Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-01
The Path for Honest Men.

THE BUFFALO EVENING POST, AN OLD AND HON.
Est DEMOCRATIC PAPER, REPUDIATEs GREELEY
AND DECLARES FOR GRANT.
Mr.. George ]. Bryan, of the Buffalo Euening
Post, admirably states as follows his reasons for
spurning the nomination of Greeley, and for de-
claring in favor of the election of Grant and
Wilson
A lifelong Democrat, casting my first vote
for James X Polk for President in 1874. | have
for upwards OF quarter of a century maintained
the principles, and supported the candidates Of
the Democratic party. l did so with the pen
and upon the stump, whether fortune smiled or
frowned on our organization. did so in my in
dependent Buffalo EUeuiRg Post, despite the I'M
scrupulous and malignant opposition (not hon
orable competition) of the party hack or collar
organ, the Buffalo Daily Courier. claim to be
an old school Democrat, and derived my theo-
ries and views of Democracy not from the thev-
ing and degenerate Tammany Hall, not from
such gigantic robbers as Tweed Connolly and
Sweeny, or their Buffalo chum, Joseph, the
Scribe y but from the writings of Jefferson
Madison, and Monroe ,as interpreted in public af-
fairs by the old time-honered leaders of the party
such as Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren,, Silas
Wright and Thomas H. Benton. Four years ago
l sustained, as did over 2, 2,500000 Democrats
Horatio Seymour, of Oneida, for the Presidency.
He was conceded to be, even by his political OPP
ponente, statesman, scholar and a Christian
manly Convention Of pronounced Democrats
who dared proclaim their views upon all sub
jects. he was defeated at the polls by the pres
ent incumbent of the Presidential office but
there was no dishonor in the defeat We were
beaten but not conquered. Time passed on
Last year, thanks to the bold and mastery ex-
posures Of the New York D~ily Times "a pro-
lunced Grant paper, the colossal frauds Tam
many we're unearthed. 1t was shown that Tam
many Hall had become den of thieves II
was demonstrated that under the honored. the
reyered name of Democracy a set of unscrupu-
lous villains had committed robberes without a
parallel in the history of our country Honest
Democrats hung their heads in chagrin. and the
people Of our country were justly fired with in
dignation against the authors of such outrages.
1t was felt that blow had been struck at the
existence OF our republican institutions.
How did the leaders of the party treat these
frauds? Did the State Convention last fall
denounce them? Did its members pronounce
in unmstakable tones against the foul wrong
Nothing OF the sort. The resolutions adopted
were of milk-and-water character, and to crown
the insult the Iammsny delegates practically
stified the voice Of the Convention. In corrob-
oration Of the truth OF my assertion, have only
to remind my readers that the Buffalo Courier.
whose political editor-in-c chief is the acknowl-
edged chum of Big Thief Tweed. never fairly
and squarely condemned either Tammany or
the scoundrels who committed the robberiss.
AS illustrative Of my views Of real Democracy,
need only say that from the outset denounced
IN and out of my Post not only these frauds but
the dastards who perpetrated them The failure
OF the Democratic organization to face the mu-
SIC on them induced me to give but cold and
reluctant support to the State ticket last fall.
and that only in view of the chance that in the
Presidential contest of 1872 it might right
itself. But how stands the case Trading poll
ticians, renegades Tammany thieves, the fol-
lowers of the Brooklyn Ring and the leaders OF
the Buffalo one-horse branch OF the Tammany
llng have joined hands. Unrepentant Rebels.
the very worst elements North and South have
united upon one of the most unfit men in the
Union for President.
Horace Greeley, the very personi6cation and
embodiment OF all the isns that have ever afflic-
ted our land, has been nominated by the
automatons who met at Baltimore and called
themselves Democrats for the Democracy TO
vote for. What an insult to honest Democrats
What bare-faced fraud What stupendous
farce Barnum the king Of Snowman and high
priest OF humbugs, never did a sharper thing
| repndiate such a nomination l 20 further.
snail vote for and work for the election of
Ulysses >. Grant for President and Henry vii.
son Tor Vice President. President Grant is by
az edds the safest, the best man of the two.
HIS administration has been able, honest, and
patnotlc. The great business interests Of the
country never were more prosperous. We en-
JOY the blessings of peace and prosperity to an
unparalleled extent. l have an abiding faith in
the intelligence, in the patriotism, in the sober
second thought Of the American people. That
Faith induces me to eontidentially predict that
the nominees OF the Philadelphia Convention
Will be triumphantly elected. GEO. j. Bryan.
Buffalo, July 26, 1872