minor differences aud
dissenslous that have been q source Of weak
ness and Generalization are passing away.
The party scars Into the serene atmosphere
OF devotion and ldellty to the great princi-
piles and ideas that have bound tho party
during tho last tSelve years In bonds that
cannot be severed.
To us the situation soemB brighter, and the
party stronger than 1t was before Cincln-
natl. Liberalism waits upon Democracy
Republlcanlsm marches onward TO the great
sst Victories that II has yet won.