Year: 1872

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q cies himself TO be thrown out In part.
arrangements, IS, of course, anxious 70
, new dea. and # he IS suficiently wei
known to attract public attentionis pref


ty sure to come out with a pr0spectu
for new company, with touching ap


peals to all true patriots to take stool


In the enterprise. In pursuing thi


course the Missouri boilers from tn,


Republican party exhibit profound faiti


in the gullibility of the American peO
4 pie, snd have launched the prospectus
A for the formation of the Cincinnati Con
\ tsoljdated Boilers Company, freighteG
4 with most munificent and attractive
l assortment of political professions. In
the first place it appears that this new
politicaI Stock company is so bsfioaeled;
that the new ship Of State is to have
4 two heads: that the Cincinnati O1nveIi-


ton is to be d quality that Is connposed


of two conventions, one TO Deealleu the


liberal Republican, and the other the
reunion and reform convention; In snort
that the morgue, or house for the poll
ticaI dead, as Senator Morton designates
| the affair is to be divided into two apart
/ ments. One of these is designed for the
special accommodation OF the dissatis-
| fed brethren of the Republican pefsua-


sion, the other the conglOmeratson OF


all other dissatisfied politicians of every


shade and hue; and so the latter Is call
ed the Reunion and ReformC Convention,


probably to typify the present status OF
these heterogeneous and discordant ele-


ments. But why not call it Reunion


and Re-reform? That would have been
more euphonic and truthful in descrip-


ton. One thing is certain; that both


conventions are called BY the same tafii
less political foxes, and that whichever


hole of the trap their dupes may enter


at, they will all go through the same
aperture, and all of them shorn OF their
candal appendages.


And now Horace Greeley and score
of other willy New York foxes have re
spondei to Missouri in the light of


Cincinnati, and in a formidable pro-


nunciamento have given in their ad-


hesion to the necessity and prOpriety OF
the proposed movement. The obvious


purpose of Mr.. Greeley and the other


prOnouncers Is to give breadth and fB-
spectability to the double. show which


the Missouri jugglers purpose to set up
at Cincinnati; and it must be admitted
that the iron-blackness of Missouri fac


ton will be favorably relieved by the
lighter and more cheerful color of the


New York element. Mr.. Greeley has
subjected himself to remarkable me-
tamorphosis in order to be en- rapport


with his new associate, whether as pre-
siding officer, orator, or nominee, hav-
ing Clipped off the long, flowing, and
graceful train of protection which has
heretofore distinguish him, and come
out as a p-tail-free-trader The
Greeley manifesto addressed to the
Missouri boilers, wherein he accepts the
invitation to the Cincinnati Convention,
declares that general taxation should


be imposed for revenue, and thus in
dorses the Boilers call, which says they
are in favor of a tariff for revenue only.


Among the many changes which he
has made, this is the most surprising Of
all; the most sudden, and the most as.
founding to his friends -'loJs


When we look at the platform which
has been prepared, adopted, and pub
lished in advance by the managers of
the New York Missouri Double Cincin-
natl Convention, beside the free trade
plank already referred to, we next dis
cover a declaration to support the Con-
stitution as it is. This is certainly not
a very novel or peculiar dogma to in
corporate into a new platform, for it is
the profession of every party that ever
sought q popular popular vote, and one
that every prominent fpublic officer ls
required to swear to when taking his
oath Of Ufiice. THE next plank that
meets the view is universal amnesty,
and this has about as much to do with
the administration of government as
the theory of fiuxiOns, or the different
calculus. Then comes proposition for
a steady return to gold and silver, to do
away with caucusing by Legislators, to
preserve the public faith inviolate, to
put down all secret political societies
and violence and lawlessness, to make
the general government mind its own
business and the State governments
mind theirs. .n-sI
Now these suggestions are all v9fy.I
well in themselves, but they are mere
words in the mouths of the political
hacks who put them forth In this case
and present some of those trenchant,
we'll defined and sharply contested is
sues upon which great battles are fought
and the fate of parties decided. One
important reform is put forth in this
platform in advance, and that is the
abolition of the spoils system. That is
a good measure to support, come from
where it may. This preniciOus system
is the bane Of every party, as we have
heretofore taken occasion to show; and
any party which would honestly and
effectually ex xDurgate the doctrine from
its creed, would secure. no, small hold
upon the public confidence and support.
But disappointed spoiIsmen are hardly
to be accepted as the evangels of q re-
form demanding such entire self-abne-
CATION; and their reputation of party
spoils would by most people be attribu-
ted to the inaccessible position of the
grapes rather than their alleged acidity.
8 What help New York can bring to
Cincinnati through the action of Mr..
Greeley and his coadjutors, will not
level, nor give its action any greater
sway over the public mind. 1t will
still be nothing but a mass assemblage


of discontented members of domin-


antparty, attended byya satellite body
composed Of adventurous spirits from


minority party, and these two bodies


without single political tradition or
affinity in common. AT the proper


moment there will indeed be fusion,


and the planet and satellite will become


one. The double convention will prob


ably put forth one platform and one
ticket; the proceedings Iof the two
halves and of the united whole will


serve for nine days popular wonder,


and these party affairs will assume their


usual train, and the presidential contest


will be fought and decided with little


reference to what was done or left un-


done at Cncinnati.I The Democrats


will find their candidates when the


time comes, rub up their party shield,


and try their best to make it shine, and


the Republicans will fight it out on


their nresent line with the Ii.ihll,ae 10