The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-12

| THE DEMOCRACY HOPEFUL AND ACrIyC-rHE
| RIVAL cANDIDATEs-rHE RADICALS sHIRKIyci NE
GRO sUFFRAGE-'wHAT DO YOU THINK OF JOHN
oN?"-cALcuLAT1oHs OF Bo"H PARTIES on IuE
RESULT.
HARRISBURG, September Gas there is no Gov
ernor to BE- elected fol Pennsylvania nor no mem
bers of Congress, on the second Tuesday in Octo-
Der, the interest. III the COMING election ctntlcs
upon the Office OF Judge Of the Stats Suprame
Court, and npon tins The canvass is nov son!
vigorously on. Personally considered. the can.
didates Of both Republican and Democratic par
ties stand about even in tho estimation of the
general public, and apart IRON the very widt
margin in the political opinions of both gen.
tcmen they would probably be regarded With
equal favor as iurists and men of nublemished
character. Tho Office is an important one i'll
asmuch as the term is for fifteen Years The ylcqn-
cy occurs by the expiration by limitation OF the term
of Hon. George W. Woodward. The Democrats have
selected as their candidate George " Shar,wood
of Philadelphia and presiding Judge OF the District
Court in that city and county, lawyer of ulauues-
tionabe ability, and extremely popular in Pha-
delphia not only with his own patty, but with the
citizens generally. Throughout the State, also, lie
| is we'll known. and is regarded as Democrat OF
the strctest Constitutional kind. The Republican
! nominee is Judge H. W. Williams OF Pittsburg an
| emgrant from New England, who is said to bc not
at all popular outside his own District, and carry
| inc with him into the contest some very curious
| ideas of the duties of Judge. Part of the plat
| form upon which he was nominated is contained
|
can Convention held at WiIliamsport in June,
which declares that 1t is the duty Of Judge to de-
eide on the bench according to the political opinions
of the majorytha 1T Is to say, to decide with the
party who elected him. This declaration. upon
which Judge Williams goes before the people has
rather shocked the members of the legal profess
| sion They adhere to the old-fashioncd principle
that judge should decide according to law. and
| not according tn politics. This plank so boldly
| thrust into the Republican platform NAV therefore
| n a N
of the Jacobin policy of the Radicals As an offset
to this, the Republicans present the dissenting
opinion of Judge Sharswood in the District Court
| in February, 1SGi i'll the case of Belle against
| lrott, where he declared the Act OF Congress of
February %, 1862, making greenbacks legal ten
der unconstitutional This decision, cry ont the
Republicans, touches the pocket OF every man who
owns five dollar bill. II is an atrocous doctrine
and shows that Judge Sharswood adheres to his
| old nulliicaion ideas Of the Calhoun time. They
make much capital out Of It, and calculate to use
| it extensively against judge Sharswood. The Dem
ocrats respond that the Judges opinion has been
msrepresented by his opponents. That he decd-
| ed, as any honest and just man should that con-
| tracts made upon geld basis could 1ot be liqu-
dated by paper. Only this and nothing more.
So much for the candidates upon whom the
main issues OF the election turn. As to their
| prospects of success both parties are pretty well
agreed that it will be tight race. The chances
are that if q full vote were polled the democracy
woud run in their candidate; but as Pennsylvania
never turns out, except at an election Tor Cover
nor, TIE contest will probably turn on the personal
| popularity of the two men. The canvass through
out the State, although not as yet very noisy or
! demonstrative, is silently active. The we'll ar
ranged organization of the Union Leagues appears
| to be an overmatch for the less consolidated or
| gani2ltion of the democracy. The former, backed
| up by money, power, patronage, and held together
| by ''ihe cohesive power OF public plunder, exist
| everywhere while the democratic organization is
only perfect in certain districts; but arr assured
| from the beat sources that, although making little
display it is working with great effect, and increas
| ing in strength each day. The Democrats were
never more hopeful since the days of their defeat
in 1868 than they are at preseut. Without being
sanguno OF success on the whole ticket, they do
not despair OF eecting their candidate torSupreme
| Judge which will be great triumph. The Legisla
| ture they do not expect to vary much from ITS
present complexion but next to the State ticket
| they regard 4 success i'll Philadelphia on the
county ticket "A next in Importance AMI the demo-
Gratis of that city are almost confident of electing
General Peter Lyle for Sboriff, and Judge Ludlow
| 10 the bench OF Common Pleas and Oyer and Ter
miner Ludlow is the only democratic Judge in
| that court, and has Judicial record as unbcmish-
| ed as the military career OF General Lyle, who
fought splenddly all through the war. The other
| prominent democratic candidates in PhiladelDha
are General j. f. Balhere for City Commissioner,
and Colonel W. A. LEIGH for Register OF Wills
| both soldiers of distinguished Character.
