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4 THE NOMINATIONS, | —___+—_—_ Public Sentiment on the Candi- | Their Prospects. | ——-- Greeley and Brown in| High Favor. Outburst of Enthusiasm Among Germans and Irish. ceepiiianmely WHAT IS THOUGHT IN csnecemnenesipom Tho Doctor at the Union League Cinb~—The “Blockheads” Not Enthusiastic—Scenes and Incidents of the Day—The Talk About the City Hall and at the Hotels and Clubs. the | WALL STREET, | This city has so long been the stronghold of | democracy, it is very natural that the nomination | of a republican candidate for President would not be the source of much popular enthusiasm, even though that candidate was an anti-administration ‘man, and one of our best known and most poputar citizens, The nomination of Horace Greetey was ant ated too, to a greater or less extent by all classes and by politicians of every shade and | stripe. The announcement, then, as displayed on | the bulletin boards of the HERALD at a few minutes past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, drew a | crowd hardly more noticeable in point of numbers than that which may be seen gathered about in the same place ata similar hour any day of the yoar, Sprinter elected Preatdent. Franklin was greater than ® president, but he died too early to fill the place; and so, sir, think with all these elements combining on Horace, he 18 quite’ likely to give General Grant more leisure to smoke bis cigar in the bosom of his family at their home in the West than the diplo ic entanglement of Mr. Fish’s administration of State Department has: of late allowed him. I am glad, sir, that the Tena. first posed to the Convention in Fine? CANDIDATE, HORACE GREELEY. After all their intrigues, squabbles and struggles they had to fall back to Greeley, The politicians there never would ve taken the action if they ave helped it, for they, none of them. liked my bao we but they w behind them the stalking ghost of the negro vote, the Confed- erate vote, the “sorehead” vote, the Fenian vote, and the “old of the democrats” vote, wait- ‘be blast which should awake them to a resur- AT THE NEW YORK HOTEL the conversation was not of a general character. Several ps, however, were discuastag the news from Cinetnat, and’ among the prominent parties im conversation were an ex-rebel gun end foreign envoy, and a leading mem- r of the young democracy well known in this city, The Southern gentleman said that the ex: confederacy would v@e solid for Greeley, di that he alone of all av, candidates resid- the a ing north of old Mason and Dixon Mr. Greeley had boldly advocated the de- line could win support. struction of the peculiar institution of the South, but be had in two sentences, scattered broadcast throagh the land, advocated universal amnesty and impartial . New Yorker, on the con- trary, arged Mr. Greeley had advised a ticket in oppostion to the Young Democracy and threw the election into the hands of Tammany two years THR ASTOR HOUSE. Perhaps more exeitement was manifested at the Astor Honse than at any other hotel in the city. It was for years the headqnarters of Mr. Weed, of the old political frm of Seward, Weed and Greeley, and speculation in regard to the dole co jueners O the nomination ran L » One enthu- jasiic genticwan the first time tn the history of the world @ cannon had bee fired in York in honor of Horace celey, Old peculiarities, however, were forgot- u the exettement of the hour, and Mr, Greeley, With White hat and coat, was the pet of the public s | and most popular man ih the city. AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. About seven o'clock last evening Mr. Horace Greeley came into the reading room of the Unton ctable | 1 forecast and independence, | Leagve Club, but the adveat of the presumptive | President of the United States did not create In point of fect, the news of the GiscOVORy | ia. cathusisam which might have been and rescue of Dr. Livingstone by the expected whe the penntnee a the Hrratp Expedition, published the day pre °*Pe vious, probably attracted as great and universal Attention. Newsboys on each occasion tried to Stimulate the excitement by every means in thelr power; and, considering journalism honored by both events, and that in some manner the glory | was reflected upon them and became personal, | they fairly outdid any effort made since the wardu | the way of demoniac and persistent yelling, There | was very li(tle outspoken comments of any kind. | Gentlemen in the edge of the crowd made re- | ‘ marks expressive of approval or disapproval, or said, “Good gracious!” or “I told you so," vut they did it quictly aside, and to friends who them, or whom they chanced to meet in tae crowd, | Many journalists were seen about Printing House square, and nearly all of them, without rege party preferences, appeared really elated, At half. past two o'clock the rumor prevailed that Greeley was expected to speak from a half raised window | a overlooking the Franklin statue, and numbers who | le Went “round the corner” to hear him were disap- | fin pointed to find no unusual number of persons in the vicinity. Two or three reporters leaning against the railing of the statue were mildly expressing dis- gust at the conduct of a brother journalist | aftera short sojourn, Mr, 6 accompanted | a wa admir | nomination with apath; the Cincinnatl Cor mt had undoubtedly m the supporters. sion wha in it the they dreaded Adams, who had a great number of friends im the Cincinnati Convention honored that stronghold of promiscuous republicanism with his presence. sat down and was about to peruse the columns of a | paper when se | forward and congratulated him on receiving the | al of his personal friends camo but the majority of those present, were rather formal, and those among them who were personally, though | not politically favorable to the philosoy of Chapaqua, merely exchanged a cold nod of re- roguition, A little knot gathered in a corner and Hiscussed the probabilities in an undertone, but pley rose to depart, companied to the door by a few of his The HERALD reporter, finding a gentle- man of observation and penetration, learned from | lim that the club received the news of Mr. Greetey’s that and were of opini i thrown away its Mr. Greeley y warm personal friends in jub, but out of the fourteeh hundred members could not number more than a hundred His nomination caused no apprehen- 8 the more shrewd members saw at of defeat to the I What most was the nomination of Mr, ainmunition