The New York herald., 1868-03-24

impeachment managers duuTeSS tuo OHc uS
"Mr. President and the other as "the
Senate"
Candidates for the Presidency-Shuming Of
the Cards by the Politicians.
Father Hue, that famous Catholic explorer
of the interior of China, relates that on one
of his long journeys among that strange people
his caravan embraced an unusual number of
Jacks among the donkeys employed as carriers
of the expedition; that these Jacks at every
resting place Kept up such an intolerable bray
ing especially towards the morning, as to
render sleep impossible to the Abbe that at
last he complained of this to the master of the
donkeys, who instantly replied that his gra-
cious highness should no more be disturbed by
this braying; that, sure enough, quiet night
with its refreshing sleep followed, and that on
inquiring into the cause in the morning he was
pointed to the noisy Jacks each with heavy
stone tied to his tail. ''That," said the driver,
sis the way we settle them. The jackass
stands upon his dignity and will not bray un-
less he can straighten out his tail, and with
heavy stone attached he can't straighten it out,
don't you see? Every time he tries it the
weight on his tail pulls him down and shuts
his jaw" Now, from the general silence
among the democratic organs of this State
touching their candidate for the next Presidency,
we are inclined to suspect that their National
Executive Committee has been tying down
that they can't straighten them out. We can
account in no other way for their remarkable
silence on this important subject.
But though remarkably silent just now, the
democratic leaders hereabouts are not idle in
the matter of their standard bearer for the
coming national contest. They are holding
Seymour in reserve to checkmate Pendleton
and the West, while the head chiefs of this
bailiwick-Messrs. Belmont and L. M. S. A.
M. Barlow-through their special organ, are
preparing the way for a clean sweep with
George Francis Train. He has been working
up the Fenian vote in Ireland, and in whole
pages Of Trains letters, speeches and doggerel
verses they belmont, Barlow 4 Co.. have
been and are working up the Fenian vote here.
This is a tremendous power to start upon but
in addition to this Train is backed up by Mrs.
Cady Stanton, Mrs. Susan B. Anthony, Miss
Lucy Stone and all the Women's Rights women,
and they are backed up by cold Ben Wade"
Furthermore, Train has his Credit Moblier at
Cheyenne and his Credit Foncier at Omaha, so
that in his financial facilities he has immense
advantages over all those other itinerant regu-
lators Of the republic such as Carl Schurz,
the Chevalier WikoG, Colorado Jewett and
Daniel Pratt, ''the great American traveller"
Best of ALL Train has adopted the style and
title of 'sYoung America" and his escutcheon
is emblazoned with advancing steam engines,
telegraphs, greenbacks and ballot boxes, and
retiring Indians and grizzly bears. Lastly, IL
for sixty thousand dollars man of cash can
purchase of the Tammany sachems q seat in
Congress, what cannot George Francis do in
the same quarter with the millions Of his
Credits Mobilier and Foncer? If he has
bought up the chief organ of Tammany for o
trumpet, what is to hinder him from buying
Tammany itself with oil its chiefs and follow
ers? The democracy were somewhat astonished
in 1864 with the nomination of Polk, and in
1852 with the nomination of poor Pierce; but
they must look out or they will be still more
astonished with their candidate for 1868.
Nor are we quite certain that the republi-
cans Qhe masses, we mean,) are sure Of their
| favorite, General Grant. He has not been and
Is not the favorite of their leaders. What
would the followers say If at the Chicago Con-
vention Edwin M. Stanton were to turn up as
| the master of the situation? General Grant
has committed himself, and he may be set
aside by the radicals without fear that he will
serve the opposition. The game has gone too
far for that. Suppose, then, that In the old
democratic wigwam Of Tammany Hall sort
of neutral radical newspaper is set up by
| Senator Conkling and others, on footing Of a
| quarter Of million Of money, and that all the
| company concerned are in the interest Of
| Stanton as their first choice, is 1t not folly to
imagine that they are in favor Of Grant? Their
journal is now only beating about the bush.
| Its twaddle in reference to Chase as the demo-
cratic candidate and about Hoffman Is all
moonshne. It's only outspoken object at pre-
sent is the removal of Andrew Johnson. With
his removal things at Washington will be so
bravely altered within month that Grant may