Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1872-05-08
TREREsrLT ATCINCISNATI.

ere this aware, the great Liberal Re
publican Convention, which convcn
ed at Cincinnati Oh the 4st inst, al
iourncd OIL Friday The Sd. after
short, but cventful session. The
work of the convention seems to have
been not less thoroughly thar
promptly done. From all reports tho
crowd in attendance must have beer
immense, almost every State and Terr
tory sending full delegation, ,beside'
the hundreds who came as lockers o,
No one need hesitate to pronounc,
the convention a magnificent success
SO far. at least. as showing the exist
encc Of \ deep aud wide spread oppo
sition to the administration of Gran
anon. the members oihi> own purity
There were assembled together ill'
choicest spirits of the Republican
party from every section OF the
country, men of the most varied and
extensive political experience. and OF
the most far-rcachiug political sa@ari
ty. These men did not 80 to Crncin
natl without an object, nor. what !:
equally to the point. withou: back
ing. The object of their going IL
suceinctly and forcibly set out in the
platform adopted. which is given ir
full in another place. The least that
can be said of the platform, is that il
is admirable. 1t certainly constitutes
basis of principles upon which the
patriotic elements OF all the political
organizations of the country can
stand and labor tremendously for til"
preservation Of cur institutions. In
10 particular was the wisdom OF the
convention more 81 gnslly manifested
than in practically ignoring the tariff
as an active issue in the approaching
campaign. While question undoubt-
edly of the first Importance the adj
jUstmcnt of it. however. can very
well be postponed until after the So
luton of the yet more vital question
whether We shall have a restoration
Of fraternal concord among the peo-
pie, and return to civil and consti-
tutional government in the admins
tration of State and national affairs
When these happy objects shall have
brenfully cousummatcd,i lit WILDE time
enough for parties to rcarrange them
selves with reference TO 4 direct con-
test that will settle definitely the
policy of the government in the mat
ter OF tariff or 10 tariff AS regards
the candidates nominated by the con-
vcntion for president aud vice-presi-
dent, wc have but little to say. B.
Gratz Browns prominence in the
movement that originated the Passive
Policy in Missouri, and'of hich the
present movement more than anv-
thing else is aresult.appcared to claim
far him some position on the ticket.
and his nomination for the Vice preSi-
dcnry has. we believe, been received
without objection from any quarter.
Quite the same u,ianimity does not
seem to prevail in the case of the
nominee for the presidency. He had
been but comparatively recent con-
vert to passivism, and there was no
very general expectation that his
name would be brought prominently
before the convention. Besides. that
Horace Greeley. for more than q
quarter ofa century the bitterest OF
bitter opponents of the Democratic
party,the chosen and living champion
of high protective Tariff, should be
nominated for president with view
of clccting him by the votes of Demo-
Gratis and revenue rctormrrs. seemed
L spectacle too anomalous even for
this remarkable juncturc ofattnir>.
Every indication seemed to point to.
apd every consideration seemed to
us TO demand the nomination of but
one man. and that was Charles Fran
els Adams, for the guarantees which
he possessed in his noble revolution
airy ancestry, in his s2ot!ess personal
character, in his calm and moderate.
but inflexiblc political opinions aud
In his high public services, were such
as 10 other individual, perhaps. in
the country, could offer. We were,
consequently surprised when inform
ed by the telegraph that his elaine
had been ignored, and those ofanoth
er,preferred. We have no disposition
to undcrrate the merits of Mr.. Gree
ley nor his strength with the people
We are prepared to believe hin
honest, patriotic and capable. and tt
hope that his idiOsvncrasics will b'
harmless in the White House. n,
has BY dextcrnus stroke silenred, i
not Satisfied, those who would hav,
opposed him on account Of hi. protec
tive tariff notions, and against Grant
or any nominee Of the Radical part!
proper, he will beyond question re
ce,ve the almost undivided supper
OF the Democratic party, North and
South. But it certainly lacks, to 81,
the least, the flavor Of consistency fol
Democratic orators and editors
whose occupation has been TO oppos,
Greeley and denouncc his principles
TO convert In the twinkling of an ey'
the imprecatinns scarcely cold upoi
the lip into hosannas of praise ant
Thanksgiving. We deprccate the De
, mocracy losingits head and maxim!
an exhibition Of itself Let us abov,
all things act with the dignity ant
deliberation that will command re
spect. The National Democratic ex
ecutiye committee meets to-day t
determine the time and place of hold
ing a National Democratic Convcn
ton. We can very well afford to awai
ifa action, before expressing oursclvr
more freely with reference TO tn
Nominations made at Cincinnati.
DEATH OF LAxur. Gov. GRAVEL
Lr.-'-J. J. Grs.elly, Lieutenant
Governor Of Nissesri, died at hi
residence IN Stockton, Cedar county
ON the 18th uitimo, after An ;,,ne.s n
two weeks. lie WAS ~ y,.,. ~ s1