in th ve elem who refused to furnish an item on the | (lt), whd as his views on the selection were well known, they feared that if bee! re prevailing sensation, or to tell them what he knew | fom. they feared that if hie fat been chosen as about it. Evidently, judging from the expression | would have harmonized confMicting elements on their faces the man, who, but a few moments | and marshalled = @ powerful host, — but before had awakened a powerful professional en- thusiam, had been boiled down to the consistency of a fossil, | IN WALL STREET | the excitement was probably greater than in any other portion of the city. At half-past two o’clock the rumor, prevalent in Park | tow and Lroadway, that Greeley was about to address the crowd had become exaggerated to such an extent that it y believed thousands of persons were listening to a speech from the Philosopi cr of Chappaqua, and | many enthusiastic persons who claimed to have been steners tothe earlier portion of the addi quoted from it at length, omid tumultuous lang ter, The burden of these reputed extracts w something in regard to “irrigation,” “an ax “$300” and a “farm out West.’ In Pine street a knot | of persons, principally members of the Chamber of | Commerce were listening to a yeung gentleman, | head of an importing house in Walker street, who was holding forth on the advantages in a change of administration, It seemed the Custom House omMcials had caused him great annoyance in chang: | ing suddenly an arrangement by which cortain goods imported by him were, for convenience in | etting the proper duty on their cost, rated ata igher than reai value, and counted at a less than ement had been in 8 and was well understood | New men _ recently en- | tering the Na omeces had, he claimed, availed themselves of the apparent inconsis- tency of the invoices to cause him trouble and loss, He would not pay them for doing him simple justice, and was only a day or two since forced to appeal to Washington. Now, he said, 1 am in favor of free | trade and have no sympathy with protectionists, but I want, and the merchants ofthe city need, fair lay in the Custom House, None of us will submit 0 blackmailing or extortion and I would infinitely prefer Greeley with protection to American man- ufacturers to an administration with no protection toany one. (Cries of ‘Hear! hear!) lerchants: gathered about were erinenty of the same opinion as that enunciated above, and at once cach began to relate the special grievances from which he and his house suffered. ’ AT THE MOTELS. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel a party of gentlemen, among whom were severa! well-known in diplomatic circles in Washington, were listening attentively to the remarks of an ex-United States Minister and well known historian. This gentleman claimed to represent the feeling in foreign and Southern po- litical circles, more strongly than that in this city. He said :—I have found the news of Greeley’s nomt- nation greeted with the greatest warmth by even the extreme Southern men and extreme Northern democrats. Among Southetn gentlemen there was but one view and one feeling, that Greeley could and would more effectually blend THE WHOLE SOUTHERN VOTE white and colored, than any other man that could have been put in nomination, Among Northern ex- treme democrats there seemed to be no dissenting voice, because they, like extreme Southern men, seem to be inspired by a common feeling—to have once more a common country, whose government should be administered in so broad and liberal a bb that we could everywhere feel that the old ditticulties were over; that the old bitterness had been laid aside; that the old memories of better days had returned again, and that the old sonvenirs of recent sorrows had ed away. And moreover, gentlemen,I am fully per- suaded that the gentiemen I have conversed with, particularly after the news was received to-day, were not only expressing disinterested sentiments, | but that they were capable of PASSING JU each in his own sphere and and unexpected event that vinnati. True, sirs, cach on like myself, have entertain about the candidates, o sidered—as, for insta , Gresley may have had ‘with his own party— | and, further, ultra views that may ha been offensive at times to the whole South, and so | often antagonistic to the whole policy of the na- tional democracy. But these objections seem to have lost their force, and the broad spirit of am- ENT ‘ory, on the great s occurred at Cin- | ul persons may, | «1 some qualifying views | tain things being con- | the quarrels that. Mr. nesty and toleration—of a firmer Union on a firmer basis—of a higher grade of personal honor and integrity—was better exemplitied in Greeley than in anybody else in that great mob of a convention. Therefore there eee ck impression and a pretty strong prophecy that the parties | have spoken of, repre- senting extremista, were more likely to represent doubtful clements in this canvass than ordinary | politicians, But, sir (turning to the Hyena re- porter, wlio was observed taking notes), white these decisive points in the campaign thus made by these extremists are worthy of great consideration, THERE 18 ANOTHER POINT to which [ attach much importance, and: others! have conversed with seem to view it in | the same light. fractory republican all the time, although he is in the press acknowledged to be the founder of the republican party par excellence. The men | that he has lifted into Yo ea have been for- | ever kicking him out. If he criticised Lincoln or | Stanton, or bailed Jeff ostracised and read out of the party, but broth Grecley has had an awkward | habit of not remating read out. These curses, | like other Arab chickens, would ‘come home to | roost. Besides, sir, 1saw quite a gathering of the typos tis evening, and there seemed to be YMPATHY AN BL) ranning through that smatl fragment of the journal- istic fraternity, and one of those fellows counted up 1,000 editors, twice as many assistants, 296,000 com- positors, a great many thotisand builders of presses and meiters or makers of types, besides pitching in gratis a whole horde of printer's devils, who will Providentiaily have a vote next fall as Horace is up— all red by the tallest Lofgigliows to the smallest, Davis, he was | iC Mr. Greeley, from his protectionist and ot | culiar political views, could not fall to he inimiral to | rod | a foeman worthy of their steel. Mr. Greeley has been a re- r pe the majority of the [ree-trading being