The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-08-15
A serIOus Inquiry.


''naging" the Democratic candidate
and his supporters that the friends Of
the Administration repent Tho opinion |
which the candidate has formerly and |
constantly expressed Of tho party. |
The object is very plain. II Mr.. |
Greeley believed what he said, the
little lapse Of time since can not have
converted him. II he did not believe
it, why did he say it and how much
OF what he says now does he not be-
lievef Moreover, much OF what he
has said has no relation whatever to
the principles and policy Of the Dem
ocrntic party, but TO the general char
acter Of those who compose IL; and
IL is useful and timely when his sup-
porters are busily LAUGHING NJ the
friends Of the Administration as re.
formers to repeat what no thinks OF
the character Of his own advocates.
When we read that in 1868 Mr..
Greeley said, ''Every one who choos-
es 70 I've by pugilism or gambling or
na-lotry, with nearly every keeper Of
a tippling house, is politically a Dem
ocrat, we do not suppose that the
repetition of the words will prevent
any such person from voting for their
author, because such person are nei-
ther intelligent nor sensitive. They
would undoubtedly do what the chair
man of Mr.. Grceley's Executive Com
mittee, General John Cochrane, said
some years ago thatS he would do,
vote for the devil, il he were the
regular candidate" But it ia GER
tainly very proper and legitimate
inquiry, why it is that such persons
should always be politically Demo
Gratis. We naturally ask what il is
in the Democratic party that SO at
tracts the worst elements of society,
that upon another occasion, Mr.. Gree
ley was constrained to inquire of his
excellent friend the World, now sup
porting him for the Presidency-but
very much, we allow, rs man sup
ports an aching head-"whether the
pugilists, blacklegs, thieves, burglars.
keepers Of dens of prostitution, etc,
etc, were not almost unanimously
Democrats.
Indeed, Mr.. Greeley is before us in
asking the secret Of the attraction.
Take, says the candidate of the
Democratic party" take all the
haunts of debauchery in the land,
and you will find ninc-tenths of their
master-spirits active partisans of that
same Democracy. What is the in
stinct, the sympathetic chord, which
attaches them 30 uniformly to this
party, Will you consider?" Pre-
cisely. What is 1T 'Tis the very
point that we are considering, Mr..
Greeley vouches for the fact Now
how to explain it Why is it that,
in the words of Mr.. Greeley, "a pure
ly selfish interest attaches the lewd,
r,iflianly, criminal, and dangerous
classes to the Democratic party p
Does he suggest the reason when he
remarks that IF there were not q
newspaper nor common school in
the country, the Democratic party
would be far stronger than it is p
Aud did he mean to reflect upon the
chairman of his Executive Committee
when he asserted that 1.-The less one
learns and knows, the more certain
he is to vote the regular ticket from
A to lizard p does the personal
organ really think that there is no
fun in this campaigni
If Mr.. Greeley believed these
things when he wrote them-and he
undoubtedly did so-his opinion can
not have changed. They were all
said within very few years, and the
changes in general character and dis
position can not in that time have
been very considerable We would
like, therefore. respectfully TO inquire
at the Glenham Hotel whether the
candidate is still of opinion the pugi-
lists, blacklegs, thieves, burglars,
keepers Of dens of prostitution, etc.
etc, with nearly every keeper of a
trpling house, and nine-tenths of the
master-spirits of all the haunts of de
bauchery in the land, nre active par
tisans Of the Democracy. And if he
is not of that opinion, what reason
he has had to change his views. We
should like further to ask all honest
and patriotic people whether they are
Of the opinion that party to which
the lewd, ruflianly, criminal, and dan
gerous classes are instinctively at
tached is party which-whatever
the purity of its candidates. likely
to elevate and reform the administra-