The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-01-12

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in 1840 he would have been easily
elected, but Harrison was placed
on the course, much to the annoy
ance of both Clay and bis friends.
In 1874, u prodigious effort was
made to elect him, but failed.
There is no doubt that the next
canvass would have given him the
office, but General Taylor was
nomin ated, and that ended the
hopes of the unsuccessful but bril-
liant statesman.
WEBSTER.
He was a Presidential candidate
in 1886 and received the vote of
Massachusetts,. After this New
England continually maintained
his claims to that high office, and
his ambition was continually fat
tered by the hope of success. A
strenuous effort was made at the
last Wing National Convention
but it failed. General Scott was
placed on the course, and Webster
was terribly disappointed. Had
he lived a mouth longer he would
have seen the defeat of Scott and
the utter ruin of the Wing party,
but he died before election. Web.
stcr and Clay were no doubt the
chief sufferers by Presidential dis
appointment, and the defeat of the
latter was not only crushing blow
to himself, but was keeniy felt by
his friends who were linked with
him with bonds of peculiar affec-
ton.
cAss AND OTHERS.
Lewis Cass tor many years
aspired to the Presidency, and in
1848 got the Democratic Lomina-
ton, but was beaten by Taylor,
whose majority. however, was only
SO votes. Thomas H. Benton was
another aspirant, but never reached
the dignity of nomination. Ste
phen A. Douglas pursued the Pres
idential bubble for many years.
He sacrificed to this the peace of a
nation by destroying the Missouri
Compromise, aud the result was a
cruel war. Seldom has greater
misery followed ambition. John
G. Fremont, although defeated by
Buchanan, can hardly be viewed
as disappointed man, for his nom
nation was totally unexpected,
and his election was beyond hope.
Winfield Scott, however, was a
great sufferer; having the example
of Jackson and Taylor before him,
he naturally supposed his military
achievements would ensure him
an election. In this he was griev-
ously mistaken, for he had only
40 votes, while Pierce had 254.
Scott indeed only carried four
States, and his defeat terminated
the Wing party, as noble an ele-
ment in the American politics as it
ever contained.
SEWARD.
One of the most important of
our disappointed candidates, was
William H. Seward. He was one
of the founders of the Republican
party, and was it's strongest advo-I
circumstances, both he and his
friends considered his claims to
party support paramount to all
others.
The New York delegation at the
Chicago Convention in 1860 made
a prodigious effort to procure his
nomination. So confidently did
they expect success, that a large
portrait in oil of Mr.. Seward was
in readiness to float before the
Convention as soon as his nomi-
nation should be announced. The
portrait never was exhibited. Mr..
Stewards nephew, who brought it
to the Convention, took it back
with him, and such was his disap-
pointment at the result, that he
died on his return journey, and
was brought home in his coffin.
GREELEY.
Four years ago at this time, Gree
ley was on his death-bed, his last
days being clouded by the vagaries
of bewildered intellect. In many
respects this solemn event recalls
The grand finale in Lear, his last
thought being on his children, or
rather that one who was the special
favorite. Greeley was the most ut
tsrly defeated of all Presidential
candidates, for he lost his life in the
contest whose struggles were so in
tensified by domestic misfortune
Although coming in the record of
i'll success, Mr.. Greedy was not SO
much disappointed as he was sacri.
feed. He hardly expected the Office
at fret, and after the campaign real
" set in, he abandoned all hope.
For three months he lsbored assid-
uously for a cause which he knew
was to be- defeated. He also knew
that those who claimed to be his
friends were doing all in their pow
er to destroy him. He was the
or eatest sacrifice ever made to polit-
ical expediency. Little indeed could
he have dreamed of the result, when
he took the first step which led to
the final and fatal error.
THE MONUMENT.
Horace Greedy is the only unsuc-
cessful Presidential candidate that
is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
His character, however, is so grand
that the Presidency could have add
ed no honor. He. was great even to
sublimity in this point, that he low
ed truth and labored for mankind
The monument over his grAveis one
Of respectable character, but all that
really is wanted is the name of
Greeley. The thought that strikes
one at such place is how little there
is of such q man that can die. Gree
ley has stamped his impress en- the
journalism OF America, and also on
it's national character. He lives in
the full power of q grand destiny,
which has at last triumphed after q
life of conflict. Greeley was for
weeks previous to the election, con-
scioas of the fraud practiced on him.
He knew that such men as Dana and
his associates-men who were capa-
BILE of any degree Of perfidy-were
using fair words to his facc, when
they were stabbiDg him behind his
back. Could he now return to life,
what satisfaction it would afford
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