Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-10
The Baltimore Convention

Met yesterday, and will doubtless complete
its labors to-day That Greeley and Brown
are to be nominated, by a nearly unanimous
vote, is reduced to a moral certainty, for the
cards have been stocked tn secure that
end The opposition is overborne, though not
,ilenceJ, and will doubtless result in bitter
war Of words even before the work Of the
Convention is completed. The fact Of Mr..
Greeley's nomination being assured, the only
perpexing question to settle seems to be as
to the manner Of putting up the job. If the
old Democratic party was remarkable for
anything, it was for supporting regular nom
inotons; and so it j, argued that Mr. Gree
ley must be regularly nominated, according to
the usages Of the party, to satisfy the rank
and file, and prevent boiling. On the other
hand, it is feared that such step will disturb
and ALLEVIATE the Liberal Republicans, without
whose aid the whole scheme would fail. But
as this is a Democratic Convention, the
usagos of that party are likely to prevail, in
the hope that the Liberal wing can be pac-
fed by some legerdemain not yet developed.
But we shall see what we shall see.
The following from the New York World,
upon which our eye falls at this moment, is
so appropriate and forcible that we cannot
lorbear giving it in this connection
"If Greeley is nominated by the Demo-
cratic Convention and elected by Democratic
votes, he cannot ignore the Democratic party
in organizing his Administration. The So
called Liberal Republicans might be glad to
have it otherwise because if MIR. Greeley
.hould be merely the candidate of their wing
Of the Republican party, they might fancy he
would owe no obligation TO Democrats in
selecting his official advisers. But be can
not be struggled into the Presidency through
any such back door. The National Conven-
ion must either nominate him, or repudiate
him. Unjust either present him as the reg.
uar Democratic candidate, or it must nom.
mate some good Democrat. We protest
,gainst n dissolution Of the Democratic or.
sanization. If Democrats are to vote for Mr.
Greeley, it must be under such circumstan-
ces that he will be compelled to acknowl-
edge his obligations to the party, and will
make him dependent on it for the success
Of his Administration.
ITO be sure it is an absurd nomination for
Democratic National Convention to make.
But it is better for the party to elect and
control him, than to elect such Republican
aud leave him free. If he is regularly NOM
mated, the whole party will be bound but if
he Convention merely declines to present any
candidate against him. Democrats will be as
free to vote for Grant as for Greeley and
multitudes of Democrats, if left to their free
choice, would not care the toss Of copper
between these two Republicans. The only
thing that can reconcile Democrats to Mr.
Greeley's candidacy is the moral and political
control the party would have over him as its
regular candidate, and the obligation he
would thereby incur to treat the party with
Difference aud consideration 10 conducting the
Government An arrangement to give him
our votes, and, at the same time, release hin
from all obligation or nmenability to The par
~, would be an act of supreme folly of which
we cannot believe that the Baltimore Conyen
ton would be capable. 1t will be bad enough
for it to give us such candidate but tC
present him in such a way as would lcav,
him at liberty to snub and ignore the Demo
cratic party after his election Gf he shoulC
be electcd') would be too preposterous'