The hopes of the democracy OF Pennsylvania may
be summed up thus They rely, first upon the
personnel Of their candidates; next upon the blum
| der of the republicans in excluding all soldiers
| from their tickets, upon the plea that 1.-The soldier
| business is played out, which has caused much
discomfort among their own party from the fact
that in several counties disafection is growing
apace in the republican ranks. In Thad Stevens
district and that Of Senator Lowre it is said 10 be
notorious Here let me add that it is remarkable
that Johnson and his policy is So little spoken OF n
the canvass. The republicans are perhaps rescrv-
ing their fire until the denOuee1t Of the late proc
lamation is made manifest, or the amnesty procla-
nation is issued. Then prepare for howl The
democrats admit that the detection in the ranks OF
the enemy has received check BY the Presidents
| late movements With regard to the military pro-
consols, and think may venture to say that they
would Just as soon the Amnesty proclamation was
kent i'm Johnson's pocket until after the Pennsyl
| vanla election.
.'What do YOU think Of johnson >" is 4 question
heard everywhere the hotels, III the streets on
| the railroads but nobody seems to have made up
| their minds lust now what TO think ot Johnson.
| The moderate Republicans look perpleXcd and say
nothing. They are evidently embarrassed, and
| little alarmed The extreme Radicals, Of course,
are more vehement than ever in denOnncng INN
as "a drunken scoundrcl, and such language is
| not infreaacnt on the lips OF respectable looking
gentlemen III broadclotl, even at the dinner table,
Upon the question ol negro suffrage III the state
| the Radicals are us mum as mice, and, though the
| Democratic Journals continually taunt them with
| cowardicc in not embOdying it in their platform
willie .hcy carry it secretly in their hearts, they
respond never "a word Many OF the ultra Radicals
were in favor of Introducing the measure, and III
| dood | have heard one of the most prominent of
! them declare that the party had nearly shlrkcd one
| of their most vital principles by not putting nm
yersal negro suffrage plain and square upon the
! platform am able to inform you that II was m
trijr1,d into the resolutions at tho Williamsp0rt
| Convention, that il VINO suongly urged upOn the
committee but it was resisted stoutly by AlI Mc7
Pherson. Clerk of the House of Representatives,
| and the proposition was lost. The negro, there
! fore il left out as direct issue by the Radicals:
but the democrats sv &e "t noGS GS 10 Irn T' nm, S I
| Hnnnbcan legislation which forced the negro into
| thn city cars and railroads with white men, after
thc companies had offered to furnish separate cars
| for his accommodation: llls TACT and the general
| corruption of tho party Ia Tho l.e3isaturn durlnB
| tho election of Simon Cameron to tho Senate the
onoru,ona increase in the public expenditure and
| fine State debt since 1867, and tho liquor law,
which il as terribly unpopular rs 1t is stringent III
the No.thcrl; counties: are Tie Prnclpa Weapons
wifi which tho Democracy aro lighting lhcir anita
g0nsts. M
'Tbcy claim that in opposition to this the Ra,l-
cals lind no New Orleans riot as they had ut the
last election to inflamc the passions OF the people
and they have hardly time 10 manufacture one u.
the onsilinp five weeks. Moreover that Willie the
can6iJotc for Congress, Holster C ymcr, IN lSt't,
was mt ND as a Democrat simply, and with no
other record they have now standard bearer Ill
Judge Sharswood, who brings vast personal p'pu-
into tho 6eT sG s anq hs aaSse aTsI rra '' 'n'
1To MI these calculations the Radicals oppose
tbai, organization and seem to rest quietly
unon rmem they are not unprepared to see their
maorty leducsd hut the best informed % Of them them
5SqdSq til escnf OF SaE Jonsons r SoiS doSs @
t%na in 70 imstity them in their desperate revou-
tnnary i measures between this time and the rlec-
''V% Now few words AS to tsurrs. The total vote
of the STATE in ronnd m'mera about G91"O0 l,1 ,OO
H. ,srt ,nrtu', majority was I5,000. Lncolns
vote l,1 IN IN 1864 showed Republican majority Of
be- elected the vote small and the Republican
mo"g p WAS iS. se @ eno et HS anG %' tSSn" Sn the
LOoV lonal ticket, which Was the true test. Ii
U" tSr democracy conduct the present canvass with
'oc ~, and lscretion they hope to change tins one