Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-05-16
TdMiaq.on, May :, 1872

b0WiHyson, NAY 4, loI..
W. roor Genercl-I have yours Of the
4.h. We will have to take Greeley or
Grant. and we will take Greeley--reluc-
family, Of course. but not the less certain
". And he will be the more certain Of
election because the democrats do not wish
to embrace him at first.
As for their runnin. candidate Of their
own that would be both disastrous and dis
graceful. They all gave in their ahhe-
sion to the Cincinnati Convention, and the
most ob.trcperous of Grccley's opponents
had their candidates before that Convcn-
ton. Voorhees,. for example, was loud
in his advocacy Of Judge Davis. and the
World was earnes. in pressing Adams -
Now. there certainly can be no>greater
departure from principle IN supporting
Greeley than there would be in supporting
Davis or Adams or any other radical
There can be. in fact. no motive assigned
for the support of these men aud the re-
fusal TO support either of the others but
mere personal preference. This is not
craftsmanship; it is mere caprice. if not
something worse. which no man can in
dulge in without the loss of public conf
dencc For my own part
60 for the movement initiated At Gin
cinna,i to arrest the further progress Of
radicali-m. It is the only practical way
ofarrestingi. As for running in straight
democratic ticket between Greeley and
Grant. that is a dodge that will Tot be al.
lowed to succeed. That can be done only
in the small Geld Of local politics. where
tho contest between rival aspirants is per-
sonal and has become embit,crcd. But
the contest between the republican and
democratic parties has always been Sec
tional contest, one party representing the
North and the other the South. and while
the contes. retains that character the re-
publican success is assured BY the census.
|. It is only By dividing the more numcr-
Gus North and allying itself with the more
liberal division that the democracy repre-
scnting the South can hope for the recov-
cry of the RICH. Of sclf-govcrnment for its
section. The moment that the denocra-
cy shall set up for itself the North will
close its ranks aeain. and the only effect
would be to sacrifice the leaders 10 the
liberal party who had attempted to help
us. This would disgrace US and so help
TO defeat US not only now but hereafter.
OF course there will be some honest DEM
ocrats who will not regard the subject in
this light. and who will prefer to stand by
their guns. &c. But the noisicst fellows
will be those who are in the pay Of the
administration. Chandler said recently
q learn on good au,hority) that there
would be 3 straight democratic ticket. and
that he would give S25. 900 himself to
start it. There are good many demo-
Gratis Of the Tweed order ready to take
his money and help to keep the sta'a quo.
which is profitable to them; fellow. who
understand manipulating claims quietly.
and the administration has the public
purse at its disposal and understands them,
aud how to make the most Of them.
There were ever one hundred Office
holders, all them Grants emissaries. In
Cincinnati working for Adams. They
were nearly all from Washington. can
furnish the names Of abou. fifty Of them
The strategy Of Grants friends was to Sc
cure for him the Irish vote BY putting
Adams on Ne. and so compensate for the
loss Of the liberal republican vote bat he
was foiled. and they are furious. =
The grea, majority Of Adams supporters
did not understand il. But the public
mind is now thoroughly aroused, and
waen this is the case the power Of pur-
chasable individuals and Of the vcnal press
is incoasiderable.