thé case, a ¢ te con t table, and many opinions to. that e prevailed, ‘Towards the latter part of the evening the reading- Nand hallway to the billiard room commenced to fill up, and from the tone of conversation a stranger might have imagined that the Conven. democrats. Such tion had been playing an amusing practical joke on an ambitious journalist. t Every one wae assured at a Democratic Convention would soon be called, and this was the caase of the peaceful air of security which pervaded the social scene. The verdict was evident that the Cincinnati Convention was a fai. ure, and as yet the loyal republicans had got found AMONG THE PEOPLE. The scenes around the newspaper oMe day afternoon were not unlike those which were so familiar during the late war. Bulletin after tul- letin from Cincinnati were read with avidity by the crowds. Karly in the day specu lation was rife and all sorts of wild opinions were indulged in, As the despatehes begun to come in, however, a more definite feeling began to pervade the anxious news seekers, Horace Greeley grew as the favorite, great point of interest in the whole excitement was the great philosopher's chances. The benevolent countenance of the illustrious candidate being familiar to everybody there was no difficulty in conjuring up a picture of who the can- didate was. The garments, gait and gallantry of THE GREAT MAN OF CHAPPAQUA were well known to all. The eloquence of the hero of Printing House square had been heard with ad- miration in every conceivable place throughout the city, and every one knew Horace Greeley just as In fact, the | | yesterday that Greeley would probably be noml- | nated oat the Cincinnath Convention for | President there was more or less excite- ment as the result of the successive ballots news from the Convention, and when in | the afternoon there came the result of the final ballot, and Mr, Grecley was de- claret to be the choice, the news lit esplanade opposite the site of the large and Were seoa, with @ tongue of forth the news ever many thousands, fying from the houses, i as friend met friend = he shook hands exeitedly, and ‘said, “So Greeley is nominated,” and the | Pimpton Hatt, | | well as he did his next door neighbor, and for these | reasons and a multitude of others not necessary | to be mentioned there was keen expecta tion as to Mr. Greeley’s success or defeat, What made the expectation all the greater was that it seemed to be almost funny that at this late hour of the day Horace Greeley could have become seriously nominated for any oMfce. When, then, his chances became stronger, and it began to appear that Horace was the favorite any humbug, the Cincinnati Convention and Horace Greeley grew into very serious magnitude, and it was admitted on all hands that there was no know- ing what might happen. Kinally the news of the victory was announced all over the city. There is no second way of looking at it; there was gencrally manifested a curious kind of joy that at last the great philosopher had beet | fittingly recognized. Everybody was glad, apart beyond | from party strife, There was an odd mixture of | fun and serious importance in the manner in which people spoke of t hole affuir, There was no want of respect evinced, so far as could be seen, for Mr. Greeley, and his’ claims were duly recog: YY Was admitted and his ND PHILANTHROPIC AL INTENTIONS were fully appreciated, But the old man, tn bis white coat, with the goodness of his nature speak- ing in his eyes, his ambling lounge and his few little eccentric failings familar to all the children in the land, these (oe the serious fact of his probable promotion to the Presidency with some share of incongruity. Grant was dead to men's minds, He got hard knocks all around, People talked of him as ofa man who onght to want to have peace and get out of the political arena, Of course, there were many exceptions to the general rule of so speaking | about him, ut it) «was plain — that, face to face with Horace eoley yesterday, rant “couldn't stand it.) As tor was & large eleme over his t in the city who se had been Very much afraid of his a The Irish, of — cours very over | Adams being thrown aside, a pro- | portionately rejoiced over Mr.’ G The Germans, because of Senator Sehurz, glad that Schurz had got such a chance at Grant. The colored people, heartily and fully old man Greeley’s sake alone, were enthusiastic at the prospect It was no} duige in the wildes SCHEMES OF in subsequent dependence ot able lookin man well that President Gree up housekeeping this was the mercy of the Le greatness of soul and unbounc bolition cause, A black im gence made the remark that the 1 | able to do 80 much in freeing slaves would equally a8 much in preserving liberty, and Hor Greeley, he sald, was an honest man. s others of the Ettuopian family, with whe sations were had, were all s ply impr: the new responsibility devolving on them that tly may now be absolute’ need to watch anew tribe § victory. FUTURE ENSITY sot President Greeley. “repeaters”? when voting time cc In a barge crowd of colored men, who were met with not lar from the great philanthropist's hcadquarters, ONE RENEGADE was discovered, who said he would vote for Grant anyhow, because General Grant was a soldier and he (renegade) was one too, As & general thin; the colored people, though very fond of “Massa’ Horace, don’t seem to have @ very exact notion of the way things are goin, and latest unread author, will fe¢t “hound to attend ils general training” because we never had | ing. Losi the Irish element in the city, next to Mr. Greeley hi alittle amusing to hear the darkies in- | | Palace Exhibition, and on hia retarn | addresses upon politics, the mselt, were better picased at the Conven- | Oulvreak of the civil war, came along and were announced on the bulletins of the respective newspaper offices, oMecials were up the counte: | with, It produ expected nance had month's doubt man to vote for Greeley, rate the unani rlusm Inanifes: by the idle groups who enjoy th of the budding trees of the Park. boys threw inte their professional ery of “Extra Telegram” an yelted ont, with a vim, thus, in accordance in advance of ti hews of the day, inveriable answer was heard all around, “lin glad of it. Unwed until a late hour in the evening. | thority upon these point ug tion’s choice than any other, With the Irish in this city the great Sage has ever been very popu- jar—partly for his unbounded good natiire And easy ‘“guilibility,” and partly because he