The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-01

! ing to divide the Republican party, they arc
! first dividing the Democratic and Conserva-
tive parties and by going so Unexpectedly
strong for the South to unite on Greeley,
they are just concentrating the North upon
Grant. STOPPING very low, they are, but
not to conquer.
AT all events, if the convention at Balti-
more naminates Greeley, it will be the knell
of the Democratic party's doom. 1t may
not kill, but WITTY the party of "so-called"
Conservatives, formed and controlled es-
cially by Old Fedcralists, and Old Line
Wings, and Know Nothings, who hate
Democracy worse than they do Black Re-
publicanism, and who were, from the first,
as foresaw and foretold, leading, in Vir-
ginia, to the end of uniting with Liberal
Republicans, or "Lesser Evils" for the
purpose of destroying Democracy. They
have a purpose and policy in greeting
Greeley: to crush Democracy forever, ut
terly reckless of the honor and name of
Conlederates. We have just had divided
conference at New York. Protection and
Free Trade came into conflict, but Democ-
racy was thrown out entirely. The editor
of the Louisville CoHier-Jomnal, Mr..
Watterson, was asked by somebody what
he proposed TO do with the Democratic
party? And he answered: "Why, sir,
the Democratic party in the South has
been disorganized ever since 1860. 1t gave
up politics altogether then, and went into
war;" Yes, Democracy, faith, creed,
truth, principle, honor, self-respect, pride,
patriotism, Constitution, Confederacy, the
war and its men, are to be politically ignored
for COnsevatisnt-the Mulatto Republican
party! Did not see one of "the Commit
tee Of Nine" "and Confederate General
there?"
These pale and pious partizans, though,
turn up their eyes to Heaven and put up
theft hand exclaiming, All! but Grant is
so corrupt and his myridians SO foul, we
can't, be worstedP | answer, don't be-
lieve half what Sumner says of Grant or
his Personal Government" / would trust
Gen. Grant before would the witness who,
if he tells the truth, betrays the dying con-
fidencc ofhis dead Cabinet minister. But, lad
uniting Grant to be what Sumner says Stan
ton said ofhim, is Greeley any filter to govern
this nation? He would, ifelected, be the Mask
of Menus on the corpse of the constitution
And as to the Myrmidons, Grants
swarm is full, and Greeley's is han,-
cry, ce,y hungry and it may take all
the blood left in our veins to satiate them
know the worst of Grant. Greeley is
untried; and choose to bear the
ills suffer rather than to fly to those
know not of. And if Grant be elected by
our absence from the polls, he may be mol
Titled by our forbearance. now that he is
clear Of the S. S. S. SIS, and Greeley will
be mainly guided by one of the worst of
them.
But what if Greeley be elected? and
what if he is not?
Ifhe be elected, every Confederate who
goes for him will, like Falstaff, knew the
Prince by instinct" and what scene of
humiliation will we Southern Confederates
who stand faithful amidst the faithless,"
have to witness! Every Lesser Evii'
Rebel will be holding out beggar's hand
for craven's crumb. They have been en-
tirely and utterly subdued. They have
taken test-oaths, have begged for pardons
clubbing them traitors. They will say "If
he was good enough for us to vote for, he is
not too bad for us to take Office FROM"
1--WE choose the Lesser Evil" Is the de-
moralization of Grants administration
worse than that would seem at least to be ?
Behold the spectacle! Coafcderdtes
kneeling on The Cincinnati platform, or
PROSTATE before Horace Greeley, praying for
office, as pay for failing the Lesser EpI I"
Heaven defend my aching vision from that
borrowing sight! Reign, Grant, rampant,
unhonored, distrusted, for ever, aoitaola ny
rote, rather than see such scene aoith ii !!
If we vote for neither, then neither will
tempt us to bow so low as to beg for office
from the invaders of the constitution and
our country.
There is another spectacle would avoid.
Aye, even the defeat of Greeley. What if
he shall not be elected? Those Confeder-
ates who will have committed themselves
forever against themselves and all that men
hold dear and sacred will have done so in
vain, and-gotten no pay That will be
their saddest catastrophe. What a bye
word, and kissing, and scorn they will have
become from all sides That will have
driven the last nail into the collins of the |
Confederate dead who have collins, and |
will prick the bones of those who are buried
in earth with nothing but their "martial
cloaks around them"
The Lesser Evils" had better, then, be
cautious before they are committed.
Grant will be elected overwhelmingly.
Where will Greeley's followers then be ?
The "soi,ite hats" will be sent to the dyer,
and those who wore them will swear that
it was but a joke put upon the Z" Vain Old
joker"
1t is extremely sad to me to put these
things before you. But they are inevitably
upon us, and must be met. pray you,
and Virginia, and Conlederates especially,
to stand proudly aloof.
! !. ----- Yn1rc Truly - -