Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-14

of those who wish to perpetuate their |
tenure OF the public offices. But it is a |
little remarkable that they should not have
displayed enough cunning to adopt plat
form better calculated to diminish the OPP
position now SO evident and SO formidable
in their own ranks. That the country is
becoming disguised with violent legisla-
ton, with encrOachmcnts upon cOnstitu-
tional guarantees, and with the tendency
TO military rule, is proved by the re-
fusal Of the House TO take up the
Hdbens Corpus suspension bill. The
Republican majority in the House would
sanction this bill quick enough if they
believed that the constituents before whom
they must so soon appear would sustain
! them. In view of the reaction of public
feeling, so strongly expressed by the Gin
cinnati movement and platform, it was to
! be expected that the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, willie lenominating General Grant,
| would have given the country some pledge
of return to a more moderate and consti-
tutional policy.
| But examine their platform. Not one
! word of censare for all those evils and
! short -comings that have revolted the better
! portion of the Republican party itself, not
even faint intimation of a purpose to
avoid such evils in the future. On the
contrary, positive and emphatic approval
of the most violent and arbitrary measures
Of the last four years, implying, necessa-
sarily, determination to persist in the
same course. In one word, the ''American
| Caesars brass collar Convention" as the
| New York San calls it, has endorsed COM
pletely and entirely his nepotism and gift
taking; his connection with dark financial
manipulations, and with such men as Leet
& Stocking, Murphy & Casey his favorite
Santo Domingo j., his pusillanimous
sistent demand for a continuation of his
power over HabeaS Corpus.
With regard to important measures
which will affect the prosperity of the coun-
try in the next four years, the tariff, the
civil service reform, the extension Of Amer
lean commerce and ship building, almost
entirely destroyed by Republican policy,
the Philadelphia platform speaks in such
faint and unmeaning words that they
really amount to empty sound, signifying
nothing. We already know what farce
the civil service reform is likely to be-
come under the charge of the present
Administration. On the other hand, bid
is made for the votes of the labor leagues
ard even the WOman's Rights party. 1t is
impossible that any ole can read the pro.
ceedings and platforms of the Cincinnati
and Philadelphia Conventions without be
ing struck by the contrast. The former,
calm, dignified, manly assemblage OF free
men determined to defend and maintain
the liberties of the country, offering to thu
people straightforward and statesm anlikt
exposition of their principles, and selecting
freely the candidates whom they considered
their most fitting standard-bearers The
other, collection of servile partisans, NOV
ing at the bidding of the Administration Il
perform task previously marked out anC
obeying their orders in such mode as Il
add ridicule to disgust. The spectacle pre-
scented by the Convention, frantically shout
J ing, yelling, dancing and singing " JOIN
| Brown and other kindred melodies before
l the drop curtain, representing Grant OF
J horseback, must have been anything bu
, gratifying to those who realized the impor
, lance of the occasion and its bearings upon
? the future destinies of the country.
In one short month. the Democracy will
speak through it's own Convention. GOI
graft them wisdom and foresight to adop
5 prosperity to the entire Union.