The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-07
THE BULLETIN.
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LIBERAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HORACE GREELEY.
of New York;
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
4. GRATZ BROWN,
of Missouri.

of Missouri.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic Ma.
t,onal Convention.)
To-day we place ut the head of our COL
umns the Cincinnati Ticket and do not p!
hesitate TO say that, in our opinion, every
Democrat in the United States-,hat is to
say, every American citizen who not only
admires but also colnprehends the institu-
tions Of our country-should rally to its
support.
1t has been said, the Democratic party,
proGting by the division in the Republi-
can ranks, should now nominate national
ticket. The advice is bad. If the Demo-
cratic party is wise unto its own salvation
this advice will not be
needed. 1t has its roots either
in the soil Of prejudice, sorchead-
edness or political insanity.
Let us look at the matter dispassonately
and let us weigh well the consequences of
any step we propose to take.
Let us inquire to begin with: "Why
we, in u Democratic convention, get q bet
ter platform There has not been held
during the past year Democratic conven-
ton that has not asserted the declarations
Of the first and second planks of the Gin
cinnati declaration Of principles, and no
Democratic platform has ever as
serted more empha,ically than
this the cardinal principles of the demo-
cratic fath-the sacredness Of local gov.
eminent, the supremacy of the civil over
the military authority, the freedom of per
son under the protection OF the haJea
corpus, and the hard money theory. Blu
it goes further in the right direction thar
any Democratic platform has ever gone
and declares for civil service reform anC
the One-term principle. We do not be
lieve we should &c. from u Democrat,
convention better platform, or as good
But, say the advocates of free trade, tn,
ton. The reply is, that it is sounder OF
that question than the tariff plank If M,
national convention has ever been, becaus
it is honester. Turn back the leaves o
your political scrap book, ard try to under
stand the tariff planks OF the politica
platforms. What can you make Of them
Nothing but q tumble of double-lneann:
expressions. Why the platform of tn,
New York convention of 1868, afte
skirmishing around the tariff, declared
for "incidental protection to American
industry, and the free traders of the Dem
ocra,ic party willingly took the dos,
down! And shall they complain abou
the Cincinnati platform, which honcstl,
says: "The citizens engaged in the Lib
'eral movement are not of one mind OF
'the tariff question; therefore we remi
'the question to the electors in the con
'gressiosal districts and declare that tn
will of the people on this question thu
Expressed shall be respected by the ad
ministration that may be elected upo
this platform" There is no doubtful eA
preston here. This is an honest utter
ance.
: We could not get better plat form
but, it is said, we could get u better cand
: date. We do not say Yes to this eithe
but lot US, for forms sake, admit it. SUI
: pose IA Democratic convention were
! meet tomorrow and nominate the be
, man in the Democratic party, what woul
y be tho result? Two hours after the new
y had flashed over the country there wou
c not be left in all the land a corporal
:, guard OF Liberal Republicans. The new
e would drive them like Il flock of she,
back, pell NELL, into the Radical fold, al
: the result would be the defeat Of the Dem