The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-15
SPIRIT OF THE POLITICAL PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE POLITICAL PRESS.
The Wor2d is making fun of the reports
which its, own reporters sent from Dalti-
more about the Convention n, but it comedies
that it was the best thing they could do,
inasmuch as " the action Of the Convention
has been for some weeks cut and dried"
The fact is, il says, there was nothing
to report. Here is Il sample ofthe WorlF'a
complaint /:
There must be = great dearth Of peril
nent matter when reporters are reduced to
fill out their dispatches with Sucil displays
Of their capacity for fine writing. Such
iuStlan is eXcuSable only Oh the ground that
everything was SO securely fixed before
hand for Greeley in the Convention, a5 to
leave no scope for the alcrtlcss aud insight
which dives into the inner counaels of the
managers of a convention whose action is
not already settled. a theatrical critic
may imocently indulge in elaborate fine
writing on the drop-Sccne and decorations
when there iSnothlng pertinent to be said
about the play"
IIc IcN iUh 4 oSts WHICH hptS NOT pro-
Tess TO like Grant much, but which likes
Greeley still less, sums the case up thus:
- If the Grant administration has not been
able TO withstand the Republican rogncs,
how will a Greeley administration be able
to withstand the Republican rogucs rein
forced by the Democratic rascaIS 2"
The Chicago Times tells Democrats they
must now choose between Grant and Gree
ley, the time for bringing out another can
didate having passed. For itself, it will
never support Greeley. We quote:
"In yiewof this disagrccablc alternative,
what ought good citizens to do? Ofcoursc
the action of the Baltimore Convention has
not placed Democrats under the slightest
obligation to vote lor Mr.. Greeley. 1t is
impudent to talk of applying the party
lash under any circumstances; but it is UNI
speakably impudent to talk of using it to
drive Democrats into the support of one Of
the worst cmbodimcnts Of radicalism the
country has ever known. Democrats will
vote as they please, or abstain from voting
if they please, and they will be apt to resent
with suitable warmth any attempt at eau
Gus cocrtion. The question is not at all one
Of party obligation, but one Of personal
duty exclusively.
The Times divides the Democrats into
three classes: Those who feel bound to go
for Greeley though not liking him; those
who will not vote at all, and those who
will vote for Grant. The latter g actuated
by feelings Of resentment towards the man
who has, for more than a quarter of a cen
o ou'y ii,' "iUT Hnrn ao,te cal, nv anJ i tonrorI,
ia rnf;ticians u,ho osL tLe;,' C~nGfrooa far
s HUp . mnn W n Votn ,ar Grant y
'0' '' van -
The TtbHRe says: ''We know that al
ready our victory is won." II was for the
nomination, it would appear, that Greeley
has been lighting, and without much
idea Of an election, Cor, says the Tribune,
even if Grant were to be elected, the
''movement'' would pay as an investment
| for the future.
The f~tce%""'$ Jo1'Im (CathoiIc) grows
4nlte excited over HreeIey' nomination al
ha'lin'ore. iiere is Wllat ~ IL says: Vui
roaH Is Straisht oeiole Us. ilo no,Ilil,at'ol
OF 'Ieeiey at bai'itiioie py II pacNet aliI
nell-aeiibefate oouy VIII be tie iorihal
dissolution OF inc Dethociatlc party,
WIN us dissolution tl'ere PeiiSheS Iiie las'
party that ever pfo'esSeu llle''ty 10 IAN u
constitutions or 10 treaty lalIh gwen; l1ielf
remains Tor Us, I1iell, my nlGoS' hIuica.
Hfahttes ana aa'ea "ree'eyltes. lteu.:ce'
10 ullS, payole.S arc our ol'y protGI1lon
niai'c mas, ~ ielS', ,llc eo"Ga.iop anu ota',
lhS % a Soio,Gr. uFse.ey N99"S oh'y TIC
oiacipilhe Oh inc oroo''iS'''A'
Saws the NufioR:. No reasoning mem
Der ofthe Democratic party can, we Ventur,
to saw. honestly feel bound by the nomina
ton at Baltimore. If he is too faint heart
ed to throw of the tyranny of the CONVEX
ton as to candidates. and too forgiving t.
revolt at the fierce vilitication Of thirt,
wears, he must revolt at a platform whic'
will demand the surrender of his honest
and common sense, if nothing better cal b
Gnund In mt in il than the nimsy Meas NJ