The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-26
THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION

THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION.
One Of the great errors committed at
Baltimore, as looking to the success of the
Democratic Greeley ticket, was the supreme
contempt with which the convention treated
the " straght-outs, (" as if their influence
in the canvass could be of no earthly ac-
count. 1t is true that the number of the
straight-outers in the convention was small,
owing to the crafty manner in which the
packing of that body was done; but the
character of the men embraced under that
designation entitled them to something APP
preaching a respectful hearing, if not con-
sideration, at the hands of the conven-
ton. 70 impudently snub them in the
way the Democratic Greeleyites did, was
an immense political oversight, as they
begin to see. Had they been SIM
ply ignored as an element not enter
ing into the conventional elements proper at
Baltimore, there might have been some wis.,
dom in the action taken but to ignomini-
ously snub them as of no possible account
in the canvass, was to arouse an indignant
devil in the party which no subsequent
action could allay.
This convention will assemble in Louis
vile on the 3rd Of September next, and
will doubtless be largely attended. We
visited their headquarters, a few days ago,
in New York, and were assured that they
would have full delegation from all the
states in attendance upon the convention.
1t is evident that the men engaged in the
movement mean business" and that
none of them will ever bring their necks
under the Baltimore yoke.
The Jefersonian Democrat. published in
Louisville, referring to the address issued at
Baltimore by the straight-outs to the
" true Democrats of the country" thinks
that it is the duty Of every man who ever
belonged to, and cheriShes the time-honor-
ed principles of the old party, to interest
himself in the success of the convention.
1t condemns in strong language and with
great force and propriety the bargain and
sale effected at Baltimore, and urges those
VINO are not so base and avaricious as to
barter their manhood, to stand out for
Democratic nominations, pure and simple,
at Louisville, for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
At the close of vigorous leading article
it speaks as follows:
"This movement means an organ izaton
of Jeffesonian Democrats and Free-Traders
upon scientifically defined creed of Demo-
cratic-Republcanism, and the nomination
of Presidential ticket, composed of repre-
sentative Democrats, such as Charles
O'Conor, of New York, and Charles Rec
melin, of Ohio. 1t has our most cordial
endorsement, and we appeal to Democrats
who are not prepared to fold their hands or
become partisans to an elimination of dis
tinctive Democracy from the politics of
this country, to rally at once around
this movement. There is no room
for hesitation. The crisis is upon us. We
must meet it with high faith and stern ac-
ton. If we cannot win the Presidential
election, we can at least form an organiza-
ton of true and devoted Democrats, and
when defeat and the logic of retrbution
shall have demonstrated to well-meaning
Democrats who go into the Greeley
party under some sort of delusion, that
they are mistaken, and that we understood
the real meaning and the necessary Sc
quences of the departure from the begin
ming, they will rally to the standard we
have planted, and to the organization we
shall perfect in the Louisville Conven-
ton"
This is earnest talk, and we happen to
know that it means something more than
talk. The Greeleyites may pooh-pooh at
this indignant element of the Democratic
party as much as they please, but it loses
them an element they cannot afford to lose,
and yet it is lost in this campaign beyond
recovery.