From the two nominations and two platforms I come to the supporters
of the candidates; and here I look, first, at those immediately about
them, and, secondly, at the popular support behind.
Horace Greeley has among his immediate supporters, in all parts of
the country, devoted and consistent Republicans, always earnest for
Reform and Purity in Government, on whose lives there is no shadow
of suspicion,--being a contrast in character to those rings which
play such a part in the present Administration. The country knows too
well the Military Ring, the Senatorial Ring, and the Custom-House
Ring, through which the President acts. Such supporters are a poor
recommendation.