The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-02

| them, that do not agree with the Oft
avowed sentiments OF the National
DemocraSv. and from (which it vpuld
have beo6 more fair az manly, my
to have thheld - ex-
pression OF aprrovsH If the has
been apf honesty the De- bcratic
party hoSetofore---an( am ON " those
VINO has4 fail that great majority
were honest and patriotic---its&ould %
idle to pretend that they have become
Converted" to the doctrines Of the Re-
publican party in thu light in hich Mr..
Sumner views it, as shown BY hiSrecent
Litter welcoming us to fellowship. AS
| for nv humble self, rather than be the
| ally of such character, on the terms
and in the light that he would. place US,
I would welcome fellowship with a
| minority party the remainder of my
life. There mzy be, and doubtless are
| some, who have recently called them
| selves Democrats, hat would be willing
| to crawl into power and place ever at the
! heels and upon the dishOnorable terms
| of Charles Sumner; but will not for
| felt nv good opinion Of mankind so far
as to believe there are many such at the
| South.
The adoption at Baltimore of the Gin
clnnati platform. i'm the form and man.
ner it was done, did not accord, in my
j Idgment, with the feelings of any res
pectable portion of the Southern dele
gates they deferred, however, to the
wishes of their Northern friends, under
force of the previous question. which
cut off all propositions to amend. mat
the committee on resolutions should
have gone SO far as to have asked South
ern delega tes TO tacitly subscribe to that
feature of the Liberal Republican reso-
lutions which expresses gratitude" to
the "soldiers and sailors OF the repub-
lie" for their recent war upon us, WAS
matter of great establishment; and that
it should have been forced on us under
the tyranny of parliamentary rule,
was little short of a fragrant insult.
And il was upon the policy of quietly
submitting to this seeming indignity
that the only serious division in our
delegation occurred Withoutimpugn>
ing the motives or conduct OF others, /
insist that it was not recreant to the
trusts reposed" in ustO have resisted the
adoption of such sentiment. unnessa-
nv and uncalled for, so far as the South
was concerned. The people of eur un-
fortunate section sacrificed much of life,
liberty and property by the war, but
t. cir honor was unstained. They can
not afford to venture now matterso sa-
cred in the scale of political advantages.
lam as cordial in the support of Gree
Icy and Brown as the most jealous, but
it is from a Democratic. and not Re-
publican, standpoint. Ifthere are those
who think it necessary to change their
course, they have the comforting assn
rance Of Mr.. Sumner, that " conversions
are always welcome, and that a political
party cannot if it would, and should not
il it could, shut the door against them"
But. while according to others entire
freedom of action in SO important mat
ter, trust that those of us who think
we can see a way of supporting the
more liberal ticket of the Republican
party without a new BIRTH" or with
out giving up our lifetime convictions,
or otherwise compromising our integrity,
will be permitted to do so. without the
charge OF recl eancy" to any tyast or
duty. have been some longer in poll
tics than you have, and my early i'm
preston has constantly strengthened
that in this, as in everything else, hon.
esty is the best policy"
Respect'y your friend.
F. G. HUNTINGTON. %