The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-24
JACOB SPEICHER, of Stonycreel

THE Democratic leaders who sold
oat the party at Baltimore, are qui-
etlv trying TO induce members of that
late organization to vote for GREELEY
under the pretence that when GRANT
is beaten, they will again raise the
old flag, and reorganize the old party,
and that everything will be lovely
At the same time, the other party to
the contract-HoRACE GREELEY-in-
sists that the Democratic party is ut
terly disbanded, that it has taken the
the New Departure spoken Of by
VALANDIGHAM, voluntarily adopted
the most radical Republican faith as
It's own. and therefore the day Of ju-
bilee has already dawned. As usual,
HORACE argues his point with great
clearness, and we would like some of
the Democratic leaders hereabouts to
answer the following, taken from an
editorial in the Tribune Of Wednes-
last:
PRINCIPLES. Sor MBS.-Is there on earth one
Republican who objects tothe Cincinnati Platform?
l. there any one who holds It not full terse, for
chile convincing statement of fundamental Repub-
licau doctrine? Who has ever cOntended that a
believer in that Platform is not a Republican,
Who answers these questions In the negative?
docs any one doubt that Greeley and Brown are
sincere hearty adherents to that Platform? Have
not all their lives been given TO the commentator
and defence of the great truths therein set forth?
sthere anv fool so foolish as 10 fancy that they
have lust reiterated their assent &c these truth only
70 betray and subvert them
"Ah! but the Democrats also profess TO believe in
Very weIle What reason have you to believe
them insinceree Did not &. l.. Nallandigham. more
than,a wear ago insist that this "New Departure"
must be taken-n0t in pretenee, but in verify?
Had not Storey Of Chicago said the same thing
more than year before? ?Dd not all discerning per
sons perceive even earlier stili that TINS New De
uarture was only question OF time?
The Democrats National Convention, you say,
had To adopt Greeley and Brown IN order 10 defeat
Grant: Wei: they might have done , 1hs without
cans of this city supported john 7. Hoffman for
Recorder not long ago, but they did not adopt a
, herre ~ elect pa5ieI F Ticmann Mayor
over Fernando Wood. SO in other cases. But no
one ever suggested that they could not dothis with
out adopting Democratic ffdtlorin.
Tha late Democratic National Convention might
have indorscd Greeley and Brown without limiting
at any change Of Platform. Men OF all parties vote
for candidates Of other parties without adopting
their principles. No one ever said "lou must not
vote for our candidates unless you adopt our prin
ciplcs. All are glad TO obtain votes from men who
reject their creed.
But the Democrats have chosen unasked. un-
prompted. TO adopta substantially Republican Plat
form. They have said, as plainly as words can say
It. that they accept the situation ana regard al
controversy respecting Slavery and Negroes as for
ever closed. What reason has anyone for assert
ing that they do not mean what they say: What
conceivable motive had they for saying this II they
did not mean IL?
Now who is fooled, the Republican
or the Democratic party to the con-
tract? There is cheating about the
board somewhere; for mark We, as
the Tribune SAYS, it was not neces-
sary to adopt the Cincinnati Plat
form to defeat GRANT In fact it was
not asked. All that was necessary
was TO adopt the nominees, GREELEY
and BRowN, without limiting al any
change of platform, "Bm the Demo
,,ratshdre chosen ahGsked, ,uaprOmpted
10 adopt substantially Republican
platform" 1t is apparent therefore,
that the delegates in convention were
not fooled. All the Republicans ask
ed was the adoption of their candi-
dates. but the Democratic delegates
voluntarily. without over being solic-
tied. called for the reading of the
platform and deliberately adopted it.
1t was previously considered, form
al surrender and abandonment Of the
Democratic party and its principles,
by its delegates in convention, and
the persons being fooled, are those
Democrats who arc made believe
that the Democratic party will ever
again organize as a distinctive party
Ii was sold out by its chosen leaders
at Baltimore, transferred, bag and
baggage to the Greeley Republicans,
and is no more. The only unfulflled
portion Of the contract, is the deliv.
ery Of the voters to their new owners
by those who consider themselves
their masters, and this is to be done
by fooling the poor dupes into the be
lief that they are still voting tb,
Democratic ticket when they vote fol
GREELEY. Anything to beat GRANT
is the cry which the cunning leader,
hope will induce them to shut thci
eyes and rush into the GREELEY camp
Will it win?