Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-26

For the last eight years the DcnOCThtN
managers have been committing blundcr
after blundcr. First OF all, after the election
Of Mr. Lincoln and the outbreak Of the rebel
lion, they committed the bluuder otthrowing
themselves In opposition to the war, and OF
cndeavorlng to defeat the administration OF
Mr. Lincoln. The Democratic leaders famed
the flames Of insurrection In the North as FAR
Us II was possible for them to do so without |
running their nccks into the halter The
Democratic presses teamed with abuse Of
Federal generals; the triumphs Of the ma
tlonal arms were belittlcd or denied, and
every Confederate victory was hailed with
delight. Reasonable organizations were
started In all portions Of the country, par
tiCularly in the West leading Democratic
politicians were In constant correspondence
with the enemy drNit-riots were openly
| countcranccd and encouraged. To come
later down, In 1894, they made the mistake
Of running on an aAti-war platform the most
distinguished failure among our military men.
Three years after peace had been proclaimed
they again made the blundcr Of nominating
the most notorious coppcrhead ia the Coun-
try for the Presidency, and for the
second place on the ticket a candidate who
had avowcd himself In favor Of ovcrturning
and ripping up all that had been settled by
four years Of bloody war. The eliminating
bluuder was al Baltimore last July, when 1t
surrendered the shadow Of principle that 1t
had and made an Infamous surrender to a
dIsreputablo gang Of politicians merely for
the sake Of getting into office.
The New York World forcsaw that Mr.
Greeley's nomination at Baltimore would be
disastrous to It's party. After his selection at
Cincinnati, and when a portion of the party
was clamoring for his Endorsement at Baltl-
more, the leading organ Of the Democracy
said "Mr. Greeley IL the very antithcsls OF q
Democrat He has strenuously fought the
Democratic party all his life. There Is no
one question, either Of principle or policy, on
which he agrees with US, except the transient
question OF amnesty. By nominating him
we should stultify ourselves as free traders
, stultiy ourselves as opponents of the pater'
nal theory OF government; stulufy ourselves
as the champions Of state rights; stultIfy
{ ourselves as the antagonists Of the ku-kluN
| law, the odious bayouet election law, martha
. law In thes Southern States, and the whol'
series Of subjugatlng measures which Mr.
Greeley has chAmpioned, and the Democratic
, party has unanimously opposed, wlshin TIT
0 last two or three years. We have not altere'
our opinion Of these detestable laws ant
Mr.. Greeley has not changed bis. For elthe
TO chRngenOw or rather to pr6fess q change
In order to help on the proposed coalition
would have such an air OF inslncerlty tina
9 the selt-respect of both parties should forblt
, them TO publish 90 hollow reconciliation"
!, But Mr.. Greeley was nominated, and tn
!, World wheeled into line In advocacy o
n Democratic Qualification" As that jour
nal predicted, the Democratic masses hay
: utterly repudiated the candidate selected 70
, them, and cannot DO rallied TO his support I
any section OF the country, except among th
Il Georgia KU-KluX. Gen. Grant received
. large Democratic vote In 1888, but II will b
, more than quAdrupled In November. II tn
Democracy had maintained their party OF
ganiza;ion; had stood on their old platform
}, bad and unpatriOtic rs 1t was; II II had nom
mated either Mr.. Hendricks or Mr.. GrOet
. beck, or even Horatio Seymour, there can b.
no doubt that the result Of the NOyembe
election would be infinitely less doubtful tina
It Is to-day. But the hollow show enacted q
Baltimore disguised hundreds of thousand
d OF Ia rank and Ole, and drove them over Il
G the Republican organization. Since 1850 VI
o have been steadily gaining adhorents to GU
$ cause, owing to the lnfaluation. the dlshon
esty and the unpatriotism VI the Democrats
: managers. The accesslons that we shall re
l. ceiye In couple Of weeks hence will 5
% cripple the Democracy that even as al oppo
sltion II will be pOworless 10 the future.