The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-06-01
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Giviaao " the GHOST.

Convention in Baltimore, what becomes of the
Democratic party It is routed, horse, foot and
dragons. The endorsement Of Greeley will
carry the great mass of the politicians of the
party, but the Democrats who are not politicians
who are not ambitious for any official position,
who are not absolutely ruled by the party dicta-
ton and controlled by the party lash, will be as
free to vote for Grant as Greeley. And the party,
when it undertakes to say that its voters shall
cast their ballots for Republican, will find that
the individual voter will in many cases claim the
right of choosing the Republican for whom he
casts his ballot. He will feel just as much at
liberty to vote for Grant as for Greeley.
The Democrats who are anxious to accomplish
any good for the Southern portion Of the party
WILL like General Mosby, decide that it is best to
give their votes for that party that has power to
carry out their promises. Heretofore the great
hue and cry has been about the deprivation of a
large number ofSouthern men who were engaged
in the rebellion, of the right to vote and to hold
Office. This prohibition being in the shape Of
constitutional amendment and could not be re-
voked except By two-thirds vote in both Houses
of Congress This count in their indictment has
become a dead letter. On Wednesday of last
week the bill for removing the disabilities under
which about $50, 900 Southern people were de-
prived of the right to vote and hold Office was
passed by two-thirds vote. The only excep-
tions to the bill include about 400 or 500 people.
So this action of Congress, the bill having been
signed by President Grant, puts the question OF
amnesty ont of the canvass. 1t is settled. But
they may say that there are others yet. So there
are. And if the Democrats who vote are anxious
to trade votes for the purpose of having these
disabilities removed, they had better give them
to the candidate of the Republican party, as that
party has the power of aiding them while the
other has not 1t must be remembered that it
takes two-thirds vote of both Houses of Con-
gress to remove taese disabilities. This the Dem
ocrats do not have and we consider ourselves
safe in saying that the next Presidential term
will expire before that party has such majority.
Then votes given to Greeley for this purpose will
be thrown away.
The question of civil service reform is one that
cannot be much aided by Mr.. Greeley under the
management OF the Democratic party. The can
vass, if the Democrats endorse Greeley, will be
run in every State in the Union and in every
county in every State by the Democratic COM
mittee under the dctation of Democratic politi-
clans. When Greeley goes to the White House,
these, according to all the rules and customs of
politics. will claim the right to dictate the ap-
pointments. This claim will come with such ir-
resistible force that the sage of Chappaqua will
be unable to resist it, even should be entertain
suspicion of the decisions by which be would be
swayed. He will find himself Eat the mercy of
rude stream" The hungry Democratic poll
ticians and office seekers would outnumber the
Liberal Republicans ten 10 one and they would
secure nine Offices out of every ten in spite of Mr..
Greeley's disposition, If he entertained any such,
to stand in the way of it. With the best of in
tention and the most patriotic motive on the part
of Mr.. Greeley, TammAny would remove its head
quarters from New York TO Washington. Rebel
Ku-Klux would find their way into the District
Attorneys and Marshals' Offices from the Poto-
mac to the Rio Grande. Then the facts that
have been true of the State governments will be-
come true of the United States government
Ku-Klux would be on the United States juries
and Ku-Klux be District Attorneys. Would any
Ku-Klux be punished under this arrangement,
for the practice of outrages upon loyal whites
and blacks? Every loyal man would be at the
mercy OF the Ku-Klux. And this would be in
spite Of Mr.. Greeleys wish in the premises and
in spite of the wish. of the better PORTION of the
Democratic party. The demagogues and politi-
cal plunderers would rule the Offices and control
the administration.
While the election of Republican on a Re-
publican platform by Democratic votes would
secure the spoils for the Democratic politicians,
the Democratic party would be dead, though the
support of Greeley by them would secure for the
spoil-hunters what it were impossible for them
to secure by square Democratic fight as fought
in days gone by. IfMr. Greeley is not elected
with their support, then the Democratic party,
by voting for him, acknowledges its inability to
elect President and consents to its dissolution
as party.