St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
The Cincinnati Candidate.

who have: but certainly the conven-
ton. after the high key i'll which the
speech of Mr.. Schurz was pitched, could
have done nothing which would have
seemed so much Il Jest us what II did.
1t was called by the most earnest free
traders III the country, and ended Ill
the nomination of an arch prOtectionist.
1t was composed of some sincere re-
formers and crowd of the most nOto-
rious politicians, and it resulted in the
confusion of the former and the triumph
of the latter. We believe that there are
IL great many persons who We're wiStful
ly watching the convention. hoping to
be able to support its action, who will
now. with Mr.. Adams, wish ITO draw
out of that crowd
We have often spoken of the patriot
ic services of Mr.. Greeley. nor do we
forget them now. They will not be for
cotton during the long and searching
scrutiny to which his public life and
words and deeds will now he submitted.
The necessarily personal character OF
the campaign we deplore; but 1t Is i'll
evitahle. Cincinnati has chosen to
present Il merely personal issue. Ii
claimed to he a republican convention.
and it has nominated il republican
against the regular action and the
known wishes of the great mass of re-
publicanS. and who cannot hope to lie
elected 10y republican votes alone. He
breaks the republican line i'll front of
the enemy. His sole chance is III their
protection. The question presented to
the country, therefore, Is whether MIR.
Greeley, supported 10y the political i'll
tcrest which has nominated him and 10y
democrats, would probably give to the
country greater purity of administration
and deeper confidence and SENSE of sta
bilitv than General Grant. supported
10y the republican party.
Mr.. Greeley undoubtedly has clc-
mcntS OF strength. hut he is not Il strong
candidate His name does not suggest
To the country either of the two great
executive qualities discretion and de
cison Bred in the school of Henry
Clay. whose memory hc piuu>lN rcNcrr>.
he is naturally timid and Il c"mpIomi-
ser He has the crcdulitN which he
longs to Il certain simplicity of nature.
and which destroys all sound Judgment.
of persons. His >NmpathirS are limit
ed: his prcIudiccS deep and strong.
He has been always Il politician. and of
unsupported personal honesty. Vet he
i Hnt fee from suspicion of n"r-ou'l
grievance. for hc undnub;"dl, consider
ed himself betrayed h> the actinu Of The
New iork Republicans 'nuN ruti"u ~.
l'-7n: and ii l. plain that hr has fell lie
want at what i called influence "ith
the Administration: and although pr
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mnInI.d :: meat statesman. steady calm
sayariuuS. Did that speech describe
Mr.. Grccl..>
We invite all thoughtful American
citizens To consider the influences that
nominated Mr.. Greeley. known to none
50 we'll aS to the hest men in the con
vcnti"n: then to consider his attitude,
during the war, when the real character
of every man WAS tried. He would
have allowed the states to decide,
whether they would Srccdr. He Sorrl\
pcrpleNcd the opening of Mr.. Lincoln :
administration. forcing the army into
the field before it WAS ready. He begged
Mr.. Lincoln to Try to buy Il peace hV
paving for the slaves. He represented
Mr.. Lincoln's action III the Niagara
conference in manner which MIR. in
coin declared put him in false position
before the country. And he signed n
letter To the LOYAL governors after Mr..
Lincoln was rcnomimatcd in I-64. sub
Stantially asking whether he should not
he set aside and Il new candidate select
ed. Consider such facts az these. oc-
curing at moments of great national
eXigcmcy. and decide hat would have
CHANGED had Horace Greeley been in
the place of Abraham Lincoln.
If there is one quality which i indiS-
penSable in Il president, il i sound
Judgment. If there is one public man
who is totally destitute of it. it Is lIor-
with which he is regarded will moi