Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-08
POLITICAL.
THE DEMOCRATIC raw DIT.
A Great Host Whom Greeley Has Not Swal-
lOwed.

Very naturally there are thousands Of Demo-
Gratis who have escaped being Eobbled up by Mr..
Greeley. They are announcing the fact. We
point few details concerning them:--
DELAWARE DEMOCRATIC PAPtR FIRM.
The Middletogn Transcript says duly 6th)
that the endorsement of Greeley and Brown
hopelessly divides the Democratic party. aud that
II no strHight-Out ticket is nominated u large
majority ol Democrats will regard themselves at
liborty to act as they please, aud many will vote
for General Grant. Ii concludes thus. Give
lis a stragnt-out Democratic lickot II 1t receives
but 80 votes in each State. We would prefer de-
feat Thousand times upon Il Democratic
platform and with Democratic standard-bearers,
than to be successful under false colors."
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE IN MISSOURI.
In Missouri league is said to be forming in
every county, called THE League of Freedoal,'
whose members sign the subioiued pledges
"We the undersigned inhabitants of --
county, Missouri, accepting as the fundamen-
tai article of Democratic faith the equal free
duhn of all rights for all citceus hold that it is
the imperative duty of the Democratic Nation
al Convention to nominate Democrats for Pres
ident and Vice President, and we pledge our
selves, upon our words of honor respectively
that We will not vote for Greeley and Brown
electors for President and Vice President, at the
November election, 1872, under any possible cir
cumstanees, nor in any contingency that may
arise
"Although enemies to the National Couven-
ton Cor misguided friends). may sell I'd either
in express terms, or impliedly by non-action,
they shall never deliver US.
MOVEMENT IN ILLINOIS.
In Stephenson county, Illinois, the following
pledge is in circulation, ffty-two names being
obtained, at the start -
"Freeport, ILL.,, Juno 26.--We the undersigned
fl,nf ~
county, State Of Illinois, IN Democratic princi.
plos and adhe1lng to our Democratic faith, de-
clare that under no circumstances will we vote
for Horace Greeley for President. II others are
willing to sell out their principles, we declare
that we are not and il sold out at Baltimore
those VINO sell us or our votes to the support Of
the support of the Greeley party, cannot deliver
our votes.'
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS INDEPENDENT.
The Detroit Free Press democratic organ OF
Michgan) prints document signed by sixty
one Democrats of Wayne county, saying that
under no circumstances whatever will they vote
for Mr.. Greeley The Democrat who sends this
document to the Free Press says that hundreds
of signatures might have been obtained in the
county, adding In the meantime we have
diligently inquired after Republicans who have
forsaken Grant and will vote for Greeley, and
find but one"
THE FEELING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Democratic newspaper, ard one of the most in
huential in Eastern Pennsylvania says editorial
ly, July 9th =
"Within the Last two weeks we have Travelled
through twenty-five counties of this state and
have met with active Democratic politicians
from almost every other county. On our trip
we made it our business to inquire about the
feeling of the Democracy relative to the pro-
posed nomination of our old and bitter enemy
Horace Greeley by the Baltimore Convention,
and have no hesitation in expressing the opin-
ion that thousand and thousands of Democrats
in this State will mover stultify themselves by
voting for him"
THE FEELING AT THE SOUTH -ALIssIssIPPI.
The Jetersonidn also says =
"Upon our return home we found letters
awaiting us from proninent and active pOliti-
clans IN two or three of the Southern States, all
of which represent the same state of feeling in
their State as we found to exist in Pennsylvania
gentleman in Mississippi writes us that the
nomination of Greeley at Baltimore will insure
his State for Grant by 10000 majority II the
Democratic Convention goes outside of the
party and selects AZ our STANDARD bearer our
most virulent vindictiye, uncompromising and
unrelenting enemy, its action will not be bind
| ing and defeat is inevitable"