The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-22
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ALUNATIO ron PREsIDEKT.
How ana why ne was Nominated.
HIS Pledges not To Accept-The Dan-
ger OF hts LunAeY.
Blalr lhe Real Candidate.

natl GdEette, one OF the pest informed
and shrewdest newspaper men in the
country, Is writing mp a leisurely re-
view of the salient features of the New
York Convention. From one of his ar
ticles we extract the following:
People have made up their minds
ana are not likely ever to change them
that the final result was due to the
deep strategy of Seymour and the New
York delegation, who had worked for
1t from the beginning Nevertheless, ]
doubt If this il true.
Governor Seymour was unquestion-
ably in the condition of the maid who,
''VoWfnE she'd never consent, consent
3D." He knew that he ought not to
take the nomination If he could get IT.
knew that it was probably sealing his
own death or insanity knew that 1t was
securing the defeat of his party. Be.
youd a doubt, these considerations led
him definitely to make up his mind not
to be "a candidate, and to do all in his
power to bring about the nomination of
Chief Justice Chase. But he still cast
longing chances back to the prize he
had put behind him. 1t was so bright,
30 rare, SO daZzlingl In a word, he
meant to keep his pledges of virtue,
but was in mood to be easily over
come.
But with his friends the case was diff
ferent. There is evidence enough TO
warrant the statement that, while per-
haps majority of the New York dele
CATION were sincerely for MIR. Chase,
an active minority, embracing some of
the shrewdest brains in the delegation,
had long made up their minds to force
the nomination upon Seymour, II by
any possibility it could be accom-
plished.
Three weeks before the Convention
met, August Belmont said to proml-
nent gentleman in Washington, not
connected with politics. that he hoped
to bring about the nomination of GOV.
Seymour. On the night before the final
decision, John A, Green the conhden-
tiaI friend of Seymour to whom
Pendleton's letter had been shown was
busy as a go1between for the New
Workers, and the Disguised Onioans.
On that same mig hit, Samuel j. IlIdenI
the Chairman of the New York delega-
ton, was button-boling every Ohio del
epate he could lay hands on atthe Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Tho next day, ten
minutes after the dramatic scene in
which as Mr.Tilden would pursuade us,
New York was carried into witnessing
the nomination of candidate she did
not want, and had not expected ban
nar with a carefully painted portrait of
Horatio Seymour was nearly ready al
TammanY, to be borne through the
streets at the head of a sjubnant pro-
cesstons
be added. After Seymour's earnest
speech to the New York delegation, on
the very morning of his nomination,
declaring that he could not be candi-
date, nearly one-third of the delegates
still voted against Chase, though, of
course, agreeing to be bound by the
acts of the majority. These were the
ori0inal Seymour men. After they
! went into TammRny, word was sent
them from the Ohio delegation that If
they now brought in Chase, Ohio would
give him some votes, and the rest
would make no trouble. Mr.. Samuel
J, Tildeu, the Mehistopheles OF the
delegation and its chairman, although
professedly a warm Chase man, sent
back word, In spite OF this profession,
and in spite of the overwhelming. vote
for Chase in the delegation, that they
intended to stick to Hendricks as long
as he kept advancing. After another
ballot had been taken Mr.. allandlg-
ham went in person to MIR. I1lden,
asking "Why don't you bring out
Chase, according to your vote OF this
morning ?" Tilden replied, We
mean to stick to Hendricks as long as
his chances seem SO good" Then
you'll force us to bring out Seymour TO
kill him off," replied Mr.. Vallandig-
nothing-it was the precise movement
to which his willy strategy had been
leading.
York leaders were playing triple
part. First of all they had TO kill OH
Pendleton. Then they were for Chase
II they could get him, OF indeed for
Hendricks, If it should only seem that
their votes had nominated him. But
third, they were watching the chances
for Seymour, and determined TO force
him on the ticket II they could.
There are even one or two suspicious
circumstances that involve Gov. Sey-
mour personally. After one of his
earnest appeals TO the New Workers. for
Chase, he was met with The plump
Iouestion, "Gov. Seymour, will you go
into the Convention, and make the
speech presenting Mr.. Chase's manner"
| He at once Misunderstanding haste, a
moment later, to explain that bis posi-
ton as President of the Convention
would make it improper. He knew,
three days before bis nomination, of the
purpose of the PendleEon men TO at
tempt it, and had seen Mr.. Pendleton's
| letter.
Aside from the suspicious that will
thus recur, was ever candidate placed
in a more pftable position than Cover
nor Seymour STEPPED to his eyes in
pledges to another, and in refnsalS on
his own account, he is still more nnfor-
tunate in the terms In which he has
| chosen to convey them. al pledge yon
my word of honor as gentleman" he
said to John j. Cisco, that under no
circumstances will be candidate. 1
would even refuse the nomination If IL
were unanimously rendered me.
"Those who doubt my Intentions are
not treating me generously" he said TO
| Mr., Kennedy. 81 have given my word
| of honor that In no contingency would
| 1 ACCEPT nomination; and among gen.
| tlemen that ought to be enough" II
regard myself as now SO situated that It
would involve breach of personal
| honor for me to listen to your sugges-
| lions, !" he said 30 the New York deiega.
tion. 81 am not a candidate" he said
to Mr.. Harvey of Massachusetts. 81
would not accept the nomination if
unanimousIy tendered;@ neither my
health nor the condition of the party
would warrant 1t; and ] am heart and
soul for the nomination of Chief Justice
| Chase" To the Convention itself he
said, ST could not honorably accept
the nomination. Il would place both
the party and mysElf in great peril.
! May God bless you but your candidate
/ I cannot be.''' Andt as IF to forestAll
! the plea which Mr.. Herman, q few min
utes later, was urging that his delega-
ton would be the keepers of his honor
he took, care to add, "my personal hon
Tor is involved, and on question OF
that sort my Judgment must stand
| against the world" .5
Conceive man thus leprous with a
personal dishonor, which his own
words have affirmed, forced into a ca
reer which the history OF his family
and the warnings of his physicians
Econcurin saying can only end IN q mad