The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-06-15
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time, as We did, and marked The great
unanimity Of sentiment that pervadei the
tone Of the Democratic press ever where
IN. reference to Horace Greeley. and his
radical and interruptions Course towards
the Democratic party and its principles, it
sounds Ike solemn mockery now, to hear
their pipes tuned up to sing the Old mans
praise when it is a well-known fact that
he IS the same old Fe,leralist aud anti.
Democrat that he was thirty years ago.
when. these same accommodating Demo
Gratis hated him as sincerely as ever Jews
hated hog meat
To us' this is truly strange, but stranger
sull is the Tact these brethren Of the Dem
oeratic stripe who have become so sui
denly seducei BY the political Oh ibertihe,
and induced TO sing hosannas to his praise.
have suddenly turned TO rend those with
whom they stool shoulder to Shoulder
an, many other contests, (ouly a few
Years ago. when cold Drub" was arrayed
no. all the panoply Of Radical warfare
against the Democracy, and all the meas.
urss OF that party. They take tie liberty
Of v'llifyius aud abusing sueh consistent
Democrats as refuse TO depart from the
true Democratic faith and practice Of other
years, and fall down and worship .the
Conservative Republican party" then
arise and shout for Greeley aud Gralz
brown. Why is this2 Does any e,!itor
or amy Democrat who has ever been
consistent in former lie, or honest. in ex-
pressing his views Of public men. believe
that Mr. Greeley Is a better, man nam mr.
more worthy Of Democratic support no,o
than he was in time OF the war. when he
was cordially hated aud bitterly denounced
by almost every Democratic editor and
orator, from one end Of the Union to the
otlerf Do they suppose that such men
"a Hon. u. W. Voorhees, and thousands Of
true and unialtering men like him. are
less true 10 the fundamental aud eternal
principles Of true Democracy than they
were before Horace Greeley undertook TO
demdgoyue his way into the Presidential
chair and modcmised Democratic editors
volunteered to champion his cause? We
do not believe a word of it2
They have no such right, and 1t is but a
mark OF bad taste and worse Judgment
for them to engage in it, There is no purer
or better Democrat in the Union than d
W. VOORHEES,, aud this we know TO be an
from better evidence than we have ever
yet had to prove the claims OF any Gree.
leyite in Chnstiandom TO the name of
Democrat
For one we are willing to be guided and
governed by the action OF the majority OF
The Democratic party, SO long as that
action shall be controlled by Democratic
principles, and the selection OF candidate
be made from Democratic men. But W.
deny tue right that any set Of editor.
have to abuse life long Democrats. vino
nave stood firm IN the true faith without
any variation or Job5iing in the party lines.
merely because they have become suddenly
seized with an ifcliag to get into qH7ce and
fallen IN love with Horace at this PARTON
lar period Of time.
Nay we go further, and aver that nj.
though We will follow wherever trpe
Democracy leads, and 10 our whole duty
in every contest between Democrats pro.
per and parties ihat may be spurious. we
nfrCr can, 'rs neecr rW so far lose SIGHT of
the principles that we have so long held
sacred, as 10 vote for or IN any wav what.
ever, support any Republican Tor the Pres
idency, even if that man be Horace Gree
ley, and he endorsed 10y every unuiss Dem.
ocrat in the United States
The Baltimore Convention that ia 10
meet on the 9th Of July. will have no
powe- TO turn the masses Of the Democ.
racy over 10 Greeley or any other Repub.
lican IL would be trauscenIiuc its pow.
ers and insulting the good sense of the
people, and wc do not believe tina, the
delegates wilutcmpt it. If they do. thew
may as well vote for an apportionmept q,
pay for tomb-stones for all such POLITICAL
tume'ser'efs os may have figured loo bring
ing about such AN unnatural aniliauon.
aud we would advise the officers Of the
Convention to have inserted on every tomb
stone the memorable cp,aph prepared by
the amentei Gov AIedary for q motel rem.
csoie Ohio politician in years gone by. in
these words
"DgD roH VAST or lIovpsr PrivmrLgs"