American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-06-08
Wait for Baltimore.


EuftOT Il MtFtcUN tUt<SH
The present conjuncture III
our political affairs is one of the
most peculiar which has ever hap
pencd i'll this country, nor can we
recall anything i'll the history of
| England which resembles it, unless
it be the bewiiderment which en-
sued on the downfall of Sir Robert
Walpolp. and the accession of the
opposition-part Tory, part Wing,
part ms, and all the OutS, who had
been for twenty eight years playing
Mordecai at the Kings gate. We
say the opposition, instead of the
Tory party, for every man in Great
Britain who was not an old line
Wing, was opposed to Sir Robert,
and hence t was that Chatham's
ministry was composed of all the
political elements in the Kingdom.
Something similar to this seems
to be in operation at present i'll the
United States. Every member OF
the Republican party who is noto-
Oious and demOralized zealOt, is in
favor of Grant for the presidency.
Every Democrat hates him as the
worst man in the country-a politi-
cal profligate and military scape-
grace-and will exert every means
in his power to drive his menagerie
from Washington.
But here comes in the difficulty
how shall this task be accomplished I:
Shall the Democracy act as a unit,
or shall they unite with a portion of
the Republicans, and by dividing
conquer them The diversity of
opinion seems to be so general that
we scarcely know what to say, eX-
cept that we should act with caul
ton, for, as Cicero says, prudence is
the touch-stOne of all human affairs.
Let us apply this tOuch-stone-this
Moabite talisman-and the result
must rebound to the benefit of the
country in the success of the OppO-
sition to Grant. For our own part,
and g waiting for Baltimore" we
shall heartily espOuse any presiden-
tial ticket which may defeat the
the trifier and trickster at Washing
ton. If the Democratic Convention
which is to assemble at Baltimore
on the 9th July determines to run a
a Democratic candidate, or if they
choose to select Greeley and play
him off against Grant, it will be all
the same to us, for we go in for the
success of that organization which
shall defeat Grant, who is the most
Odious tyrant that ever disgraced
the military uniform, except Ames
the "shOulder strap puppy" who
pretends to represent Mississippi in
the United States Senate.
The Democrats are divided just
now into two classes, says the New
York Express, the patient and the
impatient, as the Republicans are
divided into three classes, the mad,
the bad and the sad, to say nothing
of the Liberal. We leave the Re
publicans to take care of themselves
and can but advise the Democrats
to keep cool and deliberate, at least
until the meeting Of the Democratic
National Conventions. 1t is idle to
deny that tens of thousands of Dem
ocrats are committing themselves
both to the Cincinnati platform and
candidate, and it is equally idle to
deny that other thousands are OPP
posed to any such commitment, and
fly off in a passion, because they,
and men like them, cannot run the
Democratic machinery just to their
own liking.
This crisis in the history of the
country warns us to be cautious,
and to remember that in times of
danger and doubt, mastery mac
tivity" is the very highest wisdom.
We think that there can be little
doubt as to the course of the Balti-
more Convention. There will be
two roads open to that body, one of
doubtful and the other of undoubt-
ed success. In this condition of
things, can a sensible man hesitate
which course to choose? That body
will be in the predicament of Wolfe
at Quebec, who had "a choice of
difficulties, )" and hope that by imi-
tating his skill and judgment, the
the convention will be as successful
as he was, and conduct us to a GER
tain and glorious victory.
NIPGTNIITS