New-York tribune., 1868-10-20
THE DEMOCRATIC ROUT.
DID SEYMOUR FIRST PROPOSE THE DEMO
CRATIC CHANGE OF BASEL
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS FLYING OVER TIE DEMU-

TO BE THROWN ovERBOARD-BELMoNr AND
TILDEN SAVE HIM-THE GREAT MUDDLE'
The Democratic newspapers being all Mt sea,
one charging that The World and Inteih9eneT PianHo
the proposed change IN the Democratic programme ""
another stouy asserting that the proposal nIst eno
from seymour and Blair themselves while third class
OF Democratic oraces that the authors OF the prop
ositiOn Republicans In Disguise how can IHE libo'b
expect to solve the problemi II the Democracy no NV
know what 1t all means pray, who doesf ihero'uio'
smee cannot either ourselves or from our reai,H
clear mp this curous and astonishing muddle' we VIII "o
the next best thing. which 90 quote our coepore
ard leave our readers form opinions for tbemsei'cs
The World yesterday continued its efforts ni'er 'us
fashion:
"Gov scymours conception cfthe Presidential canvass
was from the beginning, just mud sagaelonS ii' os
crInng Judgment was misled by ianeifui aa"Ees
between a political canvas aud military salp Thc
largest political army heng always sure oi ve{ M ,in o
fate Of battle delcnnued at The iecrIS Snor,nnrc
Gov. Seymour accordingly saw Tho snpIene .npo e. ,r
Of so shaping the canvass u make prnAeytrs 90 ~,
Ss s o iva asnsas s Sssn IN P% s %R" Gov s""n
ate Judgment was ovcrbornc THO Democimu ,m rGn
beside being their accepted candidate, has ihc c'''s ~
head the hest pfIs Of uerancc the largest lm,r@ @ ~
command attention, the greatest moral "e'su'' " ""'
man In the party"
TIE PRESIDENTS pOsITION-TuE NATIONAL IN
TELLIGENCER STICKS TO 1T.
WssuINGToN, Oct. 10.-The changc-of-front
movement sl excites the politicians The almost "h'''
mona condemnation by the Democratic press oi inc po
posed change 10 was thought had killed the scheme ""'
It has proved otherwise. The President favored Tue ne"
snbteuge until It became clear that lie had 10 show Tor
eevmour', place Now he has Joined In with tho
OnnosiiIou nrl has employed the Associated Press
Agent here 70 teegrarn 6ver the Country mat he was
from the first opposed to IL personally lie ana "''
friends pretend TO condemn tho thing a. lar rs eh"gs
Seymour Is concerncd but they are known to DC secretly
in favor Of tho original proposition Of The World as WIN
I3feHigonccr Of tomorrow VIII contain:
"a week has elapsed since the result or The fenns!
yania election was knowD a result npon wbich WIS
saked the Presidential contest The success OF INC u
ieal pory An these States followed by snggeS"n
OF The Helr-Tork World for change OF cahdi
dates In this demand We and very HrEo
portion Of the Democratic press acqmeSce"
since then nothing authoritative has been
heard from those who assume tho conduct Of the cam
pagn. although numerous dispatches nave oeeh ~"
dressed TO members OF The Committee al New> ana
10 Gov Seymour n the Ia 10 be continued sole
authoritative action which VIII be roeogiZcu ny Debo
| cratic and Conservative voters should DO al on'o
forthcoming in such form rs VIII give 1t fnll arthur
| tv. We call attention TO the article IN Inc """
winch appears IN another column All" i"V
utorso Il with the exception OF that part reierilng
10 GEN Blair whose manly speech at st Louis eNel'S
general admiration. The paragraph alldd,d q" VIII pear
the construction that The World calls for the Withdrawn
NJ Gen Blair from tho ticket. In this We do not agree
The change 4 made must be thorough ard the demand
for that change IL general 20 require the Immediate
attention of those who have the authority TO speak 10 the
Democratic aud Conservative voters Of the country
| WASH. MCLEAN INSPIRED THE WORLD.
