The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-05-25
T HE PILOT .
III A NIT O w o G:
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1850
The Chicago Convention and its Result

Contention Of the Republican party met
at Chicago, for the purpose Of selecting
candidates Cor President and Vice Presi
dent, 70 be supported BY that party in
November next.
Among the many names proposed for
the Presidential nomination, prominently
before all Others, was that Of WILLIAM II.
SEwAso, Of Nesy York, the acknowledged
leader Of lie party, and, undeniably, one
Of the ablcst and most liberal statesmen Of
the nation. Upon the first ballot for the
, Presid ential candidate, Mr. SEWARD receiy-
ed twenty one more votes than the next
two highest com bined, and considerably
moro than one-third of all the votes; yet
on the third ballot, ADRIAN LINCOLN, OF
Illinois, was nominated, while Mr. Stewards
vote was but little larger than on the
first ballot, and nearly every other promi-
nent candidate was abandoned by his sup
porters in order to swell the vote Of LIN
uoLN, and thereby prevent the nomination
of SEWARD.
That Mr.. SEWARD was tie favorite Of a
large majority Of the Republican voters OF
nearly every State where the Republicans
have any strength, is undoubted, and was
abundantly evident from the tone Of the
public press, aid the favorable expressions
hof numerous public meetings before the
assembling OF the Chicago Convention
and is still more evident, from the almost
universal expression of disal pointed aston
ishmert among Republicans at the unex
pected slaughter OF the popular fayorite
and the selection of a man confessedly very
much tie inferior of Mr. SEWARD, in point
of ability, character, and service to the
Republican party, and who would have
been en- tirqly unknown outside of his OWL
State, but for his contest with, and defeat
by Mr.. Dot GLAs for the T. S SenatofshiE
Of Illinois.
We find then, a Convention composed
Of Delegates elected by, and responsible
to the people, and claiming to represent
the popular sentiment in their action, en-
tirely ignoring the well known wishes o
| the masses Of tie Notwithstanding the
popular fayoFite, and selecting as THEN
leader and standard bearer one in all re
spects the inferior of the ruah discarded
and making No mination so unexpet tel
as to astoni5h the public mind in all quar-
tiers of the country. This result is moi
| with out q cause. Let Us see if the prom
| inent events of the Convention DO not Of
fer to us fair and plausible explanation
of this extraordinary result.
As we before remarked, it was almost
universally believed and desired by The
| Republican masses, that Mr.. SEWARD
I should be the nominee It was known
that Mr.. CAMERON, Of Pennsylvania, Mr.
CHASE, of Chic, Mr.. BATES, Of Missouri
and other candidates, would be represent
ed in the Convention by numerous and en-
thusiastic friends and supporters; but il
was expected that the respective friends Of
these distinguished gentlemen would, after
proving their devotion to their favorites
through several ballots, give their fna
support TO Mr. SEWARD, and thus secure
the qualification of the obvious desire Of 6
very great majority OF the Republican
voters and such course would have un
doubtedly met with an enthusiastic re
spouse from the entire party. But such
has not been the result, sud we can only
attribute it to the fact that large ma or
ity Of the Delegates to the Chicago Con
vention regarded more the carrying out o
Old prejudices, and the pursuit Of persona
interests, than obedience to the public
will.
We have been informed by Republican:
who were present at the Convention, tha
a combination was entered into by tht
friends Of all the prominent candidates
except those of Mr.. SEWARD, that whichev
er of the candidates Of the contracting
parties should receive the highest number
of votes on the second ballot, should rs
ceiye the entire strength of the combina
ton on the third ballot This arrangement
from which the friends of SEWARD were
Notwithstanding, as it did, a majority
Of the Delegates-renderedth the nomination
of that gentleman an impossibility. III
was virtually, 10 all inter,s and purposes
excluded from the Convention. Tha
some such an arrangement, having for ii
principal object the defeat Of Mr.. SEWARD
was brought about by the wire-puilins
I politicians AMI place hunters, inside anC