The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON ID. C. July IL. 1872.
TIE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

yesterday WAS cOnSulninateu tnc
grand bargain and sale of the dissatis-
fed Republicans Of all their profcssed
principles to the Rebel Democratic
party assembled in convention at
Baltimore A few glittering words
in platform erected at Cincinnati,
and which it is we'll known can never
bind the coalition leaders, is all the
pretence of consideration received for
the greatest sacrifice of principles and
the most glaring political apostacy
which this side of the war of REBEL
ion, has ever disgraced American
politics.
Springing as this movement did out
of the greed for Office on the part OF
two Senators, who could not, save by
a revolution, retain their seats in that
body-Shurz having given his own
State to the Democrats, and only re-
naming as spy in the camp of those
who raised him to prominence, for the
purpose of asserting his Republican
ism and thus adding new bobs to
the kite of his ambition, and Trum-
ball having by his vote in favor of An
drew JOhnson's misdemeanOrs in Of
fee, lost all hope of retaining conf
dence of the Republicans of his State
to the extent of a reelection-though
neither of these fathers of the new de-
parture could control its movements,
which Of them shall not receive the
benefits of its successive; a reelec-
tion as Democrats to Republican
seats they had forfeited, in case the
new party succeeds.
Marshaling all the soreheads of
the Republican party together, so far
as this anything-tO-beat- -Grant-party
is composed of other than Democrats,
it is made up of disappointed Office
seekers and those ex-Ofiice holders
whose services have been dispensed
with bv the present administration.
With these slender accessions, the
party which acknowledged itself de-
feated in advance have recruited their
decayed force, and now propose to
march upon the solid phalanx of the
progressive party that during twelve
years past has achieved more glori-
Gus political victories than any
which have been achieved during the
entire existence of the nation. Thus
suddenly grown corpulent but more
unwieldy by the swallowing of its en-
emies alive, the foregon defeat of De-
mocrats before the lcgiOns Of Grant
and Wilson is to me as clear as the
bright sun at noon-day.
MUTTERINGs OF THUNDER TO COME.
The n. Y. World (Democratic)
calls the Baltimore Convention cut
and-dried affair, and Yields no amiablc
assent to the nominations. 1t is yet
doubtful which way it will move du-
ring the campaign. Ifthe dissenting
Democrats grow in Importance and
numbers between this and next Sep
tember, from present indications the
World will lead party whose aim
is to resusciate the Democratic party
and to denounee the departure to
Greeley.
I The Chicago Times Democratic)
has just announced that it cannot nor
will not espouse the cause or labor
for the election Of Greeley, that it
will not support him, even as lesser
evil, and washes its hands of all re-
sponsibility for his election, If he
shall be elected, but will do every
thing that it is still possible to do to
arrest the bad and dangerous tenden-
cles Of the times"
These two papers are the most tai
cnted and influential Democratic pa
pers in the cummunitv, and their set
tied attitude of defiance and sullen
discomfort with the Vaccinations of
the leaders of that party is signiii-
cant sign of the want of harmony
which exists among the members Of
the Democracy on the subject OF the
change of base that has been forced
upon their party.
sTRAws SHOW THE COURSE OF THE
tnsdst2 rn WIND. af
Inover recognize the argument of
betting, but it has something to do
with the confidence Of opinion on the
side that wager is laid. Thus in
Baltimore, Immediately after the NOM
ination of Greeley and Brown, the
supporters of Gen Grant offered bets
freely on his election, and could get
no better term than to put up 800,
against $25. by any Of the Greeley
men. Even the liberals who are pos