The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-25

The ShcIbyyiilc Rescue is not to be
appcascd. It's editor was 0 pposcd to
Greeley, and the action oflhe Baltimore
Convention has not had any good erect
upon him. lie is rcbclliOus to the last,
yet Processes to be a Democrat "dycd
in the wool" He sees no choice Of
evils, as between Grant or Greeley,
hence refuses to 90 for either. This,
Of course, is his privilege, but his nc
lion is not in keeping with that chalked
out for HIM 10y the party at Baltimore,
and hence we cannot believe him so
Democratic as hcthinks he is. At least,
it has been the custom for Democrats
TO abide the decision Of the party in
convention assembled, whether each
. individual got what lie wanted in the
way Of men and platform or not. No
true Democrat sought TO ncutraliZG the
sanctity Of n regular nomination. cs.
pccially when sustained 10y two-lhirds
Of the convention. The nominations at
Baltimore were as nearly unanimous
rs possible, and those who dissent from
them most assuredIy ignore party
usagcs in toi0. II the Rescue cdi
tor can 30 readily do 50, why can he
not ignore all the clap-trap about what
Mr.. Greeley has said in the Tribune in
years agone? We will grant that he
has said bitter, very bitter things about
Democrats, and Democrats have paid
him back in his own coin. And he was
an original abO!itionist, but The negro
is free. What II waste Of breath, then,
to pirate about his slavery record
Aud he is n tariff man. but that issue
is left by Mr.. Greeley and the Cincin-
matt platform with the pcoplc-just
where it properly belongs. In no re.
spect is he worse than Grant, and in a
thousand respects is ne infinitely bet
ter. He is opposed to the carpet bag
government Of the South. He is for
the representation Of Southern States
10y men of their own free choice, unin.
nucnccd by shoulder straps and bayo
mets. What he has been is Of mo more
importance to us now than the whigi3m
oFBuchanan before he turned Demo
crat, or the Democracy Of Clay before
he turned Wing. If old issues are to
come into the CANVASS, why not go for
Grant who was once a Democrat and
who voted for Buchanan p? But we have
only living issues to deal with, and Mr.
Greeley was first, almost, to start for Il
restoration Of the Constitution, and
the cessation of Federal cnc%roachmcnts.
lie has become disgustrd with the tx
ccsscs and %corruptions ofhis own party
'l' nG'uI'lo OuJ lIdllulD VI iNl'i'h,
for amnesty, and for civil government
against %scctionality and military rule.
Add to all this that the Democratic
party have concluded to support him,
and we think opposition is madness
and anti Democracy. 1t may be poll
cy that actuated them, but grant that
it was. We all act more or less from
policy. We all 90 by degrees. The
child learns first to walk. The moun
tain top is reached by gradual uprising.
There is much b0mbast about prinCi.
pie, indeed there is.
But Democrats are no less Democrats
in supporting Mr.. Greeley, and
Greeley is no less a Republican. They
are simply allies with all the chances
in favor ofthc Democrats. The future
is Of all importance to us, while the
past is irrevocable. Hence the Home
Journal can but regard the stub
bornncss Of the Rescue as i%ncxcnsablc
as it will prove futile.