The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-11

1 k1Eb u WAS = G6EEA4H Ol4E1l VI AA4A1EEs
Great numbers Of young men especial
Iy are disguised. They say they are
tired of being in q losing party, and
that this ticket is handicapped for GER
| tain defeat, 1t Is no partisan sxagger-
alton of the palpabIs facts to Say that
fouE-dftbs of the Democrats In New
York regard the proceedings In Tam
many to-day as only another form Of
ratifyfng the nomination Of Grant and
Colfax.
bir. Seymour has not yet accepted
the nomination, butTery few entertain
4 any doubt that he Will Nevertheless
I Il will require all bis ingenuity 10
shape his acceptance SO as 70 avoid per.
sousl disgrace. He said last night &c
Mr.. Harvey, ofti1e Massachusetts dele
cation, and subsequently TO Mr.. Wood
bury, Of the came deIea alton and sub
, seo1ently 70 John j. Cisco and Col.
ltYsn Buren, of New York, that he
pledged his personal hVnor that he
would not accept the nomination. even
. If IL were rendered by an unauimouS
| vote of the Convention. This morning
] he Ye5eated the same declaration 70. me
New YORK delegation, and added That
l aside from the questions concerning his
lheaIfb, he must decline In any event for
two other FeaSons-drst, that his penso
\ nal honor Wss pledged TO it, and second
that he knew and they knew that he
/ could not possibly be elected. And
finally with hand lifted to heaven, he
declared before the convention he
/ should count hinseIfa dishonest man
If he were now 10 accepta nomination,
and added thGt in case ofthis kind be
must be the Judge Of his own honor
and must maintain his opinion against
the world The letter of acceptance In
which he explHins away these notori-
Gus declarations Will be curiosity In
political literature.
Governor Seymour last night pledged
himself personally to the Chase men
under no circumstance TO accept the
nomination. His words were, 'I pledge
you my sacred honor that will not, y
and there are plenty Of witnesses. To-
day he declared to the Convention that
he would be = dIsbonored man If he
did, He Il known to have been pro-
nuunced by physicians absolutely GER
tain TO become insane within a year II
hs should accept, and be expressly de-
eIared last night that he was unwilling
TO be a candidate. Among other reasons
because he could not be elected, while
be was heart and soul for Chase, be-
cause he knew Chase could be elected.
These are few Of the difficulties just
now passing through the mind of Gov.
/ Seymour. As in the midst Of the cheers
excited crowd he drives away from
Tammany in his carriage, hs looks
troubled, but he will be able to aiience
his scruples.
, John Morrissey Ia the most disguised
, Democrat in New York. He was an
original Pendleton man. In the lobby
, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel tonight, in
} large crowd, he offered to bet thou
, sand dollars against I'VE hundred thai
Seymour would be defeated, and an
nounced that he held himself in readi,
t ness to make forty bets OF the SAINT
a. amount and terms. "God d-u him,
. exclaimed MoTrissey with great vehe-
I In 1Eur nd nd {
r knows that 1 know 1t. He is a dis.
A graced, peEjured liar" But Seymour
A cares for none of these things. His ap
pearance at Tammahy was that OF q
u man in intense agony OF mind, and
: many thought he already looked like q
n crazy man. The best actor at Wal
lacks could not have done 1t better
he appeared to be almost faintlng, bu
II he had strength enough left TO gel
r gracefully into a carriage and bow hit
l. acknowledgement 70 the cheering
crowd.
r. latest bulletin represents him able 4
re- leave his hotel and visit the Manhattan
., Club. There in an inner room, pal
and interesting, he lies stretched upoI
a lounge, with eyes half closed, ant
Ii listening to the congratulations Of hi
4. friends. On one side stands ValIan
:, digham explaining how he sdid II; OF
81 the other stands Colonel Van Buren,, o
70 New York, ready TO take up the won
Y drous tHle. Seymour listens and Ian
guidly smiles and "neditates the while
upon such plHsters" as the ConYen
tlon's action affords for his personal
y honor and word OF honor as gentle
v nHn.
The disgust OF New York at the nom.
: inalion Is intensified by tho selection
!, of Frank Blair. 1t WAS not enough
- they say, that We must be asked &c
RnIa0t IA PFnaiHRnf that ia n
y crazy, but then We must have a wild
u reYoIutIonist ready as Vice President
ii to take his place when he Is sent of &c
@ lunatic asylum. Mayor Hoffman
and other leading Democrats who have
gono out OF town for the night are
It oYincing great anxiety on the subject
of Seymour'B acceptance, and are send
II Ing In messages to find ont what he hat
: done. They have not found out yet
70 how easy u man reconciles himself Il
Z being dishonored, when he has a Presi
n dental nomination TO console him.
n WASHINGTON, July 0, 1868.
10 The nomination of Seymour aut
Blair gives great satisfaction to the Re
:, puplicans, nearly all of whom pro
IL have been put in the field. There wal
n n scene OF real enthusiasm on the Re-
o publican side of the House when the
result became known, and the general
testimony Is that ibis was the DeSt Qay'I
y work for the Republican party since
Il the Chicago Convention. The ticket IL
!. spoken of as the Reputation and Rev.
olution tickets, and every body is ring.
ing changes on Grants letter for peace
n and BIRir's letter for war. The Demo
cratic Congressman are Disguised, and
they don't even make pretense of being
4 pleased. The nominations fell upon
p Them like a wet blanket, and they al
:, once began to gather in doleful groups
for comfort and consolation.
Those from the West freely admit that
I there is no show for success and some
4 say 1t Is not worth while to go into the
a contest. Two or three living in Chase
districts, who hoped to get aid from the
r New York Conventions, openly an.
4 nounce that IL Is useless to run again
nj with tho weight of such nominations
to carry. Some of the Democrats Will
probably rally in the course of time,
but the tlrst effect of the Convention's
action Is that of extreme disgust and
o despondency. Everybody sees that the
v issues for tue coming campaign are
/, sharply defined, and the Democracy of
to-day, Is copperheadisp of the most
:. obnoxious type. The key note of the
e contest WINS struck by Governor Morton
a this afternoon, in the Senate, In one of
the hnest aud most forcibls fifteen
minute SPEECHES ever heard in the
3 Capitol.
o IN demanding that Government
k bonds shall be taxed equally with eve.
~ other species OF property, the Demo.