New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-11
BALTIMORE.

The result at Baltimore was evident before
the Convention came together. One of the
most striking effects of the great journalism
of the day is the wide publicity and the sim
Infamous action which it has brought into
the preliminary work of political campaigns
The information which was once kept in the
hands of few leaders is now distributed
among the masses. The wOTkingman who
reads The TRIBUNE goes to his primary
meeting as well informed in regard TO the
whole political field as tho Chairman of
his State Committee. The present cam
paign is remarkable illustration of this
1t has been carried on in the full view of the
world. Every movement throughout the land
has been as open to the public as the woIk-
ing of bees in a glass hive The Liberals and
Democrats of each State have continually felt
the sympathetic relations which bound them
to those of the nation at large, and the great
movement of Reform has known no check or
pause from Cincinnati until now From the
day when the Democracy of Tennessee rsi-
fed the nominations of tae Liberal Republi-
cans there has been one almost unbroken Inc
of accessions and not one vote lost to the
cause. The Convention ut Baltimore OILY
came together to register the already published
decree of the masses of the Liberal Repubi-
cans and progressive Democrats of the county.
What was not certain, however, was the
amount of opposition which might be shown
TO the foregone conclusion of the nomination /;
the objections which might be urged to ihe
Cincinnati declaration of principles the dis
position which might be exhibited on the part
of the few dissidents to refuse to be bound
by the wishes of the great majority. In every
one of these respects, the Convention was
more brilliantly successful than any one had
the right to expect 1t was virtually unari-
nous, although the delegation from Delaware
| Loyalty Obeyed its instructions and was joined
| by several members from other States. The
Cincinnati Platform was adopted by an over
| whelming majority, although the members
| opposed to it were heard courteOusly anC at
| length, and numerous notifications were pro-
| posed and rejected and finally when the bal
| lotting took place, and the intention of the
| Democratic party to go forward in the path of
| peace and progress was thus Enthusiastically ex-
| hibited, the minority accepted the result and
| the nominations were made unanimous. This
| was no more than was to be expected, when
| we consider that it was headed by Senator
| Bayard, one of the ablest as well as one of
the purest of our public men, whose practical
political sense is no less eminent than his de-
votion to the cause of administrative reform
| and constitutional freedom.
| The Presidential campaign is thus opened
under auspices of higher hope and encourage
ment than seemed possible even to the most
sanguine of the Reformers who embarked in
it two months ago. We are surrounded by
omens of victory. Each day of the canvass
has been marked by unexpected and substan-
tial additions to movement in which princi-
pie was from the first held more important
than success. But the work of yesterday was
so complete and 80 perfect it indicated so
plainly that not only the organization but the
full popular strength and enthusiasm of the
entire Democratic party is thoroughly
enlisted in the Reform movement, that