The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-07-13

We copy the following ar,icl. ,rom Il,

."@' ehoESBECk'S POSITION.
We copy the following article from the
Chicago Times OF the 18th inst:
II, upon the fnsi disbandment Of the
Democratic party =; Baltimore, Mr.. Groesbeek
should decline to permit the use of his name A.
the nucleus of political refrigeration and ar
ganilafion Of the party Of the future, the
right way will be to issue immediately a call
Tor National Convention Of all who hold the
principles expressed in the platform on winch
MT. drccsbeck stands such Convention to
meet on the let of September, to nominate n
National ticket only (including, of course an
electoral ticket in each State. With respect
TO local tickets, State and Congressional, IL /.
nksiy that in every State the opposition can .
didates, by whatever organic machinery they
may be nominated. will be men in aecord win
the principles of Democracy. whom all Demo
Gratis can support. Citizens opposed equally
to Grant and Greeley, aud who will not under
any circumstances deliver their votes to either
nevertheless can aud will cheerfully sspport
the candidates opposed to the Radical ticket
for state officers in Illinois, Indiana, Penn.yt
vani. and, most likely. in every other State
So TOO, rs general rule, with the oppo,ition
candidates for Congress. In the Western and
southern states, Mt all events, il is unlikely
that any opposition candidate for Congress will
nc man who does not fully and heartily sinh
scribe to the Groesbcck platform of principles
whether he has heretofore acted with the ex-
istinS Republican or the lcfunct Democratic
party. IL is in the National field where rs
respects Grant and Greeley, no candidate per
soniiying the principles of the opposition to
tue hndical party appears, that the standard
bearer OF those principles is demanded
Our readers will rem .mber that Mr.
Groesbeck WIS nominated Tor Presi-
dency by portion Of ts /. ara! Con.
vention held in New York. As he has
not been officially notified OF his nomina
ton, he has not As vet formally declined.
lie has, however, authorized statement
TO be made that he would not accent the
nomination in question. To those who
kno" how long Mr., Groes heck has advo-
Gated and defended the principles of the
Democratic party, and adhered to the
usages OF its organization, it is unnec.
cessary to say that he will not encourage
any departure from those usagcs during
the campaign. lie will not nd himself
TO any attempt to embarass the action of
the Democratic party in electing its NOM
inees at Baltimore, whether the lucky
individual be Wendell Phillips, Lucy
Stone, Brigham Young, or Horace Gree.
ley, whose claims on Democ ratio Con-
venton are each on n par with the other.
Mr. Groesbeck, like thousands of other
lifelong Democrats, may grieve to see
what rottenness threatens TO accomulish
at Baltimore, but lac is in no manner res
ponsible, however, for the approaching
sale and transfer of his party to its en-
emies, and whatever shape the contest
may take, We know he will continue to be
the same unflinching Democrat that he
has been for thirty years.
The Chicago Times is TOO late" It
should have boldly advocated Mr.. Groes
becks nomination six months AGO. and
not permitted the hucksters of our partv
TO sell IT'S ont in the twinklng of an eve
as they have done II the New York
World. Detroit Fr.- Press, the Times. and
other leading Democratic papers, now so
thoroughly and justly Disguised with the
present condition Of the Democratic marty.
had in'erPosei in time, aud urged MIR
Groesbecks nomination, as the only avail.
able Democrat with whom there was an,
nope of success, they would not have
cause to lament the hnmiliatins situation
OF the Democratic party, or been obliged
to protest against the degradation with
"Hch ii is to be overw hylncJ O.. B,iti.
more. They were warned in season aud
refused to take heed.