The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-12
TIE HARLEQUIN HERALD ON TIL
CHANCES OF THE CIMPAIGN.

The New York Herald ofTaesday edltorIally
says:
On the great Issues settled by the war oil
Southern reconstruction, EN- mbraclng tne new
cons itutlonal amendments OF emancipation
aud equal civil and political rights TO the olacK
race, The administration and the opPoslt,oon
party stand upon the same ground. 10 1857,
the Wings being In possession of the govern
ment, the Democratic party, with Pierce as
their candidate, on the slavery com.
promise measures of the great Whlg, Henry
CLAW, as their platform, defeated the wing can
didate, General Scott, 80 completely mat the
Whg party never rallied from tnat alsaster'
bnt was next dlsbanded and dlspersed. Now,
with the two partes-the administration anu
the opposition party-brought round again 10
the same platform, may not the party IN power
be again defeated with its own weapons, and
particularly as the Republican party. haVlDg
Untitled its appointed mission, can no longer
plead the necessities OF the war for the Union
or OF reconstruction. We anticipate, from the
ratification of the new departure" OF tne
Democratic party by thls Baltimore ConVen,
lion, one of the sbarpest, most e1citlng ano
most closely contested Presidentlal oaltles III
the history OF The country.
Sights In Baltimore.
The following paragraphs taken from the
Baltimore Sun of Tuesday and Wednesday,
will be read with interest:
CAROLINA STRAIGHT. OUTER.
EFF. Stokes, haillng from Greenville, 3. T.,
made speech on Monday 10 the little clique OF
imnacabie straieht-oulers. Mr.. Stokes was
exceedingly gushing. and spread the wings OF
his oratory almost as broad as some OF the old
time Fourth of July orators. Their love for
the American eagle was not circumstance 10
his for the Democratic party. Mr.. Stokes as-
sured those who heard him that ne was ready
to commit hsrl karl for that grand OLD Demo,
cratic party. He had been Union man all
during the war: he knew how things were IN
South Carolina. He prayed TO God three times
a day. aud he daily talked with Aleck stephens,
begging and praying that means might De de.
viseIi 10 avoid this Wlckedness, This leap OF
death. this crowning inlamy. Quite dramatic
scene here occurred. Mr.. Stokes spied ven
prable old gentleman from PtnnsylVanla, III
whose eve he read sympathy with Ills utter
ances He walked up to him, and took him
nv the hands, shaking them with great earn
estness.
The cIty was flooded with documents and
pronuuciamentos Of oil kinds, intended 10
affect the minds of delegates, and II possoe
to create dlsseneions. 1t Is suspected that the
money 10 pay for this kind OF operations
cnmps ont of the Radical eleClioutciiuS iupet
MADE up of assessments on the many lhou-
sand offlce-hclders throughout the country,
and distributed by the Congressional com
mlttee ln Washington. One pnper, which was
extensively circulated last night, was signed
"a Jrfr.rsonIan Democrat, !" aud set lorln q
long string of reasons why Charles sumner
should be nominated for President; Ihare
was another document directed against Bit
Greeley, signed "a Bourbon democrat"
The concluding sentence of this latter docu-
ment concludes with the following lnreaI:
..Should this convention nominate Mr. Gree
lev. nil true Democrats will be invited to re-
main here and make the preliminary ar
ranpements for the nomination OF Democratic
candidates, and placing before the people a
Democratic platform, that our party may be
saved q dsgraceful humiliation Of compro.
missing with sore-head faction aud taking
one of them as our leader"
SPIRITS ABOUT.
Among other humorous productions was
ssspirt medium" ticket, which bore the pic
tnre of Washington, and the caption Union
Ticket" which warns us to '.beware Of mill
tary ohiefIaln," G.. Washington, and puts up
Greeley for President and JEFF. Davis for Vice
President, with the motto, limited we stand,
(clasped hands.) divided we tall" That, 100,
Is possibly q ''Weak invention Of the enemy"