American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-13
Liberal Ticket.
The Baltimore Convention.

The Baltimore Convention.
The telegraph announces that, at
12:45 T. NJ, on the 10th day of July,
A. ID. 1872, HORACE GREELEY, of
New York, and b. GRATz BROWN,
of Missouri, were unanimously NOM
mated for President and Vice Pres
ilent by the Democratic COnven-
ton at Baltimore.
The man that fifteen years ago
had announced to the Democratic
party that it would, in Convention
assembled, have chosen these men
as their standard bearers would
have been considered demented.
Then the Democratic party ruled
this nation; then the South con-
trolled the Democratic party; then
Horace Greeley and b. Gratz Brown
champiOned, in mistaken philan-
thropy, the cause of the weak against
the strong; then we of the South,
proud i'm our wealth, our resources,
and our allies North, chained to us,
as it then seemed, with "hOOks of
Steel" disdained any outside assist
ance, needed none, and proudly
conquered alone.
Now, the South is PROSTATE and
plundered; now the carpet-bagger
rides rough shod over white and
black alike, and now Horace Gree
ley and B. Gratz Brown see, to their
surprise, that the party which they
organized has been captured by
Swiss, by men who were rampant
Democrats when that party was in
power, by such men as Ben. Butler,
EIoxa Morton and Mathew Carpen-
ter; they see this party under the
auspices of these men, seeking, by
The freedom of the negro and his
elevation to the right of suffrage,
the slavery of the white man, and
the abstraction of the property in
terests of the South. What are they
to do: They believe that the white
IMAM and negro ought both to be
free, ought both to he voters, ought
both to he educated, honest, thrifty
and industrious. How to bring this
about, then, is the problem. With
the vigOr which pure hearts, strong
Eiinds and moral courage always
produces, this old New Englander,
this young Kentuckian, appeal to
their party to reform itself, to cast
off the men who were running it,
and fast rushing the government
to centralized power and despite
ruin. That party answers them
through the mouths and pens of its
best and trucst intellects, its Pal
ners, its Trumbulls, its Koerners,
and now at last eliminates its efforts
i'll the cause Of truth, in the nominal
ton of these men at Cincinnati upon
a platform which contains all that
Is best of Republican and Demo-
cratic principles, which gives
standing place for every noble soul
that loves still the American Re-
public, and wishes the whole people
again to be reunited, peaceful and
prosperous. This wonderful plat
form goes forth to the people of
America it is found to be adagra.
bly, suited to the present temper Of
the American MUD it is enthusi-
astically adopted by the whole Dem
Ocratic party in the various State
Conventions, and, finally, it culmi-
mates in the fusion in the State of
Illinois of the Democratic and Lib
eral Republican Conventions, and
the nomination of joint State tick
OF. Then, at least, comes to the
ears of the listening people of this
nation the news that the Democratic
Convention of the Union has nOmi-
mated, unanimously, at Baltimore,
Creole yand Brown for President
and Vice President.
Many wonder how the South can
take to these men. Suppose a man
is angry with a friend, and goes to
law with him, and the friend wins
all his property; suppose when the
Sheriff comes to take it all, this
friend now, enemy as he is, steps in,
and causes the Sheriff to cease his
efforts aud leave the poor defendant
his furniture and a years supply,
and corn for another harvest, and a
chance again to resurrect his shat |
tered fortunes, would nObleheart-
ed, generous man, accept the gift
and thank the donor? We think /.
yes. Would he believe such a man
honest and would he be likely to
trust him i'm other business We
Lrow yes. Then the South trusts