The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-12-04

p FRaL EDITORS On THE RESULT
MrEAr HALSTEAD THINKS A UNlO.
, OF THE OPPOSITION on GREELE,
WAS IMPOSSIBLE
The question If fn>irg incnns,uor
elements into - political Whole ha,
been pretty definitely settled by til,
, Presidential canvass just closed. I'll,
) J.;l"ral Republican m",rmen, hry:,,
/ with an elt"r, fo hiring into ronsricni
~ uf",uS in unr liz, II aud civil srrv,c,
systems. 4 ~, n. liberal yol cy ,..
ward the States aud renp! Of til,
South WAS primarily incidental. Tai.
main question which h,"r:l,t alnmt /:
>r!ism in the Republican ranks an.
n''inat"d IN the assembling "f III,
Cincinnati CONVENTION were .l.csr n
he ta,iIf ard the civil service. Had
he leaders nf this movement succeed
81 IN rrtaining their 4 asp mp"n ill.,,
Convention Il candidate would hay,
been selected Whose views we've in ur.
ror|anrr will. Those If thu leaders al
the Liberal cause. Isu. ,lnv lost
their g,ip before the decisive n,ovc-
m:ent came. and ont of the Infusion ",
tie POLITICIAN emerged the form ut the
most y a|"us l'soterlinnist in the Uhitr.!
States. To le sur,. it was runsStrn,
f"' Liberal Republicans ~ snrpn,t Mr.
Greeley after the ta,iif question had
m.n .li~lmsrd If aud II III. liz. received
from The candidate ti,a, be wonl,i 40,
n'nkr il an Administration issue, -
II Bat how could Democrats
supper, NJ. Greeley, VII" had. xrrrs,-
I'll ,I" hope tia, whoever should white
his rpitapi wo,ll h. al,'i to i,srr;h,
nl"n h,s tombstone that h. had tl,r!
in ""thin. indebted to ii patty w"irl.
J." ''rtrS!rsl and ah!,arrr,i, and to whiri,
he lin applied The nmst "ppro;.i,o,.>
rrltlieis I" III innn,l in y vnrabular,
mere extensive aud vi.u,ons than iI,n,
ut any w,itrr If the language i.l+nti-
tied with m"d"rn journalism. 4
Now, M,MrrG The Liberals and the
Democrats aud their candidate there
vas bar u single bound If =, mImtly ut
s's!isi.nt strength, Ia Iln.l them to-
; .rt|Ier. and that was reconciliation
nnl differentiation. This i'm
perfect union WAS an inherent def. ct
shat nn management could who'll,
",r,cnl!M' III the hi. timm that rlap>..s
IIr'wern t!c budding vi the Baliinn,,.
Convention amd the November cl.r-
ton. No heat or enthusiasts Of a
rmi"'a'nr" li:!, tnnu.', to fuse the
PARTS int" II sl"wi.. Whole cnnld lu.
cnv"'. ed CiM.innn'i Commercial.
THE rAsSIyE Policy SHOULD HAVE
! BEEN ADOPTED AT BALTiMi,Hf..'
The ,rSu I wnuli have been ,|iile,cu,
Eni for one fatal mistake. That mis-.
take WAS tbs. denomination of Mr..
Greeley ut Baltimore. That r,uumi-
sIaiion s::"nitl uevrr have been ,.,a.,r.
W. argued a."i,>t it NJ the time, be-
cause We i''Tsaw It's evil effect. Il,
hid not IN Ing Dir. Greeley th"ns;,m,l
Democratic votes that lie would ~,
hay" received without it, nn,l it re-.
l"'Ird half II million "f Republican
,n,'s that he would have rrrriy.l
but for it. The Democratic rruo,nina-
tin. nut only made him Democrat.
Int II n''l" linn -u>in. the partisan
lang"age ri the cansaSs--a traitor.
From the Republican, partisan point OF
view he had not only s",l,irn!y be-
come Il traitor. int he had ,ln,p so To
secure Il Democratic rrn"ninat;nn.-
IL Before, the Baltimore event
II vide and formidable revolt in the
Republican party seemed imvitah -;
after Baltimore, il Wcan,e impossible.
Hri",e Baltimore. it VAS an in,lrppn-
dent 'rhrI;inu supported ly the Dcmn
c,atic masses: after Baltimore, il
seemed I" Ic pre- arranged desc,tio,.
to the Democracy. and tor that reason
1t WIS permitted to awin,lic to the in
>i:nitiran, p'"i"'ti tons wl'irl 1t exl,ihi-
ted in the canvass The Baltimore
Convention did not intend to kill :!,r
movement; h"t it dis! ctfrctuaiiy kill
it. The Democracy should
not have made ~ n",r.'u;,ion ~, all
it should have formal. aud cnns,,icu-
"usly withdraw from, the field, am
n"nnct;i it's ,cs"ln,iom nt {" make :,
c"n,r>t Tor tn" Presidency, either w,,i,
its own rartli,iaIr ar any either raHdi.
date. and thus yielded f.htin. ground
I" Any foe "i the Administrator that
might take lis place. This MAS tie
passive Policy" 1t >Isoul.. have bc.,
adopted t"i"rr The Cincinnati Convrn.
'i'n. Had it been so adopted and
strictly a'!r,rtl (" the Liberal npp..i-
lin {" President Ora ( wn,!,l have
burst int" The l.r"l,",t."ns Of 81 power.
f.i popular movement, and IT'S iI"ini-
nee wl,"rvrr he might have been.
w"nl,l have been elected. over Gran,
as certainly an.! tcri>ively rs Brown
was elected Governor of Missouri over
NcCiur in lS1O --TSt T,uis K.n,l,