Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-06-30
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
In our next issue we expect 10 place at
the mast the names of the nominees of the
National Democratic Convention, and from
thcncctorth to labor assiduously for their sue
cess. The Convention will meet in the city
Of New York on Saturday, and already, as
we learn, several hundred delegates from the
Western States have passed through Harper's
Ferry, on the line Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. The Convention in point of nuns
beers, and in its material. will be an immense
affair." and we feel the fullest confidence that
its proceedings will be marked by harmony
that will prove the sure harbinger Of success,
and the final and complete overthrow Of the
Radical party.
Contemplating the great wrongs which
that party has perpetrated upon the country,
its open violations of the constitution, its
uSurpations Of power, and the fraud and cor
rupton which it has sanctioned and made
fashionable, it is matter Of sincere congratu-
laton that the end Of its career is IN view,
and that its rapacous race is so nearly run.
The Democratic party purified by defeat aud
disaster, gathering into its ranks the virtuOuS
and true Of all parties, and purged Of the ex
crcscences that encountered it in the days of
its domnancy, will come into power with the
fixed and unaltcrablc purpose Of admins
tcrng the government in the interests Of the
people, and for the prosperity and glory Of the
c,untry, and hence we may look for Il bright
err and better than any that has marked
our progress as nation since the adoption
OF the Federal Constitution.
1t is marvellous how we have steered clear
Of revolution and another civil outbreak under
the exasperatins legislation Of the present
Radical Congress. and it is still more marvel
lous with what faith and confidence the pres
cnt Executive has relied upon the virtue and
Intelligence Of the people to correct our evils
in the trying scenes which have surrounded
him. To receive the nomination of the Demo
cratic Convention would doubtless be gratifi-
cation to Mr. johnson, but in 4 review of his
administration. enviroucd as it has been with
difficulties that never crossed the path Of any
other statesman, he will End greater source
Of pride and qualification than the nomination
Of any party convention could possibly confer.
Having adhered to the Constitution, and
borne successfully through its perils the ark
of our political safety, he has we'll earned the
gratitude of this, and succeeding generations
This much is Guc him, and this much, when
the prejudices of the hour have passed, he
will assuredlX receive.
But Mr. johnson is not the man upon
whom the nomination of the Democratic party
should fall. We must have man who will
not hesitate to cleanse the Augcan stables, that
have been made doubly foul by the contains
mating occupancy Of the radical party;
man who will at once lay violent hands upon
the lcgions of licensed pIundcrers, who have
ba-kruP;ed the country by their senseless ex-
travagance one who is identified thoroughly
with the party that is seeking to restore the
government to its ancient prosperity through
4 healthy financial policy; in short, one who
Is committed by his record and by his present
position, to enforce an undoing Of the wrongs
"L'SH idulCd!Sll nave fastened upon the cOun-
try, and if needs be, 4 retaliation upon the
perpetrators ct these wrongs, as the real
traitors who have brought the country tc the
very verge Of ruin.
To find such man will be no difficult task
for the members Of the Convention. In the
long list OF gallant and true Democrats. who
have adhered to principle at the sacrifice of
their personal interests and that laudable
ambition which inspires the bosom of every
patriot, there is no name which shines with a
more untarnished lustrc than that of q EORGE
H. PENDLETON, Of Ohio. upon whom the
gaze OF the country is now fixed AS faith
iul adhereut Of the political creed that had
its first apostle in the aathor of the Declara-
ton OF Independence. he has ever shaped his
coarse by the Federal Constitution as the fun>
damenraI and supreme law. describing the
vicious and peruicious doctrine that necessity
mi ght make its violation ex?edient aud right
Ii upon him, the Convention shall confer its
first honorS, it will only respond to that wish
which actuates the people in every section Of
the country, and which presages a triumph
of principle and brain over military despotism
and official corruption.