Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

! North vigorous prosecution of the war.
| We support Horace Greeley moi because
Of amy Of these things, but in spite of
them. Nor BECAUSE of this support do We
consider him any the less Republicans, or
ourselves any the less Democrats of the
| good old school.
No man i'm the whole land understands
this better than Horace Greeley himself, or
has better expressed it.
When, in that admirable speech lie made
few days ago in Maine, ne told the peO-
pie Of Portland "that the hope that bis
election would hasten the much desired
departure of thieving carpet-baggers, had
reconciled to the necessity of supporting
him many who would otherwise have
hestated and probably refused" he put
the whole thing in d nutshell.
The reason, irresistible ana ovep,ower-
ing, that impels TO support Horace Gree
ley, is that there is All absolute necessity
laid upon us of the South SO to do.
We speak as Southern men, confessing
openly that we desire to promote the " ell
fare of the land Of ouI birth, before that OF
any other land.
The salvation Of the South imperatively
demands speedy return to cOnst titJtional
government. The overthrow OF carpet
baegers and scal!awags, and the restoration
to political power of the true MEN OF tue
South, means a restoration to constitu-
tional government and nothing more aI.d
nothing less.
Horace Greeley and the people Of the
| South are, then, i'll thorough accord upon
the great, paramount issue now before us.
1t was apparent to all thinking lnen
that the Democratic Party, unaded and
alone, was pOwerless to restore t" us the
blessing of constitutional government as it
was apparent to them that it was the
| one thing needful for us Of the South.
1t Was apparent, also, that i'll the old Re-
publican party there was al element
respectable, both for its integrity, It's tai
ent and It's numbers, who concurred iii the
opinion that the powcrs of the Federal
Government had been increased to ali ex-
| tent so alarming and SO illegal that patriot
ism demanded that there should at once
be return TO the Old paths.
These men called themselves Liberal
| Republicans, and with them the Democrats
i determined to form ali alliance if possible.
! At Cincinnati the Liberal Republicans met
III Convention and nominated Horace
Greeley. At Baltimore tue Democrats met
i'll Convention, and they, too, nominated
Horace Greeley. The alliance between the
two parties which, though separate and dissn
tinct in organization, had yet Il common
purpose and common leader, was then
complete.
One single considerably N viii show the
advaIi,age to the South Of putting f raard
Horace Greeley. 1t would not have been
in accordance with human nature for tn"
New York Yributc to have supported amy
other man with the same zeal That il gives
to Mr.. Greeley. Our aeeess to the columns
Of that paper gives the South access To a
great mass of Northern readers that ""
could have reached by no other means, and
thereby affords us, for the first time, an OPP
portunty of presenting the Southern side
of the cast, 10 Northern readers. We have
no fear of the result when time lIld op-
portunity stall have been given lis TO pre-
sent the truth. This cOnsiteral ion, ofitselt,
was sufficient upon mere grounds Ot policy
alone to turn the scale in favor of Mr.
Greeley.
This is ii plain statement of the ease.
The Liberal R,.publiraI,s h;tv" tot sold on
to tile Democrats, nor have the Democrats
sold out To tine Liberal Republicans, mon
Lavc they fused and formed a new party,
one ana iuliviSibe.
The two organizations, still separate and
distinct, have simply formed All alliance,
offensive and defensive, for the purpose Of
restoring constitutional government, rs th,
one thing nccdtul la the peace aud nos
pcrity of the country. Only this and nutll-
ing more.
Can any old line Wing or OLD line
Democrat III :he South object 10 this , We
think not.