The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-07-19
"A SORRY SPECTACLE.

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presented a sorry spectacle at the
Varieties Theatre last Friday night,
They were there as the ghost of the
Democratic party, gravely endeavor-
ing to convince the people that they
must accept the apparition as the
substantial being Of what was once
a live party-a controlling power in
the land.
These +" last ditchers," failing to
comprehend the popular will as ex-
pressed at Cincinnati, Baltimore, and
enthusiastically decreeing the
dissolution Of the Democratic party,
and calling upon the people to rally
under the Liberal banner-went
forth last Friday night five hundred
strong, and with torchlights, blazing
banners, martial music and speeches
the old party would have been proud
of iii days gone by, made desper-
ate effort to prove to the people that
what they had pronounced dead still
lived and had a being.
II is impossible for the last ditch
ers" to conceive how the Democratic
party can be dead while such men
as Judge Cotton, Governor Voor-
HES, Governor Hyams, General Lew
is, Professor Booth, Judge Mcllnery,
Mr.. Jonas, ect., live. But it is not
impossible for the people to see that
the Democratic party is dead and
buried, while the gentlemen named
are alive and kicking, for the simply
reason that the people know they
are not the Democratic party, no1
even that powerful branch Of it that
once ruled the destinies Of this State.
Therefore the people are not a lit
tie surprised to hear SO intelligent a
gentleman as Judge Mci1nery pro-
claim, at q meeting called for the
purpose Of ratifying the nominations
Of the national candidates OF the
Liberal party, that the outgusling
OF the honest masses upon that &C.
casion reminded him OF {" the stale,
flat and Improbable charge that the
Democratic party has ceased to live.
The outgushing Of the honest mass
es in every State Of the Union i'll
favor Of Greeley and Brown should
have served to enlighten the natur-
ally acute mind Of Judge AIcEnery
upon the real condition of the Dem
ocratic party. These daily outgush-
ings have long since convinced far
less discriminating minds of the fate
of that party. But the Judge re-
fuses 10 see it and says
We know that the action, the final
action of the Baltimore convention
was awaited with great suspense and
great anxiety by the whole Ameri-
can people. We know particularly
that it was awaited with great anx-
iety and great suspense by the party
which has put Mr.. Greeley in nomi-
nation, for they know as well as that
we stand and sit here tonight, that
it would have been fruitless, hope
less, to have placed him before the
American people for their suffrage
unless he could have brought to his
aid the Democratic party Of the Uni
ted States.
The party that nominated Mr..
Greeley certainly did await with
much anxiety the action of the Bal
timore convention, for it knew that
unless the people had been success.
full in sending sufficient number O
delegates there to prevent the nomi
nation of a Democratic ticket, the
cause of the Liberal Republican
party would be less certain in the
selection of a President. The Lib
eral party knew that the question o
reform had been agitated among the
people throughout the country
knew that the Democratic masses il
many Of the States had determined
to send delegates to the Baltimore
convention pledged to the supper
of Greeley and Brown but it wal
impossible to know until after tn
meeting Of the convention what pro
gress had been made in the interes
of reform in the short time tia