Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-15
KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.
The leading and influential papers
Of Kentucky either oppose Greeley

The leading and influential papers
OF Kentucky either oppose Greeley
or i'll silence awaitthc Baltimore COLI
ventiom. 4 number of the very
ablest in the South, like the Mobile
Registcr,.New Orleans Bee, Rich
mond Enquirer, and others take the
same course. Tie following from
the Lexington Dollar Press, will
show the feeling of the Kentucky De-
mocracy:
.If the Liberal Republicans count
upon rallying the Democracy to their
support, because of. Il presumed per-
sonal hostility to General Grant. they
might aS well abandon the contest at
once. The Southern people have been
>orcly prosecuted for many years.
| They have hccuin" familiar with all
the form, of drspotic government.
They have sat ut the feet of Bullock.
Warunuth and Reid. ami have learned
that what Sumner calls the clvlliZa-
ton of New Ehglanl, means corrup-
ton, r"ltrnnc>s im!ilclitv. lawlcs>-
ness. crime. But they have not alto
GcilIrr taken leave of their sru>rs.
They Ito not hold Grant alone re
-poi-iblc. They arc not apt to forget
that TRANQUIL drew the Frcrhmcu>'
Bureau hill-an iniiuitv ri iniIuitic>
that Sumner protests that lie will
not be satisfied with anything less
than perfect social equality for the
negroes: that Greeley himself APP
proves the Ku-kluX bill ,and promises
to enforce it with all the power OF
the Fc,tcral Government. Many
good mel doubtless figured in the
Cincinnati convention. Many bad
men also we're there. Warnluth. the
prince of carpc!-ia"gcI>, WAS there,
and was hunurrd by the convention
rs its representative and spokesman
'in Louisiana. l;urbridgr. too-a
name that the people of Kentucky
will not willingly let die -parlicipa-
ted in the proceedings, and endorses
the platform and the nominations.
These things are not likely to give
weight to the Liberal movement in
Ncn;uckv. 1t will not do to cry cut
"anytlIinw 10 beat Grant We are at
war with the system. not the Prc-i-
dent: or, rs Carl Sclurz expresses it.
..u'In,, :, -,,t,r ,,, ,.,t
than To beat Grant: not anybody who
might. by cheap popularity or by
acute bargains and combinations. or
by all the tricks of political wire
pulling. manage 10 srrapr together
votes enough to be elected President.
We do not want Il mere change of
persons in the administration of the
Government: we want the overthrow
OF 4 pcrnicious system: We ant the
eradication of fragrant abuses: We
want a government which the best
people of the country VIII be proud
Of"
1t is clear that the Democracy have
nHi been. nor are they likely to be.
!~cnoralizcd by the Cincinnati nonl-
nations. Our organization aud moral
remain intact. The national convrll-
ton will be called. That it will
nominate candidates for the Prrsi-
dcnry and Vice Presidency is beyond
all doubt. provided there be Il ration
al hope of their election. BE this Il,
it may, the convention will be called
to make nominations. and its purpose
the onl.! purpose it can possibly
iiave-wiil be abandoned only when
II is made apparent that the great
objects of the Democratic party will
be more cticctuallv sub>crvcd by
ronbinin" with one or the other of
til" political organizations whose
candidates are already in the field.