Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-14
Grant,

The denomination of General Grant on
yesterday by the Philadelphia Convention,
clears away any shadow Of doubt that may
have fingered OH our minds upon one OF the
main points in the Presidential campaign.
1t is now fixed fact whom we have to
fight against. We know our man. lie is
the representative and eXemplar of every
form of official misconduct and incompe-
tency. He has violated the Constitution
of the United States and the laws of the
land. He has violated the plainest prOvis-
ions of International law. He has been
guilty of "nepotism" to degree that leaves
upon the country the impression that he
considers the Administration of the Gov
ernment a mine to be sedulousiy worked
for his own benefit and that of his family
and connections. He has been guilty of
"gift-taking" Of the most uneXampled sort
and ofgiYing offices in return for gifts, to the
great disgrace and scandal of the country.
He has been guilty of a constant neglect
of official duties that combined with
ignorance and incapacity in civil affairs
has led to unparalleled corruption.
Upon the information Of set OF spies
and infonners he has suspended the great
writ of HaJcdS Corpus, and in every way
has sought to transform our government of
free democratic institutions into Il military
despotjsm, in which the bayonet and the
bullet shall rule supreme. This is the man
whom the Radical officeholder's COnven-
ton have put forward as i candidate for
our su1frages. AS ne has administered the
government in the past SO will he admin
ister it in the future. Our liberties,
indeed our very lives, depend upon the
success of our efforts TO beat
him. In view of this fact, it we'll becomes
us to consider how, most certainly, this man
and his party can be overthrown. Fortu-
nately we find an element Of the Republi-
can party that is unwilling to support Gen
eral Grant, and sufficiently large, acting in
concert with the Democrats, to defeat him.
A Convention or Mass Meeting of these
Liberal Republicans, as they call them
selves, put forward Mr.. GREELEY as the
strongest representative man of that ele-
ment. There seems, however, to be a dis
position on the part of others, at the North,
TO bring forward Mr.. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS to dispute the ground with him. The
indications now are that Mr.. ADAMS will be
formally presented as a Liberal Republican
andidate, and that to show his strength,
demonstrations will be made prior to the
Baltimore Convention, with the view OF
influencing that body in his favor.
Very few, if any, papers or individuals
now at the North advocate straightout
Democratic nomination at Baltimore. The
probable fight before that body seems to be
narrowing down to contest as to the
relative strength of certain men with the
Liberal Republican masses. If this be so
we are inclined to think that the weight of
testimony, growing out of the fact, mainly
II not entirely, of his nomination at Gin
clnnati, will be in favor of MIR. GREELEY,
and that we ought to support him rather
than Mr.. ADAMS or any other man no
more acceptableto us originally than either
OF these two gentlemen.
If We are TO take Liberal Republican as
our candidate at all, and we do not see
now 1t can be avoided under the circum-
stances, it seems to us it will certainly be