Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-23
THE CHICAGO TICKET AND PLAT.
PORN


PORN.
The telegraph yesterday morning an
nounced the ticket, and we publish to-
day the details Of the proceedings Of the
Radical Convention, and the platform it
presents.
We viii not astOnish our readers in
saying that the ticket is not a strong one
In an intellectual point Of view, it GER
tainly is not Neither is &c in any sense.
The first name even, occupies its place
with great deal Of reluctance on the
part OF the earnest men of the party--the
founders who conceived, fashioned, and
nurtured it into an effective organization.
The original Radicals would greatly have
preferred a man Of more pronounced
opinions, and Of greater ability, to form
opinions Of any sort His candidacy,
which on the surface, was unanimous
and enthusiastic, is the product Of cir
cumstances which the candidate had
little agency in shaping and the nomi-
majors quite as little in controlling 1t
was a necessity, which a conjunction OF
causes rendered the managers un-
able to prevent The second name
is a compromise on a parsonage
Of meagre capacity, but of limitless affa>
bility. The choice fell on him because
the supporters of more able men could
not agree Wade, Hamlin, Fenton, Cur
tin and Wilson are men Of moro marked
character than Yeneering Colfax, who
has not a single valid pretension to states
manship, and is a mere tuft~hunter and
Turveydrop The first was the most
formidable aspirant, and his friends re-
tire from the contest with a sense that a
sturdy man has been sacrificed at very
small figure. The two candidates are
from the same section and from adjoin-
ing States. This is an awkward and un-
fortunate feature that, with the other
many obstacles to be overcome, will be
sensibly felt in the canvass At this
time we shall not dilate upon Grant To
discuss his glaring weakness and unfit
ness would require more space and time
than we have now to give it, or than the
subject is worth at this stage Of events.
Suffice it to say, that Notwithstanding the
prominence he has attained in the last
few years he better estimated the scope
and grade Of his talents when he applied
and was defeated for the suryeyorship of
ST. Louis county, Missouri, in 1860, than
this conclave Of politicians who seek to
make him President Of the United States.
The platform shows that it was work
on which a good deal Of anxious care has
been bestowed 1t is in some respects
up to the demands Of the party, but it
feels its way very gingerly 1t is OUT
spoken in favor of the national debt, with
a mild suggestion that taxation is trihe
troublesome, and might, perhaps, be
lessened or course it glorifes "recon-
struction," for not to have done so would
have been a seething of the Radical kid
in its mothers milk II is by and through
the infamous control they have thus ac-
quired over the votes Of ten or eleven
States, that their ticket has the faintest
prospects of success. 1t apothmizes
4" the late lamented" Lincoln, and anathe.
matizes Andrew johnson, all of which
amounts to nothing. 1t bids for the for
eign vote, and sues for the support Of the
soldiers 1t is respectable as a political
but there is a large section
of the party that will spew it out of their
mouths. But more anon.