The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-19
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1868.
Democracy and Intelligence synony-
nous.


THE New York World still continues its crusade
against the Tammany candidates, despite and
in defiance of the dictum OF Belmont, Tilden,
and Schell. This morning 1t AYERS that 1.-THE
Democratic masses are never 30 wronged as
by those who underrate their intelligence"
And so 1t insists that Seymour shall speak the
truth, and Blair do a still more serviceable
thing by perpetrating ga chivalrous action"
Verify these are hard terms, but the World
reasserts its belief that they are the only ones
on which the party can be saved from utter
ruin in November.
Seymour has spoken. In conference with
certain members of the Democratic Executive
Committee at Utica on Saturday, he declared
that che was nominated against his wishes,
that It would be relief to him if any other
name were substituted for his own, and that
any change which should be made must in
clude his withdrawal" But Mr.. Seymour
found the committee obstinate in their refusal
to entertain such a proposition, and finding
them thus obstinate, he will doubtless hold
back the truth for which, according to the
World, the Democratic masses "yearn."
one of the infrmities of the Blair family. He
ventilated his views at st. Louis on Saturday
evening, and "all he had to say was, that both
candidates will always bs ready to lay down
their candidacy when it can no longer be of
service to the Democratic party Of the coun-
try" Still Blair did not go the full chivalric
length demanded by the World, nor have We
Io1; hot L ill
The Democratic masses will not be mate
rally affected by either Seymour's speaking
the truth or by Blair's doing a chivalrous
action. They are, as the World solemnly de-
olares "never so wronged as by those who
undsrrate their intelligence" Wade Hamp-
ton, when he dictated the Tammany platform,
was guilty of this thing; and so was Vallan-
digham when he nominated Seymour. AS for
Blair's nomination, it was the result of a sub
ums display of stupidity all around. Ii Ssy-
mour should speak the truth, and if Blair
should achieve chivalrous action-whioh
means simply that both of them should give
up the ghost politically, of their own free will
and aooord-the great blunder of undertaking
the intelligence of the Democratic masses
Wade Hampton dictated to the servile tools by
whom he found himself surrounded. The
fruits Of the policy adopted by the Democratic
party are clearly discernible. The bulwarks
behind which they entrenched Themselves
Sharswood's majority of 922 in October of last
year-have been gallautly scaled, aud their
demoralzed forces are in full rout. The only
thing that can be done before the 3D. of No
vember is to change their leaders, to join
new issue with their victorious foes is an utter
impossibility. Led by whomsosver they
may prefer, their cause is the
cause of anarchy and revolution, and
this is too heavy dose for "the intelligence
of the Democratic masses" All of which
means simply that the election of November
Sd will be merely formal declaration of the
predetermined and already expressed will Of
the people. The only danger besetting the
Republican masses is the fear that they may
be lulled into false sense of security by the
turn affairs have taken, and relax their efforts
in behalf of the cause of truth and justice.
Let every earnest man in the party, North
aud South, see to it that no lukewarmuess
steals upon his zeal and snatches the final
triumph from our grasp.