Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-28

and reconciliation" and Hreform." Now,
the himsy disguise Is thrown aside, and to
retain the hundreds of thousands Of honest
Democrats who are: joining the Republican
party, or who are Indifferent to his election,
he declares that unless he is elected, unless
they come out and vote for him, they will
have no party To vote for or against In 1875.
The Democratic leaders themselves laid bare
the conspiracy In the early days Of the can
yass Governor Whytc, Immediately after
the Baltimore convention, declared that
they were using Mr.. Greeley for mere tenn
porary purposes" The Democratic Cover
nor Of Georgia wrote, Let US hope that the
great aud powerful party to which we all
belong will be able, with the aid Of liberal
and patriotic men from other political organ
lzatlons, to accomplish the same bcneilccnt
revolution In our national affairs that we
have already effected here In Georgia
Raphael SCmmcs boosted that II was
Horace Greeley who had come to the
captain Of the Alabama, and not the captain
Of the Alabama who had gone to Greeley. %
The Mobile Register declared that Demo.
Nfhl5 ENIINlN NlNNlNN NNN hlNNh Us AAN
Democracy, and Democrats will elect them
as the candidates and the only hope Of the
Democracy" Gen. George B. Hodge, the
Democratic candidate for elector-at.larye In
Kentucky, said! Nov see that my COM
rades OF the lost cause have not died In vain,
but this Is the victory of that for which
they fought" Jamo' b. Beck, of Kentucky,
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only supported Greeley as a Tse and
expedient whereby that party was to OBJ
tain national power. lie asserted that II
elected Greeley would carry a Democratic
Congress into power with him, who could
hold him In check from eiIecting any
policy contrary to Democratic usage and
principles, and that such Congress could
compel him to indorse such measures as It
deemed best for tho material welfare In
a pamphlet circulated at the Baltimore
convention Il was asserted that there was
definite understanding between our party
and the Liberal Republicans, entered into
by representative men OF both parties, aud
with general consent. before the assembling
Of the Cincinnati convention, thatthe nOminrl
LlONh lutIt nANt bWbulAA ANNNANN Nuf Ahul
blned support Of both parties" But what Is
the use Of multiplying the testimony on this
point1 Mr.. Greeley himself now uvows tho
whole conspiracy and mplorcs the Democra
cy to keep the pact.
At last we have the real issue of the cam.
paign distinctly and unmlstakably defined 10y
the Liberal candidate himself. From out the
depths of the tidal wave he shrieks, help me
Cassius, or slnk-tO that Democratic Cas-
sius to whom short time ago he desired to
die In no way a debtor. Tho Republican
party will accept the gauge which he throws
down. lie has Inscribed on his banner tina,
his election means the restoration Of the De,
mocracy to power. Next November the Re
publican party will teach him and It that as
an organization 1t can have no political future
In this country; that 1t must pass away as the
Federal party passed away. That party died
because, as Andrew Jackson said, ithad beer
"a traitor to the constituted Government.
Democracy must die for the same reason.