has the Milesian” blood in his viens, But apart from searching for any abstruse reasons for Mr, Greeley’s popularity, it is just to say the Irish were yesterday most outspoken in their’ jubi- Jation over his nomination. Not that there was not | a good deal of sly joking as to MR, GREELEY'S DRAWBACKS AS A MODEL MAN. there was plenty of that, but, judging from the manner in which the nomination was received, it was fairly demonstrated that Mr. Greeley could command the lion’s share of the Irish vote in this city against Grant or most other men. It was # common expression among Irishmen yesterday that they would vote for Mr. Greeley anyhow, Then, again, there was a good deal of plain Speaking: among some of the more prominent Irisimen in regard to Horace and the democracy. This was a point, however, about which many conflicting opinions were uttered— some people saying that the democracy were CERTAIN TO TAKE HORACE UP ond stand by him against Grant; others, again, that there was dan, of Mr. Greeley being thrown overboard by Irish and all when the push came. But the truth is that Mr. Greeley’s nomination created such a fuss among politicians of all stripes yesterday that it would be spipoeainle to chronicle the many phases of the political pool. Nor were the Germans out of the general excite- ment. The fact that Senator Schurz had been such @ prominent personage at the Convention was quite enough to bring into the general chorus THE GERMAN VOICE. ofthe city, With the Germans, too, Mr. Greeley is very popular, and many of them yesterday recalled favors in the cause of philanthropy done by Mr. Greeley to their fellow countrymen in years long gone iz As for the more common and inel- dental favors—such as attending meetings, helping associations, allowing his name to be used on lists of ofMcers and making philosophical addresses— these were too numerous in Mr. Greeley’s history to be remembered specifically by Germans or any- body else; but so far as pee goes Mr. Grecley had the German heart of the city at the command of his benevolent countenance. Underlying all the humorous jokes at the great polttician'’s outer man, there was in every class of society an extraordinary exhibition of good nature manifested toward THE VICTORIOUS GREELEY. Perhaps no other man in the city or country could have Hed forth such an admixture of Seriousness and jocosity as did the name of the liberal candidate for the Presidency and his Cincinnati nomination, But a few weeks ago it did not seem to be anything like a Drouabl ug: that the city would get such @ handsome sensation in con- nection with Mr. Greeley; but now the “old man” is all right, and, perhaps, the sensation may be- come more serious still, AROUND THE CITY HALL. Jee aticnd After the announcement in the morning papers The City Hall ever and anon on the lookout for ce of every oMcial that was met exactly the result that might be be produced on their counte- heard that Comptroller Green each of them to be paid a in advance, There was no about the City Hall vote. Every | that was met with declared his intention It is searcely possible to over- ity of feeling and the intense enthu- d, not only by the oficials, but even, umbrageous shades Even the news- to hed th directed v unmis' able heartiness, as they eley elected President ;”" with their calling, being a little present actual’ result of the The Park guns, that have on so oecasions dene good service for democratic ea, Were spe bronght out, under the ‘onel B.S, Bogue, and placed on the fountain, » Sending minute, within the hearing of ‘he Star-Spangled Banners were ‘This seene, so exetting and so jubilant, con- | HORACE GREELEY AT THE LIBERAL | CLUB. | - The one hundred and thirty-cighth meeting of the New York Liberal Club was held last evening at Horace Greeley, the President, called the meeting to order, and, after making the announcements for the even- ing, stated that business: of the greatest Importance prevented him from remaining during the ev “i he would resign the chair to Mr. Osborne, President, The business of the meeting th ded as usual. An essay on the “Atinos) Adolph Ott, sor Van Der Weyde. SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES. Horace Greeley. Horace Greeley was born at Amherst, N. HL, on February 1811. His father, Zaccheus Greeley, was a farmer, and the family is of Scotch- Irtah origin, Horace is the oldest survivor of seven children, All his ancestors, as far as there exists any remembrance, were farmers, He displayed from early childhood an eager thirst after knowledge, and before he was ten years of age he had not only read his father’s slender stock of books, but had also borrowed and perased nearly every work within ten miles of his home, Many of these books he studied by the light of pine knots, So great was his craving for information that he resolved early in life to follow the profes- sion of a printer, Although bis family removed to | West Haven, Vt., in is2i, and young Horace had to | assist his father for five years in farming, he at the | same time studied constantly and carefully, and in the spring of 1826 entered as an apprentice the oMee of the Northern Spectator, » weekly paper, published in East Poultney, Ratiand county, Vt. In | ‘that office he labored diligently to learn the art of printing, and soon became an asistant editor. | In June, 1590, Mr. Greeley’s apprenticeship was brought to a sudden close by the suspension of the Spectator, His family, meantime, bad removed to Erie county, Pa., aud after spending a few weeks | with them he worked for a short time as journey- man printer in Jamestown, also in Lodi, N. ¥., and subsequently for a longer period in Erie, Pa. His | knowledge of statistics and of party movements | and leaders Was even then so extensive and acca. | rate that he soon became regarded as a high au- | uiree of Light” was read by with experiments by Profes- | states were passin r Is wz their ordinances of | Mr. Greeley, in common with ether Gitingutaned m advocated the policy of permitting thelr de- | parture in peace. Mr, ley, after the rebellion | had been virtually . became engaged im compiling a history of the late civil war, together with the causes which ted to it, and the work waa published under the title of a “Hitstory of the American Confict.” Be min Gratz Brown. The new aspirant for Vice Presidential honors was born in Lexington, Ky., May 28, 1808. He ts the namesake of Benjamin Gratz, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Fayette