The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-05-29

The Editor of the Mobile Register has
written the following communication to
his paper.
NEW York CITY,
May Z, 1925
Between daylight and sunrise, at Dali
ton, Georgia, l heard at the breakfast
table the nomination of Greeley and
Brown. My next emotion was one of
surprise. The Cincinnati movement
had proved untrue to the ideas that in
spired it. Politicians had seized upon
and marred it, and felt how wise it
had been in the Democracy to refrain
from committing itself in advance. As
Democrat, the nominations pleases me
| for two reasons: first, it leaves the De-
mocracy perfectly free in its action in
convention; and next, no other nomi-
nation could more surely drive home
the wedge to rive the Republican party
in twain. Of the three parties, the
Democratic is now numerically the
strongest, and as between Cincinnati
and Philadelphia, we control the desti-
mics of both. Cincinnati has placed the
Democracy under no obligations-not
the slightest. Indeed, it has treated the
party with open disdain, and acted as if
there were none but Republicans in the
country. think it did more III the
nomination Of the most pronounced en-
envy OF the Democratic party. When
asked if the Democrats would support
him, Mr.. Greeley said that the Democ-
racy did strange things, and often, be-
fore any one expected, they were done,
but he had never heard Democrats &C
cused of stupidity. Hence he argued
he would get their support. 1t struck
me that the best Interpretation of this
speech was, that inasmuch as the Dem
ocrats had never done stupid thing
yet, and as the longest lane had its
turn, it was about time that it should
commit stupidity and vote for him, at
a moment when its first brilliant oppor-
tunity is opened to it for the last ten
years. If our great party has not lost
its courage through the demoralizing
processes of departures, passiyisms, and
prurient appetite for compromising,
think we have field on which victo-
~ of principle may be won. Greeley
will be certain to kill Grant in several
strong Republican States. If our peo-
pie have the backbone, he can hurt us
in no Democratic State. The Grant |
men are alarmed and may take him
down at Philadelphia. But l do not
see how the two wings can re-nhite.-l
Like all civil wars and domestic feuds |
the quarrel is deep, bitter and to the |
knife. But suppose they should heal
the schism, after our Convention had |
endorsed Greeley? Have you thought
Of the figure the Democracy would cut !?
A curtailed appendage to reunited Re-
publicans. The Democracy must put
on its thinking cap, and fortunately it
has two months time. Its position is
full of responsibility to itself and to the
If patriotism demands sac
rifice, lam proud to feel that it is capa-
BILE of making it. But let no sacrifices
be made to timidity, nor to love of
ease and present relief, if the welfare of
the country demands courage, risks,
and some solid fighting. While the
Greeley and Brown platform is great
on that personal one on
which Grant has conducted his admin
the country needs a code of i
struck on higher key
han that bodied forth at CINCINNATI
There is in it too much of the ''New
Nation" and too little of the Old Con-
stitution. should be willing in the
coming battle to say nothing about the
new amendments, because they are not
in issue in a Presidential
election. We must bide the fullness of
lime for any amelioration in that quar-
ier. But certainly party that ac-
Jefferson and Madison and
he fathers as their high priests to teach
The true faith, ought not to be called
upon to admit that any administration
nay by force and fraud tack amend
nents to the Constitution, and not only
80 unpublished, but shall be able to
BOAST that their nefariot1s work has j
'een accepted as done by the square and
he rule of the fundamental law of the ,
Government. When such admissions
re made, and such precedents are es-
and acquiesced in, there is no
ecurity to liberty, and no future guar ,
lntee to the inyiolability of the Consti-
ution. While, therefore, am panied ,
o see many Democratic papers, and
ome leaders Of whom 7 should have
expected better things, ready to fail In
o unopened arms of Cincinnati Repub-;
leans, my own conscience and pride
orce me to protest against surrender
# three millions Of Democrats, and the
,reat cause which they support, to a
divided enemy. eve must
lght-I repeat it, sir-we must fight"
We are just in the situation in which :
Patrick Henry uttered these thrilling {
words. Greeley says we have fooled {
way three Presidential elections, which c
imply means that we have three times c
cen faithful to our creed. The present
; the worst of all these times to pull 7
own our flag. Before we fought a uni- r