The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09
The Cincinnati Convention.

The Cincinnati Convention.
The Cincinnati Convention has met and
adjourned Horace Greeley, ofNew York,
was nominated for President, and B. Gratz
Brown, Of Missouri, for Vice President.
This movement, though rididiculed by
the partisans Of the administration when il
was proposed, and by them denounced aud
belittled up to the day Of its assembling,
developed into proportions so formidable
as to alarm the irmcst friends Of Grant.
They see in it the doom of the Grant wing
Of the Republican party. They hayefseeu
connected with this movement the brains,
the leaders, the founders and the energy Of
the Republican party, and larger in num-
Der than ever brought together in any po-
ljtical convention. The spontaneous up.
rising, The exemption from tho usual party
machinery employed in the formation Of
conventions, the self.ostracism Of the lead :.
ers FROM Q party in power to further the
interests Of reform, classify this conven-
ton as anomaly in politics aud shows con.
clusively that it is Of the people. This is
what gives it such strength aud importance.
Il has nominated ticket that has been
received throughout the country with
great reoicing;it has adoptedap address and
platform, without heresies, which is re-
ceiviug The universal cohmcudution Of the
people and the press in every section Of
the Union. If the ticket and platform is
endorsed BY the Democracy in State and
National Conventions, which many lead.
ing Democrats believe will be done--it
will sweep the country like tornado.
Perhaps the most significant proof that
tile Convention was Of the people, instead
Of managing and intriguing politicians,
was the uncertainty as TO whom would be
their standard bearers A packed Con.
vention would have known its man--an
example Of which is seen in the cthcehold-
,er's Convention soon to meet at Philadel.
phia. The Cincinnati Enquirer in its re.
marks on the action Of the Convention,
says, 1.-The Liberal Convention has com.
pleted its work by the nomination Of Hor-
ace Greeley for President, aud B. Gratz
Brown for Vicq President, upon platform
which every sincere friend Of Reform and
enemy ofpoli'ical despotism and torrup-
tion can indorse. The Convention was
success in point Of numbers character,
and the work performed Tue Success Of
its ticket must depend solely upon the
manner in which it is received by the es-
ment which created it, Itwas Repub.
can Convention While every encourage
ment was extended the men who sought to
-
reform the country, and while there was a
tacit understanding that the Democratic
party was willing to cooperate as allies IN
the event that success was assured, there
was, audis, nothing which commits the
party to support the ticket nominated. -
We regard it as q popular ticket and pop
ular movcment-oaethat will grow and
develop. There is to be o Democratic
National Convention, for there MIST be
an authoritative action before the position
Of the party can be determined. twill be
/; 10 order to wait and see how the ticket
nominated by the Liberal wing Of the Re.
publican party is received by the people
within the party who have thus far given
Il their support and sanction. In tue