county, and the son of Judge Mason Brown, Secretary of State during Governor C, T. Morehead’s administration in the “dark and bloody ground.” He graduated at the Transylvania University in 1845 and at Yale College in 1847, studied law at Louisville, and about twenty- two years ago he took up his residence in St. Louis, Mo. He was then a young man of sound education, full of talent, energy and pluck, and possessed of all the qualifications necessary to make a stir in the political arena, into which he imme- diately entered, Bold and confident in his powers,” with the nerve to follow his own convictions, he burst at once through the trammels of a whig edu- cation and soon made himseif felt as one of the leaders of Old Bullion’s body guard. He was a mem- ber of the Missouri Legisiature from 1852 to 1858, and in 1857 he delivered a speech in the Legislature which was the initial movement in behalf of eman- cipation in that State. A resolution had been offered to the effect that “the emancipation of the slaves, held as property in this State, would be not only impracticable, but that any movement havin such an object in view, would be inexpedi- ent, impolitic, unwise and unjust, and should, in the opinion of this General Assembly, be discountenanced by the people of this State.” Mr. Brown’s denunciation of this resolution and the pro-slavery party was a remarkable effort of eloquence, As editor of the St. Louls Democrat, which he established in 1854, he and Frank Blair subsequently led the Benton democracy through all its phases of freesoilism, and finally expanded it into the republican party of Missouri. When the war broke out he volunteered and raised a regi- ment, which assisted in the capture of Camp Jack- son, and which he commanded during its term of service, He subsequently commanded a brigade of militia during an invasion of the State, His efforts in behalf of freedom were continued during the progress of the rebellion, and he was foremost in organizing the movements which resulted in the ordinance of emancipation in 1864, He was elected a Senator in Congress from Missouri for the term commencing in 1863 and ending in 1867, serving on the Committees on Military Alfairs, Pacific Rail- road, Indian Affairs, Public Buildings'and Grounds and Printing. John Brown, formerly a Senator from Kentucky, was his grandfather, Supported by his former journal, the St. Louis Democrat, against the entire country press of his party and the State and national administrations, he was elected Governor of Missouri in 1870, beating the regular nominee of his party and breaking down all the muniments of _ proserip- tion in Missouri, ‘The following _ personal description of him when he became member of Congress will give a fair idea of his present appear- ance: He isabout the medium height, very slender in figure, with a pale face and flery red hair and bear These words do not exaggerate, and scarcely convey an adequate idea of the brilliant hue of his abundant locks. They are “real raving red,” nor could his most ardent admirer call them anything else. If he were a lady, this wealth of auburn curls would be, in the present fashion of that hue, @ great ornament; but as itis, it makes him certainly striking, though assuredly not hand- some, His style of dress is neat and quiet; his manner of speaking calm at first, though rising afterward to warmth and earnestness, One cannot be long in his company without discovering much firmness and resolution of character, combined with an activity peculiar to men of his complexion and lightly built frame.” He was the acknowledged leader of the large party of republicans in Missouri who revolted at the attempt of President Grant to interfere with the State eiection a couple of years ago. His inaugural address as Governor placed hun in high favor with the democrats, as they re- garded its views in keeping with the great interests of the West, political and material. With the dem- ocrats and republicans of the West the name of Benjamin Gratz Brown is consfdered a tower of strength. On October 4, 1871, his proclamation against the Ku Klux Klan was of the most stringent and emphatic kind. THE NEXT PRESIDENT. The following is one of the letters yesterday re ceived from persons rejoicing at the result of the deliberations of the liberal Convention :— To THE EpiTor oF THE HEkALD:— Dean Stn—Years ago, when I was a poor little printer's « I, working at $3 per week, inking and running a No.4 Washington press (twelve hours Lond jay), and aspiring to something more honora- le and lucrative, I wrote to Horace Greeley, who has just been nominated by the Cin: cinnati Convention for advice. Horace was then at Gatesburg, Ill., but he responded, advising all young printers to ‘stick’? to home, father and mottier, and in that letter (that I have carefully pineryed} he uttered the sentiment, which is worthy of repetition in your columns, “Never leave a place where you can make living wages. A man loses all the character he may have gained by removal. Home is the place for all young men, and by removal he loses all the reputation he may have gained by years of toil.” I write from memory, not having Mr. Greeley’s letter before me; but this will show:— First—That Horace Greeley takes a deep interest Fy ereny poor little waif who commenced life as he d. Second—That he is the friend of the “worker,’ whether that worker be a hod-carrier or @ million- naire; and, Third—That a poor printer, who ha: years with the world, and who has be contact with its rough edges, in is ripe old age” can receive Cla Golee & compliment that a generous public, represented by its delegates, can pay him, e public sentiments sometimes speaks, and Greeley, the poor printer's devil, is cer- tainly to be the next Prosident of the United States, AN EX-PRINTER’S DEVIL. New York, May 3, 1872, OUR HEROIC DEAD. battled for n brought in The Soldiers Mcecting in Cooper Union Last Evening—Thomas and the Privates to be Immortalized in Marble. Agrecable to announcement last evening there was quite an ovation at Cooper Union, the object being to raise funds to erect a monument to the Cumberland, The hall was tastefully decorated with flags, streamers and army corps badges, and appropriate and inappropriate mottoes, commemo- rative of “@ld Pop Thomas’ virtues and achieve- ments, Over the chair was a very poor painting ofthe hero of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and # score of other battles, On the right was the words :— 1861—OFf Virginia, his