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| After the twenty-frst ballot was taken on
tho fifth day OF the convention, Seymour
left the chair Go 90 out in the hall and
organize the Chase stampede, which was
TO come of on the twenty-third ballot.
HOW rIIpEN BEAT CHASE.
Now Samuel j. 1'ilden was there, and
he WAS absolutely opposed to the nomna-
tion of Chase He was informed as To Soy-
mour's pians, and Seymour had left the
chair but asmomcut when Iilden WAS In
on the twenty-second ballot. Seymour
rushed back to the platform and AZ state
after state followed Tildcn's lead, he
shouted: Gentlemen, your candidate
cannot be, your candidate l cannot bel
But he wss. And eight years aftcrward,
when Samuel j. 1ilden WAS contesting
his right TO the Presidency before M
extra-constitutional tribunal, Kate chase
Spraglie remembered that it WAS Iliden
who blocked her fathers last hope OF the
Presidency, and was revengcd.
The election was walkaway for Grant.
He received PA electoral votes TO Sey-
mour's so. Seymour carried only eight
states.
The campaign was not close one, but
it was bitter rs gall. The Repubncan
orators all over the country made i'o'ioc-
racy" and Rebellion" out 10 be synony-
nous, utterly ignoring the records ot the
War Democrats. Tins attituue ico W
estrangemonts at the North, and paVeo
the way for the great Liberal Republican
revolt which was TO come four years ia'ef'
NH. THE 0RANr-GREELEY RACE OF 1877.
Washington, ID. c., Oct 2.-The presi-
dontial campaign of 1872 resulted IN "A
tragedy the irsanityand death OF Horace
Greeley II took the organization of the
Republican p1rty out of the hands OF
the men who had founded il and turned
il over 20 another group of Ropu bhcaus,
in whose cor troll it remained until after
the rise Of Roosevelt. IL added to the
lexicon of Democratic party historians
the phrase the Greeley fiasco." And. more
important than all, IL marked the he
ginning of the end of the political party
organ newspaper, and was responsible for
an independent press.
The Liberal Republican movement of
lS7l-72 was the most considerable de
lection the Republican party had suffered
since its organization. Its effect on the
party WAS not disastrous. but IT carried
INTO the Democratic party many of the
men who were most prominent In the
early days of Republicauism. IL is a
remarkable fact that more than t4o-thlrds
of the men prominent in the Republican
conventions of 1856 and 1860 died Demo
Gratis, or Independents
Even more remarkable is the fact that
this great detection from Republican
ranks was the result of movement head
cd by Clement Nallandigham of Ohio.
Nallandigham was the earch-copperhead Of
the whole North, was arrested by General
Burnside and banished to the Confederate
states of America, and was execratcd by
every lovalist north of the Mason and
Dixons' Line Yet it was this same Val
landigham who, in 1871. in the famous
Dayton platform declared for the uniiica-
ton of all elements opposed 20 Grant on
the basis OF complete acceptance of the
results Of the war. the reconstruction pol
icy. the amendments to the constitution
and so on 80 radically did this policy
differ from that formerly held by north
ern Democrats that the Nallandlgham
movement was called The New Depart
ure
4 NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN.
The Democratic press. headed by the
Missouri Republican. afterward the
LOUIS Republic. and the Louisville Courier
Journal broke away from conventional
moorlngs and hailed the New Departure
as the political salvation of the land. The
Nallandigham origin of the movement was
lost sight Of. and Editor Grosvenor Of St
Louis and Editor Natterson Of Louisville
became the leaders IN the Democratic
ranks.
Meanwhile General Grant ; admins
tratlon was alternating old-tIme Republ-
can leaders hv the score General Grant
was a great soldier, but his most ardent
admirers cannot commend his Judgment
IN selecting men to assist hlm IN evil
administration. Scandals without num-
Der were continually arising. The Secrc-
tary of " ar William W. Belknap. and the
Secretary of the Navy, George NJ. Robe
son, were accused Of all kinds of graft
The New York Sun, then edited by Charles
a. Dana, every day thundered against
the Robbers at Washington" Mean
time General Grant was bind 70 many
things, was blinded to Others, was too
trustful of some of his advisers, and was
attempting 10 run the whole admlnlstra-
ton on a military plan.
Horace Greeley raised the flag OF revolt
IN the Tribune Charles Sumner, another
chIeftaln Of the antI-slavery agltators,
joined IN. CassIus NJ. CLAY of Kentucky
and Hinton r. Helper of North Carolina,
the premier southern abohtlonlsts and
Republicans, followed the new de-
parture. The movement was crystalhzed
by the merging of party lines IN Missouri
IN an effort 20 gain complete amnesty for
Confederate soldiers III that state The
Missouri leaders issued a clal for national
convention to meet at Cincinnati.
a GATHERING OF THE GREAT.
When the Liberal Republican" Nation
al Convention met at Cincinnati on MAY
|, the country believed 1t faced political
crisis. The personnel of the convention
was extremely able. Few political gather
Ings IN the history of the country showed
50 many famous names on the roster
Carl Schurz was permanent chairman and
he made the speech of party revolution
The leading candidate at first was Charles
Francis Adams of Massachusetts. Next
10 hIm was Mr.. Greeley, and then LYMAN
Trumbull of Illinois, b. Gratz Brown of
Missouri David Davis of Illinois, Andrew
6. Curtin of Pennsylvania, and the per-
ennlal Salmon b. Chase.
Greeley was nominated on the sixth
ballot and b. Gratz Brown of Missouri
was chosen for second place on the ticket.
Greeley was the founder and editor of the
Tribune and the most eminent newspaper
man IN the country. Brown had risen to
prominence as the editor of the st. LOUIS
Democrat, SINCE consolidated with the
Globe to form the Globe-Democrat. II is
the only instance that a national ticket