The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-19
The Nominee at CINCINNATI.


Republicans will nominate no man
at Cincinnati whose election would
be in any way a censure of the adj
ministration." So do we. We
think they will not do this. We
know more. We know hat the o n
i~nation there Of any man whose
Republicanism is questionable would
dampen the ardor of the people and
beget doubts and misgivings which
we cannot afford to arouse. True, a
candidate whose principles and con-
nections are unknown may prove to
be in accord with the party that
dominates him, and the venture turn
out a good one; but such expert
ments are dangerous, and ought 1t
to be tried for the mere love of the
thing. The Inter-O Ocean is of the
opinion that there are plenty of good
men whose nomination would not
be regarded a risk, a self-rebuke,
or a party qualification men who
are known /; mcn who have records
running through'long years ofhonest
service, and whose hearts beat in
unison with the millions of voters
who are attached to republican prin-
ciples. Such a one should be nom
mated at Cincinnati, and We have
great faith to believe that such will
be. t-k@ f. aN
The party will prosper when it
shall begin a race after Conservatives
and candidates with one idea. 1t is
an excellent thing to punish whisky
thieves, and the President and his
Cabinet deserve great credit for try
ing to break up the frauds upon the
revenue; but it would have been
humiliating if, in 1872, we could
have urged nothing in favor of Cen
eral Grants election, except the
fact that he had overhauled a number
of defrnuding paymasters and Gov
eminent clerks and sent them to the
penitentiary. 1t is not the sole
business of u President to hunt down
thieves and prosecute them. There
are numberless officers scattered all
ove the country whose particular
duty is to guard the Treasury against
pilferers, and if the Executive is in
sympathy with such officers, and
spurs them up to honest effort, his
duty in the premises is accomplished.
Fancy Abraham Lincoln, with his
great, honest heart and confidence in
mankind, turning himself into U
detective to ferret out counterfeiters-
The idea is idiculous /; and yet Alb!
raham Lincoln possessed, in an emf
nent degree, the talent which fitted
him for the high office of Chief Mag
~istrate, and enabled him to discharge
its duties with exceptional honor to
himself and the country. Because
a man excels as a prosecuting attor-
ney, or a criminal lawyer, it is no
evidence tina: he will exhibit marked
ability as a judge. Indeed, the con
trary is generally true. And because
a man shows c~ommendable zeal in
the prosecution of offenders against
the law, it is no sign that he possesses
the broad, clear, comprehensive idea
of duty and craftsmanship which
will enable him to lead with honor
forty millions of people as the first
officer ofthis great Republic. There
many men, bold, positive, and
honest who would have plunged this
country into war half a dozen times
during the past eight years. One
such wal would have cost the nation
more in a year than could have been
stolen from it in fifty ; and yet,in the
Juror against the thieves who have
robbed us, we forget the necessity for
having a President who has other
recommendations besides those of
being a shrewd detective aud a very
excellent prosecutor of public pilfer-
ers. Grant has united in a surpris-
ing degree the caution of a wise
statesman witt, the determination
and earnestness of an honest execu-
tive. In the choice of assistants he
has been generally fortunate and
whether il has been a Secretary Of
State, carrying our disagreement with
England and Spain through toa peace
full and honorable conclusion, ora Sec
rotary of the Treasury, obeying the.
President siniunction TO ''letno guilty
man escape" the work has moved
smoothly forward. Some such man,
safe, unprecedented, self-contained,
evenly-balenced, the country requires
again. Heroes of u single battle
will not do men qualified in one
particular alone will not answer. A
single commendable act or vote does
not make a.. statesman, any more
than n swallow a summer. We
took UP Andy johnson in 1864, not