The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-08-22
Gazing in Already The New Yorl
Herald on the Situation.

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Herald on the Situation.
Every newspaper reader remembers the
zeal with which the New York Herald espoused
the cause of Grant Immediately on his nomi-
nation by the Chicago Convention, as well as
the bitterness with which the same HeraM as
sailed "Silly Seymour" as it called him, on
the nomination of Gov. Seymour by the New
York Convention. The Herald, it is well known,
is paper without any fixed politics. Its
tactics is to watch the tide of battle, and al
ways to come in at the close with the winning
side. When Grant was nominated with such
remarkable unanimity and under such appa-
rently encouraging auspices by the Republi-
cans at Chicago, therefore, the Herald sup
posed the tide would Immediately set in favor
of Grants election, and the sooner it fell in
and drifted along the better. The nomination
of Gov. Seymour, on the other hand, the
Herald inferred, would be a grievous disap-
pointment to the West, and without waiting
for the anticipated mutterings from that quar-
ter, it "went in" with all its nerve to crush
Seymour at once and give new impetus to
the tide in favor of Grant But the Herald
was sorely disappointed. While the Democ-
racy of the middle States and the east accepted
the nomination of Seymour with enthusiastic
delight, the democracy of the West, instead of
grumbling and rebelling, ratified" it with the
most astonishing aacrity and promptness. Not
only have the democracy of both west and
east shown themselves perfectly satisfied, but
they have gone to work with an energy and will
to elect their nominees that has completely
staggered and dumfounded the Herald About
the same time, also, comes the news Of the
Kentucky and Montana elections, following
closely on the heels of the splendid June
Democratic victory in Oregon. The Herald,
in its enthusiasm for Grant, thereupon comes
| to dead halt. 1--WE cannot shut our eyes,
says the Herald Of Aug. 18th, ' to the drec-
| ton Of these straws, which show how the
wind blows. These results are but the carly
indications (the skirmish fire as it were) of the
great revolutionary battle which is about to
open. If the other State elections which are
to come off between this and the Presidential
contest in November should happen to give
like indications of popular hostility to the
Radical usurpations and corruptions, who can
tell but that tho nominations of the Chicago
Convention may be overwhelmed by the weight
| OF Radical maladministration since the rebel
lion was wound up by Gen. Grant that they
have to carry on their shoulders 7" 1T is
evident" the Herald concludes, "that the
people demand a change, and it is the people,
and not any particular party, who will make
the issue at the approaching election. Names
and individual candidates count for very little
in this contest 1t is cheap Government
honestly administered in view of the fact that
the country is at peace, which the people re-
qulre. a serious countsr.revoluton, therefore,
terrible to the politicians, no doubt, but good
and wholesome for the people-because it is
being born of the peoples at hand. Nothing
but the marvellous activity of Our population
and the untold resources of the country could
enable us to bear the present burden of taxa
ton or induce US to submit to carry it so long.
But it is evident that reaction has set in, and
it may be that in the course of events as now
foreshadowed the next elections will result in
sending a majority to Congress, if not in favor
of reputation, certainly in favor of vast re-
duction Of the present enormous taxation"