The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-02

WE are getting Soule very o"u JIM
seeking material into the Reform party now
that success is assured we trust thaV
Sumner will not be made Secretary OF state
or Warmoth put in charge OF the treasury
--ERTmer.
We do not wonder that our contemporary
feels shaky about the material OF the he-
form party" and the makeup OF Mr.
Gresley's cabinet, in the event of his cleo
ton to the Presidency. The moral of the
skinned eel that leaped out of the Trying
nan into the fire has its application IN
variety of circumstances, but can oe
nowhere more pertinentiy applied
than in. a political party which. j.
ready to jump out of its skin at the mere
suggestion Of bet;ering its condition. ms
readiness Of the Virginia Conservatives to
Jump at any and all hazards, with or
without lettering their condition, has
bcen one Of the marked characteristics
of the times. The Enquirer stuck
to its frying-pan much longer than any oil
its Conservative neghbors, and growled at
the necessity of jumping even in the act Of
is saltatory leap-t apparently had so lit
Il, relish for the feat. Had it renamed
true t, its anteccdents to The grand record
it had made for itself in the past--and held
the old Democratic banner high above the
4 ,eraceful fluctuations and wavering eXpe-
dents of the hour, it might have joined III
the Louisville movement with an lnmense
leverage upon the popular mind IN Virginia
Its own apprehension that Mr.. Sumter vii
take the first place in the Greeley cabinet
and that such a " Southern carpet-baSger
as Warmoth may be called into the ex
ecutive councils of the nation, is what wal
deter thousands in this State from votinI
the Zebra ticket 1t is certain that MT
Greeley regards Summers philippe aga,ns
General Grant, and his letter to the colore
neonle of the South, as the two great cam
naipn documents on which he is to rely 10
success. So far Summers speech has bee
the chief document sent out by the Cent?;
Republican Reform Committee III Ne'
York city y and his recent letter to the colol
ed peoplc of the South is to supplement thi
speech by hundreds of thousands IN Il
fnrtber distribution of the great AMI
Grant document" If, then, Greeley
elected, be will be the first to recognize u
eminent services of MIR. Sumner in the can
p,ien, and should he or his friends desi
tn, first place in the Cabinet for the :" gre
Massachusetts Senator" who can don
tlat it will be gwen him. ss naH
Most significant is the fact, IN this co
nection, that Mr.. Sumner authortatlyely a
nounces in his " colored letter that n
Greeley win "not be controlled oy ~
oc,atsu az the erent of has election a
more significant still is the assurance OF
Tribune that Mr.. Sumner has spoken
cording to reason in this matter. In la
so pusillauinously have the Democrats
the country bent the willing hinges OF
knee to this Greeley movement, and
hopelcssly have they placed themselves
the Chappaquack's power, that 1t is sa
now to snub the whole Democracy OF
country than not to give these assuran'
to the Massachusetts Senator. The 4
ouiyer may as well content itself at o.
with the {" inevitable in politics, F." and
cept Mr.. Sumner as tile "great Secrets
of Stateu under Horace Greeley's admlr
tyation, if the event it predicts is actua
TO come upon us on the 4th of March ne
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