Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-06
HOW 10 Elect Grant.

How TO Elect Grant.
The Presidential campaign being con-
fessedly narrowed down to- a choice be-
tween Greeley and Grant, it becomes us
to consider how we may promote the in
terest of the candidate whom we desire to
be elected /
The supporters of Mr.. Greeley can pur-
sue but one course, and a plain straight |
forward one, that is to work and vote fol !
him openly and without cOncealment. |
There are, however, several ways in which
most efficient support can be given to
General Grant. One way S to vote for
him g straight OUT" another way is to
refuse to vote at all, and still another way
is to support an Independent candidate.
The first method is adopted 10y those
who vote the party ticket under all circum-
stances. The second method is rcsOrted
to by those whose pride and whose con-
sciences would compel them to vote fol-
Mr.. Greeley if they voted at all. The third
method - we'll illustrated by the attempt
now being made at Louisville, Kentucky,
to nominate so-called straight-out Demo
cratic ticket,
The Radical party has all at once become
very solicitous of the pres ervation and pu-
lity of the democratic faith, and the demo
cratic organization. Indeed, Radical
speakers and Radical presses have gone SO
far in their expressions of admiration and
respect for the old democracy, pure and
undefiled, that the wonder is that they
have allowed so many years to PASS with
out having entered the fold of the faithful.
Nothing now commands such unqualified
admiration, from simon pure radical, as
the contemplation of simon pure demo
crat of the old school. 1t is, indeed, q
sublime spectacle to witness with What
eagerness a straight-Out Democrat and a
straight-out Radical can shake hands across
the bloody chasm. Indeed, the CHIEF
recommendation Of the man put forward
recently as the Radical candidate for Gov
ernor in New Y ork is contained, it seems
in the declaration that he is a man of pure
and uncompromising democracy.
On the other hand it is not less curiou
to watch the course of those straig ht-Ou
: Democrats, whose skins are SO thin, Whose
sensibilities are so delicate that they cal
] support no one who did not belong to tht
! original panel. Their faith is so pure, an,
J they shrink with such horror from the sup
9 port of MIR. Greeley, that they feel obliged
to give all the aid and comfort in thei
power to Grant! Verify, this looks Yer
/ much like strainnns ut a gl.at and swallow
ing a camel!
e And then, too, the vanity Of these sell
y appointed arbiters Of democratic faith an
J, democratic policy, is well worth lOCkin!
e at Delegates from every Congressiona
u District in the United States, duly ap
d pointed by the acknowledged DemOcl &C
: thereof, met in National Convention am
u put forward, after due consultation ant
conference, candi late for the Presidency
l. and yet handful of men, who We're not il
e sufficiently good standing with the part
u to be appointed delegates, assume to be it
% only true and genuine eNponelts. So fl
J as we know not single member Of tina
It vast assemblage thai met in Baltimore las
month now refuses to support HOrac
. Greeley And we venture to say tina
% never before was Democratic candidat
IL nominated with greater unanimty. An
, yet in the face of all this an attempt,
Z feeble one it is true, is being made to brin
d out another candidate on the ground tina
Al there is no Democratic candidate.
If Mr. Greeley is no, the candidate G
t the National Democratic Party that part
i never had candidate for the Presidency
1t is also true that i'll making a iOmlna:io
y in days gone by the power and intluenc
n of the South was never felt in or ate
I degree than when in Baltimore the nam
Il of Horace Greeley was nailed to the mast
head. Can Southern men, Southern Dem
: Ocrats besi ate what to do if they reflec
upon these facts? Can they consent for ;
moment to allow themselves to be deceived
by this weak device of the enemy? 4
greater farce than this same Louisville
Convention will prove, we are bold 10 say
was never gotten up in America. We ven
ture to assert that delegates have not beer
chosen in dozen Districts in the Who'll
South! The effect, if not the intention o
the whole affair, is to promote the intercs
, of General Grant.
All roads that so from Greeley lead t.