Weekly Courier-Journal, 1872-06-05

tloa as to who shall be the moat aetive aad efilclent In sapportina the new movamaot and who shall do moat to restore the Govern Govern-ernment - ernment Govern-ernment to the wayi of the Uonstttution of virtue and purity - to tha wayi of the faibara ProUiuged apnUuue ' Greeley aad Kentucky Democrats From tha Danville Advocate May tl Lest Monday being our regular County Court day as usual ws nut quite a number of gentlemen from this and the adjoining countioa'and had an interchange of views with them on ths poUtleal situation Allot them with pexbaps one ortwoexcoptiona In Indorsed - dorsed Indorsed the position of the Advocate with re regard - gard regard to the Liberal nominations' and agreed with - ua - that - un under - der under ' existing' ciiminutaaeea - it " was better for the Baltimore Convention to forego the of a straight Domo- eratle ticket - aad permit a square fight to be made between Greelsf and Grant In that: event they would eheerfully rally to ' the aupport of Mr Greeley whom they believe to be thoroujrtily honest and who would give the country aa sdmlniatratloB that would secure us peace and prosperity We found that that class of men who were In the Southern army wen generally mora outspoken In their views and entertained a kindlier feeling for the "flaga of Chappaqua" than any other class They can not forget ma magnanimity in going on the bail bond of Jefferson Davis - thoy re remember - member remember too that be has been since tha close of tha war a warm advocate of uni universal - versal universal amnesty and has opposed the policy oi the sdmlnlsteiion la its treatment of the South Of coarse Hr Greeley has said and

for Greeley and Brown Uf thla there ean be no doubt Alabama would give I think not tern than 15000 majority for the ticket The Democratic and Conservative party Booth is Immeasurably in advance of the Democracy North In the path of program The sharp lMsons of adversity hsve dispelled the illu illusions - sions illusions of the "dead past" and how best to utilise the 'living present'' la the -great ques question - tion question of the how From a Maryland Letter I have talked with prominent men of onr Btata and they are tor the indorsement of Mr Greeley A unanimous delegation it to almost certain go to Baltimore to ratify the Cincinnati nominations if the sentiments of the people are a criterion to form aa opinion by I only apeak the eentimenta of an almost unanimous Democracy in this State to pro profoundly - foundly profoundly hope that the Baltimore Convention wUl toaorse the Cincinnati candidate t and rive that hearty support which to becoming from all true patnota who deem ltajlulynow while having perhaps tha last chance to strike a blow for tha sacred prinelplee that msderUs our political government In tba Baltimore Convention you can almost to a certainty count on Msryland's sixteen votes sningwith the rest of her Bonthera sisters for the fstlficstion of the nomlnaUon of a man who will dare to do right and that man is Horace Greeley IFrom a Texas Letter : Touching the Cincinnati nominations 'aU to

" THE JUlYjOHIUa ' DisnaragiBK Tlaw afTho Balarark" ferem tea fadlaaapnthi Trsanyi Jearaat boom of tha best legal aundsof Eaglaad and America ere skeptical ae to the advan advantages - tages advantages ot trial by Jury Established aa a pro protection - tection protection agalnat bribery doubta are entertain entertained - ed entertained not only to its efflciency aa a protec protec-Uon - Uon protec-Uon but if it does not actually aSord fsoili fsoili-ties - ties fsoili-ties ior bribery sod defeat the yery ends for which it waa established A reeent num number - ber number of the Westminster Rorlew con con-taine - taine con-taine an able article on this aub aub-Jeet - Jeet aub-Jeet hi which It la held that a trial by : oaa or more - Judges would De mora likely to secure equal and exact tav ties to litigants than In tha trial by Jury un under - der under the Scotch system where a majority makes the Tcrdlet or under the English aad American system where a unanimous yer yer-dlct - dlct yer-dlct -only la rerelred The writer arguM that a Judge whose laborious education has tauirht him to coneentrata liis attention on the ueuee inroled and who hat aeqnircd tha power of grasping tha material points hi a complex case that would confuse and

': "Pardoatac tubals" " fFsem Per Fslmerw Great gpiiBB" ' They say that aa want to pardon sll the rebels I do beeauea I am a BcrmhUean I believe that every man ought to oe equal be before - fore before the law onleee he has been convicted of crime by some court They ear "Do you want lo ace Jeff Davis back la the United States Senate?" Ho That to Just the same old roan nd ram that our Democratic friunds used to give us when Uiey mid "Do you want your daughter to marry a nlggerf" Laugh Laughter - ter Laughter No "Do you want to see Jeff Davis beck in tlia United states Benstef" Ho tat I want to apply the republican doctrine of tho equality of all men before the law If a man ia black I want to forgive him hla color If a nun m guilty of a political-oftense unless be has been convicted by a court I want he aball be equal before the law I do not want to eultlvale theee endless hates I do not be believe - lieve believe that becauae the fsthers ate eourgrspes the children's teeth shall always to on edge Laughter and applause We an now enter entering - ing entering upon an era of good feeling Is Hr Toorhees Trath fnlT From the if X nun

Few people am the JoornaBsta have tha least notion what they owe to the telegraph in tha way of exemption from Congreealonal ekMuenae Aa Washington though the cap capital - ital capital la far from being the metropolis of the nation nobody ever sees the Washington pa papers - pers papers which report the speeehaaof our fluent representatives ta full Tha Parliament of Britain sua in BritahVe chief city and tha moming Journals of London bear each niatitVdeDatea at length all over the land Here we get only the closest -concentration IWBBmle of each member's utterances to tha Immense advantage not only of onr own peace of mind bnt ot the reputation of a great majority of the members Who for Instance will not be edified to know that the time of the House of Representatives waa tsken up for an hour or more on Monday night bV an emborato oration from Mr Con Conger - ger Conger of Michigan In aupport of a pespostton for establishing sn "aerial telegraphr' Mr Cougar whose nasi would load one to sup suppose - pose suppose him a denlaen rather of the water than of tha ah- soared Into the empyrean stter this anuamg fashion to aeoun his object! i

They have an Idea that a nun must have a lit little - tle little Infusion af dishonesty to make him fit for the Presidcney Laughter They have aa Idea that Presidential metal most be treated somewhat-Ilka silver It you mean to convert it Into nlata it la too soft and you must pot in a little baae metal toharden It Bo they Insist that Greeley hi ao boneat that bo re requires - quires requires a little Infusion of rascality to fit hint fwt to Presidency For the first time in oar hiatory waheve madeanMge u taking a maa who to too tonest Tea yean after Qreeley'l birth General Grant was born In tha State A QUo aad la the eourse of time some good h lend got hbn a place la the national jnatttaUonat Watt Potat and he was edu educated - cated educated at the expense of the eoaatry Now supposing that Grant and Greeley had had the mme opportunities ia life snd hsd work worked - ed worked out their own salvation what do you think would hsve been their respective positions to-