Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-05-27
MIR. GREELEY ACCEPTS.

himself thereto, till after the Phlladel-
phia Convention and thus give oppor-
tunity for the exercise of such wise and
conciliatory action on their part, as should
make solid the Republican column in
the coming contest But the die is cast;
he has accepted, as will be seen by his
letter in another column, and there can
no longer be any reasonable ground for
expecting from Mr.. Greeley anything
which shall make for the peace and mar
mony of the Republican party. His
letter looks not in that direction at all
but, the rather, gloats over the fancied
Generalization which he foolishly sup
poses his nomination to have wrought in
its ranks-for says he: 'In vain do the
drill sergeants of decaying organizations
flourish mcnacingly their truncheons,
and angrily insist that the files shall be
closed and Strengthened, which, to
our ear, is more the language of the
demagogue and the partisan, rallying
his followers, than of the model Presi-
dent whose speech is moderation and
whose manner is dignity. His letter
makes no appeal to that sentiment Of
loyalty and devotion which carried US
through the late war and preserved to
us the Union, so that to-day we have
country; and which ventures, still, to
suggest that the government of that
country is safer in the hands of those
who thus saved it, than in the hands of
those who sought to destroy it.
Mr.. Greeley pays>no compliment to
loyalty nor any rebuke to treason. He
takes for granted that the Blue and the
Gray have wholly outgrown their differ
ences and long to embrace; that the
ku-klux and stricken friends still bend
ing over unforgotten graves are pining
for one another's society-for says he
"the North and South are eager to clasp
hands across the bloody chasm which
has so long divided them" Verify the
political millennium is at hand, twill
come in with the reign of Horace. But,
to be serious, if this means anything,
it is bid for the votes of those lately
in rebellion. 1t is bid for the support
of the Democratic party-for the NOM
ination at Baltimore. In vain do we
look for anything in the letter to arouse
Republican sympathy or challenge Re.
publican support. In vain for single
word or idea, which the masses, who
have all the time been loyal, can trans
Iaue ana SET TO the music OF the Union.
But all through the letter, may be found
aid and comfort for the democracy. This
is the more apparent when we are told
by Benjamin Wood, whom all know as
a prominent Democratic leader in New
York, that Mr.. Greeley explicitly stat
ed to him, that he would not leave the
field because of any nomination made at
Philadelphia, but that if the Baltimore
Convention did not endorse him il
might effect it" If this be true, we
must give up the hope, we cherished
that Mr. Greeley was not so smitten
with the Presidential mania, that he
would not, for the sake of harmony
retire in favor of some man at Philadel
phia, who would command the whole
Republican strength. But it is appar
ent that he has the Presidential disorder
badly. His head is completely turned
with visions of the Capitol and thu
White House. He already hears thu
huzzas of the populace from the Eas
portico. This is no delusion, for he i
satisfied that the movement which h
leads, has 1.-The stamp of public approx
al" If Mr.. Greeley ever reaches tn
Presidential chair, it will be by way o
Tammany and the Baltimore Convention
The pilgrims who would follow him mus
pay their devotions at these shrines.
Personally, we have been slow to be
lieve that the Tribune editor has beel
engaged in a conspiracy with the oppo
sition to disrupt and overthrow his party
We had not supposed him the infatuat
ed victim of any such political aberra
ton. We had not supposed him tn
man, to turn his back upon his life-lon
friends and 60 over to the camp of tn
enemy. But his eyes are, evidently, Sc
in that direction. Politics, it is true
makes strange bed-fellows and perhap
we ought to express no surprise, tina
Mr. Greeley is found consorting wit
his old political enemies,-but we canno
help it.
AS this becomes more apparent, S
will all effort to conciliate and reconcil
the Liberal leaders, become more hope
less, and the prospect of Presiden
Grants denomination be made CORE
spondingly certain. If it comes to this
there is, of course, nothing left, but t
unfurl the banner that foated at Done
son and Shiloh, and Vicksburg and tn
Wilderness, - re-light the campfire
of the campaign of '6S, and unhincl
lngly flight 1t ont on that Inc" G.
1t was Long John Wentworth, now
supporter of Greeley, who called hin
not many years ago, ga muck-minde