The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-08-31

MEssRs. EDIToRs IL had looked
forward to the Baltimore Convention
hoping that they would give US a can,
didate which as Democrats we could
look to with pride and admiration, but
when they endorsed the Cincinnati
platform aud its nominees, men who
have always been repugnant TO US as
Democrats, / almost came 10 the con-
clusion not to vote at all. and Summers
letter to his negro allies requesting
them 10 support him has not made me
like him any better. l have been look
ing for a ray Of light TO guide my wan
dering mind 10 the path OF duty and
right, and just when the darkness be-
came impenetrabie TO my mind, | saw
letter 10 your valuable paper from
Judge Black, Of Pennsylvania, the
light uf which shot across my bewflder-
ed mind, and now SEQ the way so
clear aud plain, that as Democrat l
cannot hesitate to give the once ''irre-
pressible couHict" iDan, but now in
whose hands are held out the olive
branch to that negro riden, carpet-bag
ruled, tax burthened people, my hearty
support Some say that Greeley has
doDe all that Grant has done. Admit
ted, but he says # is wrong, and that
he will do it no longer. That the
South must have peace, not in word
only, but in deed and in truth. She
must have reconciliation, she must have
the benefit of those great fundamental
laws embodied 10 the constitution Tho
writ of habess corpus and trial by jury,
legacy so precious to American free
men that even the foul hands Of Thad.
Stevens, never dared to touch it, yet
Grant, the plant tool Of an unscrnpn-
lous Congress, says that this is small
matter, when it stands in the way OF
his re election; that the constitution
aud every barrier must be broken
down that interposes between him
and the enormous bids which Office
seekers are making for Office, OF town
lots, fine farms, splendid mansions, fast
horses, country residences at fashion
able watering places, bull pups, and last
though not least in his estimation,
cigars and whiskey. Aud now, Demo
Gratis, you must choose between this
man aud Horace Greeley-there's no
alternative. II will not do to say
will stay at home aud not vote at all,
for every vote lost to Greeley is vote
east for Grant; is vote to continue the
Ku Klux law, the enforcement act, the
negro rule, the carpet-b bug government,
aud the whole batch Demonstration acts
which Congress has passed for the de-
gradation Of the south. What il he
does not blot out the thirteenth, four
teenth aud filthteenth amendments, "a
thing he cannot do ii he would, will
Grant do i'll Ycu know be viii lrown
down every attempt to do it. BY voting
with the Liberals we may get a majori-
ty iu Congress and not only stop further
oppressive legislation but actually re-
| peal some OF those diabolical and un-
constitutional laws passed with view
TO the destruction OF free government.
| It is folly to attempt to fight the Grant
dynasty with words, we must fight them
with baiiots. Aud how are we to do it,
unless we extend hand Of welcome to
those who have come more than half
way to meet us on the broad and firm
foundation Of the constitution, a plat
form broad enough to hold every man
who is opposed TO tyranny aud usurpa-
tion. There let us stand, ani say to
one and all, let US strike hands together
in this effort to dethfone the tyrant aud
usurper Grant. Then let us talk about
restoring the constitution Of our fathers
which alone win restore peace and har-
mony to our distracted aud bleeding
country. Now let me say toyou, Dem
ocrats, In conclusion, that if by your
inaction aud refusal TO vote for Greeley,
Grant should be elected, then every
groan that comes from the South, every
sigh that heaves from her bosom, every
tear that falls from her eye aud every
pang that rcnds her heart, will be per-
petuated By your act. Therefore, let
US as one man rally around Greeley,
not because it is Greeley, but because
he stands upon the constitution OF our
common country, knowing no north, no
south, no east, no west.
SPARTA.