Year: 1872

just sense 1t ia only machinery 10 place and
power Tor personal ends and private emolumen and not
lOr the public good But II Will nevertheless be hard TO
~ has tse prestige OF past success ana appeals to
eeSd and more tRo9 all is armed with the purse and
the sword-corrupon and force IL should be the OBJ
eot of all to drive that party from power and
this only be done by taking advantage OF the late
rupture How this best be accomplished 1t must
not be forgotten that the Democracy, great
niteen years been IN perfect accord with each a,,
late revolution, they divided In opinion and in
action Excluded from power on account OF their own
dssensOn their leaders the popular confidence and
the mission OF the party has recently been that only Of
oproson but II has IN this work noby stood forth as
the buwark Of the Constitution and Of personal rights.
But there attaches 10 the whole party organization in
the popular mind the bad emnenco of opposition to the
late war. IL may be unphlosophca IL may be unjust but
the American people will never elect any President
who did not support the late war TO that the Dem
ocracy may well make up their minds first as last


The nomination OF War Democrat by the National
Convention would in my Judgment have been the true
policy, had that nomination been made In time Suen
nominee would have commanded the support OF the
whole party and enlisted many recruits from dlssaned
Republicans tired of the tyranny corrupton and nepo
ism OF Grants admin stratiOn But this nomination was
not made The Democracy looked with hope to the Gin
cnnat Convention, and though had expected Adams
or IruuiDu Davis as the nominee, yet, when Gree
t0na Committee called the Baltimore Convention for
July two months ahead. The Greeley movement was
gave the movement great impetus II was from the hrs


foregone conclusion that Grant 10 be the Radical
parties in spite of themselves began TO treat them as
the rival candidates for President.





natl nominee the question naturally asked why not
call the Convention at oncef In the haltdsOrganized
condition of the party, when its very National Commit
teehe guardians OF its interestsmOyed with dilatOy
and faterDg step how could 1t bo expected that the
the tardy action Of their leadersi The American mind
is eminently practical, and the strategic point Of
" straight nomination" lost when the Convention
was so long delayed. The current Of events, like the
current of river, is never up stream
straight nomination." the party boat should
have been headed 10 shore sooner We have now
human strength and tact carry back up sire am
prevent from being borne onward to the nomina
might have advised three months ago. believe 1t the
part Of wisdom now to boldly "accept the situation"
nzed and tried Democratic statesman such as GrOes-
beck but events make such nomination now too late,
political ideas. cordially support his election
as against Grant 1t is true the whole framework
is doubt OF his integrity He will administer the Gov
ernmen in the interests OF and amnesty not war
fairs that this is really of value 10 the country
than any mere abstract political doctrine. lie Is willing
TO leave the Tariff to Congress- and could get little
more from any one. No President has ever vetoed a
Tariff bill Besides Democrats themselves are not per
fecty agreed this question. Nor does II a present
cessf1 wa1chword OF nartv We of the Revenue Tariff
school have yet TO educate public sentiment up to
this doctrine before can make II Presidential
Greeley. He NAV have his weaknesses, his vagaries,
as who has not But he is, nevertheless, ana mas
s ee Gf Gest thinker sometime right
hearted always Sometimes the pulsations OF his heart
strong TO disturb the equilibrium OF his head,
but his faings always lean to virtues side He every
way of work, strong in nature. thoughtful non
est temperate, industrious. One OF the people, too. Is
he Ever urgent for their interests advising them
to higher aims pointing them to the paths Of indus
try and frugaty, cOnOining them 10 virtue. He
has always been the friend Of the weak and the poor
From his door the needy are not tnrned un'
aided away, nor does he refuse the humble advice
and counsel. What weigh his little fOibies
against virtues like these OF late years great
leaders are rarely made President. Since Jack
man Of equal character, save one, has occupied
White House Let the Democracy, then. forgetting
the past have magnanmity enough 70 nominate for the
sake the country their bOldes and btorcs opponent
and ardently support him, and they viii not only
achieve success, but have the glory OF once more
restoring peace and fraterna confidence TO all sections
OF the country In doing not called upon 70
make any Abandonment OF our principles OF of our or
ganizatiOn. We but to the front with the march OF
events and the issues Of the day they arise III
stead of lingering the graveyard OF the past TO
wrangle over the epitaphs OF dead ISSUES. very
respectfully, DUkblS WARD