The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-07
Baltimore Convention.

Baltimore Convention.
This week the Baltimore Convention
meets. As between Horace Greeley and
General Grant this convention holds the
balance of power. 1t seems to be q fore
gone conclusion with the followers of the
first named, that he will be elected if Bal
timore says Amen to Cincinnati. But the
followers of General Grant seem to be
equally sanguine that nothing can prevent
his reelection. In the auction of the presi-
dency they, it seems, will be the only high
bidders. Who will bid the highest, No.
vember will proclaim.
The Baltimore convention will meet un-
der peculiar circumstances. 1t will repre-
sent the Democratic party and Democratic
principles and yet, it seems it must &C.
cept Republican candidate, with strong
republican record and some late-come lib
eral principles. That is, the Democratic
party will pledge itself to vote for it's Bit
terest enemy-a man who, from the first
days of the organization was a republican,
is one still and will continue to be one
against man, who was Democrat all his
life up to four years ago! So times and
men and parties change. We, who are
outside all political parties, who are neither
Democrat nor republican, write as 9 mere
looker-on. We never expect to have the
high honor of putting piece of paper,
with mans name on it, in q ballot box.
Our aspirations never reached be high as
that. We are native-born citisen, and,
by right, possess the glorious privilege of
voting, but, SO far, we have never assumed
the awful responsibility for the reason,
perhaps, that we do not believe that all
men are equal, nor that everyone ought be
allowed to vote land for the further reas-
on, maybe, that we do not wish to lower
ourselves to the level of everybody, by the
act of -yoting.----- a..
Universal suffrage, in our opinion, strikes
down the personal dignity Of all who pos
sess that GROWING characteristic of man,
and lifts up the personal indignity Of those
who are only men because they have hu-
man form feature and folly
But we have most disrespectfully, wan
dered from the illustrious names Of Horace
Greeley and General Grant. Horace Gree
ley must be weak man with the Republi-
cans, If, in order to be elected over Grant
the support of the Democratic party is ne
cessary. If the Democratic do indorse him,
he must be, though q republican, very
strong with Democratic, or they. as party,
must be singularly weak. 1t seems to be
pretty generally granted that Grant alone
can beat any Democrat,-and that even il
Inns
divide the republican party, no Democrat
would have the ghost of chance in the
coming election. 'r'
1t is q singular phenomenon in political
history that the oldest political party in
the Countrywide ones which has had
longest power, and whose past prestige is
full of victories, should be obliged to take
mn a man from thd ranks of its enemies,-,
and that man it's aFCh-enemy and offer
him its support.
So, as between Grant and Greeley, the
Democratic party holds the balance of
power ;-on the other hand as between 9.
republican OF q democratic victory, Horace
Greeley, himself, in the palm of his own
hand bolds the balnace of power. His
position lie unique. He says to the Demo-
cratic Party Take me OF take me not.
If you take me-. you beat Grant and
only by taking me win You be able to beat
Grant,-and though you do. beat him It.
will not be a Democratic victory because
/, your candidate, am a republican. The
victory will be mine, a 1ife-long republican,
one of the founders of that-party over one
who has been a Democrat up to few years