The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-17
Would Mr.. Blair Make a Safe
President?

In the canvass preceding the last
Presidential election the public
character and opinions Of the dem
ocratic candidate for the Vice-P Pres
idency were very thoroughly dis
cussed. Mr.. Pendletons's votes,
opinions and political associations
became, in the public mind, of great
Importance; and that for the reason
that most men, even among the dem
ocrats, knew General Mcclellan,
the candidate on the same ticket for
the Presidency, to be weak man,
of no well-defned or strongly held
| opinions, who would inevitably be
The tool Of stronger men if he were
elected, and over whom man like
Pendleton would exercise q con-
trolling influence.
No doubt this belief had much to
do with the overwhelming defeat
| which befell the ticket. People who
believed Mcclellan to be harmless
and right-minded, feared Pendleton.
Voters, who had no fault to find
with McClellan's letter Of accept
ance, yet saw that the m ore positive
opinions of Pcndleton would rule
the councils of so weak man as his
principal.
Is not precisely the same danger
before the country now, in case of
the election of Seymour? Mr..
Seymour is, as everybody knows,
a plausible and we'll meaning, but
very weak man. Left alone, he
might do little harm. Indeed, it
may be said that he would try, if he
were independent, to please every
body.
But with Blair behind him; with
Blair ready to take his place if he
sh ould fall ill, or die, as other Pres
idents have died, the case would be
different; and the shrewd southern
politicians, having constructed a
platform directly antagonistic to
Mr.. Seymeul's expressed opinions,
did not hesitate to accept him-f:.il-
ing to carry Pendleton-when they
were able to put Blair on the ticket
with him.
General Blair's notorious letter,
which gained him the nomination
speaks for itself. 1t means revolu
ton; nothing less. 1t declares that
legally and constitutionally nothing
can be done and boldly avows the
determination to act in violation of
the laws and Constitution.
Moreover, those who know Gen.
Blair best declare unhesitatingly
that he is the man to carry out his
programme. He is a very different
man from Mr. Seymour. He does
not vascillate; there is about him
no hesitation he has no scruples
he is ambitious, determined, self
willed, precisely the timber from
which revolutionists are made.
If the democrat ticket is elected,
Blair will be the President. Mr..
Seymour suffers from ill-health; he
is, as everybody knows, and as can
be shown, if it is necessary, on the
best evidence, subject to disabling
hereditary infrmity he is not man
of positive character. Even if he
lived and retained his health, he
would inevitably be subjected and
controlled by the men who nomin-
ated him-Vallandigham and Pen
dleton-and- by the man who would
stand behind him-Blair.
1t is we'll to look facts in the face.
Those who think the best interests
of the people would be subserved by
an administration composed Of and
ruled by Vallandigham, Pendleton
and Blair, will naturally and right
fully vote the democratic ticket. 1t
will secure their objects. But let
no one else support that ticket under
the impression that Mr.. Seymour
will control the administration He
is a mere figurehead-just as Nc
Clellan was in 1864; respectable
cloak, ready to be thrown off the
moment the election is gained.
Whoever does not want Valland-
igham, Pendleton and Blair to rule
this country for the next four years
whoever believes, as the great mass
of the people of both parties do be-
lieve, that these men would work al
most irreparable mischief to the
country, would dcpress our credit,
derange our industry, make hard
times for the working men, and
plunge the country into endless con
fusion; whoever believes that, will
find it his duty to vote for Grant
Of him, fortunately, there is no
doubt. His whole career shows
him to be self-poised man, of IN