Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-06-24
THE FARMER OF CHAPPAQUd.

Under the above heading the conserva-
tive and candid Boston Advertiser has the
following article. inspired by the result of
the democratic convention at Bangor
The enthusiastic Endorsement given BY the
Maine democracy to Mr.. Greeley still further
strengthens the confidence of his supporters
in their ability to control the Baltimore con-
vention. Suicidal as that result would be, it
is the popular cry, and the old party leaders
who desire to keep alive the party organiza-
ton for service hereafter will need all their
resources to resist it. The concentrated eff
forts of the Greeley democrats have won a
series of decisive triumphs over the divided
counsels and the irresolute management of his
opponents. The inevitable consequence of
his nomination will be the division of the
democratic party. But his supporters have
gone SO far and promised so much, that they
have no alternative but to move on, and throw
the responsibility of boiling ON the minority
Had Senator Trumbull been nominated at
Cincinnati, this alternative might have been
avoided. His views on amnesty and the tariff
concerning the proper sphere of the national
Government and the construction of the Con-
stitution, have more in common with the po-
sitions of the democratic party than those of
most republicans. Besides he is statesman
whose character and weight command respect
even from his opponents. If the democratic
party were to 60 outside of its own organiza-
ton for an available candidate for the presi-
dency, there would seem TO be some consis
tency in selecting one of Mr.. Trumbull's
stamp.
MIR. Greeley has no such afiinities with the
democracy. Always an advocate of central
zation in both national and local affairs,
without settled principles in regard to the con.
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functions Of government, protectionis,
prominent and uncompromising until he
lowered his colors at the Cincinnati conyen.
tlon, he Is on every issue except amnesty.
which is now scarcely an issue at all. a CON
tradiction incarnate Of every political dogma
that the democracy can call peculiarly its own
His claims to the merit of craftsmanship we
shall not discuss. From the unscientific char.
acter of his intellect and the lack of syste.
matte training, the very accumulation of facts
in his mind often serves TO obscure instead of
disclosing truth, and he wanders, lost in A
labyrinth, a blind leader, when by following
the thread of a principle he would emerge
into the light. Without faith in principles,
measures and policies are short-sighted and
sunstste as the drifting sand. 1t is not strange,
therefore, that Mr.. Greeley is one of the
most inconstant and most yacillating Of So
called political leaders.
The sole bond of union between him and
the democratic party is anything to beat
Grant" The democrats stoop to conquer
because they expect to conquer by STOPPING.
This feeble tie may be sufficient 10 hold the
elements Of the opposition together till after
the election. During the excitement Of the
campaign, while there is no occasion for franz
ing policy, the want of permanent political
affinities may be kept in the background. But
should any such calamity as the election of