The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-01

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have boldly confronted the demons of
their party. and have made square
issue with them, have put forth thoir
manifesto to the country, and appealed
to it for support of their scheme. which
turns principally upon paoi6cation.
We take. up the platform of the Cinoin-
natl Convention, We read Mr.. Greeley's
letter OF acceptance, in which he .epito-
misses its substance, and for the life Of
US. we cannot find anything in it to
which we can object. The whole move
ment is one which appeals no less
strongly to our recognition and sympa.
thy, by its professed benevolent objects
and ends. than it commands tbe- In
proval OF our Judgment by its bdia,
graphing with the reah great questiob5s
and issues of the day. Statesmauship
was exercised when, that platform was
laid down. It reaches to the core of the
evils which oppress the, country, and
will extirpate them by the roots. It
appeals to the higher qualities in the
hearts OF men, and is designed to ex-
tinguish forever the spirit of spite and
strife and the policy of hate. Shall We
not meet the tender half way2 Are we
80 satisfied with the present state of
things as to lie supine upon our backs,
while other men, lately opposed to us,
though they may have been. are up and
doing what they can for our relief2 Let
us remember Hercules and the WAGNER.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
We revefa*he principles of the Demo
cratic party as they existed in its purest
days. They were the true foundation
principles Of the Government. But we
have had the deluge since those days.
and the waters have just commenced
fairly to aubside. The ark floats dimly
seen, but time only can fully reveal what
has been saved in it, It will be soon
enough for us to insist upon Democratic
principles as such in party organiza-
tions, and to stand tenaciously and
pnnctiliously upon them, when we have
reasonable prospect that shoy will
come into power again, when we can lay
our hands upon men able to e1psund
them, and worthy to represent them.
In all probability. they will never be re-
viyed in their entirety. and in the exact
forms OF their previous existence. But
that they live in part, we have abundant
evidence, and not the least is the Gin
cinnati movement itself, which is essen.
TALLY Democratic. and which Phillips
finds ultra and dangerously Sot thern
We certainly sacrifice nothing in accept
ing it. On the contrary. it is Just the
thing which suits our present condition,
and is the necessary scaffold by which
we may mount up to what is better and
higher, and more agreeable to Us.
Mr.. Voorhees, complaint that the
nomination of Mr. Greeley was in disre-
gard OF the Democratic party. could
have been made just as easily against
the nomination of Judge Davis, Hon.
Charles Francis Adams, Hon. L. Trum-
bull, or Judge Chase. The only differ
ence between these other candidates and
mir. Greeley is. that Ma Greeley was in
advance Of them in his convictions as a
Republican, and more earnest and able
in his advocacy of Republican doctrines.
He was likewise in advance of them in
his proposed amnesty and impartial suf-
frage, and head and shoulders above any
other Northern man in his general tone
OF kindness and in his pleas for justice
for the Southern States. Whatever Mr..
Greeley's record may have been in past
days, is matter OF small concern now.
Times change, and men change with
them. Remember, we have had extra
ordinary events within the last decade.
Was not George MoDanie once strong
protectionist7 Did not Mr.. Calhoun
advocate. at one time, the establish mem t
OF the United States bank? Sir Robert
Peel brought in himself and caused to
be passed q measure for the repeal of the
corn laws. which he had long and ABLY