The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-29

ted or not, and tho number necessary
tos@ehoicc in either. case l49.
Tho strength of tho Democratic
ticket is thus ably set forth by tho
New York WorN. 1t describes the
wonderful enthusiasm which attended
tho nominations, and says
s'Iu thc first place, then, Horatio Scy-
mour is, beyond all question or con-
test, the first statesman in the Demo
cratic party--thc one who most fully
represents itsprinciplos, who has The
most consummatc ability to cxpound
them with luminous cloarnoss, whose
mind is the broadest, whose culture is
the most thorough, whose dignity of
character and bearing is best fitted to
adorn great station, and to magnify
evon tho high Office for which lo has
been nominated. lie possesses, ina
pre-eminent degree, every personal
qualification and accomplishment
which befit tho Chief Magistrate of
great nation.
In the next place, Mr.. Seymour has
9 strong grasp of the questions which
relate to tho rcsusctation of the shat
tered prosperity of the country, and
tho maintenance of the financial homer
of the country is to say, of The
questions which will chiefly occupy at
tention during the next Presidential
term. On these questions ho has
very distinct and very decided opin-
ions opinions not caught up of u
sudden to serve an clcctionccring
turn, but deliberately formed after II
large survey Of the subject. Those
opinions have been often proclaimed
and arc we'll known they arc
!; such opinions as compel the assent and
cXtort the approval of honest and cn4
| lightoncd political opponents. Ilia
election would establish confidence,
both ut home and abroad, in the Gnan-
cial honor of the country, and settle
that confidence on tho frmcst founda-
ton. BY nominating him, the Demo-
cratic party has opened the way to u
sound currency, to tho revival of in
dustry, to the reduction of taxation, to
II change in tho form Of national
debt by new loans at a greatly roduc-
cd interest, and taxable at the same
rate rs other descriptions Of property
Again Mr.. Seymour has always
been so consistent and thorough a
Democrat, and his popularity and in.
ilucnco IN tho party are so unboundcd,
: that he alone possesses tho moral
: weight requisite for adopting the poll.
cy of the party to the altered circum-
stances of tho country. No secondary
statesman could act with tho authori-
ty and independence which arc need
cd to engineer the government in tho
face of hostile Senate and in the
now condition of things which results
from tho overthrow Of tho regular
State Governments of the South
The ship of State is to DO pilotcl
through difficult and obssructcd chan-
ncls, and it will need no small degree
OF political courage to make such con.
ccssions as may bc necessary for So
y .7u"ise @, ana or -oiio NC r;tJuo t5larc GOV
crnmcnts Of the South, in an attcmpt
to rc-ostablish the supremacy of the
Constitution. II is precisely in this
relation that Mr.. Seymour will DC a
far stronger President than Chief JUS
tlcc Chase could havo bcon. The Chief
Justice would have been regarded
by the Senate rs q renegade, and dis
.rusted by the Democratic party as
Radical. lIo would not have dared
to make necessary concessions lest the
party that elected him should think
him false to its principles. Governor
l Seymour is two staunch and reliable
Democrat for his measures cyor to be
| called in question by his own support.
ors. Whatever he yields the Senate
will regard as ofgracc, and he will re-
ccivc the full endorsement of tho De-
mocratic party, because no member of
twill suspect him Of lurking partiali-
ties for any part Of tho Radical policy.
lle is the only statesman of the Demo
cratic party who would not have lost
influence by advocating the nomna-
tlon of Judge Chase for tho Prcsidcn.
cy. llo can do all which Judge Chase
could have done, and can do it with
moral authority and n fullncss of
Democratic support which Mr.. Chase
could never have commanded. What
ever he may conccdo will be accepted
as concession to necessity, and not
secuted as tho Indulgence of par
tlality for negro suffrage or for any of
the Radical hcrcsics.
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