The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-11
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date for the Presidency, 1t has not con.
tented itself with accepting or endorsing
him as the candidate OF the Liberals, but
has made him It's own candidate by q
square nomination AS the Democrats
are about nine times as numerous as the
Liberals, he Is about nine times rs much
the Democratic candidate as he Is the
Liberal candidate; and this entities US TO
speak Of him rs the Democratic candi.
date who will be supported by few Lib.
eral Republicans,
There Is some disafection IN the ranks
of the Democracy over this result, but it
is too soon yet to perceive just how for.
midable it is or may become. 1t must
have time to develope and organize. II
may develope q fatal weakness in the
whole GREELEY movement, for without
the substantial unity Of the Democracy,
Mr.. GREELEY's election is quite hopeless.
This disafection may show itself in active,
organized opposition, or in the absence
Of that may manifest itself on election
day in absentecism from the polls; and it
may prove quite as serious in one form as
in the other.
As well as we can Judge from the logic
ofevents and from the currents of public
opinion, the direct nomination Of Mr..
GREELEY at Baltimore, will cost him
very large part Of his Republican support.
Republicans could support him as the
nominee Of Cincinnati even II the Demo.
Gratis did the same; but when the latter
make him their own candidate so, that il
elected they can claim him as their Presl.
dent, 1t makes brave difference. Mr..
GREELEY and his friends perceived this
and were anxious he should not be made
the nominee of the Baltimore Convention
but should only be recommended by it
as the nominee Of Cincinnati. Ever since
the Republicans came into power the re.
curing elections have proven that they
stick about as closely to their party allie.
glance as the Democrats. They are more
free and independent in their criticisms Of
party men and measures, with a view Of
correcting evils within their own lines;
but when tits a question involving the
existence of the party itself or their con.
nection with it, they are about as tena.
cious OF party ties as the average Demo.
crat. We believe fresh proof OF this
will be afforded by the coming
election. When Republicans come clear.
lyto see that vote for GREELEY will be
ayote for Democratic success-as they
will see before NOVember-they will gen.
orally feel constrained to vote for the can.
didate representing their party, objection.
able to them as he may be in personal
sense. And so they will say, as the North
Carolina Judge did to the Tribune CORES.
pendent, that they esteem Mr.. GREELEY
very highly and will do anything iii the
world for him except to vote for him.
If this process OF drifting back to the
party lines should occur, as we anticipate,
Gen. GRANTS election is reasonably as.
sured; because though Mr.. GREELEY had
the united support of the Democracy, he
still could not carry the States necessary
to elect him without large Republican
support. But it is probable that he can.
not have the united support of the Demo.
Gratis. We have not as yet much faith in
the idea that any large per cent of the
Democrats will vote for GRANT, though VIC
areopen to conviction. Those who cannot
vote for GREELEY will find it difficult to-
vote for GRANT for the same reasons
They are more likely TO sulk and stay
away from the polls, as HENRY A. WISE
advises. all accounts, both from GRANT
and GREELEYpapers show that the crowd
at Baltimore was neither so great nor so
enthusiastic as 1t should have been to give
promise Of success. The fact indicates
that the party, take the country over, is
not boiling over with zeal for the venera-
BILE Radical OF the Tribune. 1t would be
marvellous indeed il it were otherwise.
For the present, therefore, we cannot
see where the promise of q Democratic.
Greeley success is to be found. II the
Republicans were essentially divided and
the Democrats were not, It might be
achieved; but 1t looks now as II the split
of from the Republican vote would not
be important, while tho dissention and
absenteeism in the ranks Of the Democ-
racy will more than compensate for it.
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