The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-13
Seymour and Blair.
From The Boston Post.

From The Boston Post.
The Democratic Convention assembled in
New York to nominate a candidate not only
for the party but for the nation. There was
q fair and open comparison of views, and
persistent support of preferences, out of which
at length proceeded the choice which we an
nounce this morning.
1t is necessary to reflect that the object of
National Convention at all is a candid consul
tation for given purpose, -deliberatiou on
the best mode of reaching a desired result;
and not simply to record the steps by which
few dogmatic men secure their aims or tri-
umph for their personal schemes. 1t must be
that an assembly composed of the wisest,
most thoughtful, and most experienced men
of the nation comprehends the general situa-
ton more clearly, and knows how to discover
and apply more effective agencies than either
individual minds or separated communities.
The emergency naturally raised the party
to the most elevated ground, from which it
surveyed more than mere parry divisions per-
mitted. 1t appealed with irresistible force to
its representative men to lift themselves
wholly above the desire of mere party sue
cess, and give their serious thought to the
safety OF an imperilled country. The very
men who have been villi6ed and maligned
these many years by the venomous tongue of
slander, are now implored to lead the way for
the rescue of the Government which is made
the custodian of our common liberties.
The Convention was called, therefore, pri-
marily to find voice for that general senti-
ment of condemnation under whose ban a
wicked revolutionary faction lay 1t was
asked to speak the authoritative word which
should break the spell in which our freedom
was bound. 1t was assembled to summon
men OF every party and persuasion to join in
the urgent work of rescuing all that is pre-
cious from the grasp of the usuTper. 1t gene
rOusly answered to more than mere party
aV,A f..lf 70 han fhrnh nf fha
strongest party sentiment. 1t considered
other matters than those of eXpediency. 1t
went deeper than to the secrets OF mere policy
1t calmly and resolutely confronted the perils
that are 80 thick about US, and, with the m ag-
nanimity which is born of true patriotism
forgot every form of prejudice and passion,
saw nothing before it but impending dangers,
studied only the surest method of eXtrication,
harmonized the lesser with the larger pre-
ferenoes, and offered all it had, and all it could
do, on the altar of the common safety.
The contest is opened with the nomination
of Horatio Seymour and General Il. p. Blair,
II really means-shall We have civil, that
Is, republican government or shall We con-
sent to have our free and hOnored system put
to the sword The issue is between law and
force; between right and might; between JUS
tice and power. Need the men of this day,
who have so freshly illustrated their devotion
to the principles under which we live as
people, do more than appeal to their instincts
rs counseilors in such cOntest9 Is not the
spirit OF the Fathers so thoroughly ingrained
with their own, that the issue may be said 10
be determined before the opposition can da,
ploy its guerilla forces In meeting 40 SroUa
so fundamental an issue, we are applying tho
touchstone to the faith which we keep as free
men; we are testing the character of our.in
stitutions to see if they will stand.
With the character and services of the nOmi
nees of the Convention the country is muct
too familiar to require a reoapitulation. Tha
they have been placed in their present posi-
tions by a national body of delegates, is a con
Vincing demonstration of their elevated wortl
and their fitness for the responsible work t,
which they have been called.
None who cOndde in the high patriotism 0