Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-08-28
The Democratie surrender.

of the delegates seem 10 have attsnded
it with the pre-determinatioD TO sur
render to somebody, IN some way and
they did.
First, the proposition was to suTren-
der to the Republicans, and to this
end they proposed to choose Repub-
lican for their nominee. How near
they came to doing that We learn from
Vallandigham. who tells US in his let
ter Of July 18th, that, had New York
withheld her vote from Mr. Hendricks,
Judge Chase would have been nomina-
ted within one nom" In which event
the unterrified Of the g immutable prin-
cipIes persuasion would now have
been throwing up their hats for Chase,
national banks and negro suffrage, IN
stead Of for Seymour and revolution.
But It was finally concluded to post
pone the surrender to the Republicans
until next November,
The next propositionaEas to surren-
der to the " bond-hoiders." This was
accomplished beautifully By the nomi-
nation Of Seymour who believes Pen
dletonism humbag, and that the i've
twenties should be- paid in coin, and
says that IF we (the Democracy come
into power there viii be no diseredit
on our currency, no speculation IN pay
ing oar bonds is paper" 1t was still
farther accomplished by the nomina-
ton of Frank Blair, who says finance
is not the issue, in fact tells us " It is
idle to talk Of bonds, greenbaeks, gold,
the public faith and the public credit. "
The next surrender was that of the
conservatism Of the Convention to rad
iealism. Many thoughtful Democrats
had suggested that it would be wise to
Edrop obsolete dogmas, adopt moder-
ate platform, and nominate moderate
men. And nothing shows more clearly
(which is the true conservative party
| than the fact that these conservatives
sought for their nominee within the
Republican ranks. But the radiea
| Democrats oVerruled them, and tbs
Convention nominated the candidate
Ipointed out by Vallaudigbam-Hora
ito Seymour.
i But the submission of the COuYen-
tion did not end here. It would no
have been complete without the usua
surrender to the Southern element
/ A reading of the Democratic platform
will show that, as originally drafted
It contained no proposition to overturI
/ treeonstruetion There is good dea
of violent Genuneiation, but that is onll
SO much idle Yaporing. It raises n,
issue and leaves reconstruction an ac
eepted fact. The intention plainly wa
that the XIYth amendment, at least
should be so regaTded, and the propo
sitiou to overturn it by Executive vio
! lence and usurpation was not men
toned, and perhaps not tho't Of Blu
such a platform did not suit such fer
spirits and ultra Democrats as For
PILLOW Forrest and Wade Hampton
They asked that the recOnstructio
acts be declared unconstitutional nul
and void, and their. demands were &C
eeded to. Conservatism was throw
overheard and the flag of Radiea
Rebel Democracy was heisted. Th
Convention surrendered to Forrest an
Wade Hampton.
: But It did not stop here Starte
!. on the downward road It stopped at n
, middle ground, ard humbled itsel
with all the easy suppleness Of the an
cient Democracy before its Souther
masters. w
Il The Democratic. Soldiers Conven
tion. had recommended the nominatio
of Gen. Ewing, moderate Demoera
$ for the Vice Presidency. This re
commendation was not needed Th
3 choice did notsuit the rebel delegates
Accordingly the ek- Confederate Ger
: eraI Preston presented the name of ]
: P. Blair who, for this, had placed hin
self on a. platform of revolution e1
= treme enough to suit SoutherH So
diers." Once more the supple-knee
q bowed down and the Southern de
= egates were gratifed. The choice
s the Union soldiers was set aside, di
d regarded, and that of the rebel soldier
accepted as the choice Of the Convel
e ton. Ewing and Hancock and Franl
S lin were slaughtered to crafty Haml
+ ton and Forrest, and JEFF. Davis ere
generally.
: Thus the party. which tried to SUI
n render the country during the war I
i a.rebellion not yet beaten, has show
is the humiliating spectacle Of surrende
+ ing itself after the war to a rebellio
e whipped and pOWerless.
The State Board Of Agriculture m,
at Columbus on Tuesday last to tai
J: action in regard TO the Texas catt
+ plague which has broken out at var
- Fous points along the lines Of transpol
Z tation A resolution was adopted r,
/; questing His Exeelleney, Gov. Haye