The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-10

Angeles congratulate the country upon your
nomination. john G.. nowney. Thomas
Gates. Hahcr hatfield, Is. ID. Wilson, J. w.
Hclmer, William Buckley, Matt. N. Wood
worth.
CHICAGO, Saturday, May 4, 1872.
To H0rcCc Greeley: belong to the United
States party, representing u country worth
saving. | am q soldier Of the war Of 1872.
aud have voted fity-onc times. dotst want
anything, bless the Lord. The one term is
now absolutely fixed.
BROOKLYN. Monday, May 6, 1872.
To Horace Greeley: Friend Of the OPP
pressed, congratulate you. As an Irish
man, would indeed be uugnteful if did
not use my best efforts to secure your cleo
lion. r. L. ID.
HAMnES, \. Y, Saturday. May 4, 1872.
To horace greeley: God bless YOU, Gree
Icy. May see You the Chief Magistrate of
a great and proud Republic, truly and justly
proud Of her faithful and honest Executive.
c. W. +.
\ western Clergyman writes: :" do not
know If you care much for the opinion of
Presbyterian minister, but want to express
il. was satisfied with General Grant.
believed him to he an honest man, with the
good Of his country at heart. | was pro-
| yoked with you for boiling, and had made
up my mind TO vote against any man you
might nominate at Cincinnati. But your
nomination turns NE square round. Such Is
| my personal love and respect for you, such
my admiration Tor your qualities of head and
heart. such my desire that Horace Greeley
| should he President Of the United States,
! that before any man on earth l will vote for
you. May God bless yo,l. Sir, and spare yoli
not only to fill the Office TO which Your
| friends hope TO elect you, but to stand, Us you
| long have stood, II bright example of m
| honest man."
BoSToS. Monday, May G, 1872.
Brother Crrclcy: We, the undersigned,
members Of the Union League of this city,
take this method Of expressing our cougrat,l-
lations on your nomination for President at
| the Cincinnati Convention, and we pledge
you the hearty support OF the League in this
| lily. 4 public meeting was held in Fanlcil
| slall, and the following resolutions were
| unanimously adopted:
| l.. That We fully endorse the action of the
| Cincinnati Convention.
| ,. We faithfully pledge ourselves to SUP
port the platform and the candidates.
3. That the present Administration is cor
rupt, and is not sanctioned by the honest
| people of our country.
| !. That a copy of these resolutions be for.
warded to you.
Hon. J. }. Gould, Hon. Ii. ID. Davidson
| VI. D., +. w. BiNby, Hon. +. W. Lord, Hon.
| \. c. Howe, j. \. sweat, Hon. F.W. Pierce
Hon. T.. 5. PluMlner, Hon. G. Ii. Dalrym
Executive Committee.
Tiae Presidency and the Press.
One can count newspapers, and one eau
| weigh newspapers. Either course shows
! that in the American Journals of Liberal and
| Conservative tendencies the drift is entirely
toward making Mr.. Horace Greeley The single
candidate against Grant. Let rs see. and tO
see correctly let the record be made comprc
| hcn>irclv--tlIat is, of all the papers which
| have spoken from the time the nominations
We're made up to date The Herald (S. "
| which always wants to interpret the ilnnls-
taknbly predominant public sentiment, on
saturday. is we printed, said: - Ii is 4 IlIcS.
ton Of ncn,' aud told Grant II would drop
him if he didn't turn out Fish, Porter, Bah.
cock, ct dt. To-day it saws nothing relative
To candida1c>-a silence in itself Suggestive
| The New York Sm independently support,
iircclry with great force. 1t presumably
reflects the opinions of its readers, and its
circulation in New York is simply uni
verSul. The World squintS against Greeley
and is to hc thanked on that account, ioi
its course always shows how public scnti'
ment is not going. The Juumdl Of Com.
merce will support Greeley, ana pays him 8
compliment on his chalactc: and abilities o
the highest order. The Times Logan b,
abusing Mr.. Greeley. II has changed tt
abusing Congress for making Mr.. Greeley:
election "lusSible.' Numbers and weight
both show the New York morning paper:
prepondcralc for Greeley. Among the even
ing press Of that city the Post is against Mr.
Greeley, just rs every one expected it woult
be. The Commercial is against him, o.
course. The Express, with Ais good sense
>ees that victory lies in supporting him. Sc
does the Telegram. No other New Yori
evening papers have opinions. Of those tina
have, half are Tor. hal! against, Greeley
Numbers are even, weight decidedly fo
Greeley. Outside Of New York look ut TIL
:ecori! The Springfield Republican, whics
: represents tie culture and rural ortho
, ,loxy Of Massachusetts,, supports him. II
weight, suc!i a support bears down ahou
! two-score papers edited by tWo-scorc post
masters. The Hartford Post, which is Thu
springfield Republican OF Connecticut, alsi
endorses Mr.. Greeley thoroughly. The Hart
, FORD Times DemocraD says that "our OLE
: encounters with him were often ugly, ant
many sharp cuts and thr,lsts were given ant
taken: but we like him. are willing to drOl
those memories, let by-goneS be hy-gones
| md unite for tht. rescue Of the Government
from the corruption and Capitalization -lnt'
which, under Grant. it is fallen" So ~,
: we, all of Us and the Times shows that
with the Hartford Posts support, Connectl
cut is sure for Greeley. The Chicago 1't
TIME, organ of the northwest Republicans
md the Cincinnati Commercial, organ OF TN
central State Republicans, both predict Gree
lcy's overwhelming success. The German
town PENN Ch,o"tclc, one of the most In
iuential Keystone State papers, says drcele:
! is "thc representative Republican candl
date" The Washington county Trdnscrtp
(same Statc) says "he Is the candidate TO-
victory" The St. Louis Republican, organ
OF the Missouri Democrats, declares freei!
.. and fully for the philosophic farmer.
The Richmond Enquirer, organ of the +
+. vs., declares the Cincinnati nominee
. - the ticket for the South, and the Despatch
of the same city, also Democratic, oppose
the " folly OF any other Democratic noininl
lion" The Wing, same city, declares -" LII
one duty OF Democrats" to be "not TO hesl
tate moment to support the ticket oie
Virginia never tires and this time iiasn'
gone wrong So much for the Independent
and Conservative press. The exceptions II
= the rule are the World, as shown, the -Ag
philadelpha), the Posi- (Boston), ana Tilt
Times (Chiclgo). The GOODNESS Of the Time
surprise us. The otEer papers always ar
on the fence. The Tennessee, Louisiana
Alabama, Indiana, Minnesota, Cailfofnia
1 tnfr "a