The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-06-14
M i s. G eIIaneous
For the -Kgis Dc lntel1igencer.
The Political pvohIam

Mr.. EDITOR: Seeing that you admit in
to your columns the views generally of the
members OF the Democratic party, without
restricting them to any particular line of
argument, allowing each free expression
OF opinion as to candidates and policy, I
have been induced to intrude upon you
some ofmy notions. have no favorite,
and therefore shall advocate no particular
man for Presidential nomination; and
am truly glad that this duty does not de-
volve upon me.
Having never subscribed to the policy of
any other party, my only anxiety is for the
success, as far as may be, of the Democracy;
but am entirely opposed to the party in
power-its policy and its measures, and my
| first aim is to defeat the Philadelphia nom
inee; consequently cannot be expected
to subscribe to the views of Mr.. Voorhees,
and those who agree with him as to the
best means to that end. If we are to elect
a regular Democratic candidate, it must be
clear to every intelligent mind that it can
only be done by drawing to our aid votes
from the Radical candidate to our own, or
diverting the vote into some other channel,
and thus, by division, carry States which
otherwise would support the Philadelphia
candidate. Holding these opinions, which
l think must be entertained by every calm
thinker, cannot afford to furnish the Rad
ical wing of the Republican party (even il
l possessed the ability to do SOY with argu-
ments indirectly in their favor, as it appears
to me Mr.. VOORHEES, has done-not of course,
intentional on his part. He has spent all his
logic to convince every man in the land,
not that Greeley is alone unfit to serve the
Democratic party, but that he is totally I'M
fit, in every sense of the word, to fill the
position of chief magistrate of this nation.
True he said not word in favor of Grant,
nor did he mention his name but if his ar
guments against Greeley have any force at
all with the Republicans it is to satisfy them
that Grant is the least Objectionable man
of the two. This is the logical deduction
from his speech. In later effort he tells
his hearers that he sees no difference be-
tween Greeley and Grant This all may be
true, if he persists in unearthing questions
that have long since passed away; but il
he sees now no difference between them,
then confess that he does not possess that
sagacity which | always gave him credit
for But he demands to know the differ
ence, with an air that would indicate the
supposed unanswerableness of the question;
but in my weak judgment is as easily an
swered as asked. The man who can see nc
difference between the Cincinnati platform
and Greeley's letter of acceptance and the
doings of Grant and his Congress, must be
dull indeed. If there is no difference be
tween partial amnesty and complete amnes
ty; if there is no difference between the
power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
and leaving it free to all men; if there il
no difference between a military govern
ment and civil government; if there is nc
difference between imprisoning men with
out cause and at pleasure can alon,
be done with the writ of habeas corpus sus
pended-and imprisoning' the same mel
only for cause; if there is no difference be
tween the man who for self.preferment de
sires to keep alive all the animosities anl
heart burnings of the war and the man whc
desires to heal those discussions, no matte
at what cost to himself, politically or pre-
cuniarily; if there is no difference between
he who desires to continue the disfran
chisement of hundreds of American bori
citizens, and he who has striven for year
to make them equal before the law; if Their
Is no difference between centralized govern
ment and local self government; if Their
is no difference between he who would
grant the public domain to railroad cor
porations for political purposes and h
r would have them left to actual settlers; j
there is no difference between continuin:
the present corrupt civil service and reform
ing it; if there is no difference between
continuing the present Federal taxation 70
. the purpose of feeding an army of useles
politicians, and doing away with the use
less contraptions of the same then there
no difference between Greeley and Grant.
But is not the opposite of all this true
and do not the Cincinnati resolutions an,
Greeley's letter of acceptance separat
Grant and his party from Greeley and hi
party, as widely as parties can we'll be sep
arated The separation is SO complete tina
several Democratic State conventions hav
endorsed the Cincinnati resolutions, an
none have condemned them.
five desire to so divide the Republica
party as to elect our candidate and TIL
most sanguine do not claim that he can b
elected under any other circumstances
y it policy in us to so abuse Greeley an
drive from him any of his Renublicon aur