Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-13
RlCHMOND WHIG,
1inooln RAnominated.

NIL. p.-nhl;can copelave at Baltimore has done
,,,- ,.h,, avery well informed person supposed Il
,opla dit has nominated Lincoln Tor re-eeehen'
"a. t.. !; announced In the New York Herald OF the
o.h a. "a ara informed BY the Petersburg telegram
bu e have rs vet 10 details Ct the proceedings Of Inc
convanton and consequently, We do NOS know how
mDeh II .pv opposition was made to "Ole DAoe.' We
nav n-s,ame however that bis triumph was easily o.
.apsS that short nobody seriously disputed the nell
nth him vie candidacy Of GRAFT was not in all P'oos-
bi,v an element Of division in the Convention, not
vi,hssndpg The nonsense Of The Herald lpdesd' tie
A,srOus support of that paper locked very mush Ike
iOks and will probably, be hereafter referred to 10
Is editorials as an example OF ia peculiar humer
This win be when Grant finally Gbandcns his
absurd attempt 20 take Richmond, CT .is calf d
away b7 Lincoln in order to the miserable reu-
n,nt Of a defeated, disprited and exhausted army.
TIE Herald Insists that Grants failure 10
receive the nom nation was owing 10 The &C.
count Of the battle of the 81, published BY the N'F
York TINES The Times says that Grant was thorough
" vhivped; fac. which was well known here, but
shoA Stanton in his remarkable despatch to General
Dix had kept ssudiousy concealed. Il Is possible bit
not very probable that this unexpected disclosure was
piece Of eleotiOneering strategy on tie part OF
coin and his friends To make the thing 6oqby secure
they may ct the last momsn have thoughtit necessary
70 publish the truth, even though the truth convicted
sAnten Of so recent lie. But We imagine that GRAFT
had rot really enough strength in the Convention %
make this expedient at all necessary. The delegates
were arranging nomination for next November, snd
not Ter next week. They knew very well that
Grant had failed Ia every schema and been beat
en- In every attack. Although the public might
b amused and dsluded for q week or two longer ~
Santohs mendaeiouS eOnIrivances, the nuh Wsuld be
suF5 10 come ous lOng before November. Had they
nominated Grant they would have sAddled their party
with candidate Who long before the election, VII have
lost all the strength be POssess,s and sA tie eiem'ns
Of popularity which are attributed 10 him. TIE
Back Republicans are not natural born idios-eertAny
those of them Who assemble in Convention, who do be
planning, cheating and lyhg for the party, Who Ee 10
bsne6t BY iS success or suffer by lie failure, are NOS
Likely 70 commit 90 great mistake would have Teen
involved IN the domination of Grant. Lincoln s Their
man. They have tried snd have Tot found him want
Ing. They know exactly what they can DO With him.
and they have already Rad sufficient proof thai Do
sS,uplss wi prevent him from using all tbs vast powers
which bis Ofce aid his patronage give him, and the
VAsser covers which no has usuPed to secure his own
triumph, and the final suppression Of the opposition
The nomination Of Andy Johnson is q. APpendage to
hat Of Liooon. psrlee. complement could net
have been found. Abllokgulrd and traitor, buf'ca
and knAye are exquistey &c GsSOcAteS There per-
fscs harmony an admissible oOasTuy in the CONJUNCTION
which sho4 that the Convention thoroughly understood
hsobAaeer Of the party represented and Of the people
% which t appsa OF course nobody suppeIss thai The
name Of Andy johnson have been pus on the lktt
with any regard to what are called local influences
Anybody would get the vote Of Tennessee that Lincoln
might choose to make Tennessee vote fOs. 0fo IurSe
Va DO not mean genuine Tennessee bat that fictitious
Tennessee which Yankee ingenuity has constructed Tor
tls particular purpose. In the way LTeoln and
Johnson viii ges the vote Of Virginia North VAFoil',
South Carolina Florida Louisiana and Arkansas; ans,
perhaps, Of Texas, Mississippi Alabama and Georgia
few thousand runaway negroes in the South vii, N
81 probability exercise much influence in the Uled
States electoral col eyes, the whole Yankee P0pua
EOn Of New England; or Of OHIO, Indiana and lIno5.
II Lincoln reed these votes, he viii help himself -
them With much comPAOenOy he exhibits in
tliug one Of his best jokes.
Whether the white Yankees Of other parties will sub
nit this patent plan for tartiug their Government
into s negro desposism remains 10 be seen. We mu
confess that their past history gives very little reason 10
suppose that they viii make any practical resistance 10
sis or any other outrage that Lincoln may PrPeirs'e
Al 70 the Fremont movement cannot see that 1t
amounts to much. Were 10: Fremont himself 50 CO.
Armed and unntgs,ed scOuldrel We should believe It
destitute Of any strength whatever. But if any man
could eOamend himself to the susAgts Of the Yank,
PsOEls, always admitting thai they lave any SUI ages
70 OestOW, il would be warrior without a victory, al
orator without speech, and statesman without
and When in additiO0 he is q notorious sWi
dsr and admitted oh4rlatAa t must be cociess> d
that 10 possesses qualifications and Recommendations
almost As great as those Of Lincoln himself.
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