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Show HORACE GREELEY'S POSI- ! 1 TION- It Iwctl hUipOM;ii l!i;it Horace 0 reeky had squarely eouimitU'd liimself to opjjo.-tc the re-election ol' i're.iident tlraiit. The fuel ofhin Mining a letter let-ter to colonel (jronvenor, tlio master ot ceremonies ol' the Cincinnati conven-lioni.-'l.-f, in which the doctriue aa-scrtt-.l thut a tariff should only ho levied lev-ied fur revenue purpura, wad considered consid-ered the highest evidence lie could givc of the sincerity and alrcuglh oi'hi.1 opposition op-position to President Grant, bcoau.se it appeared to be an abandonment oi' the durliuK doifina of hia tile, a protective tirill". l or him to make such a sacrifice sacri-fice to defeat (J rant, wa.t looked upon a.s a desperately determined intention to Huceced or die politically and protectively. protec-tively. U ace Died to out off all hope of repentance or retreat, and reminded us of the heroic desperation ol' Pizarro the oinipucrorol' Peru, in burning up hi shins wlioo lie landed on the east ern coast of tho isthmus of Panama, thus cutting off all chance for retreat and giving his handful of followers to understand that they must cither conquer the country or die. Jiut Mr. Greeley was not so irredeemably "recalcitrant" ua people thought. A "tariff lor revenue purposes ! only," not only does uot mean free trade, but under the rules by which tho planks in party platforms are interpreted in-terpreted by politicians, may moan the protection of home manufactures. And so Mr. Greeloy interprets, and rightly, tho very general doctrine of a revenue tariff, and in his last manifesto, he hugs as fondly as ever his protection hobby to his breast, and declares that for the sako of it, ho would waive all other mundane considerations. In fact we think that when he dies and goes to Heaven, where all good protectionists arc sure to go, he will be disinclined to Lake up his permanent abode there, if ho finds, ou entering the gate of St. Peter, that it is a free port. The following fol-lowing is Mr. Grcoloy's latest political manifesto: A resolve that no one shall have a right to charge us with equivocation or concealment prompts us to set forth as jilaiuly as we can, precisely what we -purpose and expect to do in each probable prob-able contingency in the presidential canvass now opening. l'irst, if there shall be Democratic candidates for Pr.wi, l.M.I n,l vi.'A. Prod. Inni in f )in field, wo purpose to support that Republican Re-publican ticket which seems most likely to succeed. Second, if the main issue in the canvass shall be protection against free trade, we shall, no uiatter :is to the candidates, be found on the. hide of protection. Third, but if, as' we hope and expect, there shall be two j Republican tickets, and none other! presented with any hope of success, we ahall favor the one whose election will be in our judgment most likely to promote pro-mote economy in public expenditure, purity in legislation, and in administration, administra-tion, substantial unanimity in upholding uphold-ing for all citizens a complete " equality of rights under the law, and hasten the , return of fraternal concord and mutual good will between thoso who were ar-; rayed against each other iu sanguinary j strife throughout our great civil war. Such is our position, and it will not be effected by the nomination of A or B or 0 or D at Cincinnati, Philadelphia ; or elsewhere. Rut let it be distinctly understood that whatever may be the issues, whoever may be the candidates, : the Trimne will not be an organ. We shall print no campaign editions; we shall not surrender our columns mainly or largely to the advocacy of this or that platform or ticket; we shall not shout, sweat and put forth frantic appeals ap-peals in behalf oi any party or cause. ' And so, having shed all the light we j ot may on our future course, we calmly calm-ly await the development of the nest two months. |
