The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-05

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The Democratic Convention has
been called to meet Mt Baltimore ON
the 9th of July, and there il great
deal of speculation as TO its probable
action. The question il whether II
will ratify the Cincinnati nomination
II Is question which makes man
rub his eyes as he reads It, viii the
Democratic party nominate HORACE
GREELEY for President Are we to
hear Democratic orators gravelv de-
manding purity Of administration and
and advocating Horace Greelve 2
The inevitable laugh would seem TO
be dangerous to the chances of sue
cess. We are Indignantly told, how
. ever, that a candidate cannot be
laughed down. Very possibly. But
whoever should see huge banner
: hanging from Tammany Hall and in
scribed, Regular Democratic nomin-
: alton; for President, Horace Greeley.
: of New York" may at last be per-
: mitted to smile.
We are aware that desperate cases
demand desperate remedies, and the
case Of the Democratic party is Ger
tainly desperate Ii was somewhat
so when it thought ofnominating Mr..
Chase in 1863 But Tammany would
not have thought of him had he been
already nominated as Republican Of
any kind, as Mr. Greeley has been.
nd hat -
now inclines the Democratic party to-
ward him General Blair is under
stood to have worked zeal0usly for the
result at Cincinnati Many Demo-.
cratic papers have declared for Mr..
Greeley Privately every body has
heard the most orthodox Democrats
cry, "Hurrah for Greeley" The
/ World insists that at least until he is
nominated it may argue that he ought
not to be, as if suspeeting a resistless
tendency in its party TO accept him as
candidate And that excellent
Democrat, Mr.. Benjamin Wood, fa-
miliar to all New Workers for his pa
triotic devotion and absorbing pas
sion for the publication of politics, re-
marked at a meeting of Democratic
club, when warmly praising Mr..
Greeley, that ''in an interview he i'm
plicitly stated to me that he would
not leave the field because Of any
nomination made at Philadelphia, but
that the failure of the Democratic Con-
vention to indorse him might effect
this" Mr. Wood drew the moral
that his friend Mr. Greeley implied,
that if the Democrats did not accept
him he would probably turn them
over to sure defeat.
The Democratic Convention can
nominate regular Democratic candi-
dates, or it may select man like Me-
Charles Francis Adams, who has no
strong party sympatbies, or il may
ratify Mr. Greeley's nomination. or it
may decide to make no nomination.
The last course would be a formal
dissolution ofthe party, and will hard
" be adopted. To nominate Mr..
Adams would paralyze the party en-
thusiasm, upon which so much de-
pends while Mr. Adams himself
would be seriously weakened if he
were the regular Democratic eandi-
date Many would have voted for
him had he been nominated at Gin
cinnati who would not support him
under the new circumstances.
Should Mr.. Greeley be nominated
by the Democratic Convention, he
would not be so strong candidate
as many suppose. The theory of his
strength in that position is, that he
would be supported by the entire Dem
Ocratic vote and the whole Cincinnati
disaffection. But this seems to US
misrepresentation. The great bulk Of
his Republican support would dissp-
pear if he were the formal Democratic
candidate Republicans would under
stand that the necessary bargains that
must follow! such a nomination to
make its success even probable would
be a betrayal of their principles
ana = ~. :.:.i a;.ies .e,s M viii ss:a tie Re-
publicans withdrew, the nomination
of Republican by the Democratic
Convention could only be interpreted
as a virtual dissolution of the party.
It's conservative element would in
body support the certainty of prosper
Gus stability with General Grant rath-
er than the wild chaos of the future
upon which che election of Mr.. Gree
ley would usher the country The
Democratic Convention could not
well hold its party if it nominated Mr.
Adams; it would inevitably dis
perse it if it nominated Mr.. Greeley.
There is another view which the
Cincinnati gentlemen may well pom
der. The spectacle of Horace Gree
ley and following of angry Repub-
lieans combined with the late rebels
and the Copperhead organization to
defeat General Grant and the Re-
publican party would excite an indig-
nation and disgust in the patriotic
heart of this country, in which the
wounds and terrible memories of the
war and the struggle which led to it
are still fresh and sacred, so profound
that there would be another uprising
of the loyal people which would carry
Grant as triumphantly into the Presi-
dency as he and they carried the I'm
ion army to victory. One of the fatal
errors at Cincinnati was the supposi-
tiop that, because the war is over, the
war is practically forgotten. COnse-
quently the hold of Grant upon the
heart of the people is not understood.
Editors and politicians and people
with grudges and dreamers and the
orists, and MANY honest and generous
men, easily forget But the people
long and faithfully remember When
the election comes that memory will
vote.
The other course open to the Con
vention is the nomination of regular
Democratic candidates, Mr. Hen
dricks, of Indiana, and Mr. Bayard, of
Delaware, for instance. for Vice-P Pres