The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-07-27
2olitial Affairs.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
Democratic Nominations.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. .

The Boston Post says The FIRST thing
the Administration press was expected to
do, was TO attempt to belittle the motives
Of this union Of th, opposition forces, BY
subiecting them to the measure of its own
selfish conceptions. 1t is not likely to
comprehend that this revolution In politics
is a profound popular movement, that il s
not to be thwarted in the attainment Of It's
aims, either by misrepresentation or do.
ceitfnl appeals to past fears. But it will
advance to its triumph in efiecting the res.
cue of an imperiled Government. The Dem
ocracy are wholly responsive to its spirit,
both in their principles and their policy.
Both we're made the basis of the reform
action at Cincinnati. That the policy now
adopted az Baltimore is the true one for
the crisis, the proofs are crowding in from
every quarter OF the Union.
The New York Egeaiag Erprcss says -
The nominations at Baltimore were as
nearly unanimous as possible, and hence
those who beliye in party usages cannot
ignore the present or the past. Party men
are bound by their own preeedents to sus.
tain regular nominations, while those who
feel more free 10 act, will need no such
pressure TO vote for men whose election
will establish reform, and secure harmony
to the people, and the reign Of a eonstitn
tional government in the place of bayGnets.
The Harrisburg Patriot says The uni
ty Of every element OF opposition to Grant
has been dccreed by the only power that
the Democracy recognize as vested with
the right to decree their union. The rep
resentatiyes Of the organization, in solemn
council assembled, with unexampsd una
nimity have made these nominations as the
best and liittest things to do to save the
Republic. Party zeal and party lines yield
to the demands of the nation for peace,
for relief from tyranny, aud for good gov
ernmeut, and all who love their country
and respect the traditions and usages Of the
Democracy will follow when its standard is
uplilted.
the Baltimore Convention has met, per
formed its labors with unauimity, harmony
AID an unfeigned enthusiasm in the nomi.
nation Of its ndidates-Horace Greeley
and B. Gratz Brown, for President and
Vice President Of the United States-the
campaign against misrule may be consider
ed fairly opened. 1t becomes us now to so
combine and labor as to show that the
brave and patriotic action Of the undivided
Democratic party at Baltimore was wise,
and that lis wisdom will be, on the first
Tuesday Of November, justified by the
American people. At all events, the Dem.
ocracy have shown that tAey are capable of
rising equal TO o great occasion-such an
occasion as rarely occurs in politics and
they have shown m tinsel6shness aud
self.abnegaton, in a country's behalf, with
out parelel in the history Of political par
ty. Success, unqualified and resplendeut,
should crown such action--and We doubt
not will-and every possible effort should
be put forward that we fall not short ofthe
contemplated triumph.
That the Radical party, under the nomi.
nal leadership Of General Grant, but the
real leadership Of Morton, Conkling, and
others of the same class, are perhaps, for
the first time, quaking before the daily ac-
cumulating strength Of the advancing hosts
Of reform, is obvious enough. Ia many
ways, through their leading presses and
speakers, and by thousand signs borne
hither and thither on the political atmos
phere, truth is becoming very plain that
the once insolent, self confident Radical
party, stepped TO the eyes in every form
Of abuse, have lost their old self sastaining
confidence, aud do not look forward TO a
contest with their combined opponents
withouta we'll grounded dreadas 10 the result.
This is new feeling and new nantes
taiion with the dominant party. Hitherto
they have put themselves in order and
marched 10 battle, with full assurance of
success. Certainly never before did they
months before the day of election, when
hardly the campaign is begun, show such
fearful looking for Of Judgment against
them by the people as they do now
Washington Patriot.
The Richmond Enquirer says We have
nominated Mr.. Greeley because We believe
he will be voted for by at least million of
Republicans; aud if so, with our votes add
ed, he will be elected, and the government
ofthe country will be changed. We Of the
South, shall get rid Of the plundering and
carpet bagger governments, and the Feder-
al offices amoag us will be intrusted to the
keeping Of those we can respect, while our
own people will be restored to full par
tcipa,ion in the affairs of the country
They will again feel like Americans, and no
longer be strangers in the land Of our birth.
This will be worth all the sacrifice Of pride
and feeling that We now make TO elect Mr.
Greeley. We appeal TO our veterans who
are almost ready to drop off the stage Of
life, to assist in this restoration of their
children to all the rights and privileges Of
their birth. Leave them as an inheritance
at least a country to love, if you cannot
glvo them a fortune TO enjoy. Do not per-
sist in your selfish purpose to die carsing
the land OF your nativity. This is the peo-
pies movement, and tho Democratic party,
throws itself into the current to help i.
along--to insure success--and vita its great
aid the triumph Of Liberal Republicanism
will be complete.
ExConfcderate General D. II. Hill says
in his paper, The Southern Home:
We hoist to-day tho Greeley and Brown
flag with great dead Of satisfaction.
Many Of the best men Of the South look
doubtfully at Mr. Greeley, He has been a
life.long Aboiitionist. he has been the
avowed enemy of the South, He has said
the hardest and bitterest things Of the Dem.
ocratie party. His record up to '65 put him
in open antagonism to all our cherished
ideas and sentimenta. Notwithstanding all
this, We intend 70 support him just as cor
daily as we do Gratz Brown. We have no
fault to find with those whose honest con
yictions put them in opposition. They uu.
darstand fully that every vote against Mr..
Greeley is a vote for the thieyish despotism
Of Grant and the maintenance Of carpct,bag
roguery at the South: If good and true
men prefer the continuance Of a
rule that has robbed tho South of more
than $500, 900, 900, we regret their deci-
sion, but do not call in question the honesty
and purity Of their motives.
The Brooklyn Times, heretofore Radical.
has come out ia favor OF Greeley and