Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-09-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1872.
DEMOCRACY STILL THE SAME.


The election in West Virginia to-day
will doubtless be very close and it is pos
sible that the Republicans may win the
day. The new Constitution prepared by
a Democratic Convention contains pro-
visions that none but white citizens shall
be elected or appointed to office, that
white and colored persons shall not be
taught in the same schools, and that no
registry law shall ever be enacted by the
Legislature. Fearing to take the respon-
sibiity of their own sentiments thus put
into the form of fundamental law, the
Convention, by a close vote, determined
to submit these three propositions to a
vote of the people-the colored popua-
tion, which is chiefly interested, being so
proportionately small as to be unable to
protect itself at the polls. The election
to-day will determine the issue, and
whether the Constitution be adopted or
rejected, the fact that a solemn Conven-
of the Democracy has presented such
bold front in opposition to the liberal and
free tendencies Of the age should be sufi-
cient to convince any sane person that
Democracy, however it may connect it.
self with Greeleyism, is the same to-day,
yesterday and forever. Here is sparsely
settled country where public schools can
not be established save at distant points,
and yet Democracy proposes to maintain
the ignorance OF the colored race, by
keeping colored children out of the only
schools that are practicable. No colored
man shall hold office, and no protection
to the ballot-box shall be permitted by a
registration of votes. Can the Confede-
rate Cross Roads go farther? Yet nearly
every Democrat in that State will be
found to vote for all these special restric-
tions on the rights of the people, and
only the overthrow Of the entire Consti
tuition will prevent the entalment Of
these evils on that new State for an in
definite period Of years. Nothing but
the shrewdness, energy and perseverance
ex-senator Boreman, Ex-Governor Steven
son and other true and tried Republicans
who have organized the Republican par
ty upon principles, not men, will save the
State from the obloquy which has hither-
to attached to Kentucky and Delaware
at the fratric idal hands of the fogy De-
mocracy. Let us hope that their efforts
may be crowned with success, despite the
seven thousand majority upon which the
Democratic party stood at the last gener-
al election after the accession Of the reb-
el vote.
NEW YORK STATE FOR GRANT.
The most encouraging news comes
from the State Of New York in regard to
the prospect of carrying it for Grant.
The nomination yesterday Of Gen. John
A Dix for Governor it is thought will
largely aid the success of the Republican
party at both the State and National cleo
ton. The platform of the Convention is
well worded, and has the ring Of the true
Republican metal in its best days. The
expose of Tammany has disgusted innu-
merable honest Democrats, and the ac-
llnowledged use of the same corrupt men
and means by the Greeley party has sent
off many thousands into the ranks of the
Republicans who have broken the Tam
many rings and purified the New York
bench from corruptions which have hith-
erto made the State stencil in the nos
trils Of the community. Those discrim-
mating political thinkers who, some time
since, were willing to accord New York
to Greeley, now take a different view of
the matter, and while they admit that
numerous disallectcd sorchead Republi-
cans have Joined the enemy, yet the ad-
ditions Of the honest men of the Demo-
cratic party will, in their opinion, more
than countcrbalance the loss, and give
the State to the Republican party by
very handsome majority. C.M.