, 1872-07-25
The PoIitica! Situation.

The PoIitica! Situation.
Never, since the great political revo-
luton Of 1910, has there been such
popular upheaval of parties as is now
going on. The intelligent man is will
fully blind who does not see in the pres
ent movement the sure precursor of a
total breaking rp of old party orgina-
tions and the utter overthrow of the
party in power. 1t is great mistake
to suppose that this movement is the
work of professional politicians or dis
contented party lie d4rs; al such who
are In the movement, have been forced
into it by the popular demand for re-
form, rather than leaders in the work.
The Cincinnati Convention did not
originate i'll Washington, New York. Or
any of the political centres, or with any
Of the party leaders, but with the peo-
pie of the border State. Missouri. remote
from political influences. 1t had small
aid or encouragement from politicians.
Nearly every Democratic member of
Congress at first opposed the endorse
ment of the Cincinnati Convention, bat
all are now with it even D. ". Voorhees,,
whose speech against Greeley has been
scattered broadcast by the Grant COM
mittees. 1t is emphatically the peoples
movement and the politicians hive been
forced into it. This idea is expressed in
the following extract from speech de-
livered by Hon. John Wentw orth, one
Of the Oldest of the Republican leaders
in Illinois, on the 21st day of June last:
There are men enough in this coun-
try to beat General Grant if they can
consolidate their forces, and am hap
py to learn that the last Convention
that met, small and respectable Con-
vention, mutual admiration society,
met in New York, and even there Gree
ley had a majority. [Applause. I do
not care what party it is, our candidate
will have a majority Of them too. Still
there will be men who hang out, but
where are they to go. There will be but
two candidates in the field, and one
will be Grant and the other Greeley.
["That is it'll In Indiana they have
had their Convention, and they have
nominated Democratic ticket. They
gave us the National, and we gave them
the State ticket and you start and trav-
el all over Indiana to-day, and you will
find that there is no such thing as re-
publicanism and no such thing as De-
mocracv. 1t is Greeley reysus Grant
and Grant uersus Greeley. [Applause.
Go into Pensylvs MIA, and there you see
the same magnanimity. The friends Of
Greeley gave the Democrats Buckalew
and an entire State ticket, and there you
find every friend of Greeley, Democrat
or Republican, going together, and by
cones are by-gones, and universal am.
nesty prev,.ils. Have you no heart:
So in New York State. Our friends
there will give the Democrats their full
State ticket, and Horace Greeley and
tbs Governor they nominate will get the
vote of that State in Il very few months
1t is useless for us to go into this fight
unless we go into it with that feeling
and as for myself, am prepared to say
that if my Democratic friends want the
Governor or Lieutenant Governor OF
this State, and they will support Gree
lev and Brown, l will work harder fol
their man that they can do for ours
[Applause. When see General GRAM
getting into bed with General Long
street, and I see the great guerilla Mos
by CT me out and endorse him. it is use
less to talk to us Republicans about oul
associating with Democrats. Laugh
ter and Applause tell you if a mar
is honest he is good enough for me tt
work for. General Grant has said
LET US have peace;' but the Apostle
said, "First pure, then peaceful. :"