| The Chase game, this time, dId not start IN
NcwYork II concoctcd ia Cinciun1ii, aud by lhe
same willy manager who put forward rennie"h ON III
| yrreubo,k schene, and when that had ftcd, pgetlr
a,ed The nomination Of Seymour. In order To head on
the Chase oycineni which IN i've minutes more Wuh
have hreu srFuug and would hIyo earned the 'nnFen
on ly STORM aud who now has ptccriiard ulon h's
party tho desperate scheme To rally upon Mr. 'n % n,,
their defeat Mt Frank Blair was present ni tis n,i.
connc ana agreed 20 tho scheme IL w!s deemed best
IT, VIII 1hyS wn. ~ mi in ~ IL has probably failed lack
~ candidate; hut s the nieanw hlc II raised me mo,
Increased the Distraction and dsgnst OF tho pen"they
The probabn.v IS that Mr Chase has not been iounu
couy,en that he not anxious To enlist on that sur
after the battle had been decided against W ana thnt
! he did Hat aH IL Toii be Th a dccIdrihGn @ ~ o.n
urineipes nat rouid klek Ne DeDsocrar PLATFORM ou ~
| he contest lOlh''hn'" "'A'''0'
| WHAT TIE AUTHOR OF TIE WORLD MOVEMENT
| SAYS ABOUT rT-CHAsE ONLY AVAILABLE As
| AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE, =,
| The Cincinnati Enquirer, controlled by ASH.
Mclean the home organ Of Mr. Pcndiet0n IN tho course
| of a carefully written editorial, says: -. =, .,
believe that The World spoke for Itself only and NOT for
any representative portion OF The Dcmosacy % n0"
merely IN the form Of suggestion thro"h 1at Wy De %
ocrntc newspaper OF ncknowiedgcd s api.'y p". & nJ
always unerrng Judgment as party leader ana ~ suci
| 1t IL worthy Of consideration upon Whatever nSis i , ~
,oot,or NJ Mr chase as nc opponent OF the Radieai
gud oaGtdie 0td BE- dcct i5e 10 uc gfedt mass
g s DegiocrGfc parfy TO overlook this fact would be
| To ignore excitement ahd an Ilercst su,n %
| templated or accomplished event IN the POINTS
of tls country That very large majority ol lhe leoo
OF Ohio Indiana, aud Penhsylyan 90 not hpoae & eo
dcsiructiye theories Of the Radical party VIC nave CON
yincng proof; bal he elections on as iesay zen 10 r
bid e hope ot that noory ea be eG"een1aieG :" Jd,or
Of seymour aud Blair as our hGiional ca"ldaia is Is
part Of s's1 sasres T in the ' s ard SS
as accomplished what cannot DO @yerted W.
have ttaed ihe deiss Wsan ssev nre m removed @ Il viii
be time enough to discuss the matter more iuy M9a u
nor calouIated o belief that any important
results viii come from the efforts to chaiEe Inc s M s
assertion nat di,tng.hed and hghiy .Ssd ss,9 es e;n
Cincinnati yeserdag isGrapcs,d 70 e nSerea Sn 10 h
eng s ae Ch,e Justice replied sa6sans1aly y mGt ne
,road consent 10 run as a. u"a5 We aso learn at Tie
National Er.cure Comainee hare retnsed 10 N'"a'a~
| the Democratic nominees upo" hcse eonde""'
| THE PENpLEToNIANs COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS
BEFORE THEY WERE HATCllED.
| The Cincinnati Commercial of Saturday says !:
The following was displayed upon me En9rr , oui'
who looked upon II suggestive as Mr Sey m9ur SaI
they forcing the nomination upon mn; .ya
been informally nominated President and Viceros
| dent In place Of Seymour and Blair
uNKIND EXPOSURE OF THE AGE
The World gives voice to very large pOr-
ton Of wIsest Of tho Democracy and the propesuo @
coming from 80 able journal printed In In d cannTy
Il appears leading Democrats Of this city sent ais ais
patch NewYork as early as wednesday' % uss ~ op op
ihhdelpbia dispatches have Informed tho pubic @ aat
s Age ejouMci neH 70 The gort m ias s6S, ds s Gsaa S
Sas had Insured Us Dheimg dfa iriosm ero
,en,@ ,,r The cho,re lClncinnnti Times.
WHAT THE DEMOCRAT SAYS OF THE WORLD,
Rotten, corrupt, cowardly, treacherons' wenni,
for price II has now filled It's pockets but tne nsk G Is