Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-06-24
POLITICAL.
GREELEY IN DEL WARE,
Pure Democratic Rays from the
Diam ond State.
"The eyes OF Delaware are upon on.
" stand up stout little Delaware,
And let thy volleys TOlll "

The Democratic press of this State groan in
spirit over the dissolution of their party. We
give few extracts
SENATOR BAYARD's ORGAN.
The GdSeite, OF this city, Democratic organ Of
Wilmington, has the following candid confess
sion
70 see them on the way will be a refreshing
spectacle, and to hear the Gdzetie propOsing
Three Cheers for Horace Greeley" might well
provoke explosive laughter from an anchOrite.-
Commercial
That is altogether too true. The mention Of
such thing looks like ali awkward jOke-One,
however. IN which We are, in the present cUndi-
tiOn of affairs. unable TO raise a smile. hlr Gree
ley has been anything ese than Democrat. and
we feel lU to be honest duty to tell our friends
that his nomination even by the Baltimore Con
yentiOn would be a hard pull for I'D to swallow"
and Il heavy blow to the prospects OF carrying
Delaware for the Democratic ticket. We have
made many sacrifices but none like this one.
Ii we did not believe that a straight. t.Out Demo-
crat could easily be elected we would not feel ii
10 much. We don't know how to cheer for
Radical and 10 far al that is concerned will have
TO turn such propositions over to such AZ are less
strong in the faith in which we were baptised
Nevertheless, if Greeley could be elected and
our farming and shipping interests get from un-
der the heel of their present oppressors, we
would not regret having made the sacrifice But
10 vote Tor bfeeleN huu lhll IL We
do this the Commercials joke will be grim
Que indeed.
WHAT THE MIDDLErowN TRANSCRIPT SAYS
The Middletown Dsl.) Transcript is a very
fair Democratic newspaper, firm in the faith
and earnest in its convictions 1t cannot swal-
low Greeley. 1t cogently argues thus;
THE advocates Of Greeley are Republicans
practically, II not in name, for when they vote
fnrH thaV HpnuDlipan
principles. They endorse the l4th and 10Th
Amendments, all the obnoxious reconstruction
acts bayonet election laws, ku-klux Acts, No.,
for the standard-bearer Of the Liberal Repnbli-
cans has been the foremost advocate Of them
all, and still favors them.
"Wo do not object to anyone favoring Horace
Greeley and the Cincinnati platform, but we do
object to their calling themselves Democrats,
acting with the party and endeavoring to com
nit it to the lhberal ticket and platform"
AND THE sAULsAuRY ORGAN REPUDIATEs HIM.
The Dover Deldsdrodn. the State organ Of
the Democracy, and official mouth-pleoe of sena-
tor Salisbury and Governor Ponder, says:
Perhaps no man in the country has record
more hateful to Democrats than Mr.. Greeley
| and no one has shared to greater extent theif
maledictions. He has abused them and they
have abused him in terms neither polite nor civil
How then can there be fellowship between light
| and darkness?
Now we do not mean to say that none are
honest in the advocacy Of Greeleys nomination
at Baltimore, but that there is lsss Of honesty
| than sefshness in the whole business. Wecan
not understand how any consistent Democrat
| who knows anything Of Greeley's record, and il
actuated by proper motives can favor his nom
| ination by the Democratic party. For ourselves
we had rather be defeated at the next canvas'
| than to succeed by the abandonment OF principle
| 1--WE will add, corruption wins no more thar
| honesty" and we apprehond that those who ex
/ pect to make by attempting to "sell out them
selves and the Democracy will find in the enc
that they have made a political blunder. W.
| shall see."