Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-07-18
Anti-Greeley Convention.
BALTIMORE. July 10.

BALTIMORE, July 10.
The Anti-Greeley Democratic
Convention met this afternoon at J
O'clock. The following were made
permanent officers: President, Sam
uel J. Bayard, New Jersey. Vice
Presidents, J. F. Stokes, South
Carolina; Jas. Sweeny, Pennsylya-
mia; Ezra Keyser, Texas; Joseph
Miller, West Virginia Secretaries,
Jas. G. Underwood, Connecticut;
S. J. Chute, New York.
Mr.. Bayard, on taking the chair,
said this convention was here to-day
to resist the foul conspiracy formed
some time ago for the destruction
of the Democratic party, and which
had now eliminated at the Opera
house. This convention represents
the masses of Democrats whose
voice is not here heard. Those
here present Will continue to hold
up the old flag. and if conspirators
throw it down we will take it up and
bid defiance to the outrage sought
to be perpetrated. Political coali-
tions never succeeded. Coalitions
are founded on bargain and sale.
We cannot tell who the buyers and
sellers are, but the taint will remain.
When Greeley was nominated at
Cincinnati howl of contempt every
where look place, but combinations
ensued. Paper after paper hoisted
the signal of distress and went over
to his support, and now we see the
result in the proceedings at the OPP
era-house in the nomination Of Gree
ley and Brown. SIS -r.iraI. o.
The committee appointed yester-
day to prepare an address presented
the following: .i...l .s 81 T.
In view of the action which has
this day been taken by the Demo,
cratic National Convention, sitting
at the Opera-house, in the adoption
of a platform in its main features
distinctively Republican, and the
nomination as candidate for the
Presidency of man who for years
has been the most bitter and impla-
cable enemy of the Democray, this
conference of Democrats from diff
ferent States of the Union has been
convened to take such action as the
honor and safety of the Democratic
cause and interests of the country
demand; and as preliminary to,
and in justification of our proposed
action, we hereby declare that the
aforesaid proceedings of said pro
ceedings of said National Conven-
tion are a virtual dissolution of the
hitherto existing organization of
the Democratic party, that they are
an unconditional abandonment of
the principles of the Democratic
party, and the acceptance Of such as
are conflicting and irreconcilable
with them, that by this action said
convention, as claiming to represent
the Democratic party, has been false
to its obligations of duty to princi-
pie, regard for consistency and to
every sentiment of political honor,
and as it can present the Democrat
ic party only by adherence to it's
principles, and can make nomina-
tions which the Democrats are
bound to support only by naming
candidates, who are known and
recognized as Democrats, therefore
the action which it has taken, far
from being binding as the action of
the Democratic party, should be
spurned by all true Democrats, and
with unyielding tenacity and to the
utmost extremity, denying that the
Democracy is dead, or that it can
ever die while the principles of our
fathers are cherished by even a few
devoted hearts. We seize again and
fling to the breeze for all true Dem
ocrats to rally around the banner so
faithlessly lowered, and pledge our
undying devotion to the principles
involved, living and enduring issues,
that the system of government es-
tablished by our fathers was a Fed
eral union of coequal States, that
we hold to the doctrines of State
rights, and of strict construction of
the Federal constitution, as defined
by Thos. Jefferson, believing their
effective recognition to be indispen-
sible to the maintenance of free
political institutions, and the per-
petuation of popular liberty in this
country, and to those essential prin-
ciples of government enumerated
by him in his first inaugural ad-
dress, especially applicable to our
time and condition, consisting of our
time and condition, consisting of
the admirable and ever important
propositions, equal and exact JUS
tice to all men of whatever State or
persuasion, religion, politics, peace,
commerce and honest friendship
with all nations, ,entangling ALI .nces
with none, well disciplined militia
our best reliance in peace and for the
first moments of war, till regulars
may relieve them, the supremacy of
civil over military authority, free
dom of religion, freedom of the
press, freedom of reason under the
protection of habeas corpus, trial by
juries impartially selected, to which
should be added what Jefferson de-
fined as the sum of good govern
ment, wise and frugal government
which shall restrain men from in
juring one another, which shall leave
them otherwise free to regulate
their own pursuits, industry and
Improvement, and shall not take
from the mouth oflabor the bread it
has earned. We recommend that
our Democratic fellow citizens in
the several States form Democrat
State organizations, and do all in
their power to check the growing
defectionfrom true Democratic prin-
ciples, and we further suggest and
recommend that a convention be
held at Louisville, KY, on Saturday
September 3. 1872, to take such
steps as may be deemed prudent and
essential.
The address was then unanimous
ly adopted. '''N } '-t
Mr.. Bitley, of New York, said
they should not make nominations
at the present time. He wanted a
true Democrat as candidate for
President. .H.r-. ...