The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-05-25

outside Of the Convention, Is evident from
the fact, that, tie friends Of Mr. CAMERON,
who were rs devoted and enthusiastic as
those of any other candidate before the
Convention, left their fayorite after the
first ballot, and cas-. their votes for Mr..
IIHCohS. as the most available candidate
10 defea. the nomination of Mr.. SEWARD:
and after the second ballot, the vote of
Mr.. SEWARD was still greater than that Of
any other candidate, yet the friends Of
BArFs, of CHASE, and others, then cast
their votes for LIACoLN, thus giving him
the nomination on the third ballot.
Now, it is not to be supposed that the
devoted friepds Of Messrs CAMERON, BATES,
CHASE, and others, would SO soon have
abandoned these gentlemt 4 for one whose
chances for nomination and election were
no better, after only one or two ballots,
unless it was by previous arrangement;
nor, except through such an arrangement,
could such a concert of action have been
brought about-tor there is no doubt
that, among the Delegates who supported
the several gentlemen above named, there
We're laany who preferred Mr.. SEWARD to
Mr.. LINCoLS, but who having been induced
to enter il'to this arrangement, and each
one believing it would result in the nomi-
nation of Ills fayorite, felt bound in honor
to carry out the contract, even at the sac
ritice of personal preference, and in oppo
sition to the well known wishes Of the
people.
There was evidently q strong feeling
among a large number Of the Delegates
against the nomination of Nj. SEWARD,
and although that anti SEWARD element
did not comprise e mej ority of the Dele
gates, yet in their ranks were to be found
nearly all the needy Office seekers and ex
perienced wire pulIers among the Know
Nothing and Republican parties. Perhaps
no man in the United States is more bitter
ly hated by the Know Nothings than Mr..
SEWARD, for lis whole pnblic life has been
at war with their proscriptiye doctrines :;
hence it was expected that men Of that par
ty-who are mostly active politicians
would oppose his nomination, and those
men evidently ruled and controlled the
delegations from most of the New England
States, from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
pennsy lTania; and as their principal and
almost only object was The defeat Of SEW
ARD, they very much facilitated the com
! bination against him. There was, too, in
and about the Convention, large number
of intriguing politicians anxious for the
nomination Of new and comparatively
! undis,inguished man, who should owe his
nomination to their efforts, and would per-
nit them to regulate his appointments, if
elected. The long experience in public
life of Mr.. SEWARD, and his extensive ac-
quaintance with public men, would enable
him to dispense the federal patronage and
administer ,he government without the aid
Of these interested patriots, and hence their
opposition to him. The result Of the nom
inator. Of LINCOLN over SEWARD ut Chic
ago, is another proof Of the fact, that in
political conventions the people may pro-
pose, but the politicians dispose.
For ourself, while we regret to see a
great man slaughtered in tie house of his
frienda-yet, as Democrat, We rejoice at
the action Of the Chicago Convention,
which practically sustained our oft-repeat
ed charge against them of Known othing
ism. The nomination Of Mr.. SEWARD
would have placed the Republican party
entirely above the charge of prescription
against foreigners his defeat, under the
circumstances, confirms the accusation
Now, let Democratic representatives but
do their duty at Baltimore, and the result
will be another glorious VICTORY
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