Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-22
Our Position.

against Greeley, Just as every true
Southern man must have, bat We
can lay these aside as readily as
any of our friends have done.
We want to beat Grant for Pres
idcnt, but we do not believe that
Horace Greeley is the man to do it.
Viewed in The light of cXpediency
alone, he is not tho man to beat
Grant. Wc were at Cincinnati,
during the Convention, an anxious
watcher of its proceedings.
Tho nomination of Greeley was
regarded rs n bargain and sale, and
the conduct of Gratz Brown was
generally condemned. The leading
minds of the liberal movement, in.
side and outside the Convention.
among thcm Carl Schurz, regarded
Greeley rs tho weakest oponent of
Grant, that is, that ho would
draw off fewer Radical votes from
Grant, and at the same time com
mand less weight among the Dem
ocrats of tho North. AS soon as
tho nomination Of Greeley was an
nouncod, tho Ohio delegation, head
ed by Stanley Matthews and jude
IloadIey, left tho hall in disgust.
At II called meeting in the after
noon, they denounced the nomina-
ton as y fraud and utterly repudi-
atcd it.
Tho Frco-tradcrs, from New
York, were excluded from the Con.
vontion by fraud, and went home
embittcrcd.
The whole free trade element Of
the North is opposed to Greeley,
and the most of it headed by the
New York Evening Post, will sup
port a Democrat to beat Grant
Thirty German editors met after
the Convention had adjourned and
repudated the nomination. These
and others have since called n Ger
man Convention to meet at Balti-
more, tho Democratic Convention.
The Reunion and Reform Convcn-
tion which sat during tho Cincin-
natl Convention, in hall adiucent,
refused to endorse tho no.hination
and adjourned subject to II call from
its chairman.
Now, you must remember, these
are all elements of tho Radical par
ty, that driven off by Grant, will
not rally upon Greeley. Their
eyes are not upon Baltimore. Tho
Democrats of the North hate Gree
ley more than any Radical save
Grant, and nearly us much rs they
do him.
These men not being of our CON
dition, will indulge their prcdjudi,
cos as many of our best citizens
did in the race between Davis and
Hamilton. and will not vote at all.
BY this detection the loss will be
greater than tho gain from Radical
sources. Aside from these facts,
the Democrats, who vote for Gree
10y, will do it as q duty solely, and
without enthusiasm the field can
not be won.
Now on the contrary, if tho Bal
timore Convention adopt II free
and liberal platform Of princi
plies, and nominate II pure man and
wise statesman, tho Democrats of
the North and South will rally TO
the old standard with fcrvid en-
thusiasm Horace Greeley will
most likely quit tho contest and re-
turn to Grant, and many so-called
Liberal Republicans will return
likewise but the Revenue Reform
or will join the new movement;
the honest Germans, who above all
things demand pure administra-
tion, and those Republicans who
have too much respect for common
decency to vote for Grant, will flock
to the support of on>able incorrup-
tiblc candidate. Democratic though
he may be. With all these clc-
mcnts, the success of the movement
is far more certain that the present
one.
The only danger that VIC appre-
hcnd, is tho decentralization OF the
Democratic ranks South. A bitter
moss is being create1 by foolish pe"
sonal attacks of Que Journal upon
another, which if not guarded
against, mry prevent our working
harmoniously togcther.-Br Brenham
Times.