Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-06-06
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
EdItorluI Extracts From the Great DALI,

THE SPEECHES AT THE GREELEY RATIFICATION.
[FrTom the N. Y. World
The speeches at the Greeley ratification meet
ing do not deserve word of comment. They
were too weary, fiat, stale, and Improbable"
to find readers when printed in the public jour
nails and it would be idle to reply to arguments
or sophistry which nobody thinks worth atten-
tion. Among the orators of Monday evening,
ok Senator Doolittle was the only one who has
ever had national reputation that commanded
respect; but Mr.. DoOlittle made the weakest
speech of his life. Considering how outrage
ously Mr.. Greeley abused him in the Tribune
when he stood by Andrew johnson, it il no won
der that he made feeble speech in favor of MIR.
Greeley for President The other speeches were
beneath contempt, and we regret that Mr. boo
little was found in such company,
THE RECORD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
tFrom the N Y. Tlnesl
We believe the record of the Republican Par
ty, judged by its administration of the civil af-
fairs of the nation. is as remarkable in its way
| az the energy and fidelity it showed IN the CON
duct of the war. The secret of this varied Ca
paeity to govern is an open one. 1t lies in the
fact that the party is in close sympathy with the
mass of the people, and even those who have
voted against it include hundreds of thousands
who believe in its integrity, good sense, and
general trustworthines.s There is every proof
| that this powerful hold on the Judgment and
affections Of the people is in no way relaxed,
I
yention which meets in Philadelphia to-day will
| elicit renewal of confidence in November next.
/ We believe that the party will be victorious be-
cause we know that it deserves victory.
THE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA.
IFrom the N. Y. World
To tolerate much longer the candidacy OF
| Greeley is for the Democracy to commit suicide
| by poison. To accept him as its candidate is tC
commit suicide by an explosive bullet lodged il
its heart. To prove that it is division and de atl
we may subiuin the Worlds special testimony
to this warming of a Democratic and this con
temptuous indifference of Republican states
man.
THE INCREASE OF CRIME IN NEW YORK AND IT
PREVENTION.
From the MY. Heradl
The records of the criminal courts in this cit
are unusually heavy at present in the yillanou
matter of assaults upon the person, wherein tn
knife, the pistol and the slupg-shOt have bee
! brought into deadly play. 1t would seem, in
Iced, that an epidemic Of this class of Grim
, sweeps from time to time through the lawlea
classes OF the community, and that nothing shoI
; of stern, speedy punishment is ever eifcacous i
: stopping it. We, therefore, feel thst the TT
marks of the City Judge to the Grand Jury ye,
terday were well-timed, and hope that tue II
suit Of the jury labor will be such ar 70 restrai
the tendency Of the rowdy element in the lis
, | of their lethal weapons. The subject, however
takes a wider bearing, and one that will sngges
itself at once to all-namey, that an eitic Ell
police force is of the first importance Will
) the City Judge calls on the Grand Jurors to i
' | vigIlant in meeting out Justice to criminals o
:, account of an increase OF crime, il seems absur
that another branch of the city goyernmei
e should be taking steps to leave the communit
I still more exposed to the knife, slungshot an
pistol of the rowdy. Yet this is exactly whi
of the police estimates, which will cIt down til
u force by five hundred men,