New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-11
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
THE NOMINATION OF GREELEY AND BROWN
AT BALTIMORE.

AT BALTIMORE.
A UNANIMOUS CoNvENTIoN-THE NOMINEES AZ
CrPTED MOST HEARTILY-THE DELEGATES
RFJoICING IN THEIR woRK-FRUIrs OF
POPULAR UPRISING.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNBl
prrntoRF Julv 10-The work of the Democratic
T,on,ontion Of 1872 has been done, and with more
unanimity than that of any similar gathering oil the
Democratic party ever held since its formation NOT
has il been the unauimity of ofce-holdlng supendi
aries under the party OF the official lash; as Las
been often repeated, the Baltimore ConVehuoh
was not o meeting of the Democratic pom
tieians TO register the will of a few expert
enced wire-pullers, but meeting Oh the
representatives of the people who for once acted
without consulting their political leaders, and IN
many instances in spite Of their protest This alone
exnlaius the remarkable spirit of the Convention
aud this made 1t one of the greatest and most slgmn
cant events in the political history OF the country
Old men. who had for thirty or forty years fought
their potcal battles under the banners OF the De-
mocracy. and 10 whom the very name Of progress
was sign Of party ruin ana delea'
and lifelong Republicans who never cast
Democratic vote, and who were at the opera house
to-day as spectators, looked incredulousy al each
other as State after State SWING into line and re-
corded its vote for the Cincinnati platform OF named
Horace Greeley as its choice for the Presidency
They asked If this was a Democratic Convention
are we dreaming or has the day of returned
that men are abandoning their old battle-cries and
cIaspjnR hands on the broad platform Of reform ana
the reign of peace and good will
Extremes met to-day, as they never met before
in politics; the men who did most to oppose the
grand and glorious work of the Republican party
shouted themselves hOarse at the nomination OF the
man who has done most to push forward that great
work and pTOudeT, more confident, more enthusl-
astic crowd of men never scattered TO their homes
throughout the Union TO inspire the people ldld they
need the inspiratiOn) with an enthusiasm which Will
be an earnest of success.
AS the nominations made here to-day are the most
nearly unanimous that were ever made by the Demo-
cratic party so they promise to be the most popular
Delegates say that the choice of candidate for the
Presidency is often game of chance are gene
rally selected who though they may have been IN
pnblic life have never been subjected to that severe
criticism which the nominee for this high Office
has to meet. For weeks after an ordinary
Convention the party leaders are IN a state
of trepidation lest some forgotten speech
or vote or some others act of indiscretlon may be
dug up and published, to his great disadvantage.
But there is nothing Of that kind TO fear IN regard TO
the candidates nominated to-day. Already have
they been for two months before the country ana
every day has seen their popularity increase. Moth
Brown. The small Bourbon element, assisted
by the Washington Committee of the
Grant party, and the Administration press,
have ransacked TIE TRIBUNE, from the first
day of its publication until now, for material
TO use against the head Of the ticket but it I'll has
no effect. The Democrats assembled mere to-day
care nothing for all this they know tlPt for thirty
years Mr.. Greeley has been obliged daily to define
his position on every important question that has
come before the country and they look back over
those long years, they say that they see so many
evidences of his wisdom and sagacity, his honesty,
and his ability, that they are willing to forgive and
forget whatever they do not approve. In the words
OF one of the most prominent Delegates in the Con-
vention, the Democrats believe that his good
qualities so much overshadow his failings, and he
so much oftener displayed wisdom than he has been
mistaken that we are glad to take him just he is"
The slight divisions which showed themselves in
the Convention were not of character TO cause
hard feelings OF in any way TO weaken the ticket;
and some regret was expressed that few ardent
young delegates were at first disposed not to allow
Senator Bayard of Delaware a hearing. They were
impatient and representing the South, which, in the
natural order OF things would be the last to join in
such movement as the present, were unable TO APP
preciate the opposition coming from the North; but
the good sense of the majority prevailed, and Mr..
Bayard was listened to respectfully and even
at greater length than he at first intended
to speak. 1t cannot be said that there any
disposition to enforce gag law in the Convention
and the impotence manifested when Senator
Bayard first rose was due more TO the physical
sufIerings from the intense heat than to anything
else. But, slight as the demonstration was, it
reused the indignation of many Of the strongest
men in the Convention who know best Senator
Bayards sterling integrity, his cOnseientiOusness
and the inestimable service which he has rendered
TO the Liberal cause. Freedom of speech
and freedom of individual opinion are
among the fundamental principles of the
great Reform movement of which the
Convention to-day formed an important stage. But
if they did not Senator Bayard was the last man in
the Convention to whom any courtesy or any right
should be denied. The fact that opposition was
found in the Convention will be an element of
strength, rather than weakness. When some one
remarked at Philadelphia that certain delegate
was opposed 10 the nomination of Grant, the
exclamation OF another delegate who overheard him
WIS., "Then what the devil is he here for p and this
question was the keynote of the feeling there;
body opposed to Grant had any bust ness there no
freedom Of opinion to be allowed But though the
mass Of the Democratic party throughout the
try are in their hearts far more nearly unanimous
for Greeley and Brown than the Administration
party was for the denomination of Grant the oppO-
sition dared TO show itself in the Convention,
and viii give all the efficient support TO the
ticket because ii was not gagged or smothered.
THE DEMOCRACY IN COUNCIL.
SCENE OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ENTHUSIASM - SENATOR BAYARD's ABLE
sPEEoH-AN ELOQUENT PLEA FOR the