The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-16
now THE NOMINATIONS ARE RE-
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asss'Sss --..s 81 80
Iead sgsFm16 leiina lisosA test ~
,oming ~ ION al q thp s|lsl'uhti
ron Tho djsa a.is6ed D = aspcraey M Il II /,
III lie com g "a I fsw 'iselasd ias /,
iividuals, buts braces ssctions, States,
ind many Of the leading papers ana
men in tho party. The nomination Of
Seymour Was trick, now apparentto
all; while tho selection Of Blair Is re-
earded .almost universally a. disgrace
enea 70 the Demopracyss ii s::sss ss.,
iss Dispat ohea frog, various parts Of the
Eastern. States srspast that: the, party
issla dia.ppqi ateds and dispiris.eedt
believing the ticket teshe ya.Hesk one.
1t i ganenlly, Admitteds that sGpatsaad
Golhx2xill carry avery. Eas.ern,s Mid, 1
de and Weatazn State. The n6Mina.
itiougof Blair. is. speeially .datastetpls to
the muses. otthe Demoesse / sss.4sts .3
Ill The New York Herald { pemopr.tia)
,sayss:aaa ,sif;oys IN oh az:a haTaiup 1
"The Democratic party has, decided the
next President shall! be Grant Seymour
against Grant amounts to Democratic SUR
render--a disbanding Of the Democratic
party ,,. -~t o,,..>f ,,..:.~.., ~,
The Journal, ,,ef Commerce, the.
oldest Democratic paper in New York,
reviews Seymour thus: 3>''' -
"a. 1t is not for us TO say that the conven.
lion has not chosen wisely. + Governor Sey-,
mour is too well known to need any desorip-
ton; yet new man not long trained in.
party trammels would have drawn. to the
conservative cause some who will now hest
tate, but who would have encountered less
opposition from long cherished feelings Of
OF hostility growing out Of tho political
contests Of former years..
Of the platform it speaks boldly and
honestly: .E.<,s... -'
..rhis is out an, ID out population 81 .
solemn obligatlon,i Jas We understand it to
pay Al the bonded on debt " gold. On tho
question Of reputation the Democrats are
|
and will reach the main advantage where
this heresy IL fondly cherished. There is
no excuse fol! such proposition. It is
both wicked and dissraceful.~ The authors
know very we'll: that the money was Dor
rowed with the express understanding that
twas to be paid il coin, and inst anything
short of this is . ,repudistion Of = sole mn
covenant Gov; Seymour. has always
warmly insisted on the Obligation to pay
the bonds in gold, The platform il the
very opposite Is his sw,eil-known views.
Row the TWO are to reoonciled 1t is not
for US to decide" t....;sa:J,-
z.,! The Nssw York .1 Post Conservative
says ..d+ nd ,..;s.,; .,:%, :.;t,s1a
1.-THE work Of the convention which I'D
) journed yesterday il ! failure. 1ts plat
form alone, oeits candidates alone. ought t.
be sufficient to defeat the hopes Of tn
party they represent. Both are singularl,
veal, taken singly, and their reunion i
most unfortunate, for both the platform
and tho candidates being 80 incongruou
: that each must weaken the other" .;'%
- The Cincinnati Commercial icon
serv.tive) speaks ofnSeymour; ''::s ts>
, "His partisan record viii prevent: th
! Republicans of the east from giving hi'
Q any votes III His sympathy With bont
holders will seriously affect his prospect
. in tho west. He will no where be able
y get more than strict party vote. He is
weak man for the Presidency and ought
; be easily beaten. 75ifa,s a9st uA2 H..
4 John Morrisey, the noted Demaocriaa
ic Congressman from New York, VI
was An original Pendleton man, ,,pu1
licly offers to bet two to one that Sc,
mour will be defeated-and he will wi
= all such bets, 'z,,
Intense dissatisfaction is felt anon
the Democratic leaders at Washingto
=, and there is strong talk Of thi,
party. johnson himself is displease'
and his cabinet is divided. Gen Sch
, field is for Grant IS al true soldiers al
McC ulloch says be can't stand on Il
platform and Seward and Randall a,
said to be for Grant, as the w!;innin
), man. Poor old Granny W ellis and Seer
tary Browning are for Seymour.
With their ranks already broken AZ
!, mutinous, ~ what ! terrible defeat Il
Democracy will sustain at the hands
the loyal people under the lead Of Gra'
and Colfax next fall -'
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