The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-05
The Presidency,

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By every one it is now admitted that Gen
Grant will carry the standard of the Republican
party in the battle for the Presidential success
sion. As things look now, Virginia alone of the
seeded States will not be reconstructed by the
| Congressional policy of fraud and the bayonet;
and the majority of the Africanized States will
sustain Grant against any Democratic competitor.
Conservative victory is possible only upon
the contingency of carrying New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana Connecticut New Jer-
sey. Illinois, and number of other free States
which were free soil States before the War.
10 restore the States to the Union, and to
preserve the great principles of Constitutional
liberty which distinguish American civilization
from Asiatie despotism and African barbarism,
the Conservative party must be regarded by the
Northern people as sincerely and earnestly for
the Union, and as therefore antagonized to the
disunion Radicals who falsely claim to be the
champions of the national cause
Success will reward the efforts of that party
which impresses the Northern mind fully with
the belief that it is the Constitutional Union
party. We of the South do not doubt that such
distinction attaches to the Democratic or Con-
servative party, and not to the Radical or Des-
be said to have a clearer perception of the situa-
ton than the Northern Republicans or Demo-
Gratis, who are animated by partisan zeal and
blinded by the smoke of the battle which We
"snutf from affair."
We see the danger-but do not speak out
Do We publish what we think and give to the
world what We tell each other in the unreserve
Of friendship? Unfortunately, we do not Every
intelligent Southerner feels that the nomination
of a Eopperhead means defeat, and that the coun-
try is i'll imminent danger from the same cause,
and from the same counsels which ruined the
Democracy at Chicago in 1864. And yet We
find the Brick Pomeroys and all such assailing
General Hancock, with whom success is well
nigh certain, for the sake of Mr. Pendleton, who
carried New Jersey and Kentucky, with the aid
Of Gen. Mcclellan, though opposed by Lincoln,
a civilian, against whom Fremont, Wade, Winter
the present formidable majority in the Senate,
were in open rebellion. This looks to us like
madness '.Whom the gods wish to destroy,
they first make mad
Fight the battle of Restored Union under
the flag of leader who pronounced the Union
a failure after Gettysburg, Nicksburg, the cam
paign of 1868, and ust the keystone of the
Confederate Arch crumbled in at Atlanta. and
on the eve of Sherman's march to the sea. Such
folly may be human; we trust it may not be
superhuman.
Another name has been mentioned in con-
nection with the Democratic leadership-a states
man and soldier, upon whom a compromise
may be effected in the event of damaging con- ]
test between the Pendleton and Hancock clans.
We refer to General f. p Blair, of Missouri.
AS an original free-soiler, he would conciliate
that sentiment in the Great Northwest, where
the Germans do most abound As an Old-Line
Democrat, brought up at the feet of Gamaliel,
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Hickory" men who have not affiliated, of late |
with the Copperhead Democracy. AS distin-
gushed volunteer soldier, he would offset Grant
popularity with the regular army. But, espe-
cially, as wel-known champion of the great
American idea that this is a white mans
country and must ever SO continue; - we think
General Blair would achieve for US what We need
success, The Southern people and the Demo-
cratic party could not be charged with disloyalty
to the Cnion-with laundering after slavery, or
with undue attachment to the dead issue of Sc |
cession, if they were to nominate for the Presi-
dency soldier who volunteered to fight for the |
Union, and member of that family which, of all
others in this country, has proved its devotion to
freedom and nationality Journal
The Bishops of the NJ E. Church, South, will
hold their annual meeting for 1868 in Louisville,
KY, beginning on Thursday, May7.
na- The Legislature of Missouri has just en-
acted a law making it misdemeanor for man |
to abandon his wife, and fail, neglect, or refuse
to maintain and provide for her; or to abandon |
his child or children, under the age of twelve
years, born in lawful wedlock and fail to provide
for said child or children. The punishment is
to be fine of not less than fifty more than |
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the !
county Jail or work house not less than one nor
more than twelve months, or both fine and i'm
prisonment.
HARD SwEARING.-We are creditably in /
formed that James Ham, who lived in this county,
cursed himself to death a few days since. He |
owed small sun for meat, and on being dunBed |
for the money. began to swear very hard, and !
finally said, 'he hoped he might die and go to
hell if he ever paid a cent of the account and
fell dead. This is true and should
be remembered by those addicted to swearing.
We clipped the above from the Greensboro
- Il.