Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-29
FOR PRESIDENT 5ao .1
Gen. u. S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
MATCH HIM"

- Our readers VIII all remember the
famous painting at the. Chicago Conven-
ton. representing Grant sitting in a chair
on the Republican platform, while Col
umbia stands near and points to him with
j., one hand, aud to the vacant chair on the
Democratic platform with the other, and
utters the significant words, Snatch him"
This challenge the, Democracy accepted,
and en- the 4th of July its wise men
convened at New York city to bring for
ward man who might successfully conn
pete with the popular Republican candi-
date, They evidently appreciated the
difficulty of the task, and 10 their
councils were divided by numerous plans
end opinions. Fo? nearly week the jan
gle continued aud one after another their
candidates were brought out and behead--
ed. Samuel hunting for king ia the nu-
merousfamilyof Jesse had alight task com-
pared to that Of this anxious convention.
But affairs were getting to be desperate !;
the weather had become fearfully hot,
and according to that truthful15recorder
Nasty, their carpet bags were all in pawn
aud their credit gone at the bars, They
were in just the mood to accept anybody
or do any thing if thereby they might on
ly bring the convention to clo4e and
getaway. The right moment had arriv-
ed and the name of a man was presented,
6 who at the opening of the. convention, in
its more sober moments, could scarcely
have rallied a corporars guar d. With
one general acclaim they took it up,
drowned out the protest Of their blusling
nominee, and vociferously called for
candidate for the Vice Presidency
Whom the gols would destroy they first
make mad" AS if they had not already
shown sufficient signs of lunacy, at the
first ballot they nominate for the impor-
tantof1ice of Vice President, political
adycnturer who had just written to the
convention a most infamous letter, which
of itself alone would condemn to eternal
political death not only the man who
wrote it but also the party that would
even tolerate him. Having thus done
their work, they departed for their several
homes. But everywhere murmurs of
d satisfaction greeted them, and the all
most universal verdict of the country is
that they most signally failed in the the
orkrthey attempted when they pitted
Seymour against Grant. vs.
The quality and characteristics of these
tTos@aen now sc. prominently before the
public are 50 distinctive that there is no
occasion to draw any extended parallel
between them The one from his youth
has been politician and public man
the other was raised as if by the hand of
Providence, from obscurity to the chief
command of all our armies. The one has
a war record which no Furnishing can
make bright, the other is he man to
whom more than any other now living
the country owes its existence. To the
one is vag uely attributed certain myste-
rious called craftsmanship, the other We
know possesses clear head, sterling com
mon sense, and the most admirable ex,-
cutive abilities .s.T
Relying on the respective nes IS of
these two candidates as shown by their
records, we enter into the contest with
confidence, which We are sure the re-
suit will fully justify.