native State: her back again. On the left were the words :— 1865—"My duty was clear from the beginning of the war.” —THomas. Another banner bore the inscription :— The Rock of Chickamauga. General Joe Hooker acted as chairman, and was introduced by Governor A, E. Burnside, Fighting Joe made a brief address and was greeted most enthusiastically, Letters were read from General I will help to whi THOMAS.” Du ust, S31, Mr. Greeley came to New York city. His whole worldly gear upon his arrival | consisted of a sult of Dine cotton jeans, two brown | shirts, a chip hat, a pair of brogues and less than five dollars in money. He specdily secured employ ment 48 & journeyman printer, and continued working at his trade in varions ofices tilt Japnary 1, 1883, When he commenced business for himseti, entering inte partaership with Mr. Francis story, Greeley and Story Were the printers of Dr. Shep. pard’s Morning Post, the first penny dally pap t ever published in New York. The journal, how- ever, fated in three w and after an eXistence of six months Mr, Greeley’* nascent partnership was dissoived by the death of the junior mber of the m The New VForter, a 4 to polittes and Iiterature, Mareh, 1834, with Mr. weekly journal, @ Was commenced on the 224 0! Greeley as editor. for that pertod ; still, owing to some defect in ite husiness Management, the paper barely supported i Mr. Greeley Was obliged to add the 1 from that rouree by engag similar character, He » Jers for ome mont and for a year, in 153%-9, A the Jeffersonian, weekly T published onan and devoted to the inte of the whig party. During the heate campaign of 1540 he edited the Log Catin, & weekly aper e shed to promote the election of Wil fam fi. Harrison to the Presidency. Om the t0th | day of April, 1841, Mr, Greeley commenced the i | cation of the New York Datly Tritmme, and tn the | following autumn commenced the Weekly Tritune, merging the Loy Cabin and New Yorker therein. In isis Mr. Greeiey was elected to wo nte vacancy, and served from December Lof that year | to Mareh 4, 1860, His CH chiefly distinguished by abuse of the mileage # “Hints Toward Reform,” and ‘de the year made a voyage te Hrope Boring ie stay | in Engiund he served a# a joryman at Crystal | volume entitied “Glimpses at Bur Wrote and published a “History of aoreae Slavery Extension and Restriction, from 1 1556." In 1859 he travelled overiand fornia, where he received a very cordial and was called upon to make & Dumber perance aud various other | on Its circulation was very large | Grant and Sheridan, the former including a check. Stewart L. Woodford made a brilliant speech eulo- gistic of the dead hero Thomas and the soldiers of Cyprese Hill Cemetery, whose deeds are to be im- mortalized in marble. He was followed by General Judson Kilpatrick, who glaringly depicted Sher- man’s march to the sea—that was far from the truth and more like the Arabian Nights or Baron Monchanssen’s tales redressed. It was livered and loudly applauded, but very historical facts, A soldier of the Seventeenth New York, whose regiment lost more then half its numbers at Lovejoy's station, remarked, after Kilpatrick's description, that he Was in doubt whether there had ever been a war of rebellion and whether there are such h as Sherman, t, Kilpatrick and pms, The attendance was small there were but few of Thomas’ old officers only ones noticed were Hooker, 4. €. Robinson, who, at Resacca, dug out, derate guns from a fort under cover of ey Millard, of General of the Nineteenth ‘Sta A club, under the leadership of Captain rd, gave the following that was loudly applauded :— the dear spot where our chieftan reposes, w oer bi es the laurel and bay; w oat nds and sweetest of roses To hadew the ground where the patriot shall lay. Let no vain sorrow —for friendship's now riven— iil our fond hearts that are swelling with lo Loud jet the anthems of freedom be Vor his promotion to glory above. the demonstration was a Mark ™ given Financially considered, ! fatiare, the veteran Generals who aided Thomas, sueh as Palmer, Stanley, Hozen, Opedycke, Wood, Jette, Davia, Granger Newton, neither appear ing & person or approving the movement by letter. LIBBIE GARRABRANT'S TRIAL, The trial of Libbie Garrabrant Jwas continued at Paterson yesterday. Crowds of spectators attended In ise he | “HO proceedings, The accused herself was again on the stand. Her evidence continued to narrate the story of how Burroughs had come to his death by She admitted written the note Fe —4 ans et, and she dee words, whieh hitherto had been il. * the . to be “Whoever Onds me.” The case is ob and continues to create considerable in- . NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. ED Interview with Horace Greeley, the Great Journalist and . Statesman. A Herald Reporter in the . “Tribune.” The Philosopher---The Good Old Man’s Opinion on the Canvass. CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH. HIS DANGEROUS OPINIONS, “PROTEOTION.” Scenes in Creeley’s Private Office. The Tribune oMce was jubilant over the news of the nomination of their chief for President. Every office boy in the establishment felt as if he had been personally complimented by the choice. From the first rumor of the result crowds of people thronged about the building, anxious, if possible, to see the great nominee himself, but happy even to be under the same roof with him. All sorts of peo- ple, politicians, lawyers, ofice-holders, merchants, judges and even Custom House men thronged the counting room and hung about the door which leads to the Greeley sanctum, trying by every device to win their way to the presence of the philosopher himself. A number of Bohemians, denied admission, tapped every outcoming visitor on the shoulder, and inquired what Mr. Greeley had to say. ALL DOORS OPENED for the reporter of the HeraLp, He made his way without any obstruction, beybnd the courteous kindnesses of the jubilant counting room clerks and the radiant private secretary of Mr, Greeley, to the presence of Mr. Greeley himself. The great philosopher was busy writing when the reporter entered, The desk upon which he wrote was almost on a level with his right ear, but he elevated his arm considerably, and wrote in that position with comparative ease. THE NOMINEE AT WORK. The room which Mr. Greeley occupies is in the second story of the Tribune building. It fronts on Printing House square, and as Mr. Greeley raises his eyes from his high desk they naturally fall upon the bronze statue of Franklin that