Show greeley vs davis did you know now said a new boik of con congress resl that the nomination or horace greeley for the presidency it ii 1872 wai the result of a blunder and t that nit those who were ivere sill incised tile hie ino it mele the very eople attlio ito hall had done the hie to bigrig it il about it ia na an interesting stor slon if you remember it required 1 7 I lent eat aloit t ou on the part of L bull chirl SLI lurz and tile the other ollier friedl of the liberal libenia to ti enlist mr 1 is S sympathies 1 in ill lie ike call e C when lie ile ial did i 1 so we D ft felt it that we laid had secured a i erful jolly arii our clur we aenied sis as it wele tower to our old cali elloul af if t uio it 0 tribune Tji bune shortly th ille D I liberal Li beril conventi oll was wai licit lit ciu cill C ciu inual nili i the new york dele bation wl ait pledged rel to any ally but tile revIll 1 ill wits wis that tha david i il divis davis of illino would be the alio anost acceptable awit to to alit i celt grant Gr tiit mr ini dial is ivia is very very villi ith the lle nion eyed classics hotwes of f the L abt tt lie he wa a inan in iii of hi high h character anil and broad attain incitti I 1 ile inc I 1 itji I 1 io and we believed his iii s clu ciu didick would gil give C m a good fighting ing chance eleanoe of of securing tage the clec toia vote of lint but we felt very 0 grateful 0 crateful to mr Gre grealer cler we decided leo deo a therefore that we ire would give hini a complimentary vote in ill tile the yent IOU ais IS an all expression ol of our kindly W we went out to cincinnati in ill a si lecial train with a draim beating and alegs fly lying in 73 72 delegate et nr aind id probably 2 66 ol 01 others 1 ers who had biad no there but wanted to hee bee the full As soon as we arrived we began talking with greeley this was done for a laik jou nuit but we talked bout about I 1 him so much that wo sta started arted a gi great eat bourn boom for hini him we coll concluded chided however that this would do us its no ito barni and that at it the proper ino moment ment lie could be quietly sp set t I 1 isile aside when we ie would bend our s first to the of anid ill divis ter failing iq in that the of Cli alles aripa Fro 1 licis adams the kentucky delegat delegation iou wits was headed by cassini il 31 clay they had iad no candidate but tile they had hearel so much talk about abou t horace Greel pir around new volk voik lif that they believed we wore honestly in ill favor of tho the old inan and to our conr honor when the state was wan culled called what did clay to but ce talat kentucky cial caad lier her 26 votes tor fur horace ifolaw greeley Gr celey As wo had pledged ledged Il our first fira vote to mr i reeley we were bound to make inake bold good tile promis ii and when new yorks U as votes followed ken buckys 20 26 the C convention 01 invention iven tion became 0 wild with excitement und from frolli that thai bilile t nuo until llie roll call vas mabo finished i nothing could be heard but S bouti for 11 Ure reeley eley we attempted to check the tide on oil the next bill lo 10 lol lint but it 1 l was waa tot lui late lale G gravley ia ae V was lioi lilt it tho this et coald I 1 bil jit lut itilia tile hie aiton mt tit p if in I 1 achl binanti that night flight tho mem heni of the new bogic yogic dr it legation who c e choice wits was davi I 1 davis DAVI S oi ot I 1 1 r chancle I 1 |