Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-07-20
olyIPlA, SATURDAY IegyIyc. JULY 70, 1872.
TIE OREGON DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

1t is generally known that the Oregon
Democratic press, with the exception Of
the Herald, has been decidedly radical in
tone and sentiment. There are probably
no journals in the Union, more welded to
their pet doctrines, and there are certainly
none whose decision upon the recent i'm.
portant political events we have awaited
with greater anxiety. They have all SO
far as they have come to hand, expressed
. cordial supper: Of the National ticket, as
the following extracts will show. The
Portland Herald, which has been favorable
to the recent action all along, says:
situations should be regarded as a sacred trust
that rises far above all mere party considera-
ton. We find large body of patriotic men,
who have had the fortitude and courage to re-
nounce allegiance to party with which they
have been long associated, moved thereto BY
noble impulses and an ardent love of country,
ready to cooperate with Us. They have al.
ready made sacrifices; they ask US, in such a
case, to show a like willingness to make sac.
si6ces also, and unite with them in common
cause, in which our country and our free nsti-
tutions shall be the great and moving motive
Of action. Shall We do it? That is the ques-
ton. So reasoned the members of the great
National Democratic Convention, which as
sembled at Baltimore on the 9th of July, 1872.
They deliberated carefully; they decided
coolly; they were moved by that noble i'm
pulse which, on a certain occasion, impelled
the great Thomas II. Benton to exclaim D." am
always ready to sacrifice any favorite measure
of my own, and even myself, for the good of
my country.
Next comes the Oregon City Enterprise,
. Bed-rocker:
Although there may be grave difference of
opinion among Democrats as to the expediency
Of such nominations, there can be none what
ever as to their binding obligations upon the
party. The Convention was the regular and
legitimate exponent Of the voice of the party !;
its nominations fair and formal, and hence they
are binding on the members thereof.
Every Democrat in the land should now give
to the Baltimore nominees II cordial and
hearty support, not only for the reason that
they are the regular nominees of the party,
but for the equally proud and good reasons
that their election will subserve the interests
the perpetuation Of the great Democratic or
ganization, whose mission has been, and is
now, aud always will be, the defense OF free
institutions. With Grant as President the
suffrage of the people will be stfed and their
free voice denied. Hence, Democratic pri1ci-
Piles, which can be overawed only by fraud
and the bayonet, would struggle on hopelcssly,
and perhaps 60 down, distinguished in the
deep might of military despotsm.
Hear what the Salem Mercury, another
Journal Of Radical Democratic proclivities,
says:
The people must choose between Grant and
Greeley; between reform and corruption be-.
tween civil law, guarded liberty aid the worst
Of misrule between honesty and dishonesty :;
between forgetfulness of the fierce passions of
war, and their perpetuation. We say Grant
and Greeley, for we canno. be brought to
believe that the strong, clear light cast by the
events Of the past week has left any Democrat
tn doubt as to his duty to himself-to his
country. Grant represents the mailed hand of
war which, through the clangor of arms ceased
seven years ago, still holds the South rs in
vice. More than six years since, Mr.. Greeley
raised the banner of Amnesty and EQUAL
Rights" 1t found little favor then with those
who looked to him for guidance. But he bore
aloff through sunshine and storm, through
evil and good report distrnsted by the men
to whom he appealed.
The Cincinnati Convention drove the last
nail In the coffin wherein reposes the CHASTITY
skeleton of the sectional bitterness left as a
heritage of the war. The resolutions rung out
clear, strong notes of a newer and better Ma.
tional life. They buried the past, and gave
well.grouuded hope of the future. They
breathed peace, amity, law and liberty.
We close with tho Albany Democrat,
than which there has been no more iu-
tenseiy Democratic journal published on
the coast:
This announcement will not fall unexpected
upon our readers. For weeks past the inevi-
table logic Of events has headed in that direc.
ton. The almost unanimous sentiment OF the
Democracy Of the South and West has favored
this course, and the delegates of the National
Convention, in doing as they have, were only
carrying out the express commands of their
constituency. While we would have personal.
" preferred candidates more in accord with
the past history Of our party. yet we believe it
to be our duty to abide by the unanimously
expressed choice Of our National Convention.
and, throwing aside our personal prejudices,
eheerfully support the nominees which it pre-
SENS for our sufrages Nothing but the sub
FINEST patriotism and the most unselfish zeal
for the veal of our country could have animal-
ed the great Democratic heart TO pursue the
course which it has in tits contest, aad with
something Of that patriotic sentiment animat-
ing our heart we now announce our adherence
and to aud support OF the Baltimore Conven-
ton. We have always been found supporting
the standard-bearers put forward by the DEM
ocrAtic Conventions, and there we expect to be
ionnd so long as assemblages Of the people are
held under the name of Democracy.
The indications everywhere are favor
able, and success appears certain. When
the Democracy act in harmony, their
strength is about equal to that Of the Ad.
Disistsatios party, aud the Liberal Repub.
ieso votes will increase the aggregate to
sumber that will place the result beyond
. shadow Of doubt.
NAasHAL's FEEs.-At the meeting of