New-York tribune., 1872-06-19
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
NARY. Am E4EMoCRATIC CONVENTION

CIfY DEMOCRATIC PRESS COMNG AROUND |
10 GREELEY.
IBx TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNBl
RnrTrNoRc june Is.-The Democratic party in |
MARYLAND Is so overwhelmingly for Greeley that the
feeling amounts practically to unanimity. The
state Cotyeuton which meets tomorrow in this
city, to select delegates TO the National Convention,
will undoubtedly give expression to the enthusiastic
sentiment Of the party by the adoption of resolutions
ndorssg the Cincinnati ticket in hearty and plain
spoken language large number of prominent
politicians from all parts Of the State have already
arrived here 10 attend to-morrow's Convention.
They all talk the same way, and say that there
never was the slightest doubt of the course Mary
land would take from the day when Greeey's nomi-
nation was announced Many of them express a
pr5de in this and declare that in cordial support
of the Cincinnati platform and ticket they
believe that Maryland leads all the States 1t is graft
fying to hear expressed on all hands thorough ap-
probation Of the real meaning Of the Liberal move
ment The Democratic leaders do not speak of join
inc hands with il as a matter of policy to get In
power and as if such course was last resort to
save their party from defeat the contrary, they
talk with obvious earnestness and patriotic zeal OF
the glorious opportunity that is offered to bring
about a genuine reunion between the North and the
Sonh on the basis of peace and good will, and they
say that il is fitting that Maryland should take
leading part IN this good work. from her geographic
cal position and from tnc stIOnB lcs VI
and interest which her people have with both
sections. succession of informal gatherings of
delegates 10 the State Convention have
been held to-day in the rooms of the Hon. MOntgom-
erv Blair and other prominent men at the various
hotels The comparison of views and information
at these gatherings makes it probable that tomor-
rows Convention viii be almost of one mind. Dele
gates from back country districts who came to the
city fearing TO learn that the other portions of the
State were not prepared TO join the Greeley move
ment and that their own constituents had gone too
fast have teen delighted to find that they were
only abreast with the general public opinion of the
State Many of the county conventions held to
select representatives in the State Convention have
not waited E0r a declaration from the latter body,
but have passed strong resolutions ratifying the
Cincinnati ticket Here, for example, is the declara
Iion Of the Baltimore County Convention held yes
teTday:
Southern brethren appeals strongly to our sympathies
that the enforcement Of odious and oppressive enact
ments. by means Of military power III times OF peace;
the arrest and Imprisonment Of citizens upon nsy pre-
walton Of Irresponsible carpet-baGgers to office; in
short, the general corruption, tmbechty, and ne
potism which have characterized the present Ad
Innistration have rendered it odious in the eyes
OF the people, ara ITS remGya ta - strongly % &
pared to join heartily with any party persons who
eTned 6y patrotic motives will assist In the effort
peace and harmony within the borders OF our com
u
ResoiSed That we are in favor of the principles
elated in the Cincinnati platform, and will unhesitatngy
support the Hon. Horace Greeley for President and H.
Gratz Brown for VieefTesdent. 60 ,,o s.o. co,
venon be directed to vote for no representative TO the
National Convention whose views are not In eonsonanee
with the foregoing.
What gives such resolutions all the more worth is
the fact that the men who adopt them have no pO-
litical advantage to gain from at1liaton with the
Liberal movement. The Democratic party is in 30
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the whole machinery of municipal, county, and
State governments 1t is therefore no expectation
of getting power and Office by forming new combina
tions that lies at the bottom of the powerful Greeley
sentiment which prevails here If the State
were close and in the hands of the Ad-
minstratiOn party, such charge might
be made but as il is, there is question of inter-
est involved. The spontaneity and substantial una
nimity Of the feeling obviously springs alone from
very thorough and honest conviction that the good
of the country demands the defeat of Grant, and
that Mr. Greeley can best unite all the elements of
the opposition and make his defeat certain. Only
one county isIepOrted to have taken action hostile
70 the Cincinnati ticket. That is Cecil County,
which borders upon Delaware and, perhaps, gets
some political influence from that State There the
delegation to the State Convention was instructed
to oppose the Endorsement of Greeley and Brown
In Baltimore the enthusiasm for Greeley is very
great Everybody wears white hats, and the hat
stores display scarcely any other kind of head gear
In day spent entirely in conversation with leading
men in business and public life l have heard
nothing but warn advocacy of Greeley's nOmina-
tion by the National Democratic Convention. In
the ward meetings held to elect delegates to the
State Convention the tickets were headed with
Greeley's name. There were brisk contests in sew
eral wards. but il Was between men who were all
nnxious TO take prominent part in the new move
rnent and with this purpose srove to get into the
convention All the names on the competing tickets
were those of pronounced Greeley In this State
az elsewhere the people started the political reFou-
tion before the politicians generally had madeup
their minds what to do. There were a few men,
however of prominence in the Democratic party
who believed in the Cincinnati movement from the
start. and have warmly advocated the Endorsement
Of Greeley ever since his nomination Among them
NAV he mentioned the Hon. Montgomery Blair, the
Hon. Reyerdy johnson, the hon. John W. DAVIS,
State Treasurer; ex-Gov. Bowie, Mayor Vansant,
John T. Ford the well-known theatrical manageT'
end Col Harry GilmOr. The newspapers were
eIow TO catch the drift of the popular current pt
none of them mistake il now The Gazette, the Dem
oratc State organ, started Out.with pretty vlgor-
ous opposition TO anything less than a straght-out
marty ticket 1t has now so far changed its views
as 20 call to-day for united action OF all men opposed
IN Grant and to beseech the Democratic party to
sink all minor issues and in noble spirit of self
abneeaton TO raise 20 the hight Of the occasion, and
10 sh0w itself toersat of unaceustomed leadership,
looking less to parry distinctions than TO the
end "a be achieved The Ueutscbe Correspondent,
the influential German organ that has all along been
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