The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-06-22
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
Never during the history of the Der

Never during the history of the Dem
ocratic party were its adhercnts more visi-
bly, exercised than at this present time
Will Greeley be endorsed at Baltimore :?
In our opinion this is foregone conclusion,
and it only remains for the rank and file of
the party to give up their boosted and cher
ished principles of long years gone by, and
in moment, as it were, to renounce them
all and endorse Greeley. He may be NOM
mated at Baltimore, but it remains to be
seen whether those who are not office-seek-
ers, those who would not sell their princi-
pies for mess of political porridge will
give their votes to sustain the white hat in
November.
Can any Democrat be found who will
vote for the man who lately said the
worst Republican is better than the best
Democrat ~ Let him he endorsed or not,
to the thinking mind, it is the last Nation
al nomination the Democratic party will
ever make. 1t is but link in the great
chain of events which have laid low every
opposition to the onward march of progress
While one contends that if they nominate
Greeley, and he is beaten. (Which he will
be- the Democratic party is dead; another
contends they can make stronger vote by
running straight-out-and-out Democrat.
Let this be as it may, the great party OF
the past is no more; the solemn dlrge IS
already sounding, and with or without
Greeley its corpse will be laid to rest to
know no awakening in the future. Like
the Chinese, the inventor of the compass
and whose ships never venture on the
wild oceans, but sail from head-land to
head-land, so with Democracy, starting on
broad and expansive views, it has never
dared to lose sight of land; never dared
to take up and advocate right when known
1t has out lived its day-a thing OF the
past. Another party must and will arise,
and in its ruins build its foundation
Whether it will learn from the errors of
the past, forgetting preiudices of race or
color, forgetting everything but the real
interest of mankind, remains to be seen.
If so. then and only then, will it be able
to cope with the great Republican party OF
to-day, the party composed of all who
desired to see the Union perpetuated,
to see rebellion and slavery crushed. Nobly
did it do its work then; nobly has it
done its work since. Commencing with
deplete treasury, the public debt has been
reduced, credit maintained at home and
abroad; the stars and stripes honored and
respected by every nation and OH every sea.
To the Republicans, if there be such, who
intend to support Greeley, we say, throw
aside prejudices, weigh the matter we'll be-
fore you act. Would you exchange a
changeable, egotistic old man for one OF
tirmness, and determination Are you
willing that cause for which millions OF
money and thousands of lives have been
given, should again be jeopardized? If
not, pause and think. Every foot of the
road to freedom has been macadamiZed
with bones and watered with the blood OF
the country's bravest and best.
1t matters not what man may have
been. The important question is, what is
he nowe The best way to judge man is
by the company he keeps. What kind OF
company has Greeley been keeping lately :
jeff Davis, Beauregard, John Morrissey,
Boss Tweed!