Smyrna times., 1872-08-14


Reynolds, who assumes entire control of the
paper. Mr.. V. is going West, it is stated.
1t is also stated that the Dclawore and Harry
land Sentinel, of Wilmington, temperance
paper, published by Mr.. James Devine, and
edited by Revs. Thos. L. Poulson and G. D.
Watson, has " gone where the woodbine
twineth."
THE Democratic State Convention, at Dover
yesterday, was political Babel. When the
resolutions were presented the meeting was
barely saved from open rupture, judging from
our report. John O'Byrne, with a resolution
in keeping with the Cincinnati platform, was
completely snubbed, while the Bourbons, who
find Uuncle Horace more of polical Jonah
than an acceptable standard bearer, were una
bic to map out chart to stear their craft by
and every thing in the shape of resolutions
was laid on or thrown under the table. This
had to be done to keep peace in the family. -"
G. W. Wright, Esq, of Georgetown, ex-
Secretary of State, was nominated for Con-
gress, much TO the disappointment of Mr.
Biggs, who rather expected that his strength
would give him an additional lease beyond the
allotted two terms. But his strength was
impotent Mr. Wright is young mau has
made several crossroads speeches, ard is in
Figh favor with the ring, which is his CHEZ
recommendation. In the makeup of the Con-
vention we notice several anti-ringers among
the Officers-a tub to the g Polly whale.
The absurdity of the Democratic party, in
this campaign, is only equalled by the dis
honesty Of the position it assumes In aban-
donlng all the principles for which it has here
tofore contended, and in going to the ranks of
its enemy to get general to lead its army it
has been forced into position that it does not
pretend to explain, unless the watchword Of
anybody to beat Grant y be accepted as the
explanation. In this State the members of
the party freely admit that their position is
stumbling block to their own feet, but while
many are willing to thus stumble and vote for
man they utterly hate, personally and politi-
cally, upon platform they thoroughly repudi-
ate, many more will dissent from the issue
forced upon them and will either withhold their
votes or vote for Grant. Those who may do
the latter insist wisely, that inasmuch as they
have no basis to act upon but that of expedi.
ency, they believe it more expedient to vote
for Grant than for Greely. Inasmuch as they
have to vote for " Radical" they will vote
for the more conservative of the two, even
though he were nominated by the party with
whom they have heretofore refused to act. The
campaign Is, to many persons, mere personal
contest, AMI many Democrats, not willing to
follow party dictation under the circumstances,
will = vote for the best man Grant.
How many there are in this State who will
thus vote there is, of course, no means of
knowing at the present writing, but that they
are numerous recent events lead us to believe.
At the meeting of the straight-outs," in
Newark, last Saturday, it was stated by those
interested in the meeting that there are sixty
Democrats in that Hundred alone, white
Clay Creek who will not vote for Greeley and
Brown. In most of the other Hundreds there
Is "a like detection, especially New Castle and
st. Georges, where scores will adhere to the
old Tag. Where there is no organized opposi-
ton, like that organized at Newark, the dis
sent Is nor" or less suppressed, but that there is
deep latent feeling against the ticket is very
evident . 3''a-tcful is Greeley to many
Demo"r''- :. unity that the Deia,carean,
we are informed by members of the party in
this town, has been induced to take down"
the names of the nominees from its "mast
head lest its subscribers execute their ex-
pressed intention of withdrawing their sub
scriptions.
Nothing but ''the cohesive power of public
plunder" could make the Democracy of this
State accept the nomination, at all and it is
only by the whip and spur of the party lash
that as many accept as appears on the surface.
1t is therefore absurd to represent the Greeley
movement as a non-partizai one, or as "an
uprising of the people," Party tendencies
have not changed in this State While, as 0
party, the Democrats pretend to ndorse Mr.
Greeley, they curse him, and in face of tho
platform their party has swallowed, the,
Invited only white men to their ratification
meeting yesterday. They still spurn the negro
and his rights, and vote for the champion o.
both; they condemn Grant and his "bayone
rule" lku klux laws) and yet adopt as thei
candidate the greatest champion of this rule
whose only complaint was that the rule wa,
not more severe; they oppose the civil right,
laws, and vote for the most radical of its de
tenders. In short they vote for man whom
they curse, simply because the marty ba,
decreed It. What, as Mr. Dean asks. wonIG
nave been the result if the party had nomina
ted Fred Douglass? He Ia n man ~ :. ,,,,,al