St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-10

has appointed for leader the veteran
hero of many il desperate defeat. one
who is. if we may so speak. hallowed
by the prestige of disaster. 1t is new
rule of political differences that man
who could never command the conf
dence of his own party, and always
concentl ted on himself the undivided
opposition of the other. should I've the
most powerful representative OF COM
bination of Seceder> from both. That
he has been selected as the standard
bearer of IL party not Yet congl"mela-
ted OF disciplined, is the strongest pos
Sible confirmation of Our declaration
that the Cincinnati convention would
turn ont to he an assembly of unattach
ed and rejected political elements. hay
ing no natural affinity for each other.
OF such body it was To he expected
that it would not rightly apprehcnd the
conditions of success. 1t is not Won
delful that it has Numbered. for under
the circumstances action that would
seem discreet would have been lucky
happening. The actual result. Judging
from Republican standpoint. has only
one fellow i'll its fatuity,-the nominal
ton of Seymour and Blair 10y the Dem
ocratic convention of lStiS.
From the Boston Post, DemOcratcJ
The remarkable assembly that was
convened at Cincinnati To initiate the
work of reform in the administration of
the government. allowed the spirit of
combination to obscure its clear vision
III respect to the pressing needs of the
country, and wrecked Il noble opportu
nifty 10y the most strangely unfortunate
instruction of its aims. Proposing"
lofty results with which the people
everywhere were in active sympathy.
when it came To the application of its
means it failed miSerably. Few per
SonS in THEN sober senses will deny that
the selection of Horace Greeley, by an
assembly 50 powerfully equipped with
the popular sympathy. a> Il candidate
for the presidency, is Il disappointment
for which they were not prepared. Mr..
Greeley fails at all points t" answer to
the conditions of this great and promiS-
ing movement. lie may he in the full
est accord with it he may be its most
effective advocate: he may distinguish
himself above others in his personal
devotion to it vet the common sense
of the country will respond that he Is
the last man To ride il a> Il candidate
for the presidency.
The New York IIorh (Dcmncraticl
expresses profound surprise at the re
suit in Cincinnati. Adams. VIII" would
have proved 10y far the strongest of all
the candidates. it would have a> fully
endorsed a> he would have been cor
dialll supported 10y the democratic
party. Greeley can received no such
Endorsement. nor has he amy reason to
expect such support. The u orid SAYS :
''bur present impression l. that the
Democratic National Convention Will
ignore Cincinnati entirely and nominate
Il new ticket Il course which ii SAY
il will support. ON the Other hand Ben.
Wo"d> paper. the Sunday NcwS. SAY
I'VE hrlicNc it to Ice the duty "f the
Democracy IL the country AMI I" them
selves. and more than all tnr the fLtlIr
safety at ON republic. To >tnkc hands
with these Liberal Rctolmrr>. adopt
their platform AMI raudidnle>.
The New \ nr> EFcning Past. which
had great expectations, of Cincinnati.
i completely di>grIStrd. and incom>"la-
hlc oven the Cincinnati nominations.
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1t sums mp Il list of objections tn tree
ley thus:
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Ice administered viii, common iut,"-
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'''ll) j anticipating '''h'""i'''' support
of the ticket SAYS:
How pleasant they will gather I'm
der his leadership, What delightful
dissertations link them to his name and
fortune, How softly his Black Rrpuh-
licaniSm will Ice shaded down to Con
perhead>m umdetilcd Will they for
give him for the war. which they say he
did more than any other man to bring
on for the emancipation of the negroes
and turning the South into Il Bcdlam.
a> they declared =! for the creation of
the public debt and heavy taxation in
the evils which they charge to Black
h'Phniltills. Oh Nhlci he WAS certainly
of the hloatpu honuhOlu,r from tu\;l-
al