Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-15
The Presidency.

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It is with unbounded enthusiasm that tho
Democracy receive tho nomination Of Ho.
ratio Seymour. sAt any time during the
Convention, he could have stood first on the
ballot; but strong disinclination to public
Office led him to prefer the claims Of others
to his own. His unanimous selection as
Chairman Of the Convention was significant
Of the general preference which has at last
forced upon him the nomination for tho
Presidency. The protracted balloting, caus.
ed by the Withholding Of his name, proved
that it alone could command unanimous as.
sent. The Convention, at last, literally car.
ried their candidate by storm. This is. in.
deed, case where the Office seeks the man,
and not the man the Office
It is to his great abilities, to his pure and
lofty character, that Horatio Seymour owes
this peculiar and unprecedented honor. lie
has not been allowed to deny himself to the
service of his country, at this juncturc, be.
cause in him is recognized the special ability
now demanded for her service. lie is the
statesman, the thinker, the administrator,
to whose ripe wisdom and experience the
American people can safely trust the helm
Of state, in all the difficult questions that
attend our future us nation. Problems Of
finance md Of government are those in
which he is best fitted to guide to safe and
just solutions. The most recent publication
Of his views on the urgent questions Of the
DAY, was his great speech in which he ex.
hibitcd the resources Of our government
lavished in expenditures, one.third Of which
only was appropriated to meet the claims Of
the public creditors. lie exhibited with
mastery skill the effect of practicable re-
trenchment upon the public credit, rapidly
approximating the obligations Of the gov
crnment to their par value, and affording
currency acceptable alike to all.
Mr. Seymour's disinclination to take Office
has been always consistent and sincere.
Every political honor in the gift Of the De.
mocracy of his State has always been at his
command. He has, however, waived, in.
stead Of using the advantage Of his popu-
larity. On the urgent call Of the people Of
New York he has twice held the Office Of
Governor, and in his administration Of the
affairs and resources of that Commonwealth
has established his great reputation for abil
ity. The people now claim its exercise in a
still wider sphere. AS great oracle of the
Democratic party, Horatio Seymour is so
universally known to all in its ranks, that
to-day we do not dwell further upon his ia
miliar history.
TIE VIcE-PREsIDENCY.--Tt has been in
timated that the Democratic Convention
would 10 doubt step beyond late party lines
in its present nominations. The large in
Aux of the purest and most eminent men Of
the late Republican party, who, shaking the
dust from their feet have abjured the CON-
pany of the proAigate and revolutionary
Radicals, seemed to merit a distinct and
cordial welcome from the Democracy. 1t
could not have been given more appropri-
ately and gracefully than in the nomination
of General Francis ?. Blair for Vice -Presi.
dent. Bred Democrat, he became leader
in the Republican ranks, and, during the
lifetime of Mr.. Lincoln, enjoyed his pecu.
liar confidence. He did not abuse it, but
strove to stem the torrent of Radicalism
when its pressure swayed and threatened to
overwhelm the Republican President. As
member of the Thirty-scventh Congress,
he gave splendid exhibition of oratory in
a debate in which he encountered and over
threw Colfax, who appeared as the political
champion of Fremont. He was also men,
Der Of the Thirty-cighth Congress, but left
it for military service in the field. He had
been very active at the beginning Of the war,
in wrestling Missouri from the control of the
secessionists. He afterwards received from
Mr.. Lincoln the appointment of Major-Gcn.
eral in the Army. He shared in all the glo-
ries of the campaigns Of Sherman, and was
one of the most highly esteemed of his SUBJ
ordinates by that great military commander.
Since the war General Blair has sustained
the policy of President johnson, and is, in
opinion, thoroughly identified with the De-
mocracy. His views were lately stated in a
eulogy upon the Hon. Thomas H. Benton,
of which We, at the time, laid portion be-
fore our readers. His recent letter CON-
mends him to us, as it did, no doubt, to the
Convention.
General Blair is in tho prime Of man
hood, being now about forty.seven years Of
age. He is prompt, rcsolute, and earnest,
with wide experience, civil and military.
His nomination is heartily acceptable to
u.s. and we applaud the wisdom that die.
tated it.-Agc.
Letter from Col. Levi l.. Tate.
WILLlAMspoRT, Pa, July 7, 1868.
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