Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1872-06-25
THE CANDIDATES.

Under this head the .ige, of yesterday, gives
expression to its views about the candidates, and
We make the following extract
ave have said, and repeat that always
have been and iii favor of the nomination Of n
Democrat at Baltimore We have named Chief
Justice Thompson, of Pennsylvania, not to pun
ourselves to candidate, but To express clearly the
kind Of candidate that We believe 1t to be the
interest Of the party to nominate at this time. II
we 60 out OF the Democratic party to take one OF
the candidates suggested to us from other quar-
tiers, the last tha, zoe ,oould take mo"d be Horace
Greeley. To do 30 is to sacrifice principle to en-
pediency-and to make, We believe, gigantic
blunder. We shall not reterate what we have
said on this subject. Prompted by neither passion
nor prejudice, our conviction remains mistaken
that the ability to elect Mr.. Greeley implies far
tior, the ability to elect good Democratic candi-
date. Anything that weakens the Democracy
strengthens Radicaism. In nominating Mr.. Gree
ley the Democracy will not make themselves
stronger but weaker for the conflict. We do not
feel called upon to abuse Mr.. Adams or Mr.. Gree.
ley. because they aspire to the Democrat nomlna-
ton 1t IS creditable aspiration. 1t may be that
they thus abandon long cherished opinions, but
erroneous. We are not for Greeley, yet whenever
the comparison is between him and Grant, we
certainly shall not deny the moral and intellectual
superiority OF Greeley. We are not for him. yet
We do not see how any Chr stan can say that he
sees NO difference between Greeley and Grant
There is as much difference as between the repent
ant and the unrepentant .thief Oh the cross" The
former was promptly admitted into Paradise.
Grant now Is and Greeley is not dangerous to
free civil government. In the last week OF the last
session OF Congress. the Appropriation bills were
jeoparded and delayed by Grants desperate efferts
to thrust into them the Ku.Klux bill and Enforce
ment bill. The aim of these bills was purely and
simply to afford a cover fer violent interference
with the elections, such as the Marines attempted
In this city two years ago by orders from Wash
ington. The chief danger to the stability OF tnis
government Is from intrgues and plots OF the crew
OF political desperadoes who hope to renew with
Grant, the same game that was played III France
with Louis Napoleon, and ended i'll national le-
graduation and ruin. Therefore we think there is
popular sagacity in the cry of "any body to beat
Grant"
He represents to-day the element that is most
dangerous to free Federal government. This, most
intelligent men see, well AS Charles Francis
Adams. We know that Mr.. Greeley sees it, some
what tardily. Nevertheless he does see it; with
this We credit him, and we would cheeifuly re-
ceive Mr.. Greeley into the Democratic party Oh
his eleventh hour repentance. But we see ne
proprlety in instantly setting HIM up as an ex-
ponent and example OF Democratic principles,
and the chosen candidate OF the party, before its
convention assemblies. Not by day or an hour
would We abridge the time for reflection on thi.
important matter. Ii the nomination OF Greeley
be the good thing II is said to be, it will keep I'll
the 9Th of July We refuse to accept the foregone
conclusion which the advocates OF that nomina-
ton wish to force upon the public mind. twill
be quite time enough to treat Mr.. Greeley as the
Democratic candidate after ne is nominated by the
democratic convention; if that event happen AS
his friends so confidently anticipate"