The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-03-17

MT. Penjleton would surely be nomlna
tedl Time was TO be had to manipulate
delegates of various States-as was done
in 1864 Well, try it'll How many dele
gates do you expect to buy up2 Dc
you suppose Senator Hendricks, Of In.
diana, SO green a politician as not tc
know that your suggestion of his name
is not made in good faith-but only as 8
lure to break the united phalanx of the
Northwest for. Pendletonl Use your
four months-from now till July 4--aud
see What'you can dol Buy up all the
delegates you can buy!
After all that, we venture the predic.
tion-to your utter discomfture-that
George H. Pendleton will be nominated
on the first ballot, in the General Demo.
cratic Convention that is called to meet
in the City of New York, on the fourth
day of July nextl We venture further
prediction. 1t will be done with an
unanimity, aud an enthusiasm that has
not been witnessed since graybeards, like
ourselves, cast their first vote for Presi.
Dental electorsl Messieurs the Bond.
holders: Put that in your pipes and
smoke it. And be glad you have gotten
that much. For, except for the modera-
alton Of Mr.. Pendleton's proposition to
pay you off in greenbacks at somewhat
above the value you paid in greenbacks
for the 5 20s. you would have, in very
short time, repudiation of the whole debt
principal and interest.
In a country like ours, subject to fre-
quent elections, we object, altogether, to
undue assertions Of personal preferences
We have not said, nor will we say, tina,
Mr.. Pendleton is the man, above all
others, that we would wish for one man
"a different set may prefer another man.
The disposition of freemen ought to be, al.
most always, to hold Individual prefer.
ences subordinate to general agreement
But theories must be modified by prac.
tical circumstances in politics. It is o
fact, at the present moment, that ma.
jority of the voters-we believe large
majority-on the Democratic side, have
Mr.. Pendleton in their eyes as the man.
Of delegates to the National Democrat
ic Convention, majority are sure for him
on the first ballot, after counting all that
are doubtful as against him. There is
no other candidate in the field that can,
on the first ballot, command one fourth
of the votes cast in the convention. The
lapse of time from now till the 4th of
July will only serve to increase Mr.. Pen
dletcss strength.
We<sake this fact as it stands. Any
nomination IRde against majority fol
one candidate Composing the two-thirds
rule to be maintained after the reasonsfor
it has ceased) would be unfortunate, and
probably disastrousi The old jokers lit
tie anecdote' comes in here to good pur-
pose, about swapping horses while swim
ming the river" There is not time to
work up sentiment of enthusiasm, such
as now exists in critical States for Mr.
Pendleton, for any other candidate. In
many of the States his personal popular
ity is of the highest value, and the sub
stitution of any other name would chill
the public sentiment In all the Demo
cratic State Conventions that have been
held, no preference has been expressed
for any other candidate. In Ohio, In.
diana, Kentucky, Iowa, Kansas and West
Virginia. either instructions have beer
given to delegations or preferences ex
pressed for Mr.. Pendleton. Missouri
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota are
known to be of the same mind. In New
York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Mr.,
Pendleton is the fayorite name among
the people; and the politicians are fas
finding it out. Maryland will be fol
Pendleton, and SO will Tennessee-th.
moment some of its men drop their lip
service of Andrew johnson.
There is phrase in politics that baf
fes analysis. There is an instinct, fol
good or evil, that runs like contagiol
aud sways the masses. The instinct of tb,
people now reaches toward Mr.. Pendleton
We accept it as an indication. if not o
what IS best, at least of what is, aud i
possible. The grand thing is to have
nomination that will fire the popula
mind with sincere enthusiasm from thu
moment it is made. With this, we cal
carry every principal State North; au'
most of the lesser ones. Dampen thi
enthusiasm-let us have long wrangl
who shall be the candidate, spring on
who is not known to be of Mr.. Pendle
toms school about paying the bonds ir
greenbacks. and there is no use of goin,
into the canvass, for, without infuenc
and confidence in the candidate, the peo
pie will not arouse.
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