The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-04-17
Cincinnati Convention and the De.
M0CraCy.

question among Democrats Il led
them at last to the conviction that the
party ought not to put a ticket in the
field there are few dissenters from this
almost universal conviction. But there
are some Democrats who, fearful that
the great struggle will pass without
Tue democracy, as a party, taking
hand in it, insist that since the Democ-
racy will not nominate a tickle of
their own, they shall, at least, formally
endorse some other party's ticket
With this view, they propose that if
the Liberals at Cincinnati present
ticket acceptable to Democrats, the
latter shall call national convention
to approve and adopt it, aud recon-
mend 1t to be voted for by Democrats.
This Democratic appreciation of the
Cincinnati ticket would not, however,
do any good in any way that we can
conceive. 1t would not strengthen the
ticket certainly, for it would not Sc
cure for it a single Democratic vote
which would not be given voluntarily
to it, on its merits. On the other hand,
it might to some extent weaken it by
enabling the Administration partisans
to fiishtcn Republicans from it by
calling it Il Democratic ticket. This is
the weapon the Administration party
will seek to fight the battle with; but
if the Cincinnati ticket be a naked Re-
publican ticket, nominated by unques-
toned Republicans, and unindOlsed by
any official Democratic authority, the
weapon will have no edge, nor force,
and its oppunents will have to find, if
| they can, some other instrument to
meet it with. The Administration
party do not yet know how they will
OR can oppose sthe reformatnry insur-
gent movement to be marshalled at
Cincinnati for an assault upon them :;
and it would be imprudent, at least,
for the Democracy to solve the difficult
ty for them by authorizing them
| to fight it as ID e mo cratic
ticket. The isville Courier
journal which seems to have stn-
died the question in all its aspects,
takes the same view with ourselves OF
this matter; and we are sure that all
intelligent Democrats who weigh it
carefully, will admit the force of our
Louisville contemporaries reasoning in
the following paragraph:
The Democratic party, as an organi-
cation, is not going to play the fool OF
the traitor either to itself or the Liber-
ais. We lay down plainly and broad
| ly its position, and we know that We
speak for the masses Of the Southern
people and for the leaders of the party
everywhere. If the Cincinnati Con.
vention is a success-if it puts an &C.
ceptable ticket in the feld-if the great
Republican journals support that tick
citizen the Democratic party will MOI
stand in its way. Without indorsing
without being responsible for the Gin
cinnati movement or nominees, with
out defending them or their antece
dents, it Will, in the absence of fai
, chance for itself, choose between tb'
) Liberal candidates and the Radica
candidates. 1t will preserve its owl
, organization in the several States. /
will put its nominees in the field fo
governors, congressman and Legislators
, 1t will not embarrass the Liberals by
, coalition, nor compromise itself by
passivism which may be regarded a
, the first step toward dissolution. Bu
| it will hope by the defeat of Grant, AM
, by the division of the present Senate
! and by the election of the next Hous
of Representatives, to so enlarge an
chasten all the elements of the opposi
! ton as to open the new administrator
with fresh set of books, to which jus
9 tice and law are the titles, and to reol
] ganize the government upon constitu
s tional principles which can claim til
t allegiance OF every patriot.
:, The trouble the Reformers will hav
D to meet and overcome will not procee
e from the Democracy, but from Graz
), men disguised as Democrats and {
e Liberals. The adm iaistration Ii;
d money to spend in buying up a fe
d impracticables to make row in II
It Democratic camp, and of course it h;
IS many paid agents, who will profess
p be Liberals in order to betray the Lii
:, eral movement at the right moment
Indeed, SO great an interest has Graz
e in dividing, or in seeming to divic
= the Democracy, that with the emo
d nous public plumber at his disposal, (
&c could afford to defray the expenses
a putting an ultra Democratic ticket
he the field.-[St. Louis Republican.
AN ONLY REGRET.-Senator How
~ says the Washington Patriot, has b
:, one regret. His official life is rapid
- drawing to an end, and he looks bat
on its record with calm contedtmer
There is but one flaw, one blemis