Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-09
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OCRArIc STAND POINT
Mr.. Greeley dHins.tI4 jastyt yestsTsars, has

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done good service against the Democracy. With
many errors of judgment, such as conspcuously
shupeai An fkeliabfitSImdaidk OfAbalsdeeshis
labors, in the main, have besn those of a strong
mAp. IN behalf Of the Rapqhlicap party. yNe9ne
has said harder things against its opponents, or
presented, mere persistently the reasons why
ehsy should BE put out Of power and Kept out.
The TffbaHs 'dia inurh for Fremont it helped
gfeAns' tie 'tfiufhphf of Lincoln, id 1860 and
nieasdfaBly his Second election, in 1864 and y
fought strenuousiy and ably against Seymour, in
1868. s ,o,o,is-svy
Until six months ago. this was Mr.. Greeley's
record-thAt of stalMart, slashing opponent of
the Democratic party, attacking it fercely. lam
po6nihg ft'bittsriy, and striking L wherever he
c@uid get in 4 blow, Bit, now, it is proposed to
MAKE him the candidate OF tie Democratic party
for the Presidency r -.s" 7n9p
Let us consider, aon1anent who it is that
makes this proposition. Who is it that is con-
ducting the movement9 Plainly. not the old
and most trusted leaders of the Northern De-
mocracy Commencing at Cincinnati, it was
managed entirely by renegade and sorehead Re-
publicans, such as Eenton, Mcclure Cochrane,
Gratz Brown, Theofofs 1flton, and whitelaw
Reid. They. manipulated the Convention and
produced the unexpected result of Greeley's
nomipAti0p result ~ utterly astounding that
qaoR its anpo1nGemeptr the idea of approving
and ,adaptHg II oy4sEepudiated with contempt
by the Democratic party.
Operated upon however, by influences like
those which ahipIlated the Cincinnatia con
clave, eRenuthe Democratic party has been
'hugger-muggered' into the support of Greeley,
and a'spectacie ~ presented which, but few
weeks ago, Seemed impossible, and preposter-
o6s,~ ~ Ths TaFnr1any elements in New York city,
scattered but not destroyed, come promptly to
Mr.. Greeley'sEupport,a and they have done efrec-
tiVsserYiee fsrlhim. They know the soft sides
of hsA character, and they feel sure that with
him, as PresidBht, and Fenton influential in the
CSbidets, their genius for plunder would find
UNCHECKED Indulgence. The followers Of Tweed
haHe joined heartily in the shout for him, and 80
have others ofethose base elements that charac-
tettzs New Ydft city. Here are John Morrissey
the, pEize7fgbter and Saratoga gambler Ben
Wood, stbehlottery man and the roughs and
rikers who did the ballOt-box stutiing, repeat
ing, and bullying, in the bad days of Tammany' Is
infamous rule.
Directed by these New York influences, the
process of covering the Democratic party with
saliva, preparatory to its swallowing by the Gin
cinnati monster, has gone on successfully. The
wire-pullers, the office eseekers, the unprincipled
and unreliable trimmers Of that organization
came to the front, at once, to help on the work.
They cared nothing for the political ideas which
have convinced Democrats, and kept them
together they were Indifferent both to their
principles and prejudces their aim was, not
to maintain consistency, but to procure offices ;
not to preserve the self-respect of their organi
z 'tion, but to overturn the government and give
1t up to political sack and pillage.
At the head of these, directing their opera
ti0ns, suggesting and prompting, have stood
tile renegade Republicans who managed the
Cincinnati job. They have been the real diree-
tors of those operations which have so demoral-
lied the Democratic organization. Men like
Hendricks, Pendeton, Hancock, Thurman,
Bayard Voorhees, and the Saulsburys, have not
been seen, except as with sad visage, they
sometimes came forward to disapprove it, The
job has been done over their hands, and behind
their backs. The party has been sold out BY it.
vepal clements and the best men in it have
been virtually disregarded and overwhelmed
Renegade Republicans Democratic trimmers
ofliss-seekers Of all grades, coors and classes
theVery froth and scum of both the great par
ties; have wrought out this most ridiculous
resalt Of making Horace Greeley the regular
Democratic nominee for President
1t may well be argued by sincere members Of
the Democratic organization that such a nomi
nation, madeby such means does not bind them,
and as it cannot commlnd their respect, is un-
deserving their support. When they find pre-
scented to them as their leader and candidate, a
paftihan opponent who only relaxes his oppoai
tion under the temptation Of gaining Office they
may consider with justice and consistency. a.
tens Of thousands do that they are released a,
party men, from any approval Of such tricI
and job. 1t has no claim upon their vote. ant
they can only prove themselves true Democrats
by refusing to support it,