The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-19
DALY LEADER.
The PFesideal apd Secretary ofstAt'- 'st
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me PresIdeaf and secretaEy ofstats.
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For some time after the lsts. terrible
events Il was feared that Mr.. Seward might
have bean so seriously injured BY his aecl-
dent and thesubsequent murderous assAnt
s,to be compelled 90 retire from the pub
lie service. As that apprehension has oeen
happily dispelled, and ss the ehGrActeflstlc
assertion Of some Of the Northern friends
of the rebellion thzt Mr.. Seward ought %
retire because his presence In the Oa6lnet
would be 20 distsSseful TO Messrs. Lee,
Davis, Wigfan g. Company, As 70 disin-
cline them 70 submission, has also disaP-
peared in derisive laughter, It IS now N
simulated by those who suggest Whst they
desire that President JohnsOn's policy VIII
NOT have the cordial support Of the Secre-
tsry. and that therefore Mr.. Seward will
resign. Those who ssy this are not aware,
perhaps, that Mr.. SeWard's friends In the
baltimore Convention Of lAss June secured
REORGANIZATION sfMr.J JohDson sa Vice Pres
ideDt and that it is therefore great waste
of ingenuity TO assume sny grave difference
between the President and Secretary In
their general policy ....- .
Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Seward had served
together in the Senate, where they were
firm personEl friends. There Mr.. Seward
had seen that his fellow-Senator, 3 land re-
former, stern Union man, . trusted rep
resentstiVa of the people of the South IS
distinguished from the planting aristocrs-
cv. was the very kind Of leader by whom
Tie political power of the Aristocracy was
ultimately 10 be overthrow In It's own sec
tion. Mr.. Seward had watched Mr.. John
son's heroic position in the dark Winter
of IS6O-6I He had heard his terrible de-
nunclation of the consPirstors IN the Sem
ate. As Secretary Of State Mr.. Seward
had supported Mr.. Lincoln's "Border
State policy as it was impstiently called );
and it was while pursuing that Poliev that
Mr. EARcOln had appointed his friend, Mr..
Johnsch, Mlitary Governor OF Tennessee.
With his administration there Mr.. Seward
had been, of course, officially familiar.
As the time for the meeting of the
Union Nominating Convention approached
the perilous chances of the civil wsr made
II essential that q candidate for the Vice
Presidency should be named whose charsc-
ter and career certified that, in case Of his
hsuceession 70 the Presidency, the estAb-
lisbed policy of the government would not
he changed or menaced. And We venture
to say that the man whose nomination Ar.
Seward most earnestly desired wss Andrew
johnson.
When the convention assembled the
nofninstion Of Mr.. Lincoln was toregone
conclusion. But the candidate for the
Vice Presidency was not 20 easily deter
mined. One point, however, was unlVer-
sally admitted by the wiser part Of the
convention. Pure snd honorable - Mr.
Hsmlin's career had been, and personally
iuuexceptionsble as he Wss, his nomination
Was not sdvissble. As the convention was
composed OF men who hsd heretofore act
/ ed with different political parties, political
comfy required thst the Union Conven-
tion Of 1864 should not repeat the party
&C, ion Of the Republican Convention Of
| lsBo, but, BY naming candidate formerly
identified with the Democratic party,
should prove that it appealed to no psrti-
san Traditions, but TO the hearty sympathy
/ of ali UHion men IN the country. Who
should this candidate ba7 It was upon
/ this question that the eascusing of the con-
yentIon turned. For whom would the
sixty. six votes of New York be cast? As
thew went, SO would the convention pro
bsblv 20. 1t was soon clear that the choice
practically lay between Mr.. johnson and
| Mr.. Dickinson, of New York, and it seemi
to rs indisputable that the final decision
4 was made in caucus OF the New York dele.
CATION, and mude by the friends OF Nj
! Seward, in favor Of Andrew Johnson
i Mr. Lyman Tremsine, the old political
friend of Mr.. Dickinson, very properly sHc
very powerfully led the Dickinson move
ment. Mr. DIckinson's long identification
with the Democratic party; his instalit snc
I entire devotion of 8ll his powers TO the caus'
of the Union and the government; his In
cesssnt and effective service fIOm the out
break of the war; his vast majority o.
! LOB 600 votes in his own State as the U UnioI
CAL didste forsAttorney General, showing
his great popularity il the State which y
wAs necessary to carry at the PresidentiA
slssGIiccEEe sslsss4scEEer i6s heroic reP1diafon Of 0it
party ties all these arguments were pun
gently aud impressively presented by Nj
Trenaine, without an unEind word againt
any other candidate, and with an spplAua'
both in the caucus and convention whicl
showed how hearty Wss the appreciation Q
Mr.. Diekinson's claims and characts
smong that great representative body 9
faithful American citizens. In the csucul
Of the New York delegation Mr.. Tremain
was supported by fOne who had no symp
sthy Whatever with the party 10 which b
and Mr.. Dickinson belonged, but who re
gIded the latter gentleman IS 3 conspicp
Gus national representative of what va
called the War Democracy, and VIII
thought that his nomination would great
strengthen the ticket in the State Of NeI
York.
The discussion in the caucus was ami
mated and exciting. 1t betrayed the dif
ferencss and snimosities which prevail il
New York politics. But the one thin
! steadily obvious in all the tumultuous con
fiict of opinion was, tnst the friends Of Nh
Seward were favorable 70 AndpeW John
son. Mr.. Preston King and Mr.. Rsymonl
TRANQUILITY urged the irresistible advantage
of S candidate who was Southerner,
Border State man, an old Democrat yet
Union n an, who had been tried in the AE
of the hate of the rebel chiefs whom b
had denounced. They pleaded his solitar
fidelity in the midst of the detection of hi
old associates in the Senate; his actual aui
feIings in the cause; the great cOnfdenO
reposed in him by Mr.. Lincoln, who hA
intrusted to him one Of the most difhcul
and delicate of responsibilities at q mos
critical time. They depicted the cords
sympathy between the President and Nj
johnson, and the rare popularity anon
the people of q man who had been Dor
and bred in the humblest circumstances
yet who had risen to merited distinction
They recounted his services and his lon
practical experience in public life. The
pointed TO his administration of TennOsse'
which only the bitter enemies Of the GoV
eminent and friends of the rebellion cor
demned, and contended that by selecting
candidate who did not live in the State c
: New York the dangers Of political divizio
in that State would be avoided. They di
met forget to recall also that, in sl the Ion
course of public life during. which b
had been an ardent and conspicuous actol
. his personal character had bean uuaullie
by suspicion. No man could deny thS
Andrew johnson was . name 30 identihe