adorns the square, THE EARLY HOURS OF MORNING. Mr. Greeley came to his duties eariier than usual yesterday morning, being deep in an editorial as early as eleven o'clock, Usually, when he sleeps in the country, he rises at six, and devotes an hour or two to agricultural pursults before betaking him- self to the equally congenial but less healthful avo- cation of journalism. Yesterday morning, how- ever, Wasa momentous one, It was natural that he should be interested to know the result of the Cincinnati Convention. So he was down at his office by eleven, and had already commenced upon a leader for to-day’s paper when the first despatch, announcing THE NOMINATION of Charles Francis Adams, arrived. Sore grief may have rent his heart at this message, but he did not show it. On the contrary, he appeared to think that it was a good nomination, although it probably lacked the element of popularity. He credited the report at once, and determined his policy. “It's a good nomination,” said he; “we'll back him." GREELRY STOCK RISING. Then came the figures of the ballot. Adams was not nominated, after all, There must be another ballot. The philosopher's hopes rose. The second ballot came; still no cholce, Greeley stock rising. Perhaps the heart of even so old a veteran ia poll- tics asthe may have fluttered, bounded with hope or become weary with suspense. He did not show it, however. He looked as unconcerned as possible, made an occasional remark, gave some directions to his foreman, looked vaguely over a proof or two, went on writing his leader; called his secretary by the wrong name once or twice; sug- gested to the office boy absent-mindedly that the tariff plank in the platform had been most amicably and admirably arranged, and then, discovering his mistake, repeated his observation to Oliver John- son, but otherwise no evidence of any absent- mindedness or anxiety appeared. GREELEY STOCK STILL RISING. Soon came news that the Gratz Brown men had concentrated on Greeley. Then doubtless his late General George H. Thomas of the Army of the | heart leaped high. But his hopes found no expres- sion through his lips. “Well,” said he, “the Greeley men make a good fight any how.” He was evidently heartily pleased at the strong support his own peculiar ideas had re- received at the hands of the Convention. THE NOMINATION AT LAST. Then suddenly Sam Sinclair, Jr., came rushing up the steps:— 4 “Mr. Greeley! Mr. Greeley!” he cried, ‘the bulle- tin boards say you are nominated.” The philosopher shot out of his seat. “No,” said he. “Yes, it is so,” said young Sinclair; “I saw it on the bulletin.” The philosopher, with a radiant smile, settied down into his chair and gave himself up to serious thought. What that serious thought was let his future autobiography tell. The great responsibility of the position may have brought itself vividly before him; the delicate chances of the campaign may have threaded mistily through the labyrinth of his brain, ora devout prayer that Heaven would bless his coming struggle may have ascended from his heart. There is no telling what may have been his thoughts at the moment when he was informed that he was one of two or three men destined by the voice of forty millions of people to lead them out of the wilderness, O'DWYER, MIS SECRETARY, who was alone with him in the room, leaped to his feet at the first word from Sinclair, and dashed down stairs to confirm the news. In the counting room he met Ben Wood conveying additional con- firmation of the report. He ran from one bulletin board toanother. The Telegram and Mail alone had the magic words on their builetins. GREELEY NOMINATED. One bulletin read, ‘The Greeley men routed.” The Secretary returned to the office almost dis- heartened. All the evening papers should have had it. Butinhis room the philosopher had himself received the news from A FRIENDLY HAND on the scene. A despatch had come, which read as follows :— CINCINNATI, May 5, 1872. By Western Union Telegraph, To HORACE GREELY, Trifune ofice, New York city. You have been nominated on the sixth ballot by an overwhelming majority, ANSON STAGER. Friends crowded in at once. The crowds that had been watching the bulletin boards of the afternoon papers changed venue on the instant to the Tribune office, and made the ears of the philosopher tingle with their shouts, Finally, in reply to repeated hurrahs, he came down from his sanctum and, standing behind the railings of the counting room, made the following FIRST STUMP SPEECH OF THR CAMPAIGN. For brevity it will compare favorable with any heretofore made by his great rival, General Grant oe thank you, but I stand , eh, I than! 1, newts Tae eee as rcaker of the House, and the Speaker never makes speeches. ‘The speech finished, the farmer, philosopher, editor and candidate retired again to his editorial sanctum wherein his frierids thronged, and even in \ the intervals of coneratulations. elevated his arm to the level of his right ear and spasmodicatly labored at lls leader. When, about three o'clock, the HeraLp reporter came in, he was talking confidently with Sam Siy- Clair and Oliver Johnson. There was no one wise in the room except O'Dwyer, his secretary, who immediately took the Heranp reporter in hand and Awaited a favorable opportunity to put him in com- munication with the great CONFIDRNCES. The oMcial secrets, the tended policy, the prov grammes of future action that the HERALD reporter heard then disclosed by the happy candidate in the tush moments of his candidacy it would gladden the hearts of his political opponents to know, a8 & knowledge of the line of prosecution intended by one counsel in @ law case would gladden the heart of opposing counsel; but they are buried forever in the most secret memory of the reporter, A lull in this confidential conversation ensued, and then the reporter presented his congratulation, WHAT MR, GREELEY THINKS OF THE HERALD, “Of the HERALD, eh?” said Mr. Greeley; “ah, t know the Heratp boys, and I know the Herazp, too. I know it's a Grant paper, but it has always been fair and honest with me. It treated me very kindly the other day—very kindly, indeed, and I venture to say, it will have a good article to-mor- row.” “Well, how do you feel about the nomination, Mr. Greeley tian now, what can I say but that I am grat- edt”? THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME, “Do you think the democrats will make a sepa» rate nomination?” “Well, the democrats, as far as my knowledge goes, are queer and do @ good many queer things. You don’t know just what they are up to till they doit, But in all my experience of the democratic leaders [ never found them stupid, I never felt much doubt about their accepting the nominee ot the Cincinnati Convention.” WHAT THE SOUTH WANTS." “Do you think that your prospects are favorable against Grant?” “Well, sir, the people want a new departure, ‘They are tired and worn out with the military ring. They want to forget the war and let bygones be bygones. Now, I think we'd better accept friendli- ness from the South if they’ll be friendly, and I think they will.’ THE EFFECT IN THE GOLD ROOM. At this juncture a new batch offriends came inte the room and presented their congratulations. “Did you hear the effect in the Gold Room, Mr. Greeley ?”’ said one, “No, I did not.” “Well, when the word came some one in the Gold Room sung out, ‘A hundred and twelve millions o° goid to be released,’ The effect was electrical. At the next turn of the indicator gold fel! a half cent.” THE FUTURE SPECIE PAYMENT POLICY. “Well,” said Mr. Greeley, “I’ll have that huncred and twelve millions released.” “Ha! hat” said the visitor; ‘“s0 you consider your election sure.” “No,” responded Mr. Grecley; “but I do think that the moral effect of the nomination will urge Boutweil to unlock his coffers. If I'm elected Pl unlock ’em quick enough.”” CONGRATULATIONS FROM ITS LIRUTENANT. At this moment a despatch came. Mr. Greeley opened and read it, It was from his managing editor, and read as follows :— CINCINNATI, May 3, 1872. To HORACE GREELEY, Tribune ofl My most affectionate congratulations on our suc- cess here. It is the omen of Sana e ost aan victory in November. WHITELAW REID. PREPARING FOR THE PICTORIAL. An artist from one of the illustrated weekly papers here made his entrance and asked the privilege of sketching “Mr. Greeley Receiving the News of His Nomination.” He received the permission, posted himself in a corner and went busily to work with his pencil. IRISH CONGRATULATIONS. Another despatch, the early editions of the even> ing papers and another group of friends came in. The despatch was from James W. Fitzgerald, @ leading Irish citizen and Alderman of Cincinnatl It read:— The congratulations of one of Ireland’s sons to Trejand’s best friend, J. W. FITZGERALD, ‘This led toa general discussion relative to the Irish vote. Mr. Greeley thought the Irish were friendly to him and the rest stoutly maintained the same proposition. As if to confirm it Major Conyng- ham, the Irish editor of a democratic newspaper, entered and tendered his congratulations with the rest. THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. Then came the further news from the Convention that Gratz Brown was nominated for Vice President. “Well, I like it,” said Mr. Greeley. ‘He's astrong man out West.” + “Yes, and he’s strong among the Germans,” sald one of the group. ABOUT THE GERMANS. “Well, now, about the Germans,” said the philo~ sopher. “Some people say they don’t like me be- cause I don't like beer; but I don’t believe that. I know the Germans are too intelligent, at any rate, to base their preference for President on any such prejudice as that.'” Here some amusement was created by one of the gentlemen readjng aloud the “big head” over the Cincinnati news from an early edition of one of the evening papers:—“Charles Francis Adams Nomi- nated on the First Ballot. The Chappaqua Philo- sopher Nowhere." THE SALUTE IN THE PARK. The first gun of the hundred was fired at this moment in the City Hall Park, and rattted the window panes and the statuettes about the desks, and startled the philosopher and his friends for a moment. But they soon comprehended the occasion of it and a more genial smile than ever lighted up the broad countenance of the philoso- her. 4 “They're boungl to do you honor in the city, Mr. Greeley,” “Well, I don’t know any place where I'd rather have honor done me.” NO FLAGS LOWERED. ‘well, Mr. Greeley,” said another visitor, “You've got your own platform. You went in with all your flags flying and haven't lowered one of them." Pi “Well. I hope never to have to lower any,” responded the nominee. “THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE AGAIN. “And the democratic vote—how about that?’ “Well, the democracy have fooled away three Presidential elections, and I don't think they will fool away this one.”” HIS STRENGTH AT THE SOUTH. “You certainly feel strong at the South 7” “The black men in the South know me, The: may be drilled; but I don’t believe any drilling wi rub my record out of their remembrance ; think the white people will vote for me."” THE TRIBUNE IN THE CANVASS. “fow’'s your paper going to conduct itself dur- ing the campaign ?” “Well, the Tribune, probably, wont be a vei effective elite Vtech hd fn od Ms ag now, we'll be an honest newspaper al rf “Whatever else they may st; about you, od Greeley, come down to the bottom, an au people believe Horace Greeley is hone it. MORE CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH. More despatches came in. One from Ethan Allen rel ?—Gineinnati Convention, by its namination, dectacen has Horace Greeley shall be the next ETHAN ALLEN. President of the United States. Nitical s continued to come and go. All and physical complexions were represented in the crowd that pressed forward to offer their conggata- lations and to press the hand of the philosopher candidate, A coffee-colored gentleman, of African descent, who looked like @ clergyman, humbly said his tew words of gratification and ‘out —_ CUSTOM HOUSE VISITORS, A Custom House official showed a beaming face and uttered his words of congratulation. “What!’? said the great Horace, “you here—a Custom House man! You'll get your head chopped ” “T don't care if Ido,” said the bold man of the customs. “I must congratulate you.” MORE OVFICE-HOLDING OALLERS, William E. Robinson, a democratic ex-Congress. man, followed by Major Haggerty, another Custom House oMelal, advanced. Gendral Jones, of the Post Omice, modestly awa'ted below’ to hear how his old friend took his news honors. Now and then the groups would thin ont andin the Interval the editorial candidate woul address himself again to his writing. As the re- porter finally withdrew the Later Franklin, Bidgtodd at his desk, the pen having fallen idly frouw®t hand, was gazing In meditative com through the front window atthe bronze 4 that earlier Franklin whose career waa an prototype of hia« ‘n,

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