, 1872-10-16

Mr. Bla1ne made smart, aaucy speech on
Monday evening, in the course Of which he un-
dertook to tell how the Cincinnati Convention
came together, and how it came to nominate q
Protectionist for the Presidency. He says, first,
that the Convention was called by Revenue Re-
formers for the purpose Of advancing their pe-
culiar ideas. This is pretty true. The Conyen-
ton Was called for purposes Of general reform,
IN which Revenue Reform was included The op-
ponents, within the Republican party, Of that
species of taxation which is imposed not for
revenue but to benefit one class at the
expense Of other classes, believing that
the slavery question and its adjuncts had been
settled by the three Constitutional Amendments
passed since the war, decided to join in d COM
mon effort with the advocates Of other reforms
lmperatiyely required by the country, and which
the leaders Of the Republican party manifested
no disposition to give us, but every disposition
to prevent US from getting, to overthrow the
present Administration, which appeared to be
the citadel of party despotism, abso-
1utely crushing upon every form Of
free thought and Independent action. How
much h1r. Blaine himself sympathized with
the rebellion against the Mortons, Camerons
and Conkings, which was On his neck as well as
on that Of Sumner, Trumbull, and schurz, he
will perhaps tell at more convenient season.
The Revenue Reformers met at Cincinnati;
another issue more sharply defined than their
OVID, possessing stronger hold On the popular
mind, and requiring more immediate attention
and adjustment. This was the condition Of the
South. We have looked in vain through the
speeches Of the Grant orators for the first line
OF apology for the misgoVernment Of that
unhappy sectlon Of our country.
We have looked equally in vain for
any promise Of reform in that quarter The
carpet-bagger is necessary piece Of the party
furniture, and, while ne should joyfully hail the
appearance Of any instrument to put an end to
his horrible work. -demoralizing alike to blacks
and whites-We have no expectation that it will
ever be undertaken in earnest by those who look
to the carpet-bagger for their majoritiea in the
South.
The Revenue Reformers at Cincinnati we're
unable to give their issue precedence over this
other issue. They were not strong enough nu-
merically. They we're not strong enough
morally; for it is true that the condition OF the
South waa OF more pressing Importance than
any other; and, when the representatives Of the
South insisted that the issue Of such vital con-
cern to themselves should not be embarrassed
by the tariff question, there WAS only one OF two
LA4AEc w 0o AQuGs-t4LutI u AualUUQ Lue IQQSG-
mcnt altogether to refer the latter question to
the people in the Congressional Districts. The
latter course was adopted, and would have been
acquiesced in by every Revenue Reformer
present but for the nomination Of Mr. Greeley,
whose record had been that of lifelong Pro-
tectionist. While VIC could not abandon the
movement merely because Mr. Greeley received
the nomination, We have had no quarrel with
rf flaw,
support him on account OF his Protectionism.
They, doubtless, acted from conscientious con-
victions; and, although ne believe that their
subsequent action tended to postpone the whole
cause Of Reform four years, we expect to find
them all laboring with US for the promotion OF
the principles which the Cincinnati Convention
promulgated, and which the Baltimore Conven-
ton 1eaf6rmed.
1fr. Blaine repeats the stale charge that Mr..
Greeleys nomination was accomplished by
stratagem and chicanery. The truth is, that it
was carried by the annae spirit Of sympathy for
the vile and needless expressions of the South,
which dwarfed and o7erbore the Revenue Reform
issue. All the chatter that has been made about
Fenton, Frank Blair, Gratz Brown, and the
corrupt bargain, is idle and pernicious non
sense. Mr. Greeley was not our first, nor our
second, choice at Cincinnati, but re believed
him then and now to be an honest
man and sincere patriot, and, nj
though differing from him radically upon the
one question which had been referred to the
people in tie Congressional Districts, We believe
that his candidacy has swept the field Of all the
old-time and decaying issues which obstruct and
litter the arena Of politics, and opened the way
for more benefcent one, In which the jargon
OF slavery, and war, and civil strife, bit
ter feuds, heart-burnings, and contentious
shall no more appear. We believe that
the great majority OF the Democratic party have
accepted, in good faith, the new amendments Of
the Constitution, which l1r. Greeley helped to
secure. We believe that those Republicans who
are now abusing him 80 Havagely will be ashamed
Of themselves three weeks hence, and will be
prepared to acknowledge that the man who,
more than any other, led the way to extinguish-
ing all opposition in this country to freedom and
equal rights, is entitled to a crown more i'm
perishable than any earthly honor.
THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
The most gratifying fact Of the late campaigns
in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania has been the
unanimity with which Liberals Of Republican