American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-06-22
ls it "Expedient" to Nominate Mr..
Greeley at Baltimore
From the Washington (City) Patriot. Il

Greeley at Baltimore
From the Washington City Patriot.l'
Editor Patriot /: Beyond the walls
of Bedlam no man could have been
found six months since to have sug-
gested the name of Mr.. Greeley for
nomination by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. This fact alone
suffices to show that whatever con-
sideratiOn is now being given to his
name is based solely upon the ground
of "expediency."
1t constitutes no part of the pur-
pose of this article to traverse the
illimitable field of ordinary object
ion that may be urged against the
nomination of almost any prominent
public man. and peculiarly soagainst
the nomination of Mr.. Greeley nor
do we now contemplate the discus
sion of that most vital question to q
party, whether its great principles
can be even held in allegiance dur
ing the hours of decisive struggle !;
its leadership confided to strange
guidance, for the mere sake of sue
cess, and that inuring to an heredi-
tary enemy-withOut the inevitable
debauchment that ever crowds close
on the heels of wavering virtue.
The honor or safety of such po-
litical course We must remand to
the keeping of the great body of
the Democratic party, whose men,
bers, under circumstances far more
discouraeing, yielding nothing to
the insOlence of power nor the tempt
atoms of place.
In the judgment of some men, it
will be "expedient" for the Balti-
more Convention to nominate Mr..
Greeley as the most effective mode
of defeating Grant. Put as we may
the question of Greeley's nominal
ton at Baltimore, it comes to this,
no Democrat will be so poor as to
do him reverence at Baltimore"
Considering, then. the whole sub
ject from the stand of d" expedlen-
cy," let US ask if it be prudent to
rely upon the support of the body
of the Democratic voters, who must
constitute Horace Greeley's main
strength in the contest, when thro'
all the years of his vigorous life, of
all men he has been most forward
in defeating the cherished princi
Piles of the Democratic party, and
most bitterly denunciatOry of its
hOnored leaders. The dead with
the living, who have endeared them.
selves to the Democratic mass of
voters, have alike been the subjects
of his incisive pen and burning
words of denunciatiOn. Can the
mass of Democratic voters forget
this TRUTH
1t is safe to rely upon the adher-
ence of that large religious element
in the party-Catholic and PrOtes-
tant, North and South-who, ap-
plying the test of conscience and of
morals, will at last omit TO cast their
votes for a candidate whose editor
ship has been distinguished by its
advocacy of doctrines that sap the
very foundations of religious teach.
ings, whether expOunded by New
England Presbyter or ROme's pre-.
late. The editor who publicly JUS
tilted the criminal parties to the
Mcfarland tragedy can scarce ex-
pect large support from consistent
Christian men, or escape from tile
potential criticism of the virtuOus
women of the land.
Can the Democracy afford te en-
counter the almost united hostility
If capitalists, who shrink from plac-
ing their sensitive treasure within
the reach of the TribMne's crude and
rough. and levelliDg financial poll
cy. Granted that the impulse OF the
Southern people to-day is in Gree
ley's favor, will the certain publica-
ton of his abuse Of their cause, of
them, their mothers, wives, and sis
tiers, during the long years of the
war, and now first brought to their
notice, hold them to their impulse p
If not, can Mr.. Greeley succeed
without a united SOuthf
Is it not true that the Southern
vote for Mr.. Greeley is mainly to be
had by united white vote, with a
considerable additional colOred vote
in some of these States, to be effec-
tivef And is it not equally tue
the cOlOred vote at least, save as to
few localities, is as absolutely in
the hands of a few leaders of the
race in each district of the South as
ever sheep were in shepherds handsi
Is it "expedient," then to count
on a united Southern vote in No.
vemberf
But should even this be gained
what will be the vote of the North
ernl States ?-of New England :
New Hampshire and Connecticut
alone present a hope Of success.
Will the SCARED and oft beaten, but
never -dishOn0red Democracy of
those Eastern States bow their
necks as one man to tho yoke pro.
vided by their lifelong enemy? If
not, the simple abstinence from vot-
ing of a few hundred men in either
State gives it to Grant. OF New
York it may be said that when Mr..
Greeley, as a candidate of his own
party 1869, fell far below his ticket,
he can scarcely be assured prom
Using ruu as the candidate of a par
ty whose chiefs are Seymour and
Hoffman and Church-whom Mr..
Greeley, by pen and tongue, has
impoverished the vocabulary of in
vective to traduce.
Of New Jersey, it may be said that
the State-true to Democracy when
every other Northern State failed