The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-11

Browns propositions. with the reinforcement,
o. we German element 20 carry them out
lie VAS TIE Blucher To Wellington on Waterloo day
But things have changed. The German has taken
@ position In the Senate az splendid in many re.
spects as ever was achieved by uayne or Clay or
webster. He Is to-day, In the estimation OF millions
81 men, higher c&emrli1caton of intelligence
even upon economical topics than Mr. Gratz Brown.
VINO lacks the phio@matc, philosophic tempera-
mcnt Of Schurz. the higher cultivation, and cannot
always manage himself physically or IN debate The
nominal victory IS with Brown at Ciucinnati; the
moral victory still rests largely with Carl Schurz,
and unless the difference between these gentlemen
h. deep Schurz Will come III to the support of the
ticket rght handsomely and retain The highest
place which he can assume under our constitution
an American senator. whose views command the
respect rs his language delights the people of all
parties.
THE ADAMS BLuNDER.
question asked in highly moral quarters is
"Why did not Mr.. Adams. the choice OF the re-
specialize men IN SO respectable Oonv ention, lead
Horace Greeley, VINO wears white coat, a soil
white hat, and tucks one end OF his trousers in his
boots ~
Ihe number OF votes he got on the highest ballot
was the high water mark OF appreciation ever to be
gained III this country by frgd and remote respect
ability. Senator Lyman Trumbul said in Washing
'Now that it is done and all is over, and nothing
lost, III my judgment, let me ask how did that
Adams movement ever go so mry Why, in the
Western country Mr.. Adams could have done
nothing. All over the prairie States. on both sides
OF the ONO and Mississippi, his name would nave
been like frost. think" finished Mr.. Trumbu
shat the gentlemen WHO supported Mr. Adams
appreciated fine complshments and conservative
character more than they knew the voting popnla
ton OF the United States"
Chief Justice Chase said nearly the same thing.
Both think Greeley's nomination the right ticket.
The movement to make Adams President started
not far from the iootstool of Mr.. GrOesbcck, of
Cincinnati
now GRoEsBECK MADE ADAMS.
This man Is one OF the wealthiest citizens OF the
Queen City, and he has enjoyed several honors
either of High Dutch or Low Dutch descent. In his
adopted State he has acquired II very considerable
fortune, sometimes estimated to amount to more
than million of dollars. one of his daughters has
married member of Parliament, and another SON
the trial Of Andrew Johnson Mr.. Groesbeck made
very impressive speech which gave him nearly an
lustrous reputation in the Ohio Valley. Mr..
Ha.stead heard that speech and said that no other
man within radius OF 200 miles OF Cincinnati could
have made It. From that a. time forward tie orator
Mr. Grocsbeck advanced. Il was little
contract taken in hand by orr editorial Pumblc
chook TO make Pip President or die. Mr.. Grocsbeck,
on the whole, approved OF the proposition He was
one OF the men. undoubtedly, against whom Mr..
Adams raised warming in his letter to "that
crowd,' wherein Mr.. Adams said that mo man
could think Of the Presidency without having his
soul disturbed for the remainder OF his e.r Mr..
Groesback's soul Is disturbed. Haistcad had taken
contract to make him President but Halstead
dropped away from the idea, after he had conceived
the lofty combination OF an entire ticket to be made
by the Commercial newspaper, all OF itself-namey,
Adams President and Groesbcck Vice President.
When man conceives q big thing like this, and
tries it all OF himself he generally alls in love with
the bigger end OF his bargain, and soon Mr.. GrOcs
beck perceived that Mr.. Halstcad, in his enwrapt
admiration of Mr.. Adams, had somewhat cooled
apparent to Ialstcad that two such very respect
able men put on the same ticket would not do at
all. He therefore quietly dropped Groesbeck out OF
his mind, ana thought it would be glory enough for
one day to have the especial candidate Of his news
paper-namely, Adams, put at the head OF the lib
cral ticket.
At this stage OF the story we dismiss Groesbcck
not because he has forfeited any respect in him
self, but because Mr. Halstcad had already dis
missed him. We will presume Mr.. GrOcsbeck to be
playing billiards, with moody countenance, every
night under the Burnett House, or iltting up that
splendid home in the country, which, alas he will
never enjoy, since the Executive Mansion has over
Swallowed it in his mind. Uneasy is the head that
has dreamed of the East Room!
THE GREAT ADAMS FIASCO.
TO resume with Halstead, the king maker. Hal
STEAD paper gu eircniateS ey w; goes sev
dred miles up the wabash. 1t is printed every day
in the week, lighting days excepted. The idea Of
Adams had now reached every region OF this extra
ordinary editorial mind. The Ohio country papers
all came to time. Overlooking that gentle and
peasant-speaking candidate OF their own, J. d.
Cox OF the Buckeye State, the country press ana
the country people all cried adams is the cheese
for us! He is sufficiently old"
All at once great accession came to Cincinnati.
August Belmont, ION the way West to shoot snipe"
in the chimney of Tom Hendricks and at the fire
office and said :-"Adams is wisdom; 20 it for
Adams,' Not i've minutes elapsed less or more
when the great democratic mouth organ, published
in New York for private circulation among its con-
trbutOrs, responded by telegram I'VE are out for
Adams; he is the only cheese we can eat'
Thus II appears that the gigantic minds OF Hal
stead and Belmont conceived Adams, and that he
died few minutes before safe delivery. There were
many tears shed for him by those who had never been
seen, and several respectable handkerchief
seen raised to respectable eyes, saying. at might
have beenl" The Adams movement seemed to
strike the notions OF some freetraderS, OF Mr.
BOwleS and OF two or three Bluegrass politicians
like Cassius M. Clay. Mr.. David A. Wells helped to
Kill Adams somewhat by publishing Adams letter.
where that great man appeared to hold that the
United States must come to him and be incont-
from three Adamses of the same family. There
but one way at any time to make Adams President
and that was to secure all the strength of Trum-
bull for him at IN The outset l. was the
the friends OF Palmer, Trumbu and Brown would
all go over to Adams without any agreement to
that effect. The Trumbull men held out too long
and the Brown men wanted Greeley, and .that
crowd took up Chappaqua boulders instead of
quincy granite.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams is a dead cock in
Presidential politics. He Is too airy his country
The afterthought now is that his nomination would
have been folly and that the fortuitous choice at
Cincinnati was the best.
Governor Palmer's friends behaved first rate.
They had no force and made no influence but in
good time they joined hands with Trumbull. ILL.,
nOis would probably have made the next President
but for the Davis movement which began by con-
vncing everybody that IL would go through with
a rush, and ended by proving transparent fraud.
Such are some of the points IN the pending
Would 1t not yet be astonishing to see desperate
effort made to nominate Horace Greeley at Phila-
dclphia and leave the democracy out in the cold so
as TO reconcile again the wings OF the republican
partyY
GREELEY VERSUS GRANT.