Year: 1872




mythical and immaterial faction.


The Democratic Policy.


From the Atlanta constitutional


While the Democracy must be care
full to yield no vital principle, and make
no fundamental concessions, yet 1t can
afford TO Law aside questions for which
the public mind is not ripe, and push to
the utmost its advantages. But above
all things it cannot afford to sacrifice its
organization. Itmust adhere together.
bound by its great and immortal
principles, and preserve q condition,
organized, disciplined, united, vigilant
and ready. Let the Radical discussions
work to q head. Let the sincerity OF
the Liberal Republican Reformers be
tested without hindrauce from the De-
mocracy. Let US see whether the Ne
nublican Reformers have the nerve to
make the issue practical. Then let the
Democracy step into the field with
platform upon which all honest oPpo-
pents OF centralism and all friends OF
good government can unite with
solemn assevera,ion that every legiti-
mate war issue is forever settled, and we
have great hopes Of victory. In the
future as in the past, this paper will be
equally against the indiscretion OF
friends ss the hostilties Offices, and Will
take it's part in the great battle for
pure Constitutional Government


The Liberal Movement.


From the Louisville Courier. Journal.


Suppose the Cincinnati Convention
sbouid nominate Trumbull and Greeley
a straight out Liberal Republican
ticket-the Democratic party might say,
well as between the Radical pros
nectus and the Liberal prospectus, we
choose the latter. We are not RESPONSE
bic for either. We did not put that
which we prefer in the field. We sup
portit because we can get neither FAIR
election nor a fair count OF the votes for
our own nominee. Preserving our or
panization in the States, We decline 10
nominate Presidential ticket for the
reason that it is most important TO
change our national rulers and this can
be best accomplished by assisting me
Liberal Republicans to break up the
nest OF Radicals built about the White
House and presided over by that solemn:
but dangerous owl, the President
We say this may happen without costing
the Democracy a compromise OF It's
principles or an abandonment OF l,s or
ganizaton. The Democracy will have
thus to defend no mans record whose
whole political life has been opposed to
il. because it will not be responsible ior
the movement, which it takes through
a peculiar state OF AFFAIRS.


The political kangaroos who want
spotted ticket-a ticket with a red head
and a tail painted sky blue-mlstake
the nature Of the case. That sort o'
Mosaic work does not deceive the peo-
pie, and should not. At all events the
Democrats have nothing to gain by
pigging with the Liberal Republicans.
On certain main points all OF us are
agreed. On certain other points we are
not agreed. The question for Dem
ocrats to solve, then, is tLis-and il must
be delayed until we see what the Liberal
Republicans are going TO do, and
how they do it-shall we, considering
all the circumstances that surround us,
ignore auteceden,s and sink our dlsa-
greements for the sake OF the issue OF
American liberty which is at stake, and,
not being able 10 get fair election for
ourselves, but keeping up our organiza'
tion in all the States, shall we let the
reformers try their hand upon the RadI,
cal oligarchy. bidding them God speed
and affording them what help we can 7


This is the question which Democrats
will have 10 consider, and it cannot be
decided, we repeat, until after the Gin
cinnati Convention.