Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-11
POLITICAL.
The Democratic Death aud puriaI.

NOTES ON YEsTERDAYs neutrality-suspicious.
BAYARDs sPEECH-DIsaUsr OF THE DELEGATES
AT THEIR JoB-wHAT GOVERNOR sAUIsBunY SAYS
OF PENNSYLVANIA, ETO., E,o.
Special Correspondence ~ he Commercial.
BALIlMOut, July 10.
The great farce is endel. Though farce. il
was gloomy one. Tears and sorrow, and dis
gust ATE in tho faces of the delegates. The job
ia done by tho packed Convention, in spite of
tue protests of the honest men of the party 1t
has been done by few of the leaders of the old
South, and the chief men of the old Tammany
Rlug. The South is convinced, as Mr.. O'COnner
OF s. c., said in his speech before the Conven-
ton in reply TO Bayard that the new Constitu-
tional Amendments are forever fixed, and cannot
he overthrown; therefore, they th nk ii wise TO
abandon their old position and go for the negro
vote of the South and the control of their state
government.
Iammany, which had intended to make John
II. Hoffman President this time having failed by
the recent exposure Of its yillanies, was com
PEELED 20 abandon that idea, because Holman
was too nearly implicated himself. They now
go Tor Greeley as The next best thing to be done.
1t is these TWO influences and the respective
lenders Of those two factions that have managed
both the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conventions.
Cincinnati no more expected to nominate Gree
Icy than 1t did Grant. II WAS cheated into doing
1t by these TWO influences, which, at that time,
promised that Baltimore should endorse it. II
is done, and these two factions now enter the
contest solely with the Wow OF public plunder
Their weapons are to be SiGnder of Gen Grant
and his administration aud Brdg that Greeley
is going to be elected
1t was az plain as the sun at MONDAY that
even the delegates to tho Convention performed
their-work with loaihng. The chief men only
felt any interest i'll the thing. Under such cir
cumstances we shall expect to sec the nomlua-
tion of Greeley and Brown fall like a funeral
pail upon the honest masses of the Democracy
The attitude of the Delaware delegates created
marked Impression, and WAS the theme of general
comment. 1t was admitted even by the blatant
Greeley ltes that Their course was the honest one
and they and the few who stood with them. had
preserved their consistency and helf-rtspect
Senator Bayards speech vigorous effort
but he did not say the fnll measure of what he
thought He was evidently indignant, and bmrn-
lrg TO utter all lie thought, but lie restrained
himself, and 80 produced all evident effect upon
the character nj hls speech. There were cuntiu-
uh Interruptions from all parts uf the hpuse
Kisses cat-calls, grOans, cries of Put him our y
- Take lilm down. and once, " Take out that
calf :" Several times he Oh the point of
yielding to the adverse storm, but DoOittle
appealed for hearing to the Convention, and
hv went on. bnt finally rat down, overborne by
the autagOnsm of his audience, and exhausted
physically. In fact, the Greeley clacqners choked
him OH.
Afterward, Governor salisbury rose, and pro-
tested in the same strain. He was evidently
excited and angry, but his words were very i'm
perfectly heard He relieved his mind, however,
and this was probably his chief purpose.
Bayard's speech had perceptible effect,
thongh OF course it could not overturn the fixed
Job of the managers. The Convention felt the
force of what he said but as dozens of delegates
said "What can we do ? The thing is all set
up, and we do not know what other plan to
adopt"
The Opera House was arranged in imitation
of the Philadelphia Academy OF Music. But it is
much smaller and it looked trifng in compari-
son. At the rear the scenery shut off any
draft, and the air was sitting Many persons
were sick aud faint with the heat. The house
was never crowded. The upper tier was not at
any time full, though large Numbers Of the Bal
tmore "plugs' were present, to lead the ap-
plause and do the Greeley "clacqulng. They
were nuisance, ,andhad t. be repeatedly checked
by Doolittlo.
Senator Eli Salisbury occupied a seat with the
Delaware delegates.
Al Barnum's Hotel, after the Convention ad
journed, Congressman Kerr, of Indiana, came
TO labor with the Delaware lnourners, but EX-
| Governor Salisbury said that the choice OF Gree
| ley was fatal blunder. A Pennsylvania Demo-
crat, accurately informed h I'd admitted to him
| that 100 900 Democrats in that State, would not
vote for Greeley. Senator Eli commented on
| this that lie thought the estimate too high, but
| there were great numbers of that sort. He asked
| OF Kerr what is to be the consequence OF the
convention on inc iutuIe ol tho D9moSIavio
| P4rty5
Kerr replied that the great preponderance Of
| Democrats iii the movement would overbear the
Liberals of course but il it did result in the
complete disruption Of the Party, it might not
/ be evil.
Mrs Beecber Hooker and Miss Anthony, who
| wanted woman suffrage plank IN the platform
came home disgusted aud disappointed. In the
| train coming North that blatant huiAbug
| Judge" Carpenter of South Caroline browbeat
them till the anger of the passengers around
was ON the point of Interference. He is big
bully, evidently fitted to frighten women.
All the Associated Press reports are exagger-
ated and overstated they are not reliable, but
are part of the Greeley game of brag and
buster The pretence of applause" and ZEN
thusasm," and all that, is preposterously magni
fed. There was no such degree of feeling in the
Convention. The roughs and plugs did th'
shouting OBSERVER
1he New DpmOcra ic Platform.