Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-15
THE POPLAR DRIFT.

The National Democratic comm
tee met in New York City last
Wednesday,. aud determined upon
Baltimore as the place. aud on the 3l
of July as the time of holding til,
National convention. The mere fact
of calm. or holding a convention
does not imply dissatisfaction With
the result nj Cincinnati. or that The
part. will put candidates Of lis own
i'll the field. although there i 4 posi-
hllitv that such a thing may happen.
Whatever course. the Democracy in
tend To pursue. it was wise to call Il
convention in order that difference.
OF opinion might be harmonixcd h,
the PRONUNCIATION Of the will OF tlr,
party i'll the chosen method, and thar
the great rnas>c> that make up the
ral.k and file might 90 into the CAM
Paign, not rs a scattered host. but ~
compact body. Til, was equally
necessary neither the support of the.
party be given 10 the Liberal nomi-
he"> or $ ticket OF Its own.
\~arly Two munt!t, riap-c between
this and the holdin" of the W.
ton. and the developments between
nov and then will determine the az
lion OF tho Democracy. At present
tn" Indications arc strong tllti no
scpcratc trrkct will he presented.
The popular it'd" seems to he driftin"
III favor of Greeley and Brown. No
ticket more acceptable to the south
could have been presented. That
long oppressed section secs in il not
only relief from the dishonesty and
lgn"raIc" at Washington. aud ,.riy-
crliIcc from the "arpei-iI. yulturc..
out universal amnesty and Il rc-tora-
'loi 10 equal right, aud consideration
III the union. =. large portion of the
southern press has already declared
III favor "i tn" Ticket. While some
Oh the leading Journals await Tie.
action of the Baltimore convention,
very lew of influence array Them
Si''h 'II'Slll'H lotBItt.t'N
and Brown. Tennessee has SpoLen
authoritatively by her Democratic
state convention which assembled on
Inc 9th inst. The Democracy of that
state, while rcattirming their pur-
pose 10 preserve the integrity of the
party, declare elnrhatirallv in favor
~ the Liberal nominees. and oppose
The presentation of Il new ticket.
though no formal expression of
opinion has been given. something
like the same spirit animates the Nir-
gina Democracy. The Kentucky
Democracy. though all their leading
organs do not commit themselves.
but defer TO the Democratic couyru-
ton.
In the North, though the ticket j.
received with marked favor in some
localities. still the popular current is
not.near :" stron" in it, tavor..,s ut the
South. y number ofleading Journals
headed by the New York World.
Philadelphia Age, Pittsburg Post.
Detroit Free Press. and others of
equal standing and Influence. have
made OF en- War upon the nomination,
'nd urge upon the Democracy the
duty OF bringing ont ticket of their
OWL. Gree!cy'> nomination wa, cvi-
IDENTITY Il >llrpri>. 10 the North. and in
spires no great enthusiasm anonm
N"rthern Democrats. 1t viii be hard
1"rthem 10 forget his long. bitter
and ~rclentl"- warfare UPON the party.
aud nothing but the mos, exalted
patriotism. and the feeling that the
great emergency demands Il great
sacrifice, will induce them to rally
with any spirit TO the support of the
ticket.