The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-09
Loud Walls from Out-and- Out
Democrats.
Call for a Convention on Sep
tember 8.
What Sumner, Sohrrz, Trumbul
and Fenton Have Done.


The following circular address has been issued by
the Democratic Executive committee
LOUISVILLE, August o. 1872
DEAR SIR-will you be kind enough to place this
circular In the hands OF active democrats In your
ton the purpose Of supporting the principles OF
our party as they win be proclaimed by the con.
ventiOn at Louisville, September 3 ? The utter
abandonment OF principles, evlnced by the coali-
ton between the spoilsmen and place-hunters In
Presidency is q sad evidence OF the de-
mOralizatOn and corruption now existing in our
and based f as is esgn Is
ments in the North and another in the
South, it must be repudiated and spurned by every
There are hundreds Of thousands who already
proclaim their purposes Of maintaining the demo.
cratic organization at all hazards The dsintegra-
IL selfevident that the democratic masses can elect
one of their own faith, instead Of lifelong enemy
like Greeley, who stil loudly asserts that he has
never abandoned his principles, and points proudly
yet to his record.
And such recOfdi
port principles, not men," agree to ialsify their
past life Dy casping hands with the worst men Of
the radical party-sumner, schurz, Trambnll, Fen.
ton and the thousand other leaders, who rally
around Greeley, and would control his adm mist g.
ton II his election can be secured? Who are the
emoluments Of this country and who have obtained
the support OF the trading politicians OF the Tam.
many school by promise OF dividing the spoilsS
without exception they are the bgOts, whose Bit
terness has been evnced for the past twenty years
In defamation OF their opponents. They are the
most ferocious, the most vilanous sentiments
about and against the Southern people women
and children as well as men) during the war, and
who have done most to develop and pass that legs.
lation since the war which true democrats de.
nOunce as subversive OF liberty and against the
spirit of our institutions. n
'Tbey are the men who have r,veted tho Smith in
is chains and burdened 1t with its increased debts
the proceeds OF which have gone into the poke Is
fortunes OF the people, and who turn to the new
ring and the Tammany alliance In order still fur
Their to enrich and ennoble themselves. Warmoth,
who has increased the debt OF Louisiana $46 900
In three years, whose fraudulent acts and william
Gus State legislation have been denounced in the
democratic papers from Maine to Texas is the
leader par excellence OF the chvalry of the South
His influence ut Cincinnati and the sixteen votes Of
his delegation insured the nomination of Greeley
and yet we are cO0ly informed that the people have
done 1t with enthusiasm! WarmOth can control
the registry IN Louisiana, and can elect by fraud
such candidates as ne Just as the Mayor q
the return ofcers for Mr.. Greeley. who cam II not
checked carry out the open assertion Of $4,000 ma
And Augustus Schell and others have written
urgent letters for the good OF the cause" that the
Louisiana democrats should work in harmony with
Warmoth. And II Is boldly proposed to place him
In the United States Senate as a reward for his
infamy. Can 1t be that the people are so degraded
as thus to sanction o premium for their own dis
hOnorY ID our body polite to be inocniated with
the base poison by fraud9 Is this u better method
Of securing our liberties than the partisan use of
those laws which were originated by the prOml-
nent leaders Of Mr.. Greeley's party, and placed
among our statutes to be enforced by the bayonots
of the present Administrations
shan we suffer our iDerfies TO- perish either hy
slow poison or by the sword; or, prefering rather
to maintain them and to insure free expression OF
the popular Will, shall We not make war against all
Can the people OF the South clasp hands with those
men who have wrOnged them from the termination
OF the war; Can Northern men cOndone such of.
fences by placing them in power In Texas-to re-
nstate Governor Pease, whose arbitrary course was
so nObly robuked and thwaTted by the generous and
statesuanlike acts or Hancock In Arkansas-to en-
dOrse Senator Rice, who was the first to concoct and
was installed In power and the infamous despOtism
which disgraces that State was brought into being
In Missonri-to load with honors Brown, who, In
August, 1868, outHerOded Herod for disfranchise.
ment and persecution, and recanted only when
Office was to be obtained and future plumber was
in vewP Blair, who came into the party to
Schurz, who, oudest OF all, "woud sweep
the South with the bosom of destruction" and
viewed the election OF democrat as the worst ca
lamty to befall the country only six months ago |?
McNoill, the butcher Of unarmed prisoners In
to honor Burbridgc, the most detested
Official during the war; and since, under the cor
rupt administration OF Bullock, which plundered
the State of many millions has been and Is accused
Of using his official station for private gain In
Warner, who never neglected to carry
out the most unreentlng crusades while the pay Of
his Office rewarded his efforts These and such
men whose antecedents are too well and too dis
gracefully known are to be the Southern leaders In
with those selected politicians who q
lous scoundre1sl II the fraudulent bargains are
executed by the selected cheftain Of the
clan cannot the people truthiully say par mobile
tdtr'oneS dn,bO?" And yet they dare to
sail under nag upon which they emblazOn hon.
estyl
In the North the leaders OF this movement are
known inCitp0
because OF their failure to receive the dispensing or
nom the government The entire cOali-
ton IL rope OF sand, with no cohesive power but
that OF plumber in prospective. The people have
always, and in all countries, placed the stamp OF
their condemnation upon similar bargains. They
viii do 1t again. The only precedent In history for
the immediate selection Of a deserter rs com
chief Is that Of Coriolanus, andfor the
democrats the comparison Is unfortunate. Corio
lanus betrayed his army and spared Rome when
she was PROSTATE at his feet. SO Mr.. Greeley,
with Sumner and other champions OF negro So
cial equality re-endorsed with emphasis since his
nomination. truculent advisers OF Capitalization
and tyrannical oppression Of their adversaries;
to them s ~ easne With h ,n' anS covennn with
DEATH" ready TO do anything for power and place,
will unscrupulousy betray their own followers II
necessary Tor their own advancement, even in the
hour Of victory Political parties are necessities
for the welfare ola country provided they advocate
fixed doctrines and present them to the people for
their decision Our party Is the party OF the future.
II will be fixed as rock In Its principles. Its
honesty OF purpose viii attract the support OF the
masses, and It's future viii be crowned with sue
ccss. The two radical factions which are now
hghting each other-for the Offices are actuated by
considerations OF individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The
leaders or each have We'd in efforts to egisate for
the black race alone, and to elevate them too sud-
DENY into controlling position, which education
and time can only tt them for.
The interests OF the white race--that vast ma
1ority OF our citizens who gain their living py the
honest sweat Of the brow--have been wilfully
neglected and their just claims ignored. Dema-
gogues have excited the passions of the Ignorant
anu politicians have secured their services without
any return " should be the duty Of our party to
wisely lcgislate for the benefit OF the tailoring
classes, educating, ecvatug, ameoratinQ their
condition, rejecting and reiutng the fanaticai doc
trines taught by protested friends who vet are
their worst enemies, and, by demonstrating that
we are their firm friends and faithful In our profess
eions, secure their powerful cooperation in the
OF society," restoration OF fraterna feeling between
the people OF all the states, and an unparalleled
prosperity under the constitution truly interpreted
and Justly executed.
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