The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-22
uAN IRRATfoNAL BABY"

renowned lawyer, gentleman. and patriot,
has touched and took the dlsesse--tae
political SIN, s.lan.peH5TiI IN a doE 's gnty ~
sn oI hmt y i s'a ,sSc,oation,biu 90 DIS.
patch
The very small depths TO which partisan
journalism consents to sink itselffn'times
of high political excitement, or whenever a
Presidential canvass happens to be on the
tapis, is one Of the very worst signs Of de-
moralization and deep-seated gangrene in
o,,r social and political body polite. For
the Dis,nteh with all its ace and the high
ov;dences Of wisdom that have oharacteriz.
I'D ;tv ,ed;tor;a, management in the nast to
c,,, cb., ,ss o,ronor an q irrational baby ~
ana q in0S;st hat baa Il & unoncstionablv
dart i, hoo,rso h, rsf,ees To follow in the
,vo,,e Of ouch iour,a,;sm as mi, eonte,npo-
r,rv you'll voucbsafe ms is simnlv to re-
mind nc Of ne ra;ll;nu,s, of Tbersites before
Trov whore NOT a single Greel, nrince
osconod tho toro,,e Of that v;l,a;nous calum-
niator Unfortunately it has become almost
tbe universal practice of newspaper men to
resort TO this low.sort of weaponry in deal
inc with nublic men. . But il i'll becomes
partisan of Horace Greeley to handy such
en;tbets as "daft, and ssirrational baby"
about the ears Of Charles O'Conor. A bet
for ,,se conld be made of them nearer home.
A malicious husbandryof such phrases would
osroc;.,lv bpcorne ali Conservative Journals
l. v;r,,;n;o .d,ooot;ng Horace Greeley for
tho pros;doncv ~ N7it''i4' = w.
We no chamnion Of Charles O'Couor.
bnt wa would champion a hiphertoned
;o,,rna,;s nm tbon ID now ervwbeFeI show.
mo ;tself tbro,,sbo,,l the United States, IL
Il =, sooner announced b,v, a flashy Herald
renorter ibat Mr. O,Conor has been inter
viewed bv him "a circumstance which we
mnch doubt than the {" distinguished law
yer. gentleman. and patriot" is made the
target for i. every pr. t,wo.pennv shaft from one
end If the Union to the other. The lam
o,,ooe Of abuse il not only dealt in but the
man Is an "irrational BABY ."-a stark idiot
1 or fool-lf he does not think and act as the
particular editor happens to who sits in
;,,lg,nent q unon his lifelong merits and
4 character 'aadJ.A q Tea'oi oo,fIs's
I Tha sonso IN Which AZ O,t1onor used
/ ao.nr,,, ,.h,hru--;f he used, & at all
cou,al;n M e,,sp he construed as a slur upor
| tbd GroeIev;zed Conservatives of Virginia
. Tbev wore tho effectuaIly -Walkerized in
1 1890 20 be recognized as Democrats by Mr.
! o'Conor folr. the Walkeriziinrg Of that yea,
4 was only the preliminary ,s'washn to .tht
more thorough process of Greeleyizing IVr
GINA , Conservatism IN lls72. phe Dtspatci
attemnts 10 nnlace Mr.. OsConor under tht
leadership of "Brick Pomeroy, Blantor
f Duncan q 90 4, & But it is well known tina
tbese NO nersons are not the recognize,
leaders IN the mo movement looking to
{ .tro;obt.out Democratic nomination a
on,;IS v;tle.a +, The Hon. Samuel ]. Bayart
:. was. the chairman of the straight-out Con
J, vant;on at Baltimore. and he and til
Ano,lo uaIl Democracvol- New York, ar
tha ,.oooa,,a,ood q. "a vel, az the alIv author
5 ;zod ,nope,, IN the nonular direction {
, Ton;t Jjil llel,3. 4. '5.io ~ 5I1' t.@'
10 The D;soatch may attempt to belittl
: tlls movement Init the PHILADELPHIA 4mer,
: c5,, cows II 10 now certain that the Louis
v;uo CAV aa4ii in till contain the very ma,
: rnw or ,ha Democratic marty from a
S a,o,,ers The Executive Committee al
A. ,o;1,4 al az R,lt;more uroed that all State
E o4,k,tth ia OOH Tn Jras,oose 4
: this co,,arnor ;n,,dsaa,vy! loof Alabama sum
i aanod raaa,;nr and an IN was was cor cor
+ ,,anad IN, Georo;al. Kentucky has gone int
n tba movement with both hands. lin Ind
i. ana, hip Hplia"' ~ NJ. 80, ~.
riary inqs''pt 5r = h'i mo - arn;
to"a, iio,' N'e ~
~