Year: 1872

'front.' Of It, Nearly at the same time an enormous
network banner was hung across the street in front
and the motto OF "The Peoples Choice,n with Gree
ley's propositions inserted In the rim, OF Zone
Country" Zone Term" 'Universal Amnesty"


Great efforts viii be made for the ensuing week
or two to show that there Is some


DETECTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO GREELEY's
but it seems to be quite apparent here that these
generally manipulated by politicians Of the George
the administration newspapers. Dick Merrick,
anxious to have the democratic party
friendsn Colonel Philip, OF Washington city, and
who Is the trustee and conducto. OF the Washing
ton Daily PATRIOT also said to your correspondent
Greeley eficent support" The whole panoply OF
opposition to Greeley has foded Its tents like the
Arabs, and silently passed away"


The Deawareans were interviewed to-day at the
close of the Convention and said that they should
initiate the Pennsylvania policy-that is go home
and say, 'srhis was not our work, but we cannot
afford to be bolters." On the other hand, the
Greeley men show good management In refusing to
entertain Ill will against anybody who has opposed
their candidate, even up to the last moment. The
TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS
today was as complete as such queer revoln
tion could have happened In the history OF politics.
The few liberal republicans who occupied the plat
form were perfectly serene and comfortable during
the whole affair, and there would seem to be very
little doubt but that the whole democratic vote OF
the country win be cast for Greeley. Conversing
with


they generally say at is bitter pill to take but
we have made up our minds to take It," after which
there are witticisms and the remark Is apt to be
dropped that nobody ever took pill but for his
own good"


very prominent remark shrieked to-day from
all parts OF the house when obnoxious people rose
up opposing Greeley. 1t was the short and pithy
expletive Of


s'DRY UP"


vvoo prntu 1aetr thaf W
should "dry up" except the Greeley men. Della
ware was at first Kissed for its foolish attitude but
tion was exhibited and the Bayards and the Little
Diamond State got good-humored and compass


When Mr.. Brown came to be voted for as Vice
President 1t was seen that
THE GAME WAS UP


He led Mr.. Greeley by some forty vOtes hut at this
time the whole body was in state OF collapse The
heat was intense, and portions Of the galleries
were entirely vacant; Whoever should say that
the candidates would not be esteemed good critic
by those who watched the Convention The whole
to it's platform and its leading canddate and
when these points had been gained there was little
else to occupy attention.


party can AFFORD to wait until nearly the middle OF
July to take action for Presidential campaign.
The heat of the city is intense, and everybody is
perfectly tired out, and the trains tonight are
packed with folks who are anxious to shake the
dust OF Baltimore from their feet and, after little





respective States.


There is very little of the ancient democratic
party in the whole work Of to-day. What the demo-
Gratis added to


THE CINCINNATI PLATFORM
makes just twenty-six words, and nobody can
make anything out of these twenty-siX words eX-
cept that the party retains some notion of what Is
essential to just government.


Your correspondent has now attended the three
great conventions OF this campaign, and, as he
begun at Cincinnati, is satisfied to leave Off at
Baltimore with the few men who went out to the
Queen City in the spring of the year and made the
political contest Of 1872 That Convention has cap
tured the whole democratic party Of the country,
and made the "new departure" as men like Vallan-
digham had only dreamed 1t. The whole interest
will now centre In


THE NORTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN,
and 1t Is the opinion OF the shr ewdest Greeley
men in that State that he cannot carry 1t by more
than five thousand majority, and that three thou
sand Will be nearly the probable measure, unless
an unusual effort is made IN some OF the mountain
districts there.


Mr.. Samuel Cary and others are to leave tonight
to take up the Greeley banner and carry 1t in that